Tag Archives: Resources

Introducing Footnote!

Have you tried our newest reference and genealogy database?  Footnote is a rich resource of digitized historical documents gleaned from the collections of the Library of Congress, the National Archives, and other institutions. Are you writing a paper on the … Continue reading

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Revolutionary Resources

What with the thirteen American Colonies and their territories being mostly east of the Appalachian mountains in the late 1700s,  it should come as little surprise that no Iowa soldiers fought in the Revolutionary War.  But that doesn’t mean that our ancestors didn’t … Continue reading

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Happy National Library Week!

Why not celebrate by getting a library card, or renewing the one you have?  And while you’re doing that, why not take a look around?  Ask the librarians a few questions that have been bugging you–we love it when you … Continue reading

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