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Jefferson County, Iowa, Genealogy
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Glasgow School Feb. 1913
(Contributed by Jane Thompson)

SOURCES OF LOCAL INFORMATION
IN IOWA AND JEFFERSON COUNTY

Local Addresses and Information

Resources Available In
The Fairfield Public Library

Information on the Jefferson County and
Iowa Genealogical Societies

Visiting Jefferson County?
Where To Stay and Eat



OUR POSTING BOARDS
These Have Separate Search Engines
from the one above.

Ask A Question On Our Query Board

No Questions On The Following Boards, Please

Post Or Look Up An Obituary

Post Or Look Up A Biography

Post Or Look Up A Document

Post Or Look Up A Family Sheet (All of Iowa)



MAPS AND LAND RECORDS

Jefferson County Map

Townships With Cemetery Locations

1871 Map & List of Property Owners in Jefferson County  (4,500+ names)

1895 Jefferson County
(Off site link)

Historical Maps of the U. S. A.
 (Off site link)

Military Land Warrants

First Purchasers of Land



TRANSCRIPTIONS & IMAGES

Family Group Sheet Images (Jefferson Co.)

Transcriptions of Old Newspapers

1846 Fairfield Business Directory

1886 Walnut Township directory

An 1892 Farm Directory

Gage Store Ledger

Voters in 1848 Presidential Election 

Federal Census Records

Iowa State Census Records
         1852, 1854, 1856, 1885, 1905, 1915, and 1925 (a work in progress)



DIRECT ACCESS TO LOTS OF NAMES AND PERSONAL INFORMATION

Cemetery Records & Gravestone Pictures

Iowa & Jefferson County WPA
Gravestone list

Family Records on the Library shelves

Family Records in the Library file cabinet

First Families of Jefferson County

County Pioneers

Old Marriages

Biographical Sketches
"Portrait and Biographical Album of 
Jefferson and Van Buren Counties, Iowa," 
1890

Biographical Sketches
"The History of Jefferson County, Iowa" 
Volume II, 1912 



HISTORICAL INFORMATION

Jefferson County '49ers

Towns, Post Offices, Whistle Stops

Jefferson County

Jefferson County's Swedish Community

Jefferson County's "OESTREICH"
A look at farm life in northeastern Jefferson County in 1888



SOME BITS & PIECES OF INFORMATION

Veterans

First Reunion of  "Old Settlers"
(with a list of their names)

Old Pictures Of Fairfield and Vicinity

A few Family Genealogies



TO JOIN OUR MAILING LIST

Join Our Jefferson County Mailing List
(Get In Touch With Other Jefferson County Researchers)


W. H. Coop
(contributed by John Simeoni) 


1864 Fairfield Square

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The First County Courthouse built in 1839 at the corner of 2nd & Burlington Streets
Contributed by Verda Baird


Jefferson County Courthouse
(Contributed by Richard L. Green) 


The Fair Department Store Employees Around 1910 but Postmarked 1939 (Contributed by Richard L. Green) 
 


A Float in the Old Settlers parade 1906
(Contributed by Richard L. Green) 
 
 
 


       

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Important Helps for Jefferson Co., Iowa, Researchers

 
List of Professional Iowa Researchers

Check out Ancestry.com Mailing list for Jefferson County, Iowa

To Obtain An Iowa Birth Certificate

State Historical Society Of Iowa

The Iowa History Project

IAGenWeb State Census Project

IAGenWeb State Civil War Project

IAGenWeb Family Group Sheets Project


Jefferson County Registry of Historical Sites

Search The Latter Day Saints (Mormon) Files

The Importance of First Names (Genealogy.com)

 Where To Write In Any State To Get Vital Statistical Information 

Social Security Death Index

Ellis Island Records

Iowa GenWeb Archives

Missouri State Archives

Illinois State Marriages

Help Deciphering Old Handwriting

SURROUNDING COUNTIES
Davis
Henry
Keokuk
Lee
Van Buren
Wapello
Washington

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