Volunteer Lookups

If you have any reference material on Cherokee County and would like to volunteer to do lookups please contact Colette.

When requesting, please follow these guidelines:

  • Please include Cherokee County Lookup on the subject line.
  • Please indicate book or CD you are requesting as the first line in the body of the message.
  • Limit request to 2 specific names on seperate lines. Only one email a day per request please.
  • All photocopies and postage expenses incurred will be the responsibility of the person requesting the lookup. Please discuss costs with volunteer.
  • Most importantly don't forget to thank your volunteer for their selfless effort
Reference Owner/Email
1879 Delinquent Tax list - includes location of section or lot, acres, tax amount due, interest, and total due. Lisa
Wilson High School yearbook 1937-1938 only Janice Taylor
Unitarian Fellowship Church

Linda Hopp

Cherokee Telephone Directory February 1959 Lynette Edsall
The Cherokean Yearbook - 1924, 1939, 1940, 1942 Lynette Edsall
The following sources are available at the Iowa State University Library:
  • Atlas of Cherokee County Iowa. Anderson Publishing Company, 1923
  • A Century on the Right Track: Cleghorn Centennial, Cleghorn, Iowa 1890-1990
  • History of Cherokee County Iowa, by Thomas McCulla. 1914
  • Cherokee, Iowa Picture Album, 1907
  • Cherokee Centennial, 1856-1956
Lynette Edsall

Cherokee Centennial Book 1856-1956. Please check the index first to see if your ancestor's name is listed. Lynette is willing to make copies for anyone who wants them at $.25 a sheet plus postage.

1895 Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Iowa.
Reprinted 1970 - State of Iowa Historical Society. By A. T. Andreas

Terry Kneen

Washta Iowa Centennial:
biographical information covering Washta, Willow and Grand Meadow Townships. Published in 1968
Jeanne Sollazzo
Note from Jeanne: She has access to the Independence Genealogy Library. She is willing to do lookups there for a fee. Contact her for more information.

Index to the Atlas of Cherokee County, Iowa (1964)

Lisa