Jefferson County Genealogy Society

The Jefferson County Genealogical Society was founded in 1972 to create and foster an interest in genealogy, to aid members in compiling family genealogies and to assist individuals in finding their ancestors’ historical records. The society is open to anyone interested in genealogical, biographical, or historical research.

Meetings are held quarterly, at the Fairfield Library.

The 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 holdings at the Fairfield Public Library

For limited genealogical help in Jefferson County you may contact:

Below are some publications available.

Newspaper Scrapbooks transcriptions, images and index available on disk from the admistrator of this website.
Contains articles with genealogical relevance, including some advertizments of local ownership of the time.
        1.  from approxmatly 44 issues of the 1871 Fairfield Ledger - $15
        2.  from approxmatly 25 issues (2 volumes) of the 1884 Fairfield Journal - $20
           Contact me  to order or for more information.

 The Following   TWO VOLUME CEMETERY INDEXES are available from the
publisher   Verda Baird  2791  240th St  Fairfield IA 52556   They are 8-1/2 x ll  spiral bound for home use.

If you are interested in one for library use, write Verda
  Vol. I - Evergreen Cem. l870-1990  359 pages   9,737 burials    $45.00 postpaid
  Vol. II - 77 Cemeteries  l839-1990  475 pages  2l,380 burials    $55.00 postpaid

Verda Baird  2791  240th St   Fairfield IA  52556-8518
    verdajean@lisco.com