Story County IAGenWeb

Story County, Iowa Genealogy Homepage

Map courtesy of Iowa PROfiles

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.

Transcription Volunteers Needed
Source materials will be provided. Opportunities range from transcribing census images into spreadsheets to Story County obituary postings. If you think you can help, please email Mark Christian. Thank you!

28 Aug 2010: Added Washington township to 1885 census (Thank you Larry Munden!)
04 Jul 2010: Added Union township to 1870 census (Thank you Lorna Frechette!)
29 Jun 2010: Added Cambridge town to 1885 census.
27 Jun 2010: Added Union township to 1885 census (Thank you Larry Munden!)
05 Jun 2010: Updated NCHS Family Tree Project (Thank you Dorian Myhre!)
21 May 2010: Added 1948 Nevada Phone Directory (Thank you Hank Zaletel!)
20 May 2010: Added 1926 Colo Phone Directory (Thank you Hank Zaletel!)
02 May 2010: Added Sherman Twp to 1870 census.
01 May 2010: Added Palestine township to 1870 census.
(Click here for complete update history.)

Researching Story County Norwegians?
Check out Norwegian Heritage in Central Iowa.

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

Over 239,300 Searchable Database Records!

Check Out the Nevada Community Historical Society's Family Tree Project Now Including 34,548 people in 12,428 family group sheets!

1856 Census	1860 Census	Updated! (Jul 4) 1870 Census (Partial) Union Twp Added	1880 Mortality Schedule	Updated! (Aug 28) 1885 Census Washington Twp Added
1887 History of Story Co by Allen.	1895 Census	1897/8 County Directory	1902 Atlas Land Owners	1905 Census Register (Partial)
1911 Story Co History V2 by Payne (Biographies)	1925 Census (Indian Creek and Grant Twps)	Addresses	Biography Board	Births
Cemeteries	Civil War	Colo 1924 Directory	New! (May 20) Colo 1926 Phone Directory	Death Certificate Index (Partial)
Updated! (Mar 13) Death Register Vol 1 (Partial) F Surnames Added	Divorces 1854-1924	Documents Board	Family Histories	Federal Land Patents
Gravestone Photo Project! (Story Co Index)	Grave Marker Inscription Index	Links	Lookups with Surname Index	Mailing List
McCallsburg Pupils & Faculty	Marriages 1854-1909	Updated! (Jun 5) NCHS Family Tree Project Expanding County-Wide! 35,548 People	New! (May 21) Nevada 1948 Phone Directory	Nevada ME Church Early Marriages 1865-1881
Obituary Board	Pioneer Experiences	Probate Index	Query Board	Resources
Social Security Death Index Records (Through 2008)	Spanish- American War	Story City Jubilee 1931	Story Co IGS Chapter	Surname Index
Towns and Post Offices	Township/Section & Other Maps	Will Book Index	W.P.A. Tombstone Readings	WWII Army Dead & MIA

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE AMES TRIBUNE FOR PERMISSION TO POST MID-IOWA OBITUARIES.

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