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        Addresses:

        Washington County Genealogical Society Library
        Post office Box 446
        Washington, Iowa 52353
        genealogy@washington.lib.ia

        *For memberships,  information,  and matters regarding the Washington County Genealogical Society,
        please write to the above address.  The UsGenWeb Project is not a genealogical society, however, we do cooperate 
        with the Genealogical Societies and libraries.  We appreciate their contributions and assistance with materials.

        Washington Public Library
        120 E. Main
        Washington, IA 52353
        319-653-2726
        lonna.blodgett@washington.lib.ia.us
        http://www.washington.lib.ia.us/collection-services/genealogy2/

        Kalona Public Library
        http://users.kctc.net/kaloplib/hours.html

        Washington County Courthouse,
        211 W. Main,
        Washington, Iowa 52353

        Archives

         IaGenWeb Archives - Iowa Archives
         UsGenWeb Archives - All States
         Iowa Federal Census Records
         Washington County, Iowa Archives - Washington County files

        Biographies - 1887 Portrait and Biographical Album

        On Line - Complete Index on Iowa Biographies Project by Linda Suarez

        1880 Portrait and Biographical Album on line
         - History of Washington County, Iowa  its Cities
        and Towns by Union Historical Company in 1880. Published by Mills & Co. in  Des Moines, IA.
        Transcribed by Darlene Coover

        Daniel Mickey - Bio and photo

        Books

        History of the 19th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry by J. Irvine Dungan
        Diary of Augustine Robinette - contributed by Carolie Dixon. 19th Regiment Co. C
        History of Washington County 1880
            - scanned by Darlene Coover  
            -  Includes township map.
        Portrait & Biographical Album of Washington County, Iowa 1885  
        Early settlement of Western Iowa, 1906
        Register of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
        Table of contents of SAR above  

        Cemeteries

         Beauchamp Cemetery Photos - Overview

         Cemetery List and maps  - by Mappoint - Names of Washington County cemeteries and their locations if you 
        plan to visit a cemetery..

        Township maps with cemetery locations including brief histories -  (published by the Washington County 
        Genealogical Society in their newsletters.)

         Cedar |  Dutch Creek | English River |  Highland  | Iowa  | Jackson | Lime Creek  
        (PDF Format)  (If you have difficulty pulling up the PDF files, try rebooting your computer.   
        Requires Acrobat Reader  to read them.)


         Cemetery Burial Lists: (Use drop Down menu for individual  PIONEER cemetery burials.) - Only  a few of the 
        smaller PIONEER cemeteries have been transcribed and published on this site.  Janet Evans and I have transcribed those for  
        Marion Township.  A number of different  people have donated photos of gravestones that have been uploaded to the 
        IaGenWeb Gravestone Project
        and it is possible that your ancestor may be one that has been photographed.   Older burials 
        before the 1930's can be found in the WPA GenWeb Project.    

        On line pioneer cemeteries - Use click and scroll with drop down menu below.


         *Richmond Cemetery -  list looks like an excel spreadsheet on line, but the tabs at the   bottom are active links.. Click on the notes tab to read the explanations on cemetery  condition, maiden names, etc.   Our thanks to Janet Evans for transcribing many of these   pioneeer cemeteries.

         
        Political Graveyard

        GPP

        gravestone logo

        Click on logo above to load your photos or view others.

        Census Indexes and Records: Use drop Down click and scroll menu below for census records.


         

        Lime Creek Township -  1860 Census records - plus a few added tidbits from the WPA Cemetery Records.

        1925 Census in progress -  Ainsworth,  Coppock,  and Marion Twp are done.

        Death Index:

        The Washington County WPA records have been completed. Please use   Iowa WPA Graves  as these death records have been removed. 

         

        Funeral Homes

        Jones Eden Funeral Home - Obituaries. Can also access Washington Journal 2004 Archives  - May include photos of deceased.

        History of Washington County, Iowa

        History of Washington County, Iowa 1880 - book transcribed
        by Darlene Coover

        Lodges

        AFAM Lodge

        Lookups - Needed

        If you own local history books or family histories that you would be
        willing to look up information for researchers please contact the webmaster
         here.  

        We can also use transcribers to transcribe Washington County information for uploading to this site.  Contact me at: iawashington2002@yahoo.com if you wish to help. You will need to research or  locate your own materials to transcribe. We are not able to provide them for transcription.

        Please post your requests and queries on the mailing list.

        Marriages - On Site