Washington County, Iowa Genealogy

United States Iowa  Washington County

Guide to Washington County, Iowa ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Parent County
1838--Washington County was created 18 January 1838 from Henry, Louisa, and Muscatine Counties. It was formerly named Slaughter County, but the name changed to Washington County 25 January 1839. County seat: Washington

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Iowa County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Iowa County Boundary Maps" (1816-1872) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
For a list of record loss in Iowa Counties see: Iowa Counties with Burned Courthouses

Neighboring Counties
Henry • Iowa • Jefferson • Johnson • Keokuk • Louisa

Biographies

 * Washington County, Iowa Biographical Dictionary at Ancestry.com ($)


 * Portrait and biographical album of Washington County, Iowa : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of promin at Ancestry.com ($)

Lutheran

 * Records of the Immanuel Lutheran Church, Washington County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Local Histories
The History of Washington County, Iowa, 1880
 * Portrait and biographical album of Washington County, Iowa : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of promin at Ancestry.com ($)

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Iowa

Civil War

 * - 7th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company H
 * - 8th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company C
 * - 10th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company E
 * - 11th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company F
 * - 13th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Companies I and K
 * - 17th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company D
 * - 18th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company I
 * - 19th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company C
 * - 25th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Companies A and I
 * - 30th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company E
 * - 31st Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company K
 * - 45th Regiment, Iowa Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company B
 * - 10th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company E :- 11th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company F :- 13th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company I :- 13th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company K :- 17th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company D :- 18th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company I :- 19th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company C :- 1st Regiment, Iowa Cavalry, Company F :- 25th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company A :- 25th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company I :- 2nd Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company H :- 30th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company E :- 30th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company K :- 45th Regiment, Iowa Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company B :- 7th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company H :- 8th Regiment, Iowa Infantry, Company C

Newspapers
NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a large collection of digitized Iowa newspapers online. This database is sometimes free at libraries.
 * 1939 — Wellman Advance at Ancestry.com ($) — Wellman, IA, USA
 * 1949 — Evening Journal Farm Edition at Ancestry.com ($) — Washington, IA, USA

Societies and Libraries
See also a List of Iowa Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies

Web Sites

 * Washington County, IA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Iowa Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Iowa Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Washington County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Washington County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)