Buchanan County Genealogy
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Buchanan Countywide Sources
1790-1940 U.S. Federal Census Records
1790-1940 U.S. Federal Census World Vital Records
1790-1940 United States Federal Census Archives
1850 Census Names with Place of Birth USGenWeb Archives
1850 Federal Census USGenWeb Archives
1850 Federal Census Index USGenWeb Archives
1850 Federal Census of Buchanan County, Iowa US Gen Web
1852 State Census USGenWeb Archives
1860 Buchanan County Office Holders US Cemetery
1880 Census Buchanan County, Independence Mental Institution US Gen Web
1880 Census Poor Farm Listings USGenWeb Archives
1880-1920 and 1940-present Iowa Birth Certificates (order here) Archives
1880-1920 and 1940-present Iowa Death Certificates (order here) Archives
1880-1920 and 1940-present Iowa Marriage Certificates (order here) Archives
1925 Iowa census, Buchanan Family History Library
27th Iowa Infantry Civil War US Gen Web
5th Regiment Iowa Volunteers, Company E US Gen Web
9th Regiment, the Light Infantry, Iowa US Gen Web
Administrators, guardians and executors bonds, 1866-1945 Family History Library
Affidavit records, 1907-1938 Family History Library
Atlas of Buchanan County, Iowa, 1910 Family History Library
BillionGraves Cemetery Records Index Family Search
Biographical souvenir of the counties of Delaware and Buchanan, Iowa : containing portraits and biographies of many of the prominent citizens and sketches of many of the early settled families of these counties Family History Library
Birth records, 1880-1930; index, 1880-1897 Family History Library
Buchanan County Early History US Gen Web
Buchanan County Marriages Book 1: 1848-1858, A-E US Gen Web
Buchanan County Marriages Book 1: 1848-1858, F-L US Gen Web
Buchanan County Marriages Book 1: 1848-1858, M-R US Gen Web
Buchanan County Marriages Book 1: 1848-1858, S-Z US Gen Web
Buchanan County Tax Roll 1862 US Gen Web
Buchanan County historical tour, October 12, 1963 Family History Library
Buchanan County old age assistance tax : 1934-1937 Family History Library
Buchanan County, Iowa land ownership map, 1900 Family History Library
Buchanan County, Iowa marriages : book 1, 1848-1858, 1858-1867 Family History Library
Buchanan County, Iowa, cemeteries Family History Library
Buchanan County, Iowa, obituaries Family History Library
Cemeteries of Bremer, Black Hawk, Buchanan, and Fayette counties Family History Library
Cemetery deed index, 1856-1987 Family History Library
Children buried in Iowa cemeteries: Buchanan County Family History Library
Deed records, 1847-1939 Family History Library
Early marriages in Buchanan Co., IA US Gen Web Archives
Fairbank First Two-Story School US Gen Web
Federal Land Patents Bureau of Land Management
Find A Grave Gravestone, Tombstone, and Memorial Photo Collection World Vital Records
History of Buchanan County, Iowa : with illustrations and biographical sketches
History of Buchanan County, Iowa, and its people Family History Library
History of Buchanan County, Iowa, with illustrations and biographical sketches Family History Library
History: Buchanan County US Gen Web Archives
Incumbrances and liens, 1800-1941 Family History Library
Independence High School Alumni Vets WWI US Gen Web
Index to 1881 Buchanan County history Family History Library
Index to Harry Church and Katharyn Joella Chapell's History of Buchanan County, Iowa, and its people Family History Library
Iowa Births and Christenings Index, 1857-1947
Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950 Family Search
Iowa Cemetery Records
Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 Family Search
Iowa Marriage Records 1834 - 1900 Archives
Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992 Family Search
Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935 Family Search
Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934 Family Search
Land atlas and plat book, Buchanan County, Iowa Family History Library
List of heirs and description of real estate of decedants [sic], v. 1-2, 1869-1910 Family History Library
List of inmates, Buchanan County Poor Farm, 1867 through 1875 and 1939 : listed by township, including collector's notes, list of directors/ trustees of Poor Farm, 1871 to 1891 Family History Library
Marriage records, 1848-1939 Family History Library
Marriage register of Buchanan Co., Iowa, 1859-1865 Family History Library
Military buried in Iowa cemeteries: Buchanan County Family History Library
Minutes of meetings of the Board of directors, Buchanan County Poor Farm, January 17, 1871 to October 1, 1881 Family History Library
Naturalization records, 1852-1930 Family History Library
Newspaper clippings from the Waterloo Daily Courier and Waterloo Time Tribune : concerning Black Hawk and Buchanan Counties, Iowa, 1894-1956 Family History Library
Obituaries and cemetery records, Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa : 1881-1984 Family History Library
Obituaries and cemetery records, ca. 1796-1988 Family History Library
Official register, 1855-1911 Family History Library
Original homestead record, 1857-1987 Family History Library
Plat book of Buchanan County, Iowa Family History Library
Probate records, 1851-1953 Family History Library
Record of deaths, 1897-1911 Family History Library
Record of divorces, 1906-1928 Family History Library
Record of soldiers in World War I, 1919-1939; index, World War I to present Family History Library
Register of deaths, 1880-1897 Family History Library
Soldiers record, 1866-1868 Family History Library
Spanish American War US Gen Web
Town lot deeds, 1848-1905 Family History Library
Transcripts of death, 1906-1934 Family History Library
Transfer of lands, 1866-1959 Family History Library
Transfer of town lots, 1866-1970 Family History Library
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1940 Family Search
Vietnam War - Buchanan County US Gen Web
WWII Enlisments-Surnames A-H US Gen Web Archives
WWII Enlisments-Surnames H-P US Gen Web Archives
WWII Enlisments-Surnames Q-Z US Gen Web Archives
Will records, 1857-1928 Family History Library
Woman's relief corps, E. C. Little Corps, no. 144, Buchanan County, Iowa, membership roll call, 1888-1934 Family History Library
World War II Honor List Dead and Missing for the State of Iowa War Dept. June 1946 US Gen Web
World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing for State of Iowa War Dept. June 1946-Buchanan County US Gen Web Archives
More Buchanan County records are available on the statewide page