Ida County, Iowa Genealogy

Guide to Ida 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 after Ida Smith, the first child of European immigrants to be born in this region. The County has Ida Grove as its seat and the County was created 1851. The County is located in the northwestern area of the state.

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
1877 Fire destroyed the courthouse on January 12. Most of the county records were lost.

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
Buena Vista • Cherokee •  Crawford •  Monona •  Sac •  Woodbury

Biography

 * Biographical history of Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa : containing portraits of all the presidents of the United States, at Ancestry.com ($)

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

Lutheran
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * Records of the St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Holstein, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).
 * FamilySearch Places

Local Histories

 * Moorehead, G. C. Historical collections of Ida County. [S.l.] : Pioneer Record Press, 1928, 1975 printing.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Biographical history of Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa : containing portraits of all the presidents of the United States, 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

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.


 * Ida County Pioneer Record.1951-59. Ida County, IA, USA. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)
 * Pioneer Record.1951. Ida Grove, IA, USA. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)

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