Madison County IA Genealogy

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Madison Records by Type

Birth Records (9)
Cemetery Records (219)
Census Records (57)
Church Records (14)
City Directories (15)
Court Records (7)
Death Records (14)
Histories and Genealogies (12)
Immigration Records (2)
Land Records (14)
Map Records (20)
Marriage Records (14)
Military Records (7)
Miscellaneous Records (2)
Newspapers and Obituaries (60)
Probate Records (7)
School Records (18)
Tax Records (1)

Madison County Records by City/Town

Crawford Genealogy (43)
Douglas Genealogy (42)
Earlham Genealogy (76)
Grand River Genealogy (43)
Jackson Genealogy (45)
Jefferson in Madison County Genealogy (42)
Lincoln Genealogy (43)
Macksburg Genealogy (67)
Madison Genealogy (47)

Monroe Genealogy (50)
Patterson Genealogy (48)
Saint Charles Genealogy (52)
South Genealogy (48)
Truro Genealogy (58)
Union in Madison County Genealogy (42)
Walnut in Madison County Genealogy (42)
Webster Genealogy (46)
Winterset Genealogy (127)

Overview of Madison County Records

Madison County was created in 1846 from unorganized territory.
Birth, marriage, and death records for 1880 and later can be obtained from the Iowa Department of Public Health.
The Madison County Clerk District Court has birth and death records starting in 1880, marriage records starting in 1855, burial records starting in 1849, divorce and clerk records starting in 1861, and probate records staring in 1852.
The Madison County Recorder has land records starting in 1850.
Online indexes and images for many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.