Appanoose County Records

Births

Marriages

• Early Appanoose Marriages 1840-1850
• Iowa Marriages to 1850 (Ancestry.com database)
• Iowa Vital Records: Marriages 1835-1900 (CD) (Ancestry.com database)
• Iowa Marriages, 1851-1900 (Appanoose, 1851-1900) (Ancestry.com database)
• Appanoose Co., Iowa Early Marriages 1837-1855 (From Selby Publishing)
• Early Marriages 1847-1850 (Ancestry.com database)

Deaths

• Go to Cemeteries page
• Obituaries (posted from 1997-1999 - see this link for current obituaries)
• Probate Records 1846-1855 (Index)
• Iowa Cemetery Records (Ancestry.com database)

Land Records

• Go to Maps page
• Appanoose Land Patents Prior to 1856
• Land Patent Search - Bureau of Land Management

Military Records/Rosters

• Go to Military Page

School Records

• 1897-1924 Moravia High School Alumni
• 1877-1901 Moulton High School Graduates
• 1902-1912 Moulton High School Graduates
• 1913-1928 Moulton High School Graduates
• 1943 Moulton High School Graduates
• Various High School Graduation Programs

Other Records

• The Chronicle of Moulton and its Surrounding Countryside (Family History Index)
• 1986 Appanoose County History Book - Personalities Index
• Appanoose County Officials, 1893-1940
• Iowa Biographies Project - Appanoose
• Patrons of the 1896 Appanoose County, IA Plat Book
• Past Masters of Antiquity, Masonic Lodge # 252, Moravia, Iowa
• Royal Arch Masons 1882/1890 - Centerville, IA

Addresses to Write for Further Information

Appanoose County Courthouse
201 North 12th Street
Centerville, IA 52544
641-856-6103

Birth, death records from 1880 to 1935 and from 1941 to the present, marriage records from 1846, divorce, civil court records from 1848. These records were formerly held by the Clerk of the District Court. The County Recorder also has land records.

Appanoose County Genealogical Society (click to see materials available from ACGS)
P.O. Box 684
Centerville Iowa 52544-0684
Email:

Garrett Memorial Library
123 S, Main
Moulton, IA
sandy.gooden@moulton.lib.ia.us

Iowa Genealogical Society Library

Iowa State Vital Records Office
Iowa Department of Public Health
321 E. 12th, 4th Floor
Des Moines, IA 50319
(515) 281-4944 recording

Birth, marriage, & death records since July 1880, divorce since 1906, $10/copy

***The State of Iowa prefers you obtain Vital Records since 1880 from the State Office in Des Moines and NOT at the County Clerk's office.***

• To order birth, death, and marriage records via VitalChek
• Written requests: You should fill out the Application for Copy of a Vital Record form and send a check or money order payable to the Iowa Department of Public Health.
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