Jefferson County Genealogical 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 administrator of this website.
Contains articles with genealogical relevance, including some advertisements of local ownership of the time.
        1.  from approximately 44 issues of the 1871 Fairfield Ledger - $15
        2.  from approximately 25 issues (2 volumes) of the 1884 Fairfield Journal - $20
           Contact me  to order or for more information.

Also see the Iowa Genealogical Society page for State publications concerning our county.