MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL
AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH
IN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY

• Pottawattamie County census records 1852, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1915 & 1925
• Obituaries - 1916 to 2005
• City Directories from 1866-1994
• Atlases for 1885, 1902, 1913, 1916, and current
• Divorce Records
• Legal Files from early county to the 1970s
• Various Maps dating from 1885 to current
• County histories of Pottawattamie and various other Iowa Counties
• The Iowa Genealogical Society Newsletters and Quarterly's from
  the beginning of the society to current day. Indexed.
• Abandoned Iowa towns, especially, Pottawattamie County and Mills County
• Civil War history and reports from the Iowa Adjutant General's Records
• Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Iowa
• County histories of various other states, e.g. Illinois, Ohio, Massachusetts,
  Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, etc.
• STATE CENSUSES (Pott. County) for the years: 1851, 1852, 1854, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1915, 1905, 1915 and 1925.  (1852, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1915 & 1925 have all been indexed.)
• FEDERAL CENSUSES (Pott. County) from 1850 to current
• SURNAME FILE
• Numerous other sources ---

If you would like to have any of the above material checked for a mention of your ancestor, the Pottawattamie County Genealogical Society will be happy to scan the sources we have in our library and advise you of our findings.

Please send any requests to:

The Pottawattamie County Genealogical Society

Attention: Research Committee

P. O. Box 394

Council Bluffs, IA, 51502-0394

 

Or e-mail us for further assistance.

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