Ames Genealogy (in Story County, IA)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Ames are also found through the Story County and Iowa pages.


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Ames Birth Records

1800-1999 Iowa Births and Christenings Index (incomplete) Ancestry online

Iowa, Birth Records, 1880-present Iowa Department of Public Health

Ames Cemetery Records

Ames Municipal Cemetery Billion Graves online

Ames Municipal Cemetery Iowa Gravestones online

Ames Municipal Cemetery Find a Grave online

Billy Sunday Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bloomington Find a Grave online

Bloomington Cemetery Billion Graves online

Born Cemetery Find a Grave online

Born Cemetery Billion Graves online

Cemetery lot records, 1858-1986 FamilySearch Library

College Cemetery Billion Graves online

Collegiate United Methodist Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Cory Family Cemetery AKA Billy Sunday Cemetery Billion Graves online

Index to burials, 1858-1986 FamilySearch Library

Iowa Cemetery Records Ancestry online

Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 (selections) MyHeritage online

Iowa Graves WPA Survey US Gen Web online

Iowa State University Cemetery Find a Grave online

Iowa State University Cemetery records FamilySearch Library

Iowa, Select Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 Ancestry online

McMichael Cemetery Billion Graves online

McMichael's Cemetery Find a Grave online

Memorial Gardens Cemetery Billion Graves online

Olive Branch Cemetery Billion Graves online

Ontario & New Philadelphia Cemetery Find a Grave online

Ontario Cemetery FamilySearch Library

Ontario Cemetery Billion Graves online

Pleasant Grove Cemetery Billion Graves online

Pleasant Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery Billion Graves online

Story County, Iowa cemeteries, grave marker descriptions, Ames Municipal FamilySearch Library

Story Memorial Gardens Find a Grave online

Walnut Grove Cemetery Billion Graves online

Walnut Grove Cemetery Iowa Gravestones online

Walnut Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Ames Census Records

1854 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1856 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1885 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1895 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1905 Iowa State Census MyHeritage online

1905 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1915 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1925 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

Census of the town of Ames, Iowa. 1893 FamilySearch Library

Federal Census of 1940, Ames, Iowa LDS Genealogy online

Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Ames Church Records

1800-1999 Iowa Births and Christenings Index (incomplete) Ancestry online

Bethesda church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Church record journal, 1911-1957 (Presbyterian Church (Ames, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1865-1924 (First United Methodist Church (Ames, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1940-1944 (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Ames Branch (Ames, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

St Andrew church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Ames City Directories

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Ames City Directory 1940 MyHeritage online

Ames City Directory 1945 MyHeritage online

Ames City Directory 1949 MyHeritage online

Ames City Directory 1952 MyHeritage online

Ames City Directory 1954 MyHeritage online

Ames City Directory 1956 LDS Genealogy online

Ames City Directory 1956 MyHeritage online

Ames City Directory 1956 Internet Archive online

Ames City Directory 1959 MyHeritage online

Ames City Directory 1962 LDS Genealogy online

Ames City Directory 1962 Internet Archive online

Ames City Directory 1965 Internet Archive online

Ames City Directory 1967 Internet Archive online

Ames City Directory 1968 Internet Archive online

Ames City Directory 1969 Internet Archive online

Ames City Directory, 1936 Internet Archive online

Ames City Directory, 1940 LDS Genealogy online

Ames City Directory, 1940 Internet Archive online

Ames Polk City Directory 1949 LDS Genealogy online

Ames Polk City Directory 1949 Internet Archive online

Ames Polk City Directory 1958 LDS Genealogy online

Ames Polk City Directory 1958 Internet Archive online

Ames Polk City Directory 1959 LDS Genealogy online

Ames Polk City Directory 1959 Internet Archive online

Ames Polk City Directory 1966 Internet Archive online

Ames Polk City Directory 1970 Internet Archive online

Ames Polk City Directory 1971 Internet Archive online

Ames Polk City Directory 1974 Internet Archive online

Ames Polk City Directory 1975 Internet Archive online

Ames Polk City Directory 1976 Internet Archive online

Ames Polk City Directory 1977 Internet Archive online

Ames Polk City Directory 1978 Internet Archive online

Ames Polk City Directory 1981 Internet Archive online

Ames Polk City Directory 1983 Internet Archive online

Ames Polk City Directory 1986 Internet Archive online

Ames Polk City Directory 1989 Internet Archive online

Ames Polk City Directory1980 Internet Archive online

Ames Telephone Directory, 1915 LDS Genealogy online

Ames Telephone Directory, 1915 Internet Archive online

Ames, City Directory , April, 1917 LDS Genealogy online

Ames, City Directory , April, 1917 Internet Archive online

Ames, City Directory 1919 LDS Genealogy online

Ames, City Directory 1919 Internet Archive online

Ames, City Directory 1922 LDS Genealogy online

Ames, City Directory 1922 Internet Archive online

Ames, IA; 1936, 1940 - 1941, 1945, 1949, 1952 - 1954, 1956, 1958 - 1959 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Ames, Iowa city directory : including Nevada, also included Story County rural residents FamilySearch Library

Ames, Iowa, City Directory, 1936 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Ames, Iowa, City Directory, 1940 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Ames, Iowa, City Directory, 1945 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Ames, Iowa, City Directory, 1949 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Ames, Iowa, City Directory, 1952 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Ames, Iowa, City Directory, 1954 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Ames, Iowa, City Directory, 1956 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Ames, Iowa, City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Ames, Iowa, City Directory, 1959 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

City Of Ames, IA, Telephone Directory, 1917 LDS Genealogy online

City Of Ames, IA, Telephone Directory, 1917 Internet Archive online

White and Yellow Pages, Alvord, 1933-1940, 1966-1968, 1971-1973 Library of Congress online

White and Yellow Pages, Ames 11/1970 to 11/1971 Library of Congress online

White and Yellow Pages, Ames 11/1972 to 11/1973 Library of Congress online

Ames Death Records

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1900-1939 Iowa Death Index MyHeritage online

1920-1940 Iowa Death Records Ancestry online

Death records of Story County, Iowa, 1869-1870, 1880-1941 FamilySearch Library

Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 (selections) MyHeritage online

Iowa, Death Records, 1880-present Iowa Department of Public Health

Iowa, Select Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 Ancestry online

Obituaries, 1930-1981 FamilySearch Library

Records of Adams Funeral Home Ames, Iowa : list of funerals from August 13, 1900 to August 13, 1922 WorldCat

Register of funerals, 1900-1936 FamilySearch Library

Ames Histories and Genealogies

At the Squaw and the Skunk Genealogy Gophers online

The State Historical Society of Iowa : an analysis Ancestry online

Ames Immigration Records

Iowa, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1937 Ancestry online

Naturalization records, 1863-1917 FamilySearch Library

Ames Land Records

Deed record, town lots, 1856-1902 ; Deed index, town lots, 1853-1902 FamilySearch Library

Deed records, 1853-1903 ; Deed index, 1853-1912 FamilySearch Library

Ames Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ames, Story County, Iowa, August 1900 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ames, Story County, Iowa, August 1911 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ames, Story County, Iowa, February 1896 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ames, Story County, Iowa, October 1920 Library of Congress online

Ames Marriage Records

1880-1940 Iowa Marriage Records Ancestry online

Iowa Marriages 1809-1992 (selections) MyHeritage online

Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-present Iowa Department of Public Health

Iowa, Marriages, 1836-1926 MyHeritage online

Iowa, Select Marriages, 1809-1992 Ancestry online

Marriage records, 1854-1926 FamilySearch Library

Ames Newspapers and Obituaries

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Ames Daily Intelligencer 1911-1913 Ames Public Library online

Ames Daily Intelligencer, 1911-1913 Newspaper Archive online

Ames Daily Tribune 1928-1975 Newspapers.com online

Ames Daily Tribune 1938-1987 Ames Public Library online

Ames Daily Tribune 1944-45, 1948-51, and 1953-56 (Ames, Iowa) Ancestry online

Ames Daily Tribune Times, 1929-1938 Newspaper Archive online

Ames Daily Tribune and Ames Evening Times, 1919-1929 Newspaper Archive online

Ames Daily Tribune and Evening Times 1928-1929 (Ames, Iowa) Ancestry online

Ames Daily Tribune and Evening Times, 1920-1929 Newspaper Archive online

Ames Daily Tribune and Times 1919-1938 Ames Public Library online

Ames Daily Tribune and Times, 1920-1938 Newspaper Archive online

Ames Daily Tribune, 1905-1977 Newspaper Archive online

Ames Evening Times 1912-1919 Ames Public Library online

Ames Evening Times, 1912-1919 Newspaper Archive online

Ames Intelligencer 1877-1911 Ames Public Library online

Ames Intelligencer, 1877-1913 Newspaper Archive online

Ames Thursday Times, 1919-1919 Newspaper Archive online

Ames Times 1892-1912 Ames Public Library online

Ames Times, 1892-1985 Newspaper Archive online

Ames Tri Weekly Tribune 1918-1919 Ames Public Library online

Ames Tribune 1980-2017 Ames Public Library online

Ames Weekly Tribune 1914-1918 Ames Public Library online

Ames Weekly Tribune, 1912-1944 Newspaper Archive online

Daily Tribune 1987-1997 Ames Public Library online

Iowa State Daily 06/20/1995 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Milepost 1931-1944 Ames Public Library online

Obituaries, 1930-1981 FamilySearch Library

The Tribune 2017-2019 Ames Public Library online

Tribune 11/07/2000 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Tribune 1997-2011 Ames Public Library online

Offline Newspapers for Ames

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Ames Daily Intelligencer. (Ames, Iowa) 1911-1913

Ames Daily Tribune and Ames Evening Times. (Ames, Iowa) 1919-1928

Ames Daily Tribune and Evening Times. (Ames, Iowa) 1928-1929

Ames Daily Tribune and Times. (Ames, Iowa) 1935-1938

Ames Daily Tribune-Times. (Ames, Iowa) 1929-1935

Ames Daily Tribune. (Ames, Iowa) 1938-1980

Ames Daily Tribune. (Ames, Iowa) 1986-1987

Ames Evening Times. (Ames, Iowa) 1912-1919

Ames Intelligencer. (Ames, Iowa) 1868-1911

Ames Times. (Ames, Iowa) 1892-1912

Ames Tri-Weekly Tribune. (Ames, Iowa) 1918-1919

Ames Tribune. (Ames, Iowa) 1980-1986

Ames Weekly Tribune. (Ames, Iowa) 1913-1918

Daily Tribune. (Ames, Iowa) 1987-1990s

I.A.C. Student. (Ames, Iowa) 1890-1896

I.S.C. Student. (Ames, Iowa) 1897-1914

Iowa State Daily Student. (Ames, Iowa) 1938-1947

Iowa State Daily. (Ames, Iowa) 1947-Current

Iowa State Student. (Ames, Iowa) 1914-1938

Milepost. (Ames, Iowa) 1929-1949

Tribune. (Ames, Iowa) 1997-Current

Ames Probate Records

1758-1997 Iowa Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Ames School Records

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Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA), 1918, 1919, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 E Yearbook online

Ames High School yearbook, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2007 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Ames High School yearbook, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Ames High School yearbook, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2004, 2007 Classmates online

Central Junior High School - Echo Yearbook (Ames, IA), 1973 E Yearbook online

Central Junior High School yearbook, 1973 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm yearbook, 1896 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts yearbooks, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Iowa State College yearbooks, 1906, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Iowa State Teachers College yearbook, 1937 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA), 1896, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 E Yearbook online

Iowa State University yearbook, 1896, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1987 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Iowa State University yearbook, 1956 Classmates online

Iowa State University yearbook, 1956 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Kelley High School yearbook, 1941 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

The bomb - 1937, Iowa State College Genealogy Gophers online

The bomb - 1938, Iowa State College Genealogy Gophers online

The bomb - 1939, Iowa State College Genealogy Gophers online

The bomb - 1940, Iowa State College Genealogy Gophers online

The bomb - 1942, Iowa State College Genealogy Gophers online

The bomb - 1944, Iowa State College Genealogy Gophers online

The bomb - 1945, Iowa State College Genealogy Gophers online

The bomb - 1950, Iowa State College Genealogy Gophers online

The bomb - 1953, Iowa State College Genealogy Gophers online

The bomb - 1957, Iowa State College Genealogy Gophers online

Welch Junior High School - Tempest Yearbook (Ames, IA), 1975, 1976 E Yearbook online

Welch Junior High School yearbooks, 1975, 1976 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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