Yearbooks from high school or college are one of the most fun set of records for a genealogist to search. It provides you with a ton of 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 settled into being 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 of the 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 schools yearbooks are available online (but not necessarily the same years, so it is good to check all the links).
(Updated September, 2020)
- Albia – Albia Community 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
- Ankeny – Ankeny 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
- Brooklyn – Brooklyn, Guernsey, and Malcom High School
- Brooklyn – Brooklyn, Guernsey, and Malcom High School
- Brooklyn – Brooklyn, Guernsey, and Malcom High School
- Burlington – Burlington High School
- Burlington – Southeastern Community College
- Burt – Burt 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 – State College of Iowa
- Cedar Falls – State College of Iowa
- Cedar Falls – University of Northern Iowa
- Cedar Falls – University of Northern Iowa
- Cedar Falls – University of Northern Iowa
- Cedar Rapids – Coe College
- Cedar Rapids – Franklin High School
- Cedar Rapids – Kirkwood Community College
- Cedar Rapids – Prairie High School
- Cedar Rapids – Washington High School
- Cedar Rapids – Washington High School
- Centerville – Centerville Community College
- Centerville – Centerville High School
- Centerville – Centerville High School
- Charles City – Immaculate Conception High School
- Clarinda – Clarinda Community College
- Clarksville – Clarksville Community School
- Clear Lake – Clear Lake High School
- Clinton – Clinton High School
- Clinton – Clinton 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 – Lewis Central High School
- Council Bluffs – St. Albert 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 – Saint Katharine’s School
- Davenport – St. Ambrose College
- Davenport – St. Ambrose University
- Decorah – Luther College
- Des Moines – Abraham Lincoln High School
- Des Moines – College of Osteopathic Medicine 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 – 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 – Lincoln High School
- Des Moines – North High School
- Des Moines – Open Bible College
- Des Moines – 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 – Loras Academy
- Dubuque – University of Dubuque
- Dubuque – University of Dubuque
- Eldridge – North Scott High School
- Eldridge – North Scott High School
- Exira – Exira High School
- Fairfield – Fairfield Community School District
- Fairfield – Maharashi International University
- Fairfield – Parsons College
- Fairfield – Parsons College
- Forest City – Waldorf University
- Fort Dodge – Fort Dodge High School
- Gladbrook – Gladbrook High School
- Grand River and Kellerton – Grand Valley Community School
- Greenfield – Greenfield High School
- Grimes – Grimes High School
- Grinnell – Grinnell College
- Grinnell – Grinnell College
- Grinnell – Grinnell High School
- Hampton – Hampton High School
- Humboldt – Humboldt High School
- Indianola – Indianola High School
- 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
- Johnston – Johnston High School
- Johnston – Johnston High School
- Kalona – Iowa Mennonite School
- Lamoni – Graceland College
- Le Mars – Gehlen Catholic High School
- Le Mars – Western Union College
- Le Mars – Western Union College
- Marshalltown – Marshalltown High School
- Marshalltown – Marshalltown Junior College
- Mason City – Mason City High School
- Mason City – Mason City High School
- Mediapolis – Mediapolis High School
- Mellinger – Morning Sun Community School
- Milford – Milford Community High School
- Moravia – Moravia Community School
- Mount Ayr – Mount Ayr High School
- Mount Vernon – Cornell College
- Mount Vernon – Cornell College
- Mount Vernon – Cornell College
- Mt. Pleasant – Iowa Wesleyan College
- Mt. Pleasant – Iowa Wesleyan University
- Mt. Pleasant – Iowa Wesleyan University
- Muscatine – Muscatine High School
- Muscatine – Muscatine High School
- Nevada – Nevada High 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
- Odebolt – Odebolt Arthur 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
- Red Oak – Red Oak High School
- Rippey – Rippey High School
- Rolfe – Rolfe Community School
- Saint Marys – St. Marys High School
- Saint Marys – St. Marys 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
- 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
- Sutherland – Sutherland Community High School
- Toledo – Western College
- University Park – Vennard College; Chicago Evangelistic Institute
- University Park – Vennard College; Chicago Evangelistic Institute
- 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
- 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!
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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.