Clayton co IAGenWeb

Clayton County Genealogical Society

Located in the Becker Center
119 N. Main St.
PO Box 846
Elkader, IA 52043
website
On-line newspaper archive

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Carter House Museum
Elkader Historical Society
101 E. High St., Elkader, IA
website

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Edgewood Museum
109 W. Union St.--PO Box 395
Edgewood, IA 52042
website
On-line newspaper archive
(includes McGregor, Strawberry Point, Edgewood & Volga City papers)

Garnavillo Historical Society

203 North Washington Street
Garnavillo, IA 52049
website
On-line newspaper archive

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Guttenberg Heritage Society Museum

Housed in the Lockmaster’s House Heritage Museum near Lock & Dam 10 in Guttenberg. Open Memorial Day weekend-Fall Leaf peak in October. More information on their Facebook page.

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Monona Historical Society, Monona Historical Museum & Willa Helwig History Center
302 S. Egbert St
Monona IA 52159
(563) 539-2640 or 539-2689
Open M-F 1-4pm or weekends by appointment
On-line newspaper archive

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Wilder Memorial Museum
123 W. Mission St.
Strawberry Point, IA 52076
(563) 933-4615
Open Tue-Thurs 1-4pm; Fri-Sat 10am-4pm
website

Iowa Vital Records Bureau (state site)

In Iowa, official registration of births, deaths, and marriages began July 1, 1880. All original records that have been registered are on file with the Iowa Department of Public Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics.

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State Historical Society of Iowa Vital Records

Birth records: 1880-1904 and 1906-1929
Death records: 1880-1904 and 1906-1921
Marriages (index) 1839-1861 and 1939-1928

Clayton County Court House

111 High Street
Elkader IA 52403
(563) 245-2710

Clayton co. courthouse - Elkader

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Clayton co. Libraries
-please phone the library for current info. on the days and times they are open; may vary by season-
-the collections & resources listed below are not a complete listing-

Elkader Public Library 103 N Main PO Box 310 Elkader IA 52043 (563) 245-1466 website On-line newspaper archive Some of their collections & resources - note: some of these materials may have been moved to the genealogy center Local, County & Family histories, County cemetery records, County atlases & plat maps. Newspapers on microfilm: Clayton County Register (1855-1900) Clayton County Register (1980-present) Volga City News (1917-1933) Guttenberg Press (1897-1902) Strawberry Point Press (1877-1886) Garnavillo Clayton County Herald (1854-1857) Guttenberg Mississippi Valley Register (1859-1861) Postville Graphic (1898-1899) Postville Review (1873-1902) North Iowa Times (McGregor) (1856-1907) Postville-Iowa Volks Blatt (1892-1902)		McGregor Public Library 334 Main St. PO Box 398 McGregor, IA 52157 (563) 873-3318 website On-line newspaper archive (includes McGregor, Strawberry Point, Edgewood & Volga City papers) Some of their collections & resources: Local, County & Family histories, County cemetery records, County atlases & plat maps, McGregor City directories & telephone books, County histories of other counties & telephone books of other towns. Newspapers: North Iowa Times (Oct. 10, 1856-Nov. 29, 1865; Aug. 3, 1870-Dec. 27, 1888; June, 1897-Dec., 1910; Mar., 1913-June, 1983) (no index) Special resources: Newspaper clippings in binders from early 1900s (Indexed)
Garnavillo Public Library 122 Main Garnavillo, IA 52049 (563) 426-2119 website On-line newspaper archive Some of their collections & resources: Local & County histories, County atlases & plat maps, Garnavillo City directories & Telephone books, Telephone books of other towns, Town & County Cemetery records		Littleport Public Library 155 W. Main PO Box 58 Littleport, IA 52055 Some of their collections & resources: Local & County histories, Birth records for county (some), County atlases, Littleport City directories & Telephone books, Directories & telephone books of other towns Newspapers: Clayton County Register (current)
Farmersburg Public Library 106 S Main St Farmersburg, IA 52407 (563) 536-2229		Guttenberg Public Library 603 S 2 St. Guttenberg IA 52052 (563) 252-3108 website On-line newspaper archive
Murphy Memorial Library - Monona 111 N. Page St. Box 430 Monona IA (563) 539-2356 website		Strawberry Point Public Library 401 Commercial St. Strawberry Point, IA 52076 (563) 933-4340 website On-line newspaper archive (includes McGregor, Strawberry Point, Edgewood & Volga City papers)
Volga Public LIbrary 505 Washington St. Volga, IA (563) 767-3511 On-line newspaper archive (includes McGregor, Strawberry Point, Edgewood & Volga City papers)		Edgewood Public Library 203 W. Union St. Edgewood, IA (563) 928-6242 website On-line newspaper archive (includes McGregor, Strawberry Point, Edgewood & Volga City papers)

Contact the Clayton co. IAGenWeb coordinator if you'd like your name added here.
You will be asked for a brief overview of what you likely can help researchers with. All financial arrangements will be between the two parties.

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Clayton co. Websites of Interest
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IAGenWeb Special Projects
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Clayton County Register 106 Cedar St NW Elkader IA 52043	Guttenberg Press 10 Shiller Guttenberg IA 52052	Edgewood Reminder P.O. Box 458 Edgewood IA 52042
North Iowa Times 134 Main St McGregor IA 52157		The Outlook 116 W. Center St Monona, Iowa 52159 563-539-4554