Pottawattamie County Genealogy
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Pottawattamie Countywide Sources
1790-1940 U.S. Federal Census World Vital Records
1790-1940 United States Federal Census Archives
1850 Annotated Iowa Census, Pottawattamie County World Vital Records
1852 Special Census USGenWeb Archives
1870 Federal Census Index 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
1885 Iowa state census of Pottawattamie County Family History Library
1895 Iowa state census of Pottawattamie County Family History Library
A Journal of the emigration company of Council Point, Pottawatamie County, Iowa in the summer of 1852 Family History Library
An Index to the marriage records 1885-1921, will records early to 1931, death records 1892-1907 as recorded at the Avoca Court House, Pottawattamie County, Iowa Family History Library
Assessor's books, 1861-1866, 1869, 1875, 1877 Family History Library
Assessor's return of births, 1897-1918 Family History Library
Atlas of Douglas, Sarpy and Washington Counties, Nebraska; and Mills and Pottawattamie Counties, Iowa : containing maps of the townships of the counties; maps of Omaha and South Omaha, Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa .. Family History Library
Atlas of Pottawattamie County, Iowa Family History Library
BillionGraves Cemetery Records Index Family Search
Biographical history of Pottawattamie County, Iowa : containing portraits of all the presidents of the United States, with accompanying biographies, history of Iowa, with biographies of the governors, and engravings of prominent citizens of Pottawattamie County, .. Family History Library
Birth records, 1880-1921 Family History Library
Census index 1870, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa Family History Library
City and village plats Family History Library
Complete record, 1865-1911 Family History Library
Council Bluffs (Iowa) city directories Family History Library
Death and marriage notices from the Frontier Guardian, 1849-1852 Family History Library
Death records, 1892-1919 Family History Library
Deed indexes, 1853-1905; deed records, 1849-1977 Family History Library
Directory: Pottawattamie Co., Iowa US Gen Web Archives
Divorce records, 1906-1956 Family History Library
Federal Land Patents Bureau of Land Management
Find A Grave Gravestone, Tombstone, and Memorial Photo Collection World Vital Records
General highway and transportation map, Pottawattamie County, Iowa Family History Library
Guardian's bond, vol. 1, 1881-1905 Family History Library
History of Pottawattami County, Iowa, from the earliest historic times to 1907 Family History Library
History: Pottawattamie County, Iowa US Gen Web Archives
Index to Pottawattamie County biographical sketches Family History Library
Index to the marriage records as recorded in the Council Bluffs Court House, Pottawattamie County, Iowa Family History Library
Index to the tri-fold probate records of Pottawattamie County, Iowa 1846-1925 Family History Library
Iowa Births and Christenings Index, 1857-1947
Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950 Family Search
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
Land transfers, 1866-1937 Family History Library
List of persons by enumeration district in the state of Iowa Family History Library
List of persons liable for military duty, 1871-1873, 1908-1909 Family History Library
Marriage records, 1848-1930 Family History Library
Naturalization records, 1868-1929 Family History Library
Original entries of U. S. lands in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, 1853-1859 Family History Library
Pottawatamie County, Iowa, Marriages, 1881 - 1892 US Gen Web Archives
Pottawattamie County, Iowa court index to probate calendar, 1855-1934 Family History Library
Pottawattamie County, Iowa index to the death records, 1880-1919 Family History Library
Pottawattamie County, Iowa, index to the will records 1852-1965 Family History Library
Probate case files and indexes, 1846-1926 Family History Library
Probate records, 1852-1951; indexes, 1846-1975 Family History Library
Sale book, 1855-1901 Family History Library
Settlers of Western Iowa : and of Council Bluffs, Macedonia, Wheelers Grove, Farm Creek and Manti, Fremont Co., Iowa, including the Badham, Beebe, Richards, Sheeht and Woodrow families Family History Library
Soldiers' discharge papers, 1917-1945 Family History Library
Standard atlas of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, 1902 : including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county, map of the state, United States and world ; patrons directory, reference business directory and departments devoted to general information ... Family History Library
The Frontier guardian Family History Library
The St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church US Gen Web Archives
Town lot deed transfers, 1866-1977 Family History Library
Town lot deeds, 1865-1905 Family History Library
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1940 Family Search
WWII Pottawattamie Co., Iowa Honor List of Dead and Missing US Gen Web Archives
Will Testators Indexes Sampubco
More Pottawattamie County records are available on the statewide page