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Glasgow School Feb. 1913
(Contributed by Jane Thompson)

SOURCES OF LOCAL INFORMATION
IN IOWA & JEFFERSON COUNTY

Local Addresses and information

Resources Available In
The Fairfield Public Library

Information on the Jefferson County & Iowa Genealogical Societies

Visiting Jefferson County?
Where To Stay & Eat



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

Ask A Question On Our Query Board

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Post Or Look Up An Obituaries

Post Or Look Up A Biography

Post Or Look Up A Document

Post Or Look Up A Family Sheet (Link)



LAND RECORDS

Military Land Warrants

First Purchasers of Land



TRANSCRIPTIONS & IMAGES

Family Group Sheet Images (Local)

Transcriptions of Old Newspapers,

1846 Fairfield Business Directory

1886 Walnut Township directory.

An 1892 Farm Directory

Gage Store Ledger

Voters in 1848 Presidental Election 

Fedeal Census Records

Iowa State Census Records
         1852, 1854, 1856, 1885, 1905, 1915



DIRECT ACCESS TO LOTS OF NAMES & PERSONAL INFORMATION

Cemeteries 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
"The History of Jefferson County, Iowa" 
Volume II, 1912 

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



MAPS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY

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 U. S. A.
 (Off site link)



HISTORICAL INFORMATION

Jefferson County 49'ers

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

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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) 

Some Genealogical Links & Helps
 
 
 
 


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Important Helps for Jefferson Co., Iowa, Researchers
Professional Iowa Researchers
(link)

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

To Obtain An Iowa Birth Certificates
(Link)

State Historical Society Of Iowa
(Link)

The Iowa History Project
(Link)

IaGenWeb State Census Project
(Link)

IaGenWeb State Civil War Project
(Link)

IaGenWeb Family Group Sheets Project
(Link)

Jefferson County Registery of Historical Sites
(Link)

 
Search The Latter Day Saints (Mormon) Files (Link)

The Importance of First Names (Genealogy.com)
(Link)

 Where To Write In Any State To Get Vital Statistical Information  (Link)

Social Security Death Index
(Link)

Ellis Island Records
(Link)

Iowa GenWeb Archives
(Link)

Missouri State Archives
(Link)

Illinois State Marriages
(Link)

Help Deciphering Old Handwriting
(Link)





 

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Lee
Van Buren
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