- Communal Life:
- Jewish organizational papers, artifacts and photographs –synagogues, sisterhoods, men’s and young peoples clubs
- Artifacts from synagogues no longer in existence, such as Beth El Synagogue in Fort Dodge, and Children of Israel, which was in Des Moines.
- Personal and Family Artifacts – photographs, books, personal papers, clothing- items from their lives.
- Business Memorabilia
- Holocaust Memorabilia
IJHS Web Links
- ABC Genealogy
- Ancestry.com
- Anne Frank Center
- Cyndi's List
- Decatur Co. IA US GenWeb Project
- Ellis Island Records
- Europe Genealogy Links
- Family History library (Salt Lake City, Utah)
- Genealogy.com
- Genuki - U.K. and Ireland
- Illinois State Archives
- Illinois State Genealogical Society
- Iowa Genealogical Society
- Jewish Genealogical Society of Iowa
- Jewish Genealogy Databases
- Jews in the Civil War
- Land Record Reference
- Minnesota Historical Society
- MNHS - Minnesota Death Certificates 1908-1955
- MyFamily.com private family websites
- National Endowment for the Humanities - Newspaper program
- Newspaper Archives
- North Central Iowa Genealogical Society
- One Great Family
- Pennsylvania State Archives
- Roots Web
- State Historical Society of Iowa
- The National Archives
- US Dept. of Veterans Affairs
- US Genweb Project
- World Genweb Project