Story County IAGenWeb

Story County, Iowa Genealogy Homepage

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Story County in located in the very center of Iowa. It is bordered on the north by Hamilton and Hardin Counties, on the west by Boone County, on the south by Polk and Jasper and on the east by Marshall County. You may click on the town to reach the town web sites for those having them.

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Source materials will be provided. Opportunities include transcribing census images into spreadsheets, proofing transcriptions, Story County obituary postings, and more. If you think you can help, please email Mark Christian. Thank you!

21 Jan 2023: Added Ames Ward 1 Washington Twp to the 1930 Census. Thank you Nancy Baker Sweeney and Patsy Griffith!
18 Jan–13 Jan 2023: Added Ames Ward 4 Franklin Twp, Collins Twp to the 1940 Census. Thank you Nancy Baker Sweeney!
07 Jan 2023: Started the 1940 Census adding Collins Twp. Thank you Nancy Baker Sweeney!
31 Dec 2022: Added Washinton Twp (west of railroad) completing the 1950 Census!
30 Dec–08 Nov 2022: Added (26) 1950 Census ED's to the 1950 Census. (See detailed update history.)
21 Dec–04 Apr 2022: Added death certificate transcriptions for July 1921–1923, 1924–1928 to Death Certificates. Thank you Stefani Wonders!
18 Nov–11 Sep 2022 Added Maxwell, Huxley, Colo, Slater, Shipley, Collins and Roland High School Graduates.
09 Nov 2022: Started 1930 Census with Collins, Collins Twp and Ames ED 85-3. Thank you Nancy Baker Sweeney and Patsy Griffith!
18 Sep–03 Sep 2022 Added Roland Town, Howard Twp, Maxwell Town, Indian Creek Twp to the 1950 Census.
10 Sep 2022: Added 1950 Roland Telephone Directory. Thank you Holly Whitehill!
10 Sep 2022: Added 1913 Roland Telephone Directory. Thank you Holly Whitehill!
09 Sep 2022: Updated NCHS Family Tree Project. Thank you Dorian Myhre!
07 Sep 2022: Added the Ames 1910 D.A.R. membership list. Thank you, Sheryl!

(Click here for a more detailed and complete update history.)

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Click Here to Search for Surnames in Story Co. Pages and Databases (You can also search the individual databases below. Now includes surnames in the obituary board!)

To search all text, not just surnames, use the search box below.

Over 592,300 Searchable Database Records!

Check Out the Nevada Community Historical Society's Family Tree Project Now Including 71,629 people in 29,184 family group sheets!

1854 Census	1856 Census	1860 Census	1862 Military Eligible	1863 Military Eligible
1864 Military Eligible	New! (Jun 25) 1865 Story Co History	1867 Military Eligible	1870 Census	1871 Military Eligible
1880 Census (Including Image Links)	1880 Mortality Schedule	1883 Pensioners	1885 Census	1887 History of Story Co by Allen
1890 Military Eligible	1890 Story Co. History with Biographies	New! (Jul 23) 1892 Farmers Directory	1894 Military Eligible	1895 Census
1897/8 County Directory	1900 Census (Including Image Links)	1902 Atlas Land Owners	1904 Military Eligible	1905 Census Register
1910 Census	1911 Story Co History V2 by Payne (Biographies)	1914 Story Co Directory	Now Complete! (Apr 26) 1920 Census Added Ames Ward 4	1925 Census (Partial)
New! (Jan 21) 1930 Census (Partial) Added Ames Ward 1	New! (Jan 13) 1940 Census (Partial) Added Ames W1 ED 85-3	Now Complete! (Dec 31) 1950 Census Abstract Added Washington (2 of 2) Twp	Addresses	New! (Sep 07) Ames 1910 D.A.R.
Ames 1915 Phone Directory	BiographyBoard	Births	Birth Certificate Index	Cemeteries
Civil War	New! (Nov 18) Collins High School Graduates	Collins School Chronological Biography	Colo 1924 Directory	Colo 1926 Phone Directory
Colo 1940 Phone Directory	Colo 1956 Phone Directory	New! (Sep 18) Colo High School Graduates	New! (Dec 21) Death Certificate Index (Partial) Added 1928	Death Register Vol 1 (Partial)
Divorces 1854-1924	Documents Board	New! (Jun 25) Doctors (1876, 1878, 1880, 1886)	Federal Land Patents	Family Histories
Gravestone Photo Project! (Story Co Index)	Grave Marker Inscription Index	New! (Sep 17) Huxley High School Graduates	Inventor Patents	ISC (ISU) Alumni as of 1914
Links	ISC (ISU) Directory October 1915	Lookups with Surname Index	Maps Township/Section & Other	New! (Jul 21) McCallsburg 1969 Centennial Book
McCallsburg Pupils & Faculty	Marriages 1854-1909	New! (Sep 11) Maxwell High School Graduates	Milford Township and Proud of It Great Twp History!	Nevada 1948 Phone Directory
Updated! (Sep 09) NCHS Family Tree Project	Nevada ME Church Early Baptisms 1865-1880	Nevada ME Church Early Marriages 1865-1881	Index Updated! Obituary Board (Sep 03)	Pioneer Experiences
Probate Index	Query Board	Resources	Roland Centennial History 1870-1970	New! (Nov 20) Roland High School Graduates
New! (Sep 10) Roland 1913 Telephone Directory	New! (Sep 10) Roland 1950 Telephone Directory	New! (Nov 13) Shipley High School Graduates	New! (Sep 19) Slater High School Graduates	Social Security Death Index Records (Through 2010)
Spanish- American War	Story City Jubilee 1931	Story Co IGS Chapter	Surname Index	Towns and Post Offices
Iowa Veterans Cemetery Burials	Will Book Index	W.P.A. Tombstone Readings	WWII Dead & MIA	Zearing 1953 Phone Directory
Zearing 1956 History

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