The Pottawattamie County Genealogical Society has the following books and materials for sale.
"Stuff":
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Books:
1902 Illustrated Atlas of Pottawattamie County, $29.00 plus $5.00 shipping and handling.
Avoca Courthouse Records, includes marriage records 1885-1921, Will records Early to 1931 and Death records 1892-1907. $20.00 plus $5.00 shipping and handling.
Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Two volumes, $20.00 each or the set for $35.00 plus $5.00 shipping and handling.
Index to Death Records of Pottawattamie County, 1880-1919, $12.50 plus $4.00 shipping and handling.
Marriage Register 1869 - 1874 (includes marriage dates), $7.00 plus $3.00 shipping.
Index to Marriage Records of Pottawattamie County, Nov. 1902 - Dec. 1905, $12.50 plus $4.00 shipping and handling.
Index to Marriage Records of Pottawattamie County, 1906-1910 (includes 9,056 names), $20.00 plus $5.00 shipping and handling.
Index to Marriage Records of Pottawattamie County, 1911-1915, (includes 9,604 names), $20.00 plus $5.00 shipping and handling.
Index to Marriage Records of Pottawattamie County, 1916-1920, (includes 9,792 names), $20.00 plus $5.00 shipping and handling.
Index to Marriage Records of Pottawattamie County, 1921-1925 (includes 21, 564 names), $30.00 plus $5.00 shipping and handling.
Index to Marriage Records of Pottawattamie County, 1926-1930 (includes 11,648 names), $20.00 plus $5.00 shipping and handling.
Index to Marriage Records of Pottawattamie County, 1931-1935, $15.00 plus $5.00 shipping and handling.
Index to Will Records, 1852-1965, $15.00 plus $5.00 shipping and handling.
List of all Biographical Sketches located in Pottawattamie County (work in progress as new ones are located), $6.00 plus $1.50 shipping and handling.
Probate Tri-Fold Files, 1848-1925, $10.00 plus $5.00 shipping and handling.
Quarterlies:
Past Issues of the Frontier Chronicle QUARTERLY (4 issues per year, starting with 1997), $4.00 per issue, plus $1.00 shipping and handling.
- Vol. 3, No. 1: Jan-Mar 1997 - Garner Township/Wm. A., David Sr., David Jr. and John F. Garner/The Morman Battalion, Cos. A and B/Index to Pott. Co., Death Records, 1880-1911 (H - Lo)
- Vol. 3, No. 2: Apr-Jun 1997 - Grove Township/Early Pioneers of Grove Township/1880 Cyclone Rips through Grove Township/Wheeler Grove Cemetery/Index to Pott. Co., Death Records, 1880-1911 (Lo - Po)
- Vol. 3., No. 3: Jul-Sep 1997 - Washington Township/Early Pioneers of Washington Township/Pleasant Taylor and Taylor Station/Matthews Family/The Mormon Battalion/Kanesville Revisited/The Macrae Family/Index to Pott. Co., Death Records, 1880-1911 (Po - Sm)
- Vol. 3, No. 4: Oct-Dec 1997 - Boomer Township/Early Pioneers of Boomer Township/The McKeown Family/The Smith Family/Boomer Store/Kanesville Revisited/Hart & Haas family/The War of 1898/Index to Pott. Co., Death Records, 1880-1911 (Sm - Z)
- Vol. 4, No. 1: Jan-Mar 1998 - Crescent Township/Early Pioneers of Crescent Township/David Wilding/Henry S. Terry/Chief Waubansee and the Potawatomi Indians/Kanesville Revisited/Civil War History and the Dodge Legacy/The "Saints" of Crescent
- Vol. 4, No. 2: Apr-Jun 1998 - Rockford Township/Early Pioneers of Rockford Township/John Ryan/Edward Wm. Bennett/Bennett School Census/Kanesville Revisited/George Simons/Terry Family
- Vol. 4, No. 3: Jul-Sep 1998 - Hazel Dell Township/Historical Moments: Churches/Early Pioneers of Hazel Dell Township/Weston/Elida Parish/Gustave Wager/William H. Dial/Kanesville Revisited/The Winchester Family
- Vol. 4, No. 4: Oct-Dec 1998 - Norwalk Township/Early Pioneers of Norwalk Township/William Yocum Family/Joseph C. Fleck Family/ Ezekiel Downs/The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints - North Star Branch/Early School Records of Norwalk/Kanesville Revisited
- Vol. 5, No. 1: Jan-Mar 1999 - York Township/Early Pioneers of York Township/Lewis Beard/Ivers and Danker - Early German Settlers/ Adolph Heinrich Conrad Geise/St. Bernard's Hospital/Luke Kinney/Kanesville Revisited
- Vol. 5, No. 2: Apr-Jun 1999 - Minden Township/Early Pioneers of Minden Township/The Mauers of Minden/The Carstens Family/Early Days of Minden/Kanesville Revisited/Mormon Soldier Remembered/Civil War Pensioners
- Vol. 5, No. 3: Jul-Sep 1999 - Neola Township/Early Pioneers of Neola Township/The O'Connor Family/Joseph Thomas Bardsley/St. Paul's Lutheran Church/Kanesville Revisited/Civil War Memories of Charles O. Musser
- Vol. 5, No. 4: Oct-Dec 1999 - Lewis Township/Early Pioneers of Lewis Township/The Lewis Family/The Plumer Family/The Beck Family/ Spetman Family Heritage/Kanesville Revisited/Manawa/Iowa School for the Deaf
Vol. 6, No. 1: Jan-Mar 2000 - Hardin Township/Early Pioneers of Hardin Township/Quick - Memories of a Small Town/ James and Elizabeth Wild/The Brokmans/Kanesville Revisited/The Beno Family
Vol. 6, No. 2: Apr-Jun 2000 - Keg Creek Township/Early Pioneers of Keg Creek Township/Frohardt Family/Saar - Sarr Connections Keeline Family/Capt. Billy Caldwell/Kanesville Revisited/
Vol. 6, No. 3: Jul-Sep 2000 - Silver Creek Township/Early Pioneers of Silver Creek Township/Forristall Family/Treynor, Iowa/Kanesville Revisited/Irving M. Treynor/The Wickham Dynasty
Vol. 6, No. 4: Oct-Dec 2000 - Belknap Township/Early Pioneers of Belknap Township/Oakland, Iowa/Philip Bird/Killion Kinships/The Bane and Young Families/Vieth Legacy/Burials of War Veterans in Belknap Township/Kanesville Revisited: A Tribute to Thomas L. Kane/Best Web Sites
Vol. 7, No. 1: Jan-Mar 2001 - Layton Township/Early Pioneers of Layton Township/Walnut, Iowa/Evangelical Lutheran Church of Walnut/1894-95 City Directory/Walnut's Honored Deceased Veterans/The Schlotfeldt Family/Linfor Lineage/Kanesville Revisited
Vol. 7, No. 2: Apr-Jun 2001 - James Township/Early Pioneers of James Township/Busse Families/Silver Creek U.B. Church/Grobe Family/Kanesville Revisited: The Council Bluffs Schools/The Myth of Ellis Island Name Change
Vol. 7, No. 3: Jul-Sep 2001 - Kane Township/Early Pictures of Council Bluffs/Early Mayors of Council Bluffs/Uncle Henry Delong/Colonel William H. Kinsman
Vol., 7, No. 4: Oct-Dec 2001 - Knox Township/Avoca Courthouse, Early Doctors & Early Churches/Newtown/Early Settlers of Knox Township/Bunnell Family/William Tittsworth/Family that settled Cuppy's Grove
Vol. 8, No. 1: Jan-Mar 2002 - Macedonia Township/Town of Macedonia/Early Settlers of Macedonia/The Dye Family/ Woodmansee Heritage/The Life and Times of John W. Clatterbuck/Reprint from the 1884 Council Bluffs City Directory/Library News
Vol. 8, No. 2: Apr-Jun 2002 - Waveland Township/Early Settlers of Waveland Township/Early Doctors of Waveland Township/Jeremiah Hatch, Revolutionary War Soldier/Kanesville Revisited - Evolution of the Banking Industry in Council Bluffs/Reprint from the 1884 Council Bluffs City Directory/PCGS News
Vol. 8, No. 3: Jul-Sep 2002 - Wright Township/Early Settlers of Wright Township/Samuel B. Passmore/Kanesville Revisited: Thomas Office and William Pusey/Reprint from the 1884 Council Bluffs City Directory/PCGS News
Vol. 8, No. 4: Oct-Dec 2002 - Lincoln Township/Early Settlers of Lincoln Township/The Hardenbergh Family/Kanesville Revisited: A Closer Look at the Dohany Opera House/The Will of John Dohany/Reprint from the 1884 Council Bluffs City Directory/ PCGS News
Vol. 9, No. 1: Jan-Mar 2003 - Carson Township/Early Settlers of Carson Township/Elswick Heritage/Joseph Coleman Family/Reprint from the 1884 Council Bluffs City Directory
Vol. 9, No. 2: Apr - Jun 2003 - Pleasant Township/Early Pioneers of Pleasant Township/The Dominick Gross Family/World War I Vets/Kanesville Revisited: The Snyder Mob/Reprint from the 1884 Council Bluffs City Directory/PCGS News
Vol. 9, No. 3: Jul - Sept 2003 - Valley Township/Churches, Schools & Commerce in Valley Township/The Town of Hancock/Hancock School 1895/Early Settlers of Valley Township/Early Pioneers John Owens & William Stevenson/Heritage of Joseph Headlee/Reprint from the 1884 Council Bluffs City Directory/PCGS News
Vol. 9, No. 4: Oct - Dec 2003 - Center Township/Early Settlers of Center Township/Center Township Cemetery/Obituaries from the Council Bluffs Nonpareil/Kanesville Revisited: Western Iowa College/1884 Council Bluffs City Directory/PCGS News
Vol. 10, No. 1: Jan - Mar 2004 - Council Bluffs Through the Years/People of Our County/Kanesville Revisited: Mount Loretto/1884 Council Bluffs City Directory/PCGS News
Vol. 10, No. 2: Apr - Jun 2004 - Respected Community Leader Murdered/Uncle Sam's Land Office/Legal Terms in Land Records/The Flood of 1952/People of Our County/Frank H. Keys/ Kanesville Revisited/For Your Information/1884 Council Bluffs Directory/PCGS News
Vol. 10, No. 3: Jul - Sept 2004 - Max Baumeister/People of Our County/Researching the Stuhr Family/Tidbits/1884 Council Bluffs Directory/PCGS News
Vol. 10, No. 4: Oct - Dec 2004 - The Rohlfs Family/More About theCarstens Branches/A Look at Our Past/Biographies in the Frontier Heritage Library/Tid-Bits/The 1884 Council Bluffs Directory/PCGS News
Vol. 11, No. 1: Jan - Mar 2005 - The Williams Family/Researching the Homer Family/Chauncey Williamson/Places and People: the Aeroplane Inn/The History of the Mutual Protective Assn/Iowa History/Important Dates in Co. Bluffs History/The 1884 Council Bluffs Directory/PCGS News
Vol. 11, No. 2: Apr - Jun 2005 - Events That Shaped the History of Kanesville/People of Our County: Joseph Mueller/Probate Records/Places and People: Thomas Jefferson High School/T. J. Seniors of 1924/A. L. Seniors of 1907/Something to Think About: 8th Grade Exam/The 1884 Council Bluffs Directory/PCGS News
Vol. 11, No. 3: Jul - Sep 2005 - Kanesville's Historical Footnotes/People of Our County: John Sorenson - John Sanderson/The First Union Pacific Railroad Bridge/Family Ties - Having Fun with Genealogy/From Far Away/Interesting Facts/The 1884 Council Bluffs Directory/PCGS News
Vol. 11, No. 4: Oct - Dec 2005 - People of Our County: Gwen Hudson, Artist - The Bostedt Family - Joseph Mueller/Mystery Photo Gallery/Kanesville's Historical Footnotes/Interesting Facts/Tid-Bits/The 1884 Council Bluffs Directory/PCGS News
Vol. 12, No. 1: Jan - Mar 2006 - The Mormon Pioneer Trail/People of Our County: Charles Sutherland-Lyle/Mystery Photo Gallery/Mackeben Family/Rockford Township Murder/The 1884 Council Bluffs Directory/PCGS News
Vol. 12, No. 2: Apr - Jun 2006 - Kanesville in Review/People of Our County: The Kennedy's/Gravestones/Mystery Photo Gallery/Analyzing Census Records/The 1884 Council Bluffs Directory/PCGS News
Vol. 12, No. 3: Jul - Sep 2006 - Kanesville in Review/My Stockwell, Dawson & Huartson Families in Council Bluffs/Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad/Mystery Photo Gallery/People of Our County: The Kennedy's (continued)/Guardianship Bonds City Directory (continued)/Sharing a Piece of Our Past/PCGS News
Vol. 12, No. 4: Oct - Dec 2006 - Kanesville in Review/Things have changed.../Having Fun with Genealogy/T. J. High School - 1928/Mystery Photo Gallery/Sharing Our Past ~ Excerpts from the Nonpareil/Laus Deo/PCGS Annual Meeting/PCGS News
Vol. 13, No. 1: Jan - Mar 2007 - Kanesville in Review/Century Farms in Pott. Co./ People of Our County: Birth of Crescent City, William McKeown and Robert Kirkwood/People of Our County: Joseph Doxa Lane/Mystery Photo Gallery/Abraham Lincoln High School/PCGS News
Vol. 13, No. 2: Apr - Jun 2007 - Preserving the Past ~ Council Bluffs 1860; Henry Delong & His Mission/Council Bluffs' First Band/People of Our County: Joseph Thomas Wright/People of Our County: Looking for the Rief Family/Mystery Photo Gallery/Lost and Found - the Hoke Mystery/Announcements /PCGS News
Vol. 13, No. 3: Jul - Sep 2007 - Events That Shaped Our History ~ The Kansas/Nebraska Gold Rush/People of Our County: Sharing McIntosh News/ People of Our County: Continuing the Rief Family/People of Our County: a. The Riddle Family b. Cousin Connections/Mystery Photo Gallery/The Monticello/1926 City Directory/PCGS News
Vol. 14, No. 4: Oct - Dec 2007 - School Days in Hardin Township/Having Fun with Genealogy
Oct-Dec 2008: Valley View #8 School - Minden Township, 1946/PCGS Annual Dinner meeting photos/The Crossroads to the American West - Miller's Hollow; Kane;Kanesville; Council Bluffs/Genealogy Pointers
Miscellaneous:
Historic Cedar Blocks, $35.00 each, $8.00 shipping and handling.
Maps: All $5.00 each plus $1.00 shipping & handling
Early Days of Council Bluffs (27" x 19")
1848-49 Iowa map with descriptive notes (27" x 21")
1855 Iowa map showing roads and railroads (21" x 30")
1875 Council Bluffs map, (33" x 22")
1875 Pottawattamie County map, (35" x 23")
1885 Council Bluffs map, (20" x 30")
1898 Council Bluffs map, (24" x 29")
1953 Council Bluffs, (shows places of interest) (22" x 22")
1978 Pottawattamie County, showing cemetery locations, (29" x 17")
City Directories (check with us to see if we have the one you want):
1950 and later, $5.00
1930s and 1940s, $10.00
All older directories, $15.00
Omaha directories, $25.00
If you have questions about ordering or the items themselves, please email us, or you can send orders to:
- PCGS
- P. O. Box 394
- Council Bluffs, IA 51502-0394
Postage and handling charges quoted are per item. The price drops if you order more than one item. Please email the PCGS for quotes.