Obituary Lookup Volunteers

Obituary Lookup Volunteers
Iowa

Please follow these guidelines when making a lookup request:

If this is your first request, read Making a Request.
To find the county for your lookup request, use the USA County Lookup.
Before making a request, do a quick Web Search in case the obituary is available there.
If you find a volunteer for your area, use the listing's Email link to send your request directly to him or her. If you don't find a volunteer, send your request to the mailing list (see OBIT-LOOKUPS-L Mailing List for subscription information).
After receiving a lookup, post or publish the obituary or an abstract to help other researchers.
Please do not send the same request to more than one volunteer.

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS - Please consider volunteering
for your area, even on a limited basis, because every lookup
helps someone. Becoming a Volunteer has more information.

Volunteer listings are by county, with statewide listings last, and related statewide links below. The areas the volunteer covers and the resources available are listed along with the volunteer's name and e-mail address, and web page if any. Entries in green are web sites for libraries, newspapers, death records, cemeteries, and genealogical/historical societies. Many library web sites have information about local obituaries and newspapers.

County City or Town/Newspapers/Libraries, Etc. Volunteer

Black Hawk Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier (1976-P) Ruth -

Boone Judy P -

Bremer Obit Lookups, County Courthouse Lookups, Gravestone Photos in: Waverly, Plainfield & Horton Cemeteries. Evelyn R -

Buena Vista Buena Vista County Genealogical Society WebPage

Cedar Obit Lookups int he Tipton Advertisor and the Tipton Conservative Jacie T -

Cerro Gordo Ron -

Clay Spencer Newspapers (early 1800's to Present) Mary Jane P -

Clay The Spencer Reporter, Obit Lookups and Courthouse Records Marlys L - Sabbatical

Clinton Obit Lookups every two weeks Sheila S -

Clinton Big Rock, Grand Mound, Wheatland - Cemetery Lookups ONLY Denise L -

Des Moines Burlington *ONLY* (NOT the City of Des Moines)
1940-Present, Limit - 4 Requests Per Week Deb B -

Dickinson The Dickinson County News, Obit Lookups and Courthouse Records Marlys L - Sabbatical

Emmet Estherville Daily News Lookups, Some Cemetery Lookups Richard W -

Grundy Conrad, Grundy Center, Reinbeck, Wellsburg Pat S -

Grundy County Cemetery Survey Lookups Pat S -

Keokuk Rhonda L -

Louisa Lookups in Grandview and Wapello Carol M -

Mahaska Chris S -

Marshall Marshalltown/Marshalltown Times-Republican Karen K -

Marshall Marshalltown Newspaper (1888-Present) Laurie H -

Mills Marilyn K -

Mitchell Obituary Lookups (Pre 1900 Lookups Difficult), County Courthouse Death Records Deb K -

Muscatine Muscatine County and Vicinity Obituary Archives WebPage

Muscatine Lookups in Muscatine Carol M -

O'Brien The Sheldon Mail-Sun, Hartley Sentinel, Sanborn Pioneer & Primghar Newspaper, Obit Lookups and Courthouse Records Marlys L - Sabbatical

Osceola The Sibley Times, The Ocheyedan Press, Obit Lookups and Courthouse Records Marlys L - Sabbatical

Page Blanchard, Braddyville, Clarinda, Coin, Essex, Shambaugh, Shenandoah ,Clarinda Newspaper Lookups at the Nodaway Valley Historical Museum, Shenandoah Papers at the Shenandoah Librarry Sandy M -

Palo Alto Once a Month ONLY Marlys L - Sabbatical

Pocahontas May thru October ONLY - Once a Week Ruth W -

Polk Des Moines Sharon D - Vacation

Pottawattamie Pottawattamie County Genealogical Society - Council Bluffs Only, Fee for Lookups WebPage

Scott Davenport Library Marty -

Webster May thru October ONLY - Once a Week Ruth W -

Woodbury Sharon B -

*Statewide* Historical Library/Access to Many State Newspapers Sharon D - Vacation

County	City or Town/Newspapers/Libraries, Etc.	Volunteer
Black Hawk	Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier (1976-P)	Ruth -
Boone		Judy P -
Bremer	Obit Lookups, County Courthouse Lookups, Gravestone Photos in: Waverly, Plainfield & Horton Cemeteries.	Evelyn R -
Buena Vista	Buena Vista County Genealogical Society	WebPage
Cedar	Obit Lookups int he Tipton Advertisor and the Tipton Conservative	Jacie T -
Cerro Gordo		Ron -
Clay	Spencer Newspapers (early 1800's to Present)	Mary Jane P -
Clay	The Spencer Reporter, Obit Lookups and Courthouse Records	Marlys L - Sabbatical
Clinton	Obit Lookups every two weeks	Sheila S -
Clinton	Big Rock, Grand Mound, Wheatland - Cemetery Lookups ONLY	Denise L -
Des Moines	Burlington ONLY (NOT the City of Des Moines) 1940-Present, Limit - 4 Requests Per Week	Deb B -
Dickinson	The Dickinson County News, Obit Lookups and Courthouse Records	Marlys L - Sabbatical
Emmet	Estherville Daily News Lookups, Some Cemetery Lookups	Richard W -
Grundy	Conrad, Grundy Center, Reinbeck, Wellsburg	Pat S -
Grundy	County Cemetery Survey Lookups	Pat S -
Keokuk		Rhonda L -
Louisa	Lookups in Grandview and Wapello	Carol M -
Mahaska		Chris S -
Marshall	Marshalltown/Marshalltown Times-Republican	Karen K -
Marshall	Marshalltown Newspaper (1888-Present)	Laurie H -
Mills		Marilyn K -
Mitchell	Obituary Lookups (Pre 1900 Lookups Difficult), County Courthouse Death Records	Deb K -
Muscatine	Muscatine County and Vicinity Obituary Archives	WebPage
Muscatine	Lookups in Muscatine	Carol M -
O'Brien	The Sheldon Mail-Sun, Hartley Sentinel, Sanborn Pioneer & Primghar Newspaper, Obit Lookups and Courthouse Records	Marlys L - Sabbatical
Osceola	The Sibley Times, The Ocheyedan Press, Obit Lookups and Courthouse Records	Marlys L - Sabbatical
Page	Blanchard, Braddyville, Clarinda, Coin, Essex, Shambaugh, Shenandoah ,Clarinda Newspaper Lookups at the Nodaway Valley Historical Museum, Shenandoah Papers at the Shenandoah Librarry	Sandy M -
Palo Alto	Once a Month ONLY	Marlys L - Sabbatical
Pocahontas	May thru October ONLY - Once a Week	Ruth W -
Polk	Des Moines	Sharon D - Vacation
Pottawattamie	Pottawattamie County Genealogical Society - Council Bluffs Only, Fee for Lookups	WebPage
Scott	Davenport Library	Marty -
Webster	May thru October ONLY - Once a Week	Ruth W -
Woodbury		Sharon B -
Statewide	Historical Library/Access to Many State Newspapers	Sharon D - Vacation

Iowa Links

The IAGenWeb Project
Iowa AHGP
IAGenExchange
Vital Records Information for Iowa
Iowa Genealogical Society

State Historical Society of Iowa

Rootsweb Mailing Lists for Iowa
US Census Bureau Iowa Counties Map
State Library of Iowa
Iowa Newspaper Links
50States.Com - Iowa Newspapers
Online Searchable Death Indexes
Iowa RootsWeb Message Boards

For more obituary sites and related information,
see Other Obituary Links and Genealogy Links.

To volunteer to do lookups in your area,
for questions about the mailing list,
for help with obit requests,
to report a broken link,
or for other comments or questions,
contact us.

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Last update 09 August 2008