SHELBY COUNTY LOOKUPS

TO SUBMIT YOUR LOOKUP REQUEST :

Please limit your request to ONE name (or couple) per request, and allow some time for a response. Volunteers are not expected to do detailed research. Please put SHELBY COUNTY LOOKUP in the subject line of your request to insure the message is not overlooked or accidentally deleted. In the first line of the message please put the name of the material you are requesting research on. For census lookups, include County and Township. Make your request SPECIFIC to an individual ancestor, or couple. Remember to thank your volunteer for their time.

More Shelby County Volunteers are Needed!

If you have access to Shelby County genealogy material and are willing to do Reference Look-ups please contact the County Coordinator.

Reference	Description	Lookup Contact
1889 Biographical History of Shelby and Audubon Counties, Iowa	One Individual per lookup request.	Marthann Kohl-Fuhs can scan a biography and email it.
1915 Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa	PLEASE-One Name per Request The book includes biographies, Civil War enlistees, early pioneers, churches, newspapers, please see the Subject Index	Cheryl Siebrass Also... Marthann Kohl-Fuhs can scan a biography and email it.
Emigrants et Rémigrants Luxembourgeois de 1876 à 1900 - (Book lists names of people and localities who have either emigrated from Luxembourg or have returned to Luxembourg during the period 1876 - 1900.)	PLEASE-One Name per Request; Requests limited to individuals with Shelby County connections.	New Volunteer Needed!! Can you help?
Defiance - Centennial Book (1982)	PLEASE-One Name per Request (see this Defiance Centennial Biography name index)	Marthann Kohl-Fuhs can scan a biography and email it.
Defiance - Quasquicentennial Book (1882-2007)	PLEASE-One Name per Request (Table of Contents & Family History Index)	John Schulte
Earling Centennial Book (1981)	PLEASE-One Name per Request (see this Earling Centennial name index)	Marthann Kohl-Fuhs can scan a biography and email it.
Elk Horn Community History, pub. 2000	PLEASE-One Name per Request The book includes a history of Clay township and Elk Horn and includes info on businesses past and present, as well as schools and churches. It also includes many biographies of families in the Elk Horn area past and present.	Cheryl Siebrass
Irwin Centennial Book	PLEASE-One Name per Request (see Family Bios Index)	Marthann Kohl-Fuhs
Jacksonville, Iowa (Book)	PLEASE-One Name per Request a history of Jacksonville and of Jackson Township and a number of its residents, published in the 1990's, editors Mae Petersen and Marlene Hansen. (see Index to Families)	Cheryl Siebrass
Kirkman Centennial Book Kirkman, Iowa Founded 1880 Incorporated 1892 Celebrating Our Heritage For Over 100 Years	PLEASE-One Name per Request. (see Index to Family Histories)	Cheryl Siebrass
Panama Centennial Panama Pages of Time, 1884-1984	PLEASE-One Name per Request. Index of Family Biographies	Marthann Kohl-Fuhs can scan a biography and email it.
Portsmouth Centennial Book City of Portsmouth St. Mary's Parish Centennial 1882-1982	PLEASE-One Name per Request. (see this Portmouth Centennial Biography name index)	Marthann Kohl-Fuhs can scan a biography and email it.
Redline Church of Christ Centennial Book 1894-1994 Redline Church of Christ 100years	Book has no Index; can try to scan for a specific family	Cheryl Siebrass
Shelby Centennial Book "100 Years in Shelby Iowa 1870-1970 Proud of Our Past - Planning Our Future"	PLEASE-One Name per Request (see Table of Contents & Indexes)	Marthann Kohl-Fuhs
Tennant History (1903-2003)	PLEASE-One Name per Request	Marthann Kohl-Fuhs
Westphalia 125th Anniversary Book (1872-1997)	PLEASE-One Name per Request (see Family Bios Index)	Marthann Kohl-Fuhs can scan a biography and email it.
Shelby County, Iowa Marriages 1853-1880	PLEASE-One Name or Couple per Request	Volunteer Needed!
Cemetery Lookups	Cemeteries Index Page Lists Lookup Volunteers by Cemetery
More Shelby County Records - Cemetery, Death, Land Histories, Indexes, Etc.	Reference Lookups - Volunteer here to help	Volunteers Needed!

Other Genealogical Lookup Resources on the Internet
The Books We Own Cooperative Library provides a list of genealogy lookup volunteers from a large variety of resources.
Ancestral Findings - Limited free CD searches.