Guthrie County, Iowa Genealogy

Guide to Guthrie County, Iowa ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records. 

Description
The County was named for Captain Edwin B. Guthrie. The County has Grundy Center as its seat and the County was created 1851. The County is located in the centre area of the state.

Parent County
1851--Guthrie County was created 15 January 1851 from unorganized territory. County seat: Guthrie Center

Record Loss
1857 All county records were destroyed. 1882 The courthouse was destroyed by fire on March 3, 1882; most records were saved. 1963 The courthouse was destroyed by fire, with some record loss.

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Neighboring Counties
Adair • Audubon •  Carroll •  Cass •  Dallas •  Greene •  Madison

Biography

 * A record, history, biography, memory, pioneer times and peoples, Guthrie Center, Iowa at Ancestry.com ($)

Census
State Census
 * 1895 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1905 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1915 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1925 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories

 * History of Adair and Guthrie County
 * Guthrie and Adair Counties, Iowa History at Ancestry.com ($)
 * Guthrie County Historical Society. Guthrie County centennial : 100 years of progress, 1851-1951. [Guthrie Center, Iowa?] : The Times &amp; Guthrian, 1951.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Foresman, Sherry. Guthrie County, Iowa records. Menlo, Iowa : S. Foresman, 1995.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * History of Guthrie and Adair counties, Iowa : together with sketches of their towns, villages and townships, educational, civil, military and political history; portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of old settlers and representative citizens. Springfield, Illinois : Continental Historical Co., 1884.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free) and at Hathitrust (Free)and at Internetarchive (Free)
 * Past and present of Guthrie County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. Chicago, Illinois : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1907.
 * Online at Internetarchive (Free)
 * A record, history, biography, memory, pioneer times and peoples, Guthrie Center, Iowa at Ancestry.com ($)

Military

 * 1835-1998 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1949 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1862-1910 - at FamilySearch — index

Civil War

 * - 4th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company C
 * - 29th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Companies I and K
 * - 29th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company I :- 29th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company K :- 4th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company C

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1859-1990 - at FamilySearch — index and images

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


 * Bayard News. 1884-1977 Bayard, Iowa, United States Of America. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)
 * The Guthrian. 1951-72. Guthrie County, IA, USA. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)

Probate
Online Probate Records


 * 1758 - 1997 Iowa Wills and Probate Records 1758-1997 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Taxation

 * 1934-1958 - at FamilySearch — index

Births

 * 1850-1939 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1921-1942 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Marriages

 * 1518-1996 - Iowa, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1838-1934 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Deaths

 * 1850-1990 - at FamilySearch - index
 * 1880-1992 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1904-1951 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Societies and Libraries
Guthrie County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 96 Jamaica 50128-0096 Telephone:641-429-3362 Website

Guthrie County Historical Society 901 Grand Guthrie, IA 50115 Telephone:515- 747-3403