Adams County, Iowa Genealogy


 * This article is about a southwestern Iowa county. For other uses, see Adams.

United States Iowa  Adams County

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

County Courthouse
Adams County Courthouse 500 9th St. Corning, IA 50841

(515) 322-4711

Adams County

Parent County
1851--Adams County was created 15 January 1851Pottawattamie County. The county was organized 7 March 1853. County seat: Corning

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
February 1, 1888 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged. For a list of record loss in Iowa Counties see: Iowa Counties with Burned Courthouses

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
 * Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog

Communities
This list of cities and townships came from hometownlocator.com and wikipedia.org.

Neighboring Counties
Adair • Cass • Montgomery • Page • Ringgold • Taylor • Union

Biographies
Rootsweb Iowa Biographics Project Click title to see alphabetical list, some with links

Cemeteries
Lists of the cemeteries in Adams County can be found at IaGenWeb Adams County Cemeteries

Transcriptions of these cemeteries can be found at:


 * Findagrave.com
 * Iowa gravestone project
 * Saving graves
 * The Tombstone Transcription Project

Census
Iowa recorded not only the federal census but state census through out the years too. The state census contains very valuable genealogical information. Where the census information can be found, what years it was taken, mortality schedules, census substitutions and much more is discussed in the very informative Iowa Census article.

Local Histories
Biographical History of Montgomery and Adams Counties, Iowa


 * A Brief history of Corning and Adams County, Iowa, on the occasion of observing Corning's first 100 years : 1857-1957 Corning Iowa centurama. Corning, Iowa : Free Press Publishing Co., 1957.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Adams County History Book Committee (Corning, Iowa). History of Adams County, Iowa. Corning, Iowa : Corning Departmental Club and Civic Department, c1984.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps

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

Civil War

 * - 4th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company H
 * - 29th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company D

Newspapers

 * Adams County Newspaper Archives (1890-2000)


 * Adams County Free Press. Corning, Iowa, United States Of America. Database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)

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