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Ringgold County Resources
Ringgold County's Golden Nuggets
Where to find Ringgold County's town centennial books that are still in print, Ringgold County books,
town museums and contact information, local history books, genealogical materials, school yearbooks,
and other such nuggets of information, materials, and resources.
Local
Newspaper Office
Mount Ayr Record-News
122 W. Madison St.
Mount Ayr, IA 50854
(641) 464-2440
The Mount Ayr Record-News is available on-line.
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The Diagonal Progress
Patty NEWTON, editor and publisher
505 Jefferson Street, Diagonal, Iowa 50845
Phone: (641) 734-5507 Cell: (641) 344-5599 Fax: (641) 734-5002
E-mail: dprogress@iowatelecom.net
Home Page: http://www.diagonalprogress.com/
Local Libriaries
Mount Ayr Public Library
121 W. Monroe St.
Mount Ayr, IA 50854
(641) 464-2159
mlibrary@mshsi.com
NOTE: Photocopies are 25-cents/page. Donations are welcome
Mount Ayr Public Library Hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Thursday
10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Saturday
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Closed on Sundays
Collections and Resources at the Mount Ayr Public Library-
Local, county & other county histories
- BANNER, Raymond V. Cemetery Gravestone Recordings of Ringgold County, Iowa
A project of and published by Ringgold County Historical Society, 2003
- LESAN, Mrs. B. M. Early History of Ringgold County:
Cetennial History of Mount Ayr, Iowa 1875-1975
- KNUDSON, Ruth BLANCHARD. American Pilgrimage for LESANS, BLANCHADS, and SWEARINGEN, 1974
- CORBIN, Bernard & HARDY, Joseph. Across Iowa on the Keokuk & Western and the Humeston & Shenandoah Railroads
not available for check out but available for reference at the library
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Family histories
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Ringgold county atlas, plat maps & plat maps of other counties
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Ringgold Co. federal census 1860-1920
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Oral history collections
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Various county church records (1800-1924)
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Bohemian settlers, 1856-1900
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Zaruba family records 1864-1900
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Ringgold Co. BEALL directories 1896 & 1899
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Misc. cassette tapes of old-timer interviews
Newspapers (microfilm):-
Ringgold Record (1872-1908)
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Twice-a-Week News (1892-1907)
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Mount Ayr Journal (1893-1920)
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Kellerton Globe (1894-1907)
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Mount Ayr Record News (1908-1989)
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Redding Herald (1915-1919; 1926-1947)
Redding Rustler & Redding Register (1901 and 1906)
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Shannon City Messenger (1915-1918)
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Diagonal Reporter (1918-1972)
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Tingley Vindicator (1903-1948)
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Ringgold County "Old Timers" Bulletin (1930-1946)
Vital statistics resources at Mount Ayr Public Library:-
Register of marriages 1855-1912
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Birth records for Ringgold co. (index 1880-1897)
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County death records (index 1880-1897)
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Marriage records for county (index 1880-1913)
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Index to wills (1858-1880)
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Gravestone records (1800-1930)
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Cemetery records for county
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Obituary collection for county
Ringgold County Vital Records
transcribed from regional newspaper abstracts
Births
Marriages, Anniversaries, and Divorces
Deaths, Surnames A - M
Deaths, Surnames N - Z
Surnames Page
Surnames and contacts with those who are researching those families.
Don and Scharmal Connley will do look ups from the book
Ringgold County, Iowa Marriage Records 1855 - 1900. Please include all known information for Don and Scharmal when requesting a look up. Thank you.
Local Vital Records:
Ringgold County Court House
Recorder's Office
109 W. Madison, P. O. Box 523
Mount Ayr, Iowa 50854-1651
Recorder Office Phone: (641) 464-3231
Recorder Office Fax: (641) 464-2568
E-mail: kschaef@iowatelecom.net
Vital Records and Military Records
Ringgold County Chapter Iowa Genealogical Society
204 W. Jefferson
Mount Ayr, IA 50854
Ringgold County Genealogical Society
% Betty Jo Ruby
202 Adams Street
Diagonal, IA 50845-1001
Iowa Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 7735
Des Moines, IA 50322-7735
The IGS publishes an excellent quarterly journal,
Hawkeye Heritage.
Dues are $20 per year per person.
STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY of IOWA
Library
600 E. Locust, Capitol Complex
Des Moines, IA 50319
They charge $5 per one half hour of work.
Ringgold County Historical Society, Inc.
Mount Ayr, Iowa 50854
Phone: (515) 464-2615
Cemetery Gravestone Recordings of Ringgold County, Iowa
by Raymond V. BANNER
A project of and published by Ringgold County Historical Society, 2003
Genealogy Research Tools Page
Links to off-site tools for genealogical research:
Currancy Converter, Historical Currancy Convertor, Birth Date Calculator
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