Wayne County Lookups

Please follow these guidelines when requesting a lookup:

  • 1. Limit your request to one name per request.
  • 2. Include Wayne County in Subject line of E-Mail request.
  • 3. Name the source you are requesting a lookup in.
  • 4. Please, put your email address in the body of your message
  • Remember to thank the Volunteers for their time!

Please respect all our volunteers and be sure to follow the guidelines set above. Remember that these folks are volunteers, but are willing to help you find the information you are searching for.

(If you need extensive searches done or copies of obituaries, etc., we ask that you write to either of the Societies, sending a donation and costs for copies & postage. Addresses may be found on the Reference Page.)

AS ALWAYS, WE WISH YOU LUCK IN YOUR SEARCH!



When requesting  Lookups for the following please indicate the information source in the Subject line.
(Jerry Jones has kindly offered to do lookups from the following:)

Lookups 1840 - 1994 Lineville - Clio History Book
World Family Tree CD's 1 thru 8
Kinread Konnection Lineage CD
Automated Family Pedigrees - #3 CD 102, #2 CD 101
Social Security Records 1937-1993
Marriage Records Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio & Tennessee CD #2
Colonial America - Pre 1790 Census Index, Tax List CD #136
Everton Publishers Computerized Family File Vol. 1 & 2 CD #15
Family History Collections 217 Genealogy Books CD #113
Census Index 1850 CD #317


When requesting Lookups for the following please indicate the information source in the Subject line.
(Dale Garton has kindly volunteered to do lookups from the following:)

Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties, Iowa, pub.1886
History of Lucas and Wayne counties, Iowa, pub. 1913
Wayne County, Iowa Cemeteries 1846-1978 and Supplement thru 1991
Humeston 125 Years 1872-1997
Humeston Centennial 100 Years 1872-1972
100 Years Allerton, Iowa Centennial 1874-1974
Cambria Community Then to Now 1776-1976.


When requesting  Lookups for the following please indicate the information source in the Subject line.
(Ann Sears Selvig) has the following resources available for lookups:)

Lookups 1840 - 1994 Lineville - Clio History Book
1861 – 1961 Civil War Centennial
Iowa WPA Cemetery Records
Family Maps of Wayne County, Iowa

Wayne County Iowa Marriages - October 1851 thru 10 July 1902
Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties, Iowa

Past and Present of Lucas and Wayne Counties, Iowa - all biographies are transcribed and online!
Pictorial Review of Wayne County

The Iowa Press Association’s Who’s Who in Iowa, 1940
Wayne County, Iowa Cemeteries 1846-1978

Supplement to Wayne County Iowa Cemeteries


Lookups in the Wayne County Cemeteries and Supplement Books
Jerry Jones - Ann Sears Selvig

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This page was last updated September 9, 2018