Births, Marriages, Deaths
Vital Records, Obituaries and Memorials
Newspaper Links
(a Source of current obits, births, marriages, deaths)
- Cedar Rapids Gazette (Linn County)
- Marengo Pioneer Republican / Williamsburg Journal Tribune (Iowa County)
Brooklyn Chronicle / Montezuma Republican (Poweshiek County)
Belle Plaine Union / South Benton Star Press (Benton County) - Iowa City Press-Citizen (Johnson County. Available for one week only)
- Sigourney News-Review & Keota Eagle (Keokuk County)
- Washington Evening Journal (Washington Co) also The Fairfield Leger (Jefferson Co) and Mt. Pleasant News (Henry Co)
Funeral Home Links
Obituaries for Iowa County (most are posted on our Obituary Boards)
- Powell Funeral Homes (Iowa County and surrounding area)
- Kloster Funeral Homes (Marengo, Iowa County)
- Smith Funeral Home (Victor, Iowa County & Grinnell, Poweshiek County)
- Hrabak Funeral Home (Belle Plaine, Benton County)
- Gay & Ciha Funeral Home (Iowa City, Johnson County)
- Lensing Funeral Home (Iowa City, Johnson County)
- Peterseim Funeral Home (Kalona, Washington County)
- Cedar Memorial (Cedar Rapids, Linn County)
- Murdoch Funeral Homes (Cedar Rapids w/6 other locations, Linn County)
- Teahen Funeral Home (Cedar Rapids, Linn County)
- Brosh Chapel (Cedar Rapids, Linn County & Solon, Johnson County)
- Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home (Tama and Clutier, Tama County)
Births
Birth Records from Iowa County Courthouse
- None
Church Birth Records
Miscellaneous Births
- Newspaper Announcements
- See obits and SSDI for births
Marriages
1836-1855: County Courthouse Records Extractions
Church Marriage Records
1871-1920: Marengo Newspaper Extractions
Deaths
Death Records from Iowa County Courthouse
Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Database for Iowa County
- Search SSDI Records < 29 Sep 2009
- Search SSDI Records > 28 Sep 2009
Obituaries
Extractions from Netha Meyer's Obituary Collection - 11,533 records
(Birth, Marriage, Death, Spouse and Parents names)Search and Post Obituaries
Obituary Message Board
Search and Post individually contributed obituaries.
We have a full set of obituaries from June 2003 - to current. Please post your older obits.
Drake Community Library Obituary Collection:
Obituaries includes Victor obits from Grinnell, Brooklyn and Montezuma newspapers.
Funeral Cards/Notices
- John Gode Sr., 7 Oct 1816 - 31 Jan 1892
- Mary Ann Harden, d. 16 Dec 1929
- Genira Gladys (Cheney) Wilkins, 6 Nov 1867 - 20Feb 1961