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Shelby County Iowa
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This page contains a list of Resources and a Cheat Sheet to assist in your research on Shelby County.
The Resource list has addresses and phone numbers. The Cheat Sheet list displays the type of records available and where you might find them.
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Genealogical Resource List

Resource

Records

Address

City

Phone Number
Nishnabotna Genealogical Society (Shelby County) Visit the
NGS Page		 847 Rd M56 Harlan, IA 51537 N/A
Shelby County Courthouse
Shelby County Recorder
&
Registrar of Vital Statistics		 see Recorder's Office.
Also see Vital Records, or see About County Records		 Shelby County Recorder
612 Court Street
Room 201
PO Box 67		 Harlan, IA 51537-0067 712-755-5640
Shelby County Cemeteries see the Cemeteries list Various locales Various locales Lookup Volunteers Needed
Harlan Community Library see Library records 718 Court St Harlan, IA 51537 712-755-5934
Elk Horn Public Library local history 2027 Washington
Box 119		 Elk Horn IA 51531 712-xxx-xxxx
Shelby County Historical Museum see Museuem records 1805 Morse Harlan, IA 51537 712-755-2437
Danish Immigrant Museum Danish archives & artifacts 2212 Washington St Box 178 Elk Horn, IA 51531
M-F:9to5, Sat:10-5, Sun: 		800-759-9192
Family History Center Atop the Danish Immigrant Museum 2212 Washington St Box 178 Elk Horn, IA
Hours:Tues,Wedn,&Fri 10:00to4:00		 800-759-9192
LDS-Family History Center Bishop's Office RR 2 Logan, IA 51546
Hours:Tues&Thur 1:00to4:00 and 6:30to9:00		 712-644-3495
LDS-Family History Center see Using LDS FHC's 11027 Martha St
[North of 108th & Center]		 Omaha, NE 68144
Hours:Tues-Sat 9:30to2:30 and 7:30to9:30		 402-393-7641
LDS-Family History Center see LDS Resources 12009 South 84th St
[South of Highway 370]		 Papillion, NE 68144
Hours:Tues-Sat 9:30to2:30 and 7:30to9:30		 402-339-0461
Iowa Genealogical Society see IGS 6000 Douglas St (by Merle Hay Mall)
PO Box 7735		 Des Moines, IA 50322
Library Open 10-4 M,F,Sa and 10-9 T,Th 		515-276-0287
Iowa Dept. of Public Health Birth & Death Certificates,.. also see Iowa Vital Records Vital Records Section
at 321 E 12th St		 Des Moines, IA 50319-0075
Open 7:00to5:00 M-F		 515-281-4944
State Historical Society of Iowa Library Archives Reading Room, see SHSI 600 E Locust Des Moines, IA 50319-0290
Archives Open 9:00-4:30 T-Sat		 515-281-5111
State Historical Society of Iowa Museum, see SHSI 600 E Locust Des Moines, IA 50319-0290
Open 9:00-4:30 T-Sat; 12:00-4:30 Sun		 515-281-6412
State Historical Society of Iowa Library,
see IACity		 402 Iowa Ave Iowa City, IA 52240-1806
Open 9:00-4:30 T-Sat		 319-335-3916
State Library of Iowa see Library 1112 East Grand Des Moines, Iowa 50319 515-281-4105
National Archives -- Kansas City Branch see NARA 2312 Bannister Rd Kansas City, MO 64131-3011
Open 8-4 M-F, 9-4 3rd Sat ea. mo.		 816-926-6920
E-Mail: see Kansas City

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The Cheat Sheet below shows you where to find source documents. See the Resource list above for information about contacting these resources.
The list below is only an attempt to point you in the right direction. Records exist at a variety of sources. Don't forget that a great source of family information may be your own RELATIVES! or your local Genealogical Society.

Abbreviations used below include: FHC-Family History Center, IGS-Iowa Gen. Society, SHSI-State Hist. Society of Iowa, NARA-Natl Archives, NGS-Nishnabotna Gen. Society, HCL-Harlan Community Library, LC-Library of Congress, DAR-Daughters of the American Revolution, WPA-Work Projects Admin, CC-County Courthouses.

Genealogical Records Cheat Sheet

Available Records

Some places to Look
Birth Records Vital Records, FHC, CC, HCL, Churches, SHSI
Death or Burial Records Vital Records, FHC, CC, HCL, Funeral Homes, SHSI, Churches
Mortality Schedules FHC, SHSI
Marriage & Divorce Records Vital Records, CC, NGS, HCL, Churches, DAR, FHC
State & Territorial Census SHSI, FHC, CC, NGS, HCL
Federal Census FHC, NARA, SHSI, NGS
Genealogies SHSI, IGS, NGS, DAR
Military Records NARA, SHSI, State Adjutant General's Office, FHC, CC
Land Records SHSI, FHC, CC
Naturalization and Citizenship SHSI, FHC, CC, NGS
Emigration / Immigration Public and Private Libraries
Church Records Churches, FHC
Court & Probate Records CC-County Clerk, FHC
Newspaper Records SHSI, HCL, NGS
Manuscript Collections SHSI, LC, FHC, HCL
Bible Records SHSI, FHC, Family Records
Biographies SHSI, FHC, IGS, NGS, LC
Histories SHSI, IGS, NGS, LC, HCL
Cemetery Records FHC, NGS, DAR, WPA, Funeral Homes

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