Jasper Co. Genealogical Society

Jasper County Genealogical Society

Library Resources

Assessor's Rolls | Atlas and Plat Books | Births | Census

Cemetery Records | Churches | Directories | History

Marriages | Mortality Records | Microfilm Listing    |     Newspaper Items (obits) | Sales Items

School Records | Society Publications | Township Records | Veteran Records

Surname Index

Histories

• History of Jasper Co., IA 1878 & Index
• History of Jasper, Marshall & Grundy Cos., IA 1894
• Yestertowns 1963
• Pioneer Tales of Jasper Co., IA 1974
• 1912 Past & Present of Jasper Co., IA & Index
• Heritage Tour of Jasper Co., IA Vol. 1, 1980
• Heritage Tour of Jasper Co., IA Vol. 2, 1982

Census

• Jasper Co., IA Census Records 1850, 1856
• 1850-1920 Federal Census of Iowa on film
• 1885, 1895, 1925 Iowa State Census

Atlas and Plat Books

• 1871 & 1887 Jasper Co., IA Plat Book
• 1901 Jasper Co., IA Plat Books (includes Biographies & pictures)
• 1950-present Jasper Co., IA Plat Books
• 1901 Jasper Co., IA Atlas & Index
• 1985 Jasper Co., IA Pictorial Atlas

Birth Records

• Births from Assessor 1909-1913

Marriage Records

• Marriage Records 1849-1898
• Marriage Records 1880-1889
• Marriage Records 1889-1898
• Marriage licenses from files of Rev. Laurence Athey, includes Guthrie, Montgomery, Polk, Pottawattamie and other miscellaneous counties from 1922 through 1955.

Cemetery Records

• All township cemetery records are available at the library for review and purchase
• To purchase cemetery books through the mail, please refer to the Iowa Genealogical Society Publications.

Directories

• Jasper Co., IA Directory 1903
• Plus City of Newton Directories

Assessor's Rolls

• Assessor Rolls Vol. 1 1885-1900; Buena Vista, Clear Creek, Des Moines, Elk Creek, Fairview, Hickory Grove,
Independence, Kellogg, Lynn Grove Twps.
• Assessor Rolls Vol. 2 1885-1900; Lynnville (City), Malaka, Mariposa, Mound Prairie, Newton, Palo Alto, Poweshiek, Richland, Rock Creek, Washington Twps.

Veterans

• Jasper Co., IA Civil War Veterans - 3 Volumes
• Jasper Co., IA Roll of Honor 1917, 1918, 1919

Churches

• Early Jasper Co. Quaker Records
• Plus many more listed under Newton City

Mortality Schedules

• Jasper Co., IA Mortality Schedules 1860, 1870, 1880

Newspapers, Obituaries & Scrapbooks

• Tribune Obituaries - Jasper Co., IA
• Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings - Tribune, Jasper Co., IA
• Iowa & Jasper Co. Newspaper Clippings - 5 Volumes
• Misc. data & clippings of Frances Coffee - Jasper Co., IA
• (1970s obits mostly)
• Scrapbook of Miscellaneous funeral folders & obits

Schools

• Old Schools of Jasper Co., IA
• History of Schools of Jasper Co., IA

Society Publications

• Jasper Co., IA Genealogy Society Gleaner 1978-present
• Jasper Co., IA Historical Society newsletters Oct. 1994 - Feb. 1997
• Jasper Co., IA Farm Bureau Membership list 1961

Sales

1. Newton and Jasper Co Directory, 1903 - cost is $7.00 plus postage if mailed
2. Heritage Tour of Jasper County, Volume II - cost is $16.00 plus postage if mailed
3. Six Pictorial Note Cards: Old Newton Library, Colfax Depot, Killduff School, St. Stephens Episcopal Church, First Maid Rite, Newton Depot - cost is $5.00 plus postage if mailed
4. 1871 Plat Book - cost is $10.00 plus postage if mailed
5. Ancestry Wall Chart - cost is $1.50 plus postage if mailed
6. Family Group Sheets - cost is $.10 each plus postage if mailed

This site prepared by Barbara Hug, bhug@prairieinet.net in July 2005.