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This collection contains gravestones from seventy-six counties and Sioux City, Iowa transcribed by the Graves Registration Project of the Works Project Administration.

Description

These cemetery records represent seventy-six counties and Graceland Cemetery of Sioux City, Iowa that were transcribed by the Works Project Administration, Graves Registration Project. This collection is the largest compilation of the Iowa WPA cemetery records found in one single place. The database was created from copies of the transcriptions created by the Works Progress Administration; because of multi-generational copies some names were hard to decipher. As with any genealogical index, the data is to be used as a finding aid to original records. Records in this database generally include the page number where the record can be found in the WPA index, the name of the deceased, birth date, death date, age, cemetery name, town name, and additional comments if any. This collection of Iowa Cemetery records represents an important tool in finding your early Iowa ancestors. The following counties are included in this database: Adair, Adams, Allamakee, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cedar, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clarke, Clay, Clayton, Crawford, Davis, Decatur, Delaware, Dickinson, Emmet, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Fremont, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Kossuth, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Mills, Mitchell, Monroe, Montgomery, Muscatine, O’Brien, Page, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Polk, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Sac, Scott, Shelby, Sioux, Sioux City, Story, Tama, Taylor, Union, Van Buren, Wapello, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Winneshiek, Woodbury, Worth, and Wright.

Extended Description

The Works Project Administration was a relief program created during the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1930s. The program provided employment for millions of people during the Great Depression. For more information about the Works Project Administration, please see the following articles:

The Works Projects Administration Ancestry Daily News - Juliana Smith The WPA produced documents that provide a wealth of genealogical information in the form of indexes, bibliographies, inventories, life histories, photographs, artwork, and other historical materials. http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/news/articles/793.asp

The WPA: 60-Year-Old Investment Still Yields High Dividends Ancestry Magazine - Loretto Dennis Szucs Some WPA projects directly benefit genealogists. http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/ancmag/699.asp

There were twenty counties that were not indexed by the WPA; therefore, are not included in this database. They are the following: Appanoose, Benton, Cherokee, Clinton, Dallas, Des Moines, Hamilton, Henry,Howard, Humboldt, Ida, Iowa, Jasper, Lucas, Lyon, Monona, Osceola, Pottawattamie, Warren, and Winnebago.



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