Harrison County, Iowa Genealogy

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

Parent County
1851--Harrison County was created 15 January 1851 from Pottawattamie County. It was organized 7 March 1853. County seat: Logan

Record Loss
1854 Courthouse was destroyed by fire in September; all county records were lost.

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog



Neighboring Counties
Crawford • Monona •  Pottawattamie •  Shelby •  Burt County, Nebraska •  Washington County, Nebraska

Cemeteries
Billion Graves:
 * Linwood Cemetery, Logan
 * Modamin/Noyes Cemetery, Modamin
 * Old Frazier Cemetery, Missouri Valley

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

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Harris Grove

Lutheran

 * Records of the Bethany Lutheran Church, Missouri Valley, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Local Histories

 * McKenney, Horace H. Pioneer history of Harris Grove, 1851-1861. Logan, Ia. : Democrat Print., [19--?].
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Hunt, Charles W. History of Harrison County, Iowa, its people, industries and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families. Indianapolis : B. F. Bowen, 1915.
 * Online at Internetarchive (Free)
 * Smith, Joseph H. History of Harrison County, Iowa : including a condensed history of the state, the early settlement of the county, its topography and natural advantages (...). Des Moines : Iowa Printing, 1888.
 * Online at Icweb (Free)

Military

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

Civil War

 * - 15th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company H
 * - 29th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company C
 * - 15th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company H :- 29th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company C

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

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

Deaths

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

Societies and Libraries
Harrison County Genealogical Society Research Library located on Lower Level Merry Brook School Museum 212 Lincoln Way Woodbine IA Mailing Address: c/o Alvin &amp; Nancy Poole 3203 Marcy St Omaha, NE 68105 E-mail: [mailto:cpoole@unmc.edu cpoole@unmc.edu] Website

Family History Centers



 * Logan Iowa Family History Center 2629 260th St., Logan, IA 51546 United States Location Map