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.

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



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

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

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 $

Births

 * 1850-1939 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Marriages

 * 1838-1934 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Deaths

 * 1850-1990 - at FamilySearch - index
 * 1880-1992 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1921-1940 - 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