Fairfield Public Library (This Link May Not Always Be Available)

The Jefferson County Genealogy Society has helped preserve courthouse and cemetery records by transcribing and compiling the records into hardbound books available at several libraries in Iowa, including the following holdings at the Fairfield Public Library. See the Lookups page for volunteers that will look up information for you.
For limited genealogical help in Jefferson County you may contact:

Bible Records
Cemeteries and Cemetery Inscriptions Beginning in 1839
Courthouse Records
        Marriages 1839-1939
        Births 1880-1920
        Deaths 1880-1919
        Guardianships 1839-1889
        Naturalizations 1846-1904
        Probate Index 1839-1961
        Coroner’s Docket 1894-1934
        Wills Index 1839-1928
        Early Land Owners Beginning 1839
Census Records -
        Index Census for the State of Iowa 1850, 1860
        All Iowa Counties 1850
       Census Index for Jefferson County 1840, 1850, 1856, 1895, 1900, 1910, 1925
       Jefferson County 1840, 1850, 1856, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1885
Declarations of Intention to Become a Citizen 1907-1928
Family Genealogies (201 Booklets)
6,200 Family Group Sheets
County Histories
        1876 Centennial History (indexed)
        1879 History of Jefferson County
        1890 Portrait of Biographical Album
        1912 History of Jefferson County (2 volumes)
        1968 A Fairfield (indexed)
        1976 Memories & Glimpses of Pleasant Plain, Iowa
        1982 Villages & towns of Yesteryear
        Packwood, Iowa and It’s People 1883-1983
Jefferson County Civil War Soldiers (Volumes 12 & 13)
Hardbound and Microfilm Obituaries 1882-1982
Obituaries 1973 to Present
Legal Notices 1847-1868
Death Notices 1847-1872
Funeral Home Records 1890-1909
Mortality Schedules 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
Newspapers
    Fairfield 1847 - Present
    Lockridge 1909-1967
    Batavia 1916-1933
Miscellaneous