Defiance Genealogy (in Shelby County, IA)
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Defiance Birth Records
1800-1999 Iowa Births and Christenings Index (incomplete) Ancestry 
Iowa, Birth Records, 1880-present Iowa Department of Public Health
Defiance Cemetery Records
Iowa Cemetery Records Ancestry
Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 (selections) MyHeritage
Iowa Graves WPA Survey US Gen Web
Iowa, Select Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 Ancestry
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave
Union Township Cemetery Find a Grave
Union Township Cemetery Iowa Gravestones
Union Township cemetery, Defiance, Iowa FamilySearch Library
Defiance Census Records
1854 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry
1856 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry
1860 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry
1885 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry
1895 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry
1905 Iowa State Census MyHeritage
1905 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry
1915 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry
1925 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry
Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage
United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search
Defiance Church Records
1800-1999 Iowa Births and Christenings Index (incomplete) Ancestry
Church records, 1915-1923 (Defiance United Methodist Church (Iowa)) FamilySearch Library
Defiance Death Records
1900-1939 Iowa Death Index MyHeritage
1920-1940 Iowa Death Records Ancestry
Death records, 1880-1935; index, 1880-1897 FamilySearch Library
Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 (selections) MyHeritage
Iowa, Death Records, 1880-present Iowa Department of Public Health
Iowa, Select Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 Ancestry
Defiance Immigration Records
Iowa, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1937 Ancestry
Naturalization records, 1871-1930 FamilySearch Library
Defiance Land Records
Land deeds, 1854-1936; index, 1854-1905 FamilySearch Library
Defiance Marriage Records
1880-1940 Iowa Marriage Records Ancestry
Iowa Marriages 1809-1992 (selections) MyHeritage
Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-present Iowa Department of Public Health
Iowa, Marriages, 1836-1926 MyHeritage
Iowa, Select Marriages, 1809-1992 Ancestry
Marriage records, 1880-1926 FamilySearch Library
Shelby County Iowa marriages 1853-1880 FamilySearch Library
Defiance Probate Records
1758-1997 Iowa Wills and Probate Records Ancestry
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