Greene County, Iowa Genealogy

United States Iowa  Greene County

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

Parent County
1851--Greene County was created 15 January 1851 from unorganized territory. It was attached to Dallas County prior to organization 25 August 1853. County seat:  Jefferson

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

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog

Neighboring Counties
Boone • Calhoun • Carroll • Dallas • Guthrie • Webster

Church

 * Records of the St. Peter Lutheran Church, Greene County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Local Histories

 * Biographical and historical record of Greene and Carroll Counties, Iowa :. Chicago, Illinois : Lewis Pub. Co., 1887.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free) and at Internetarchive (Free)
 * Stillman, E. B. Past and present of Greene County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. Chicago : S.J. Clarke, 1907.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Past and present of Greene County, Iowa at Ancestry.com ($)

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Iowa

Civil War

 * - 10th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company H
 * - 10th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company H

Newspapers
NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a large collection of digitized Iowa newspapers online. This database is sometimes free at libraries.
 * The Jefferson Bee.1952, 1955, 1957-59, 1961, and 1964. Jefferson, IA, USA. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)
 * The Jefferson Herald. 1952 and 1954-55. Jefferson, IA, USA. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)

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

Web Sites

 * Greene County, IA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Iowa Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Iowa Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Greene County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Greene County IAGenweb Project
 * Greene County Iowagravestones Photo Project
 * WPA Graves Registration Survey for Greene County, IA
 * WPA Graves Registration Survey for Greene County, IA