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 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 1851 Pottawattamie County. The county was organized 7 March 1853. County seat: Corning

Record Loss
February 1, 1888 -- 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

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

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

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

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

Newspapers

 * Adams County Newspaper Archives (1890-2000)

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

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