Shelby County Genealogy
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Shelby Countywide Sources
1790-1940 U.S. Federal Census World Vital Records
1790-1940 United States Federal Census Archives
1870 Federal Census Shelby County Surname Index USGenWeb Archives
1875 History: Shelby Co., IA US Gen Web 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
Abstracts of original entries, 1855-1857 Family History Library
Affidavit record, 1907-1929; index, 1907-1931 Family History Library
Atlas of Shelby County, Iowa : containing maps of townships of the county, maps of state, United States and world; farm directory; analysis of U.S. land surveys ... 1921 Family History Library
BillionGraves Cemetery Records Index Family Search
Biographical history of Shelby and Audubon Counties, Iowa : containing portraits of all the presidents of the US from Washington to Harrison
Birth records, 1880-1941 Family History Library
Cemetery records, 1849-1976 Family History Library
Church minutes, volume 1, 1893-1924 (Merrill's Grove Baptist Church (Shelby County, Iowa)) Family History Library
Combined probate record, 1879-1925 Family History Library
Death records, 1880-1935; index, 1880-1897 Family History Library
Divorce records, 1907-1924 Family History Library
Federal Land Patents Bureau of Land Management
Find A Grave Gravestone, Tombstone, and Memorial Photo Collection World Vital Records
Homestead record, 1886-1939 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
Land deeds, 1854-1936; index, 1854-1905 Family History Library
Marriage records, 1880-1926 Family History Library
Military discharge record, 1918-1945; index, 1918-1945 Family History Library
Naturalization records, 1871-1930 Family History Library
Old age assistance tax, 1934-1937 Family History Library
Past and present of Shelby County, Iowa Family History Library
Register of members (Church of Christ (Shelby County, Iowa)) Family History Library
Shelby County Iowa marriages 1853-1880 Family History Library
Shelby and Audubon Counties, Iowa Biographical Dictionary
Small cemeteries in Shelby County (Iowa) Family History Library
Town lot deeds, 1872-1928; index, 1898-1908 Family History Library
Transfer of lands and lots, 1866-1987; index, 1882-1951 Family History Library
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1940 Family Search
WPA Cemetery Records USGenWeb Archives
More Shelby County records are available on the statewide page