Bremer County, Iowa Genealogy

United States Iowa  Bremer County

County Courthouse
Bremer County Courthouse 415 E. Bremer Avenue Waverly, IA 50677

(319) 352-5661

Bremer County

Parent County
1851--Bremer County was created 15 January 1851 from unorganized territory. It was attached to Buchanan County prior to organization 15 August 1853. County seat: Waverly

Populated Places
For a list of cities and townships go to hometownlocator.com or wikipedia.org.

Neighboring Counties
Black Hawk | Buchanan | Butler | Chickasaw | Fayette | Floyd

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.

Newspapers

 * Sumner Public Library Archives, Bremer County has the Sumner Gazette (1881-2008) available online.


 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has historical newspapers online including Waterloo newspapers that may have included Bremer County residents. This database is free at some libraries.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * The Internet site, Genealogy Projects and Links, Bremer County, Iowa has Waverly Newspaper German Obituaries, burials of German immigrants in Bremer County, Bremer County 1875 Atlas Township Maps, the contents of some local church records and a list of Bremer County Iowa men registered for World War II draft.

www.karensgen.com/buch/projects/projiowa.php


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