History and Genealogy Links
Odebolt, Sac County & Iowa
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"THE HISTORY OF WESTERN IOWA, published in 1882 (index) ...... The town of Odebolt ........ Odebolt biographies
SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX SEARCH - "Odebolt"- when the window opens, click "Advanced Search" and then type "Odebolt" in the space for "city". A list of deaths in Odebolt will come up.
OBITUARY DAILY TIMES - from Rootsweb; Search of all obituaries listing "Odebolt" in the text
ROOTSWEB GENEALOGY MESSAGE BOARD QUERY FOR "ODEBOLT" - about 350 "hits" that have Odebolt in the message!
SAC COUNTY GENEALOGY MESSAGE BOARD - ROOTSWEB - post or answer queries here
SAC COUNTY GENWEB Main genealogy website for Sac County, by Marilyn Dose of Ida Grove. A wealth of information on Sac County residents.
SAC COUNTY GRAVESTONE PROJECT (GENWEB) - Photos of gravestones in Sac County
KIRON
KOUNTRY - pages by Glenn Gustafson. (a "MUST SEE" web site)
These pages contain data from various record sources for thousands
of people associated with the farming community of Kiron, Iowa mostly in
the 1867 to 1930 time period. These people were mostly Swedish, but some
Norwegian, German, Irish, English, Scottish, Bohemian and other immigrants lived
among them. The area of focus are the townships of Otter Creek, Stockholm,
Hayes and Wheeler in Crawford, Ida, and Sac counties.
WALL LAKE HISTORY - history, biographies, pioneer histories, photos and more taken from the Wall Lake Centennial Book, A CENTURY OF LIVING IN WALL LAKE 1877-1977
LAKE VIEW BIOGRAPHIES - taken from the Lake View Centennial Book 1880-1980
SAC CITY HISTORY - A page of history on Sac City. Also be sure to click the link to the wonderful slideshow of many historic photos from Sac City!
SAC COUNTY MAILING LIST - you can join or go to this link and search the archives of the IASAC-L Rootsweb genealogy mailing list!.
SAC COUNTY GENEALOGY SOCIETY, Sac City, Iowa - Information on joining the society, township cemetery books and other books for sale, research assistance and more.
SAC COUNTY HISTORY (brief history)
SAC COUNTY 1880 FEDERAL CENSUS - Scroll to near the bottom of the page and you will find images of the census of Odebolt in 1880.
SAC COUNTY 1880 FEDERAL CENSUS - Instructions on how to search the 1880 Census on the familysearch.org web site.
EARLY TOWNS AND POST OFFICES IN SAC COUNTY - have you ever heard of Mercer, Mount Hope or Philo?
SAC COUNTY MAP - circa 1885, showing some now abandoned towns.
IDA COUNTY GENWEB - Ida County Genealogy, by Marilyn Dose of Ida Grove
CRAWFORD COUNTY GENWEB - Crawford County Genealogy by Fred Dethlefsen
BUENA VISTA COUNTY GENWEB - by Sue Miller
IOWA OLD PRESS - transcriptions from old Iowa newspapers. Run a search for Odebolt in Sac County on the front page
IOWA GENWEB ARCHIVES & SPECIAL PROJECTS - find Sac County Family Group Sheets, Message Boards, Gravestone photos, Biographies and more.
Other Area links
Odebolt, Iowa - odebolt.net, the town's home on the net
Odebolt-Arthur Schools - the school web pages
Odebolt- Arthur Alumni Page - pages listing alumni from the graduating classes
Sac Economic and Tourism Development (SETD) - See links to other Sac County sites here
Ida County Courier - a neighboring community newspaper which often has news about Odebolt