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.

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



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

 * Records of the St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Holstein, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

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 ($)

Military

 * 1861 - 1949 - 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 Records


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

Births

 * 1850-1939 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Marriages

 * 1838-1934 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Deaths

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