IAGenWeb - Poweshiek County, Iowa Genealogy, Historical Records, and Information

IAGenWeb Project and USGenWeb Project present:
Poweshiek County IA
Genealogy, Historical Records & Information

Welcome, my name is Lesley & I started working with this fabulous group 27 Aug 2008.
If you have ANY questions do not hesitate to contact me!
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from the collection of Iva Quaintance Street (in front row)

McCoy School, near Montezuma Iowa, 1908 or 1909
Back row, left to right: Hazel Swangel, Blanche Swangel, Mary Ingraham (teacher), Mae Johnson, Lela Beason;
middle row; boy Binegar, Leonard Sheeler, Wilbur Standford;
front row: Lee Sheeler, Mary Swangel, Lily Standford, Lela Quaintance, Iva Quaintance, Vada Binegar, boy Binegar.

more early photos of Poweshiek County

We Appreciate Volunteers like Marilyn Holmes!
In the past couple of months Marilyn Holmes has sent us a great many transcribed Obituaries that she has gleaned from several sites, including the wonderful Web files of the Stewart Library of Grinnell. Her work makes them easy to find and read. Check the files at our IAGenWeb Obits Board, below.

IAGenWeb Message Boards for Poweshiek Co.
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Other IAGenWeb Projects:

	Cemetery Burial Lists, recorded by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930's. See these old records by clicking on the "Iowa Graves Survey WPA" icon.
*This fabulous* project is of Gravestone Photos from Poweshiek County Cemeteries**. Photos have been submitted by viewers and volunteers. Please consider submitting your photos!
	Our newest IAGenWeb project is of The Great War. It features information on Iowans in World War I.
The Iowa History Project is a wonderful resource for Iowa history information, pioneer reminiscences, news stories, and historical happenings. You might even want to contribute to it yourself!

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Poweshiek County Resources

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Poweshiek County LookUps

Biographies

Maps of Poweshiek County

Poweshiek County
Historical & Genealogical Society

1850 Census Index
1895 Iowa State Census
other Censuses

Cemeteries
Cemetery Maps
Unmarked Graves
Grave Finder

Ghost Towns

Civil War Veterans A-K
Civil War Veterans L-Z

Courthouse History
Land Patent Records

Vital Records:
Marriages
Deaths 1880-93 (A-D)
Obituaries

History of Poweshiek County

History of Poweshiek County, 1880

Grinnell Centennial Book Index

Local Libraries
Surnames of Poweshiek

Grinnell College Directory 1924

Brooklyn graduates 1923
Liberty Church
Grinnell Masons

Town Names

Deep River

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