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Washington County Iowa Genealogy & Family History Resources
(Cities, Towns, Villages & Communities:
Ainsworth, Brighton, Coppock, Crawfordsville, Kalona, Riverside, Washington, Wellman, West Chester)
Cities partially in Washington County

Established: January 18, 1838
Parent County: Henry , Louisa, Muscatine
County Seat: Washington
Adjacent Counties: Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson,
Keokuk, Louisa

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Des Moines, Iowa 50319
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Washington County Iowa Vital Records
Washington County Recorder
Washington County Courthouse, First Floor
222 West Main Street
P.O. Box 889
Washington, Iowa 52353
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Washington County Iowa Marriages
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Washington County Iowa Marriages
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Washington County Iowa Marriage Records
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1860 Census Records for Lime Creek Twp. Washington County, Iowa
Washington County Iowa GenWeb Project
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Washington County, Iowa Federal Census Index
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Washington County Iowa Cemetery Registration
USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project
Washington County Iowa Political Graveyard
The website that tells where the dead politicians are buried
Washington County Iowa Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project
AHGP Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project
Washington County Iowa Cemeteries
Washington County Iowa GenWeb Archives
Iowa WPA 1930's Graves Registration Survey
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Washington Evening Journal
111 North Marion Avenue
Washington, Iowa 52353
Phone: 319-653-2191 or 800-369-0341
Washington County Iowa Obituaries
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Obituary Collection
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Washington County Iowa Migrations
Part of the U.S. Migrations Project
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Updated annually, this database is an index to passengers who arrived in United States and Canadian ports from the 1500s through the 1900s. It contains listings of approximately 4,588,000 individuals and references thousands of different records compiled from everything from original passenger lists to personal diaries. For each individual listed, you may find the following information: name, age, year and place of arrival, and the source of the record.

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U.S. Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783
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U.S. Military Reserves, 1778-1816
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Military Records Collection
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WWI Draft Card Registrations [NARA]: Iowa
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1895 Washington County, Iowa Map
This atlas was originally printed in 1895 by the Rand McNally Corporation. ~ LivGenMi.com
1894 Plat Maps of Washington County, Iowa
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Bureau of Land Management
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Washington County, Iowa Deeds
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Map of Washington County, State of Iowa. Andreas, A. T. (Alfred Theodore), 1839-1900, 1875
David Rumsey Map Collection
Plans of Sigourney, Brighton, Agency City and Washington, State of Iowa. Andreas, A. T. (Alfred Theodore), 1839-1900, 1875
David Rumsey Map Collection
Washington County Iowa Gazatteer
Geographical Names Information System (GNIS)
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Original Land Owners of Washington County Iowa
Settlers whos purchases are indexed in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management datasbase
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Washington County Iowa Bible Records
Washington County GenWeb Archives
Catholic Encyclopedia: Iowa
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Iowa Churches Listed by City
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Local Catholic Church History and Catholic Ancestors of Iowa

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Washington County Iowa Biographies
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Early Washington County, Iowa Schools
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Kalona High School, Kalona, Iowa 1953 Football Team
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Iowa Criminal Records
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Iowa Prison & Arrest Records
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Patrons of the Iowa State Historical Atlas 1875 Who Were Born in Ireland - Washington County
The Irish in Iowa
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Iowa Indian Tribes
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The History of Washington County, Iowa 1880
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Old Photos of Washington County, Iowa
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History of Washington County, Iowa
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Washington County Iowa History
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Penny Postcards from Washington County Iowa
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List of Iowa County and City Histories Held in Special Collections
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Washington County Iowa Ghost Towns
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National Register of Historic Places in Washington County Iowa

Washington County Iowa Official Website
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