Library Holdings
Resources available are:
New: 1887 to 1972 Oelwein Daily Register on microfilm
Over 50,000 Obituary/Cemetery card files
Newspapers of
Federal Census 1850,1860,1870,1880,
1900,1910,1920,1930 (also some of the surrounding counties in
State Census 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 (Buchanan County, all indexed but 1905 and 1915)
Probates 1850-1941
Burial Permits 1931-1982
Some death and funeral home records
Coroner's reports 1858-1960
Marriage Indexes 1852-1990
Marriage Registry 1880-1908 (parents are listed)
Births 1880-1930 & misc. other years
Naturalization records 1853-1906
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index
Family Histories
1881
1914 History of
1990 Heritage of
1980 Cemetery book of
Various history books of towns in
Various years of Plat Books
Church Directories and School Annuals of
Some cemetery and history books of surrounding counties (Linn, Bremer, Black Hawk,
Family Histories
| Agnew |
| Albert, Loveless |
| Allen |
| Allen, Japhet |
| Allerding |
| Anderson |
| Andrews, William |
| Andrews, Thomas |
| Baldwin |
| Barger, Bogert & Chamberlain |
| Barnhart, Peter |
| Bates, Thomas (2) |
| Bergstrom |
| Berry |
| Bouch, Barney |
| Bouch |
| Boyd, Elliott, Eichhorn |
| Bower, Easterday, Hoover, Swinehart |
| Bradyley - Goeller |
| Bradley, Vol. 1 & 2 |
| Brant |
| Bright |
| Brooks |
| Buchholz |
| Butterfield |
| Callahan |
| Candler |
| Carr |
| Carpenter, Frank |
| Cates & Russell |
| Chaplin |
| Cherry |
| Chetiste,r Chitester |
| Christler, Bradley, Crawford |
| Clark |
| Clark & Nelson |
| Clark, Stiles, Scarcliff |
| Clarke |
| Clark, Rufus |
| Coats, Alfred |
| Coleman, Hardwick |
| Collins, Ronald |
| Considine (2 different copies) |
| Cookman |
| Cornwell |
| Cowell |
| Crandall |
| Cunningham |
| Curtis, Mendenhall |
| Cutshall |
| Decker, Laird, Riseley, Bradstreet |
| Destival, Eldridge, Lahner, Hoole |
| Diehl |
| Dougherty |
| Drake (2 different copies) |
| Duckett (2 different copies) |
| Duffy |
| Dunlap |
| Durhman |
| Elliott, Jenks, Peck, Reed |
| Evans |
| Fay |
| Fenner Fettkather, Ludwig |
| Finch |
| Fischels |
| Fischels & Bovy |
| Fleming, Johnston |
| Fowlkes |
| Fox, Commings |
| Fox |
| Freeze, Jacob |
| Francis |
| Frater |
| Gaffney |
| Gannon |
| Gates |
| Gates, Vol 1 & 2 |
| Geisers |
| Getty |
| Goodwin |
| Gosse |
| Greenley |
| Gurnsey |
| Garrett, Hackett |
| Hackett |
| Hackett, Joseph |
| Hall, Zimmerman, Darby |
| Hansen |
| Hanson |
| Herrick |
| Happel, Moeller, Fels |
| Harrison |
| Hatch |
| Hauser |
| Hayzlett |
| Heinen |
| Henson |
| Hewitt, Orsimus |
| Hickey |
| Hines |
| Hougland |
| Holman |
| Holtz |
| Hoover, Stout, Hovey |
| Hopkins, Claude A. |
| Hovey |
| Hovey, James |
| Hovey, Vol. 1 & 2 |
| Hubbart |
| Hussy |
| Ironside |
| Jakway, George |
| Jakway,Charles Henry |
| Jamason |
| Jayne (2 different copies) |
| Jenks |
| Jensen |
| Jesmore, Robinson, Housden, Smith, Combs |
| Jewett |
| Johnson |
| Johnson, Madsen |
| Kays |
| Kearns, John |
| Kiefer |
| King |
| King, Gibbs, Thompson |
| Kitch |
| Klotz, Sauer, Hekel |
| Kress |
| Krueger |
| Lawrence |
| Leatherman |
| Leaven |
| Leehey |
| Leslie |
| Liebert |
| Long |
| Lotts, Shillinglaw |
| Lumbard, Cutler |
| Madsen |
| Matheus, Mattice |
| Masteller |
| Masters |
| Maurer, Fred & Mary |
| McAtee |
| McCollough |
| McGlaughlin |
| McNamara |
| McGrath, Sullivan, Donnelly, Jensen |
| Meaney |
| Megonigle |
| Melius |
| Merrill (Hazleton family) |
| Merrill (Winthrop family) |
| Miller |
| Mosher, Gerstenberger |
| Motley |
| Mulick |
| Mulvehill, DeVine |
| Munez, Menuey, Vol. 1 & 2 |
| Munger |
| Naylor, Stainbrook (2 different copies) |
| Nielson |
| Nerge, Katz, Bartels |
| Norman |
| Norris |
| Noyes |
| O'Brien, Kavanagh |
| Ohl |
| Ownby |
| Parker, Stoner |
| Perne |
| Phillips, Muenster, Shields |
| Pierce |
| Pitman, George |
| Pitman, Gideon |
| Pint |
| Potter, Goodspeed |
| Potters, Cooks |
| Pratt |
| Price |
| Pump |
| Rasmussen & Schweitzer |
| Reece |
| Reecy, Nicholas |
| Reuter |
| Rice, Vol 1 & 2 |
| Richmond, John |
| Risse, John |
| Roberts, Francis |
| Rogers |
| Sampson |
| Sandergeld, Hagemann |
| Sands |
| Sawyer |
| Schmeiser |
| Shaffer |
| Shannon, Zingg |
| Shellito |
| Shepard, Burrows, Gotchell |
| Shields |
| Sloan |
| Smith, Peter |
| Smith, Silas (2 different copies) |
| Smith, Whitaker |
| Snyder |
| Spragg |
| Steggall |
| Stoner |
| Sturtz |
| Sutter, Plank, Ulrich |
| Thiltgen |
| Thomas |
| Thompson |
| Tielebein (on CD) |
| Tisdales |
| Trebon |
| Trego |
| Trower |
| VanEman 2 copies |
| VanEtten |
| VonSchaick |
| Voshell |
| Walter, Christian |
| Walter, Hoover |
| Ward |
| Wardell, Carrier, Billings, Lane, 2 copies |
| Warren (2 different copies) |
| Weart |
| Weber |
| Welsh |
| Wellman (2 different copies) |
| Wells |
| Whisennand |
| Whitman, Brathers |
| Wilbur |
| Wilder |
| Williamson |
| Wills (family chart) |
| Wilson |
| Wise |
| Wright |
| Wright, Draper |
| Wroten |
| Ziegler, George |