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This IAGenWeb Special Project is dedicated to the scores of newspapers that are printed chronicles of the lives and times of Iowa and Iowans. Join us as we step back in time and learn how the Press reported the news & influenced our Iowa ancestors in the 1800's and into the mid-1900's........

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Iowa News from Old Scrapbooks


Iowa News from across the U.S.A and around the World


Iowa newspapers throughout the years

*Iowa Newspapers Established Prior to the Civil War

*List of Iowa Newspapers in 1860

*List of Iowa Newspapers in 1869

*List of Iowa Newspapers in 1884

*List of Iowa Publications in 1911

*List of Iowa Publications in 1919


Miscellaneous Articles & Other Stuff

*The Valley & the Shadow: Iowa Journalism, 1868

*About Institutional Newspapers, 1902

*Iowa Newspaper History, Palimpsest 1920

*Three Men And A Press, Palimpsest 1920

*Hubert Moeller Articles, ca1930's

*Iowa Press Association, 1940

*Iowa newspapers online, ordering via interlibrary loan, finding in libraries, etc.

*Iowa Old Press in 'Family Tree' Magazine

*Iowa Old Press editor Linda Ziemann gives news interview

*Iowa Old Press & 'The Music Man' in the Netherlands

*Offsite: IAGenWeb County Websites - lots of wonderful research data!



*Offsite: IAGenWeb Special Projects:

Iowa in the Civil War
 Iowa in the Great War
 Iowa In World War II

Iowa History Project
Iowa State Census
Iowa Family Group Sheets

Iowa Gravestone Photo Project
Iowa Graves Survey (WPA)

*Offsite: Other old newspaper websites:
Uncle Dale's "Readings in Early Mormon History" Iowa newspapers 1836-1844
In Old Fort Dodge Blog - newspaper transcriptions
Translations from 19th Century German-American Newspapers, includes Der Demokrat, Davenport, Iowa
Ireland Old News
Monroe Co. NY Old News


*Offsite: Calendar Home website - check a date or day of week for any year


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This index page was updated on 11/02/2015