Elgin Genealogy (in Fayette County, IA)

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Elgin Birth Records

1800-1999 Iowa Births and Christenings Index (incomplete) Ancestry online

Iowa, Birth Records, 1880-present Iowa Department of Public Health

Marriage records, 1851-1928; index to marriages, births and deaths, 1880 -1900 FamilySearch Library

Elgin Cemetery Records

Apostolic Cemetery Find a Grave online

Apostolic Cemetery Billion Graves online

Elgin Cemetery Billion Graves online

Elgin Cemetery Interment online

Elgin Cemetery Iowa Gravestones online

Elgin City Cemetery Find a Grave online

Iowa Cemetery Records Ancestry online

Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 (selections) MyHeritage online

Iowa Graves WPA Survey US Gen Web online

Iowa, Select Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 Ancestry online

Marion Lutheran Cemetery Billion Graves online

Pleasant Grove Cemetery Billion Graves online

Pleasant Grove Cemetery Iowa Gravestones online

Pleasant Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Tombstone inscriptions FamilySearch Library

Elgin Census Records

1852 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1854 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1856 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1860 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1885 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1895 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1905 Iowa State Census MyHeritage online

1905 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1915 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1925 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

Federal Census of 1940, Elgin in Lyon County, Iowa LDS Genealogy online

Federal Census of 1940, Elgin in Plymouth County, Iowa LDS Genealogy online

Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Elgin Church Records

1800-1999 Iowa Births and Christenings Index (incomplete) Ancestry online

Church records, 1864-1891 (Wesleyan Methodist Church (Elgin, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Elgin church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Living heritage of Illyria : Elgin, Iowa FamilySearch Library

Marion Lutheran Church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Elgin Death Records

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1900-1939 Iowa Death Index MyHeritage online

1920-1940 Iowa Death Records Ancestry online

Death records, 1880-1935; index 1880-1900 FamilySearch Library

Funeral record, 1887-1974 FamilySearch Library

Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 (selections) MyHeritage online

Iowa, Death Records, 1880-present Iowa Department of Public Health

Iowa, Select Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 Ancestry online

Marriage records, 1851-1928; index to marriages, births and deaths, 1880 -1900 FamilySearch Library

Elgin Immigration Records

Iowa, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1937 Ancestry online

Naturalization records, 1859-1929 FamilySearch Library

US Naturalization Record Index, Northern Illinois, 1840-1950 ( includes Fayette County, IA) MyHeritage online

Elgin Land Records

Deed records, 1851-1945 FamilySearch Library

Elgin Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Elgin, Fayette County, Iowa, 1933 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Elgin, Fayette County, Iowa, June 1935 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Elgin, Fayette County, Iowa, October 1915 Library of Congress online

Elgin Marriage Records

1880-1940 Iowa Marriage Records Ancestry online

Iowa Marriages 1809-1992 (selections) MyHeritage online

Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-present Iowa Department of Public Health

Iowa, Marriages, 1836-1926 MyHeritage online

Iowa, Select Marriages, 1809-1992 Ancestry online

Marriage records, 1851-1928; index to marriages, births and deaths, 1880 -1900 FamilySearch Library

Elgin Newspapers and Obituaries

Elgin Echo 1894-2011 Elgin Public Library online

Elgin Echo, 1894-1977 Newspaper Archive online

Offline Newspapers for Elgin

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Elgin Echo With the Clermont Enterprise and Wadena News. (Elgin, Fayette County, Iowa) 1928-1942

Elgin Echo. (Elgin, Fayette County, Iowa) 1942-Current

Elgin Echo. (Elgin, Iowa) 1891-1927

Elgin Weekly Times. (Elgin, Iowa) 1875-1878

Elgin Probate Records

1758-1997 Iowa Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Iowa, Fayette County Probate Records, 1851-1928 Family Search online

Elgin School Records

Elgin High School - Panther Tracks Yearbook (Elgin, IA), 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 E Yearbook online

Elgin High School yearbook, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Valley Community High School yearbook, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Valley Community High School yearbook, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Classmates online

Valley Community High School yearbook, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Valley High School - Highlights Yearbook (Elgin, IA), 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1948, 1949, 1958, 1959 E Yearbook online

Valley High School yearbook, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1948, 1949, 1958, 1959 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Elgin Tax Records

Tax lists of Fayette County, 1865-1890 FamilySearch Library



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