Ida County, Iowa Genealogy

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Parent County
1851--Ida County was created 15 January 1851 from unorganized territory. It was attached to Woodbury County prior to organization 1 January 1859. County seat: Ida Grove

Record Loss
January 12, 1877 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

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

Neighboring Counties
Buena Vista | Cherokee | Crawford | Monona | Sac | Woodbury

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Ida County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Ida County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)