Monroe County, Iowa Genealogy

United States Iowa  Monroe County

Guide to Monroe County Iowa genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Parent County
1843 Monroe County was created 17 February 1843 from unorganized territory. It was formerly Kishkekosh County, and renamed to Monroe 1 August 1846. It was attached to Wapello and Jefferson Counties prior to organization 1 July 1845. County seat: Albia

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Iowa County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Iowa County Boundary Maps" (1816-1872) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
For a list of record loss in Iowa Counties see: Iowa Counties with Burned Courthouses

Neighboring Counties
Appanoose | Davis | Lucas | Mahaska | Marion | Wapello | Wayne

African American
Gradwohl, David M.and Nancy M. Osborn Exploring Buried Buxton: archaeology of an abandoned Iowa coal mining town with a large Black population ; 1st ed. Ames:Iowa State university Press, 1984. 207 p. F629.B98 G73 1984

History
Biographical and Genealogical History of Appanoose and Monroe Counties, Iowa

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Iowa
 * David Rumsey Map Collectioon is a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures. This Collection features the city of Avery.

Civil War

 * - 6th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company E
 * - 8th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company I
 * - 17th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company H
 * - 22nd Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company D
 * - 46th Regiment, Iowa Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company G

Newspapers
NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a large collection of digitized Iowa newspapers online. This database is sometimes free at libraries.

Societies and Libraries
See also a List of Iowa Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Monroe County, IA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Iowa Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Iowa Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Monroe County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Monroe County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)