Our Mission Statement:
We are a part of the IAGenWeb
Project which is part of the USGenWeb
Project.
Our main goal is to bring some of the genealogical and historical
information available in Clinton County to you in a way that helps you
learn more about your ancestors and, hopefully, causes you to be curious
enough to want to learn even more.
This is a volunteer effort to promote genealogical research and to
promote records preservation and availability by providing online access
to records and information.
Please keep in mind that All the work here is done by Wonderful
volunteers. If you have time or information to share, we would love to
hear from you.
Where to get help:
Well that depends on what kind of help you're looking for - if you need
research assistance, you can check out our Volunteers page and see if
someone is willing to help. If there is something you need changed here
on the website, please email us below.
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About Us
Clinton County is located on the Mississippi River at the eastern most
tip of Iowa. It is bordered to the north by
Jackson county, to the west
by Jones and
Cedar counties and to the south by
Scott county. Across the
river to the east are Carroll,
Whiteside and
Rock Island counties in
Illinois.
 Iowa was originally part of the Louisiana Purchase and was a part of the
District of Louisiana in 1804. In 1807, Iowa was included in the
Territory of Illinois and, in 1812, part of the Territory of Missouri.
After 1821, Iowa was unattached to any territory until it became part of
Michigan Territory in 1834. In 1836, Iowa became part of Wisconsin
Territory until 1838, when it was finally established as the Territory
of Iowa.
On the 11th of January, 1840, the Territorial Legislature organized the
county of Clinton and made Camanche the county seat. By this time,
Elijah Buell had settled Lyons and J. M. Bartlett had founded New York,
which was re-named Clinton.
Who "we" are:
We are a bunch of volunteers who enjoy making copies or transcriptions
of old documents and stuff and putting them on the internet.
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