Wapello County Genealogy
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Wapello Countywide Sources
1790-1940 U.S. Federal Census World Vital Records
1790-1940 United States Federal Census Archives
1846 State Census USGenWeb Archives
1846 census of Louisa, Polk, and Wapello counties, Iowa Family History Library
1847 State Census USGenWeb Archives
1850 Wapello County 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
Affidavit index, 1907-1925 Family History Library
Auditor's subdivisions of town lots, 1900-1932 Family History Library
BillionGraves Cemetery Records Index Family Search
Birth records, 1880-1943 Family History Library
Church history, 1869-1969 (Mt. Zion Methodist Church (Wapello County, Iowa)) Family History Library
Church records (Mars Hill Baptist Church (Wapello County, Iowa)) Family History Library
Church records, ca. 1870-1891 (Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church (Wapello County, Iowa)) Family History Library
Coroner's record, 1912-1934 Family History Library
County court record, 1856-1863 Family History Library
Death records, 1880-1919 Family History Library
Deeds - Lands, 1844-1928; index, 1844-1906 Family History Library
Deeds - bill of sale, 1845-1858 Family History Library
District Court records, 1844-1866 Family History Library
Divorces, 1906-1951 Family History Library
Familien-Register und Stammbaum des Georg Christian Ritter aus Leiningen, Rheinpfalz, Baiern Deutschland und dessen Nachkommen von Jahre des Heils 1735 bis zum Jahre 1905 Family History Library
Federal Land Patents Bureau of Land Management
Find A Grave Gravestone, Tombstone, and Memorial Photo Collection World Vital Records
History of Wapello County, Iowa
History of Wapello County, Iowa, and representative citizens Family History Library
History: Wapello County, Iowa US Gen Web Archives
Index to District Court case files, 1844-1934 Family History Library
Index to town lot mortgages, 1874-1923 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 atlas and plat book, Wapello County, Iowa Family History Library
Land records original entries, 1844-1885 Family History Library
List of heirs description of real estate, 1862-1900 Family History Library
Marriage licenses and returns of Wapello and Jefferson counties, 1866-1900 Family History Library
Marriage records, 1844-1928; index, 1844-1866 Family History Library
Medical history of Wapello County Family History Library
Meeting minutes, 1900-1902 Family History Library
Militia register, pre-1865-1890 Family History Library
Naturalization record, 1879-1883; default record, 1879-1897 Family History Library
Naturalization records, 1871-1906, 1915 Family History Library
Naturalizations A-J, US District Court; Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa US Gen Web Archives
Naturalizations H-Z, US District Court; Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa US Gen Web Archives
Old age pension tax list, 1934-1936 Family History Library
Physician's and surgeon's register, 1886-1944 Family History Library
Portrait and biographical album of Wapello County, Iowa : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches
Portrait and biographical album of Wapello County, Iowa : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county Family History Library
Probate case files; indexes, 1844-1924 (Wapello County, Iowa), 1844-1920 Family History Library
Probate record, v. A-B, 1844-1850 Family History Library
Probate records, 1844-1934 Family History Library
Record and index of Social security account numbers, 1937-1950 Family History Library
Record of pastors who have served this church, 1890-1975 Family History Library
Record of wills deposited with clerk, 1876-1941 Family History Library
School history, 1866-1966 Family History Library
School records, 1869-1959 (Nasby School (Wapello Co., Iowa)) Family History Library
Soldier's and sailor's discharge record, 1918-1949 Family History Library
The History of Wapello County, Iowa : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory
The History of Wapello County, Iowa : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, history of the northwest, history of Iowa, map of Wapello County, constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, &c. Family History Library
Town lot deeds, 1853-1913; index, 1853-1908 Family History Library
Transfer books, 1851-1965 Family History Library
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1940 Family Search
Wapello Co., Iowa, cemeteries Family History Library
Wapello County, Iowa census, 1925 index : (does not include Ottumwa) Family History Library
Wapello County, Iowa land ownership maps, 1870 and 1893 Family History Library
Wapello County, Iowa, delayed birth records, A-Z Family History Library
Will bonds, v. A, 1844-1864 Family History Library
Will records, 1856-1906 Family History Library
More Wapello County records are available on the statewide page