Fort Dodge Newspapers
| DATE OF PAPER | NEWSPAPER | ROLL # |
| 31 July 1856 - 15 Sep 1860 | Fort Dodge Sentinel | 1 - F |
| 27 Jul 1861 - 26 Jul 1862 | Fort Dodge Democrat | 2 - F |
| 16 Mar 1864 | Fort Dodge Republican | 2 - F |
| 17 Oct 1864 - 24 Jun 1869 | Iowa Northwest | 2 - F |
| 17 Oct 1864 - 04 Nov 1869 | Iowa Northwest | 3 -F |
| 17 Oct 1868 - 07 Feb 1873 | Fort Dodge Times | 4 - F |
| 25 Nov 1869 - 07 Sep 1871 | Iowa Northwest | 5 - F |
| 11 Feb 1873 - 28 Apr 1874 | Fort Dodge Times | 6 - F |
| 01 May 1874 - 31 Aug 1875 | Fort Dodge Times | 7 - F |
| 03 Sept 1875 - 29 Dec 1876 | Fort Dodge Times | 8 - F |
| 27 October 1883 - 24 Oct 1884 | Northwest Chronicle | 9 - F |
| 06 May 1884 - 30 Sep 1885 | The Daily Chronicle | 10 - F |
| 01 Oct 1885 - 31 Aug 1886 | The Daily Chronicle | 11 - F |
| 01 Sep 1886 - 29 Apr 1888 | The Daily Chronicle | 12 - F |
| 01 May 1888 - 31 Mar 1889 | The Daily Chronicle | 13 - F |
| 02 Apr 1889 - 31 Mar 1890 | The Daily Cronicle | 14 - F |
| 01 Apr 1890 - 24 Dec 1890 | The Daily Chronicle | 15 - F |
| 03 Jan 1893 - 31 Mar 1893 | The Daily Chronicle | 15 - F |
| 01 Apr 1893 - 30 Dec 1893 | The Daily Chronicle | 16 - F |
| 14 Jun 1893 - 26 Dec 1894 | The Weekly Chronicle | 17 - F |
| 12 Jan 1895 - 31 Oct 1895 | The Daily Chronicle | 18 - F |
| 01 Nov 1895 - 30 Apr 1896 | The Daily Chronicle | 19 - F |
| 01 May 1896 - 30 Sep 1896 | The Daily Chronicle | 20 - F |
| 01 Oct 1896 - 31 Mar 1897 | The Daily Chronicle | 21 - F |
| 01 Apr 1897 - 30 Jun 1897 | The Daily Chronicle | 22 - F |
| 20 Apr 1904 - 30 Jun 1904 | The Daily Chronicle | 22 - F |
| 02 Oct 1897 - 28 Sep 1898 | The Semi-Weekly Chronicle | 23 - F |
| 01 Oct 1898 - 29 Sep 1899 | The Semi-Weekly Chronicle | 24 - F |
| 03 Oct 1902 - 29 Sep 1903 | The Semi-Weekly Chronicle | 25 - F |
| 02 Oct 1903 - 29 Jul 1904 | The Semi-Weekly Chronicle | 26 - F |
| 01 Jul 1904 - 21 Oct 1904 | The Daily Chronicle | 27 - F |
| 02 Aug 1904 - 28 Feb 1905 | The Semi-Weekly Chronicle | 28 - F |
| 03 Mar 1905 - 29 Sept 1905 | The Semi-Weekly Chronicle | 29 - F |
| 01 July 1905 - 19 Oct 1905 | The Daily Chronicle | 30 - F |
| 07 May 1906 - 30 Jun 1906 | The Daily Chronicle | 30 - F |
| 03 Oct 1905 - 29 May 1906 | The Semi-Weekly Chronicle | 31 - F |
Microfilm
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Fort Dodge Newspapers
| DATE OF PAPER | NEWSPAPER | ROLL # |
| 01 Jun 1906 - 28 Dec 1906 | The Semi-Weekly Chronicle | 32 - F |
| 01 Jul 1906 - 31 Oct 1906 | The Daily Chronicle | 33 - F |
| 27 Jul 1861 - 16 Jul 1862 | Fort Dodge Democrat | 1 |
| 16 Mar 1864 | Fort Dodge Republican | 1 |
| 17 Oct 1864 - 24 Jun 1869 | Iowa Northwest | 1 |
| 01 Jul 1869 | Iowa Northwest | 2 |
| 02 Feb 1877 - 17 Aug 1877 | Webster County Gazette | 2 |
| 24 Aug 1877 - 04 Jun 1880 | Webster County Gazette | 3 |
| 11 Jun 1880 - 18 Jan 1883 | Messenger | 3 |
| 25 Jan 1883 - 27 Dec 1883 | Messenger | 4 |
| 29 Oct 1884 - 25 Jul 1888 | Northwest Chronicle | 4 |
| 01 Jul 1888 | Northwest Chronicle | 5 |
| 10 dec 1892 - 30 Dec 1893 | Saturday Evening Post | 5 |
| 25 Apr 1872 - 04 Jun 1874 | Messenger | 6 |
| 02 Dec 1881 - 27 Dec 1883 | Messenger Weekly | 7 |
| 20 September 1884 - 10 Jan 1885 | Daily Messenger | 8 |
| 03 Jan 1884 - 29 Dec 1887 | Messenger | 9 - 10 |
| 02 Oct 1886 - 30 Jul 1887 | Daily Messenger | 11 |
| 30 Oct 1886 - 30 Jul 1887 | Saturday Messenger | 12 |
| 05 Jan 1888 - 12 Nov 1891 | Messenger | 13 - 14 |
| 31 Mar 1892 - 31 Dec 1892 | Evening Messenger | 15 |
| 07 Jan 1892 - 28 Dec 1892 | Messenger | 16 |
| 03 Jan 1893 - 31 Dec 1894 | Evening Messenger | 17 -18 |
| 04 Jan 1894 - 31 Dec 1895 | Semi-Weekly Messenger | 19 |
| 02 Jan 1895 - 31 Dec 1895 | Evening Messenger | 20 |
| 03 Jan 1896 - 29 Dec 1896 | Semi - Weekly Messenger | 21 |
| 02 Jan 1896 - 31 Dec 1897 | Evening Messenger | 22 - 23 |
| 05 Jan 1897 - 31 Dec 1898 | Semi - Weekly Messenger | 24 - 25 |
| 03 Jan 1898 - 30 Dec 1899 | Evening Messenger | 26 - 27 |
| 03 Jan 1899 - 28 Dec 1900 | Semi - Weekly Messenger | 28 -29 |
| 02 Jul 1900 - 31 Dec 1901 | Evening Messenger | 30 - 33 |
| 01 Jan 1901 - 31 Dec 1901 | Semi - Weekly Messenger | 34 |
| 02 Jan 1902 - 21 Dec 1902 | Evening Messenger | 35 - 36 |
| 03 Jan 1902 - 30 Dec 1902 | Semi - Weekly Messenger | 37 |
| 01 Jan 1903 - 31 Dec 1903 | Daily Messenger | 38 - 39 |
| 02 Jan 1903 - 31 Dec 1903 | Semi - Weekly Messenger | 40 |
1903 - 1916 Messenger and Chronicle had just birth, marriage, deaths and a few other events extracted from papers; a index was typed from those extractions
From 1904 to 1917 the Public Library has on micrfilm the Messenger Newspaper
and also the Daily Chronicle newspaper. After 1917 the papers were combined
to the Messenger and Chronicle. All are filmed to present day but not indexed.
Newspaper
Microfilm at the
Webster
County
Genealogical
Society
The Gowrie News
| DATE OF PAPER | ROLL # |
| 28 Mar 1889 - 26 Nov 1891 | 1 - G |
| 26 Nov 1891 - 01 Nov 1894 | 2 - G |
| 01 Nov 1894 - 05 Aug 1897 | 3 - G |
| 05 Aug 1897 - 01 Mar 1900 | 4 - G |
| 01 Mar 1900 - 18 Sep 1902 | 5 - G |
| 18 Sep 1902 - 23 Feb 1905 | 6 - G |
| 23 Feb 1905 - 17 Sep 1908 | 7 - G |
| 17 Sep 1908 - 26 Jan 1911 | 8 - G |
| 26 Jan 1911 - 24 Jul 1913 | 9 - G |
| 24 Jul 1913 - 30 Dec 1915 | 10 - G |
| 17 Aug 1916 - 25 Sep 1919 | 11 - G |
| 25 Sep 1919 - 16 Nov 1922 | 12 - G |
| 16 Nov 1922 - 04 Feb 1926 | 13 - G |
| 04 Feb 1926 - 21 Mar 1929 | 14 - G |
| 21 Mar 1929 - 05 May 1932 | 15 - G |
| 05 May 1932 - 27 Jun 1935 | 16 - G |
| 27 Jun 1935 - 11 Aug 1938 | 17 - G |
| 11 Aug 1938 - 05 Jun 1941 | 18 - G |
| 05 Jun 1941 - 17 Aug 1944 | 19 - G |
| 17 Aug 1944 - 09 Oct 1947 | 20 - G |
| 09 Oct 1947 - 20 Jul 1950 | 21 - G |
The year 1906 is missing from the Gowrie News. Has not been indexed.
Newspaper
Microfilm at the
Webster
County
Genealogical
Society
Dayton Review
| DATE OF PAPER | ROLL # |
| 14 May 1880 - 18 Aug 1881 | 1 - D |
| 18 Aug 1881 - 12 Aug 1886 | 2 - D |
| 12 Aug 1886 - 14 Aug 1890 | 3 - D |
| 14 Aug 1890 - 09 Nov 1893 | 4 - D |
| 09 Nov 1893 - 31 Dec 1896 | 5 - D |
| 01 Jan 1897 - 29 Dec 1898 | 6 - D |
| 12 Jul 1908 - 02 Jun 1910 | 7 - D |
| 02 Jun 1910 - 30 May 1912 | 8 - D |
| 06 Jun 1912 - 28 May 1914 | 9 - D |
| 04 Jun 1914 - 30 Mar 1916 | 10 - D |
| 16 Apr 1916 - 27 Dec 1917 | 11 - D |
| 03 Jan 1918 - 28 Aug 1919 | 12 - D |
| 04 Sep 1919 - 30 Dec 1920 | 13 - D |
| 06 Jan 1921 - 28 Dec 1922 | 14 - D |
| 04 Jan 1923 - 31 Dec 1925 | 15 - D |
| 07 Jan 1926 - 28 Jun 1928 | 16 - D |
| 05 Jul 1928 - 25 Dec 1930 | 17 - D |
| 01 Jan 1931 - 29 Jun 1933 | 18 - D |
| 06 Jul 1933 - 26 Dec 1935 | 19 - D |
| 02 Jan 1936 - 30 Jun 1938 | 20 - D |
| 07 Jan 1938 - 26 Dec 1940 | 21 - D |
| 02 Jan 1941 - 24 Jun 1943 | 22 -D |
| 01 Jul 1943 - 28 Mar 1946 | 23 - D |
| 04 Apr 1946 - 30 Dec 1948 | 24 - D |
| 06 Jan 1949 - 15 Jan 1953 | 25 - D |
Newspaper
Microfilm at the
Webster
County
Genealogical
Society
Lehigh Valley Argus
| DATE OF PAPER | ROLL # |
| 01 Jun 1900 - 09 Mar 1906 | 1 - L |
| 09 Mar 1906 - 15 Sep 1910 | 2 - L |
| 15 Sep 1910 - 04 Sep 1913 | 3 - L |
| 04 Sep 1913 - 20 Jul 1916 | 4 - L |
| 20 Jul 1916 - 10 Jul 1919 | 5 - L |
| 10 Jul 1919 - 20 Jul 1922 | 6 - L |
| 20 Jul 1922 - 02 Aug 1926 | 7 - L |
| 26 Aug 1926 - 24 Dec 1931 | 8 - L |
| 24 Dec 1931 - 29 Dec 1938 | 9 - L |
The Lehigh Valley Argus is missing Jan 1932 - Dec 1935
Miscellaneous Records Available on Microfilm
Webster County Military Census Film - 1862 to 1876
Webster County World War I Draft Registration Cards Film
1. A - C.Cleveland
2. Cleveland - John Rytten
3. Paul Sabo - Sam Zukav
Webster County Old Age Assistance Film - 1934 to 1937
1899 Dayton Charge Methodist Episcopal Church Film
Microfilm - Census Records
1970 Wayne and Webster County Federal Census C-1
1880 Part Washington, Wayne & Webster County Federal Census C-2
1880 Part Webster, Winnebago, Winneshiek & part Woodbury Federal Census C-3
1925 Webster County, Iowa State Census as follows:
| Book 1 - 47 | C - 4 | Book 144 - 193 | C - 7 |
| Book 48 - 94 | C - 5 | Book 194 - 240 | C - 8 |
| Book 95 - 144 | C - 6 | Book 241 - 288 | C - 9 |
The census microfilm are in our Genealogical Library. The Public Library has 1856, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1885, 1900, 1905, 1910, 1915, 1925 Webster County Census on microfilm for all researchers to us.
The Genealogical Library has every - name indexed the 1856, 1860, 1870, 1885, 1895 and 1925 census records for Webster County, Iowa.
Besides having the microfilm for the 1880 Webster County census, we have the original enumerators book and that is name indexed and is available for purchase from Iowa Genealogical Society, Des Moines, Iowa.
1895 State Census: Asks if any individula served militayr duty, if so, gives the Company and Regiment.
1925 State Census: Ask standard questions plus whether own or rent dwelling,
schooling, military and maiden name of mother, name of father, age of each,
if living; and where parents married; last question asked is religious
affiliation.
Microfiche
Sanborn Fire Maps: Dayton, Gowrie, Lehigh, Fort Dodge - From 1885 to
1907
Microfilm - Webster County Birth Records
| 1880 - 1911 and Index | B - 1 |
| 1911 - 1916 (pages 1-167) Late Register | B - 1 |
| 1911 - 1916 (pages 167 - 728) | B - 2 |
| 1916 - 1917 | B - 2 |
| 1918 - 1923 ( A-R and Late Register) | B - 2 |
| 1918 - 1923 (R - Z) | B - 3 |
| 1924 - 1929 (Some letters to 1936, and Late Register) | B - 3 |
Microfiche
1852 - 1916 Delayed Iowa Births; has name, date of birth and Certificate Number; a certified copy can be ordered from:
Iowa Dept of Public Health
Vital Records Bureau
Lucas State Office Bldg, 4th Floor
321 East 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319-0075
Please send S.A.S.E. to above address for proper Form
Microfilm - Webster County Marriage Records
| 1887 - 1926 | M - 1 | 1897 - 1902 | M - 6 |
| 1889 - 1904 (Register) | M - 2 | 1902 - 1906 | M - 7 |
| 1909 - 1926 & 1853 - 1888 | M - 3 | 1906 -1910 | M - 8 |
| 1883 - 1891 | M -4 | 1910 - 1914 | M - 9 |
| 1891 - 1897 | M - 5 | 1914 - 1920 | M - 10 |
| - | - | 1920 - 1926 | M - 11 |
Microfilm - Webster County Death Records
| Jun 1880 - Jun 1914 | D - 1 |
| Jun 1914 - Jun 1919 | D - 2 |
| 1921 - 1924 | D - 3 |
Microfiche
1884 - 1916 Iowa Deaths; State Wide Index; see above address for ordering
proper form to get a certified copy of the death record.
Microfilm - City Directories
The following Fort Dodge City Directories are on microfilm at the Fort Dodge Public Library.
1889 - 1890, 1894, 1896, 1898, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1911,
1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925,
1926, 1927, 1928, and part 1929