Clayton County, Iowa Genealogy

United States Iowa  Clayton County

Guide to Clayton County Iowa genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Clayton County Courthouse 111 High St. SE Elkrader, IA 52043

(319) 245-2204

History
Clayton County home page

Parent County
1837--Clayton County was created 21 December 1837 from Dubuque County. County seat: Elkader

Neighboring Counties
Allamakee | Buchanan | Delaware | Dubuque | Fayette | Winneshiek | Crawford County, Wisconsin | Grant County, Wisconsin

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.

Lutheran

 * Records of the St. John's Lutheran Church, Clayton County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Newspapers
NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a large collection of digitized Iowa newspapers online. This database is sometimes free at libraries.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Clayton County, Iowa Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Clayton county IAGenWeb
 * Clayton county IAGenWeb