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Yearbooks from high school or college are one of the most fun records for a genealogist to search. It provides you with much story-like information about your ancestor’s life. What their interests were, what sports and clubs they participated in, and often some goofy snapshots of them before they became an adult. And of course, you get to see what they looked like.
Here are a few articles that may convince you to research these gems:
- Using Yearbooks For Genealogical Research
- A Genealogy Education is in School Yearbooks
- Genealogy 101: School Yearbooks
And here is an article providing information on where else you can find online yearbooks; some need a subscription and some do not:
Below is a list of links to free online yearbooks from the state:
Please note that some yearbooks are not searchable but are an image of each page in the yearbook.
Please note that there may seem to be duplicates. If there are, that means that there are multiple sites where the same school’s yearbooks are available online (but not necessarily the same years, so it is good to check all the links).
Iowa Online Yearbooks
- Albia – Albia Community High School
- Alta – Alta High School
- Alburnett – Alburnett High School
- Amana – Amana High School
- Ames – Ames High School
- Ames – Ames High School
- Ames – Ames Senior High School
- Ames – Iowa State College
- Ames – Iowa State College
- Ames – Iowa State University
- Ames – Iowa State University
- Ames – Welch Junior High School
- Anamosa – Anamosa High School
- Ankeny – Ankeny High School
- Armstrong – Armstrong Ringsted School
- Audubon – Audubon High School
- Avoca – Avoha High School
- Ayrshire – Silver Lake Consolidated High School
- Baxter – Baxter Community School
- Baxter – Baxter High School
- Beaman – Beaman High School
- Belmond – Belmond High School
- Bondurant – Bondurant-Farrar High School
- Boone – Boone High School
- Boone – Boone High School
- Boone – Boone Junior College
- Boone – Sacred Heart High School
- Britt – Britt High School
- Britt – West Hancock High School
- Brooklyn – Brooklyn, Guernsey, and Malcom High School
- Brooklyn – Brooklyn, Guernsey, and Malcom High School
- Brooklyn – Brooklyn, Guernsey, and Malcom High School
- Buffalo – Buffalo High School
- Burlington – Burlington High School
- Burlington – Southeastern Community College
- Burt – Burt High School
- Calmar – South Winneshiek Community High School
- Carlisle – Carlisle High School
- Cedar Falls – Iowa State Normal School
- Cedar Falls – Iowa State Teachers College
- Cedar Falls – Iowa State Teachers College
- Cedar Falls – Iowa State Teachers College
- Cedar Falls – Iowa State Teachers College
- Cedar Falls – Iowa State Teachers College High School
- Cedar Falls – Northern University High School
- Cedar Falls – State College of Iowa
- Cedar Falls – State College of Iowa
- Cedar Falls – State College of Iowa High School
- Cedar Falls – University of Northern Iowa
- Cedar Falls – University of Northern Iowa
- Cedar Falls – University of Northern Iowa
- Cedar Rapids – Coe College
- Cedar Rapids – Coe College
- Cedar Rapids – Franklin High School
- Cedar Rapids – Kirkwood Community College
- Cedar Rapids – Prairie High School
- Cedar Rapids – Roosevelt High School
- Cedar Rapids – Washington High School
- Cedar Rapids – Washington High School
- Centerville – Centerville Community College
- Centerville – Centerville High School
- Centerville – Centerville High School
- Centerville – Centerville High School
- Charles City – Immaculate Conception High School
- Cherokee – Washington High School
- Cherokee – Wilson High School
- Clarinda – Clarinda Community College
- Clarion – Clarion High School
- Clarksville – Clarksville Community School
- Clear Lake – Clear Lake High School
- Clinton – Clinton High School
- Clinton – Clinton High School
- Coggon – Coggon High School
- Coggon – North Linn High School
- Corning – Corning High School
- Council Bluffs – Abraham Lincoln High School
- Council Bluffs – Abraham Lincoln High School
- Council Bluffs – Council Bluffs High School
- Council Bluffs – Iowa School for the Deaf
- Council Bluffs – Iowa School for the Deaf
- Council Bluffs – Lewis Central High School
- Council Bluffs – St. Albert High School
- Council Bluffs – Thomas Jefferson High School
- Council Bluffs – Thomas Jefferson High School
- Cresco – Cresco High School
- Creston – Creston Community College
- Creston – Creston High School
- Davenport – Assumption High School
- Davenport – Davenport High School
- Davenport – Palmer College of Chiropractic
- Davenport – Saint Katharine’s School
- Davenport – St. Ambrose College
- Davenport – St. Ambrose University
- Davenport – St. Ambrose University
- Decorah – Luther College
- Denver – Denver Community School
- Des Moines – Abraham Lincoln High School
- Des Moines – Broadlawns Polk County Hospital School of Nursing
- Des Moines – College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery
- Des Moines – College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery
- Des Moines – Des Moines Still College of Osteopathy and Surgery
- Des Moines – Des Moines Technical High School
- Des Moines – Des Moines Technical High School
- Des Moines – Des Moines University
- Des Moines – Des Moines University
- Des Moines – Dowling Catholic High School
- Des Moines – Dowling High School
- Des Moines – Drake University
- Des Moines – Drake University
- Des Moines – Drake University
- Des Moines – Drake University
- Des Moines – East High School
- Des Moines – East High School
- Des Moines – Grand View College
- Des Moines – Grand View College
- Des Moines – Herbert Hoover High School
- Des Moines – Highland Park College
- Des Moines – Hoover High School
- Des Moines – Iowa Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing
- Des Moines – Iowa Methodist School of Nursing
- Des Moines – Lincoln High School
- Des Moines – Lincoln High School
- Des Moines – North High School
- Des Moines – North High School
- Des Moines – Open Bible College
- Des Moines – Roosevelt High School
- Des Moines – Still College of Osteopathy
- Des Moines – Southeastern Community College
- Des Moines – Theodore Roosevelt High School
- Des Moines – Theodore Roosevelt High School
- Des Moines – West Des Moines High School
- Des Moines – West High School
- Des Moines – West High School
- Des Moines – West Technical High School
- Dubuque – Columbia College
- Dubuque – Dubuque Senior High School
- Dubuque – Loras Academy
- Dubuque – Loras College
- Dubuque – University of Dubuque
- Dubuque – University of Dubuque
- Eldon – CardinalHigh School
- Eldridge – North Scott High School
- Eldridge – North Scott High School
- Ellsworth – Ellsmorth High School
- Emmetsburg – Emmetsburg Community College
- Exira – Exira High School
- Fairfield – Fairfield Community School District
- Fairfield – Parsons College
- Fairfield – Parsons College
- Forest City – Forest City High School
- Forest City – Forest City High School
- Forest City – Waldorf College
- Forest City – Waldorf University
- Fort Dodge – Fort Dodge High School
- Fort Dodge – Fort Dodge Senior High School
- Fort Madison – Fort Madison High School
- Fort Madison – Iowa Central Community College
- Gladbrook – Gladbrook High School
- Grand River and Kellerton – Grand Valley Community School
- Greene – Greene Community High School
- Greenfield – Greenfield High School
- Grimes – Grimes High School
- Grinnell – Grinnell College
- Grinnell – Grinnell College
- Grinnell – Grinnell High School
- Grundy Center – Grundy Center High School
- Hampton – Hampton High School
- Hastings – Nishna Valley Community School
- Hawarden – Hawarden High School
- Hawarden – West Sioux Community High School
- Holstein – Holstein High School
- Humboldt – Humboldt High School
- Indianola – Indianola High School
- Indianola – Simpson College
- Indianola – Simpson College
- Indianola – Simpson College
- Iowa City – Iowa City High School
- Iowa City – Iowa City High School
- Iowa City – University High School
- Iowa City – University of Iowa
- Iowa City – University of Iowa
- Iowa City – University of Iowa
- Iowa City – University of Iowa
- Iowa Falls – Ellsworth Community College
- Iowa Falls – Ellsworth Junior College
- Jesup – Jesup High School
- Johnston – Johnston High School
- Johnston – Johnston High School
- Johnston – Johnston High School
- Johnston – Johnston High School
- Johnston – Johnston High School
- Johnston – Johnston High School
- Kalona – Center High School
- Kalona – Iowa Mennonite School
- Kanawha – Kanawha Community School
- Knoxville – Knoxville Regular Baptist School
- Knoxville – Knoxville High School
- Lake View – East Sac County High School
- Lake View – Lake View Auburn High School
- Lake View – Lake View High School
- Lake View – Wall Lake View Auburn High School
- Lamoni – Graceland College
- Le Mars – Gehlen Catholic High School
- Le Mars – Le Mars High School
- Le Mars – Western Union College
- Le Mars – Western Union College
- Le Mars – Western Union College
- Le Mars – Westmar College
- Le Mars – Westmar College
- Le Mars – Westmar University
- Mapleton – Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School
- Marcus – Marcus Community High School
- Marcus – Marcus Community School
- Marcus – Marcus Meriden Cleghorn High School
- Marcus – Meriden Cleghorn High School
- Marion – Marion High School
- Marshalltown – Marshalltown High School
- Marshalltown – Marshalltown Junior College
- Mason City – Mason City High School
- Mason City – Mason City High School
- Mason City – Mason City Junior College
- Mechanicsville – Lincoln High School
- Mechanicsville – Lincon Community School
- Mechanicsville – Mechanicsville High School
- Mediapolis – Mediapolis Community Schools
- Mediapolis – Mediapolis High School
- Mellinger – Morning Sun Community School
- Miles – Miles High School
- Milford – Milford Community High School
- Moravia – Moravia Community School
- Morning Sun – Morning Sun Elementary School
- Mount Ayr – Mount Ayr High School
- Mount Ayr – Mount Ayr High School
- Mount Vernon – Cornell College
- Mount Vernon – Cornell College
- Mount Vernon – Cornell College
- Mount Vernon – Mount Vernon High School
- Mt. Pleasant – Iowa Wesleyan College
- Mt. Pleasant – Iowa Wesleyan University
- Muscatine – Muscatine High School
- Muscatine – Muscatine High School
- Neola – Tri-Center High School
- Nevada – Nevada High School
- Nevada – Nevada High School
- New Hartford – New Hartford Community School
- New London – New London Community High School
- New London – New London Grade School
- New London – New London High School
- Newton – Newton High School
- Newton – Newton High School
- Newton – Newton High School
- Newton – Newton High School
- Nichols – Nichols High School
- North English – North English High School
- Norwalk – Norwalk High School
- Oakland – Oakland Elementary School
- Oakville – Oakville High School
- Odebolt – Odebolt Arthur High School
- Odebolt – Odebolt High School
- Olds – Olds Consolidated School
- Orange City – Northwestern Classical Academy
- Orange City – Northwestern College
- Oskaloosa – John Fletcher College
- Oskaloosa – Oskaloosa High School
- Oskaloosa – William Penn College
- Oskaloosa – William Penn College
- Oskaloosa – William Penn University
- Ottumwa – Ottumwa High School
- Ottumwa – Ottumwa High School
- Pella – Central College
- Pella – Central College
- Perry – Perry Community High School
- Perry – Perry High School
- Red Oak – Red Oak High School
- Rembrandt – Rembrandt Consolidated School
- Ringsted – Ringsted High School
- Rippey – Rippey High School
- Rolfe – Rolfe Community School
- Saint Marys – St. Marys High School
- Saint Marys – St. Marys High School
- Sheldon – Sheldon High School
- Shell Rock – Shell Rock Community School
- Shenandoah – Shenandoah High School
- Shenandoah – Shenandoah High School
- Sioux Center – Dordt College
- Sioux Center – Dordt College
- Sioux Center – Dordt University
- Sioux City – Central High School
- Sioux City – Central High School
- Sioux City – Morningside College
- Sioux City – Morningside College
- Sioux City – Morningside College
- Sioux City – Saint Joseph Mercy School of Nursing
- Spirit Lake – Spirit Lake High School
- Spirit Lake – Spirit Lake High School
- Stanwood – Lincoln Community High School
- State Center – West Marshall High School
- Storm Lake – Buena Vista College
- Storm Lake – Buena Vista College
- Storm Lake – Buena Vista College
- Storm Lake – Buena Vista University
- Storm Lake – Buena Vista University
- Sumner – Sumner High School
- Sumner – Sumner High School
- Sutherland – Sutherland Community High School
- Toledo – Western College
- Traer – North Tama High School
- Underwood – Underwood High School
- University Park – Central Holiness University
- University Park – Vennard College; Chicago Evangelistic Institute
- University Park – Vennard College; Chicago Evangelistic Institute
- Vinton – Washington High School
- Wapello – Wapello High School
- Washta – Grand Meadow High School
- Waterloo – Orange High School
- Waterloo – Waterloo West High School
- Waterloo – Waterloo West High School
- Waterloo – West Waterloo High School
- Waverly – Wartburg College
- Waverly – Wartburg Normal School
- Waverly – Waverly High School
- Wayland – Wayland High School
- Webster City – Lincoln High School
- Webster City – Webster City High School
- West Bend – West Bend High School
- West Branch – West Branch High School
- Williams – Williams High School
- Winterset – Winterset High School
- Winterset – Winterset High School
To see free online yearbooks from other states. please visit the Yearbooks page.
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
One reply on “Free Iowa High School and College Yearbooks Online”
I was curious if you had a yearbook for Lamont Consolidated Schools (High School) about 1943. I am searching for a class picture for Eugene Quinn. I believe this may be in Buchanon County but I may be wrong about that. Thank you for any replies.