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Bremer County
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County Courthouse
Bremer County Courthouse
415 E. Bremer Avenue
Waverly, IA 50677
(319) 352-5661
History
Parent County
1851--Bremer County was created 15 January 1851 from unorganized territory. It was attached to Buchanan County prior to organization 15 August 1853. County seat: Waverly [1]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Places/Localities
Populated Places
For a list of cities and townships go to hometownlocator.com or wikipedia.org.
Neighboring Counties
Black Hawk | Buchanan | Butler | Chickasaw | Fayette | Floyd
Resources
Cemeteries
Census
Iowa recorded not only the federal census but state census through out the years too. The state census contains very valuable genealogical information. Where the census information can be found, what years it was taken, mortality schedules, census substitutions and much more is discussed in the very informative Iowa Census article.
Church
Court
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
Newspapers
- Sumner Public Library Archives, Bremer County has the Sumner Gazette (1881-2008) available online.
- NewspaperArchive.com ($) has historical newspapers online including Waterloo newspapers that may have included Bremer County residents. This database is free at some libraries.
Probate
Taxation
Vital Records
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- The Internet site, Genealogy Projects and Links, Bremer County, Iowa has Waverly Newspaper German Obituaries, burials of German immigrants in Bremer County, Bremer County 1875 Atlas Township Maps, the contents of some local church records and a list of Bremer County Iowa men registered for World War II draft.
www.karensgen.com/buch/projects/projiowa.php
References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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