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. Iowa Online Genealogy Records

Description
The County was named for Captain Edwin B. Guthrie. The County has Guthrie Center as its seat and the County was created 1851. The County is located in the centre area of the state.

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

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

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 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.


 * 1895 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1905 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1915 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1925 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Church
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Local Histories

 * History of Adair and Guthrie County
 * Guthrie and Adair Counties, Iowa History at Ancestry.com ($)
 * Guthrie County Historical Society. Guthrie County centennial : 100 years of progress, 1851-1951. [Guthrie Center, Iowa?] : The Times &amp; Guthrian, 1951.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Foresman, Sherry. Guthrie County, Iowa records. Menlo, Iowa : S. Foresman, 1995.
 * Available through the FamilySearch Catalog
 * History of Guthrie and Adair counties, Iowa : together with sketches of their towns, villages and townships, educational, civil, military and political history; portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of old settlers and representative citizens. Springfield, Illinois : Continental Historical Co., 1884.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free) and at Hathitrust (Free)and at Internetarchive (Free)
 * Past and present of Guthrie County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. Chicago, Illinois : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1907.
 * Online at Internetarchive (Free)
 * A record, history, biography, memory, pioneer times and peoples, Guthrie Center, Iowa at Ancestry.com ($)

Maps

 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Military

 * 1835-1998 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1949 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1862-1910 - at FamilySearch — index

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

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1859-1990 - at FamilySearch — index and images

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 Indexes and Records


 * 1758 - 1997 Iowa Wills and Probate Records 1758-1997 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Taxation

 * 1934-1958 - at FamilySearch — index

Births

 * 1850-1939 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1921-1942 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Marriages

 * 1518-1996 - Iowa, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1809-1992 Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992 at MyHeritage ($) — index
 * 1836-1926 Iowa, Marriages, 1836 - 1926 at MyHeritage ($) — index
 * 1838-1934 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1880-1951 Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1951 at Ancestry.com ($) — index and images

Deaths

 * 1850-1990 - at FamilySearch - index
 * 1880-1992 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1900-1939 Iowa Death Index, 1900-1939 at MyHeritage ($) — index
 * 1904-1951 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1920-1967 Iowa, Death Records, 1920-1967 at Ancestry.com ($) — 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