resources
online newspapers
- ELKADER: Clayton County
https://elkader.advantage-preservation.com/
- Clayton County Herald (1855-1857)
- Clayton County Journal (1859-1887)
- Elkader Register (1878-1926)
- Atlases (1866-1919)
- Elkader Semi Weekly Register (1884-1884)
- Elkader Weekly Register (1886-1889)
- Elkader Argus (1891-1984)
- Register and Argus (1907-1918)
- Clayton County Messenger (1922-1926)
- Clayton County Register (1926-2016)
- Clayton County Centennial (1936-1936)
EDGEWOOD:
https://claytoncounty.advantage-preservation.com
- Edgewood journal (1897-1928)
- Edgewood Reminder (1989-2004)
ELKPORT: https:// elkpot.advantage-preservation.com
- Elkport Ledger (1903-1904)
GARNAVILLO: https://garnavillo.advantage-preservation.com
- Garnavillo Press (1900-1907)
- Clayton County Herald (1853-1857)
- The Clayton County Journal (1859-1868)
- Clayton County Journal (1860-1876)
- Garnavillo Sentinel (1893-1897)
- The Clayton Picket (1895-1897)
- Garnavillo Independent (1907-1907)
- Garnavillo Tribune (1910-1945)
- Nord Iowa Herald (1916-1916)
- Guttenberg Press (1932-1945)
- Garnavillo Observer (1964-1965)
GUTTENBERG: https://guttenberg.advantage-preservation.com
- Clayton County Herald (1856-1857)
- Clayton County Journal (1858-1913)
- Mississippi River Register (1859-1861)
- Guttenberg Press (1897-2015)
- Garnavillo Press (1900-1907)
- Elkport Ledger (1903-1904)
McGREGOR :
https://claytoncounty.advantage-preservation.com
- North Iowa Times (1856-2016)
- Weekly North Iowa Times (1857-1867)
- McGregor News (1893-1913)
- Reporter (1979-1979)
MONONA: https://monona.advantage-preservation.com/
- Monona Leader (1892-1971)
- Billboard (1958-1996)
- Clayton County Register (1965-1965)
- Monona Billboard (1980-2001)
- Outlook (1995-2016)
- Tribune (2011-2012)
POSTVILLE: https://postville.advantage-preservation.com/
- Postville Review (1873-1921)
- Postvillle Post (1852-1884)
- Postviille National Advocate (1884-1885)
- Postville Star (1885-1937)
- Postville Herald (1885-1976)
- Graphic (Postville) (1891-1899)
- Iowa Volksblatt (1892-1918)
- Postville Herald (1918-2018)
- Postville Herald Leader (1991-2007)
- Postville Leader (1991-1991)
- Postville Herald-Leader (2000-2009)
- The Herald (Northeast Iowa) (2011-2011)
STRAWBERRY POINT:
https://claytoncounty.advantage-preservation.com
- Strawberry Point Press (1877-1919)
- Mail Press (1901-1915)
- Strawberry Point Mail Press (1916-1916)
- Strawberry Point Press Journal (1973-1997)
- Clayton County Press Journal (1994-2004)
- Press Journal (2003-2003)
IAGenWeb.org
A one-stop “online shop” of genealogical and historical information that anyone can browse through and utilize anywhere that has internet-access.
IAGenWeb.org is the state website, under the umbrella of the USGenWeb (usgenweb.org). With each of Iowa’s 99 counties having its own website on IAGenWeb, the actual name of the Clayton County website is Clayton Co. IAGenWeb at http://iagenweb.org/clayton.
COLLECTIONS & RECORDS:
Biography Collections ~~ Birth & Baptism Records Census Records ~~ Church Records Cemetery & Death Records Directories & Gazetteers Naturalization Records Pension Records ~~ Wills Land Records & Maps Marriage Records Military & Other Service Records School Records ~~ Tax Records ~~ Town & School information.
museums in clayton county
Carter House Museum
101 2nd St. SE, Elkader, IA 52043
563-245-3708
https://carterhousemuseum.com/
Edgewood Museum
109 W. Union St., Edgewood, IA 52042
563-608-5546
Garnavillo Historical Complex
203 N. Washington St., Garnavillo, IA 52049
563-880-5078
https://garnavillohistoricalsociety.org/
Rural Heritage Center
1000 Mascara Road, Elkader, IA 52043
563-245-2098 or 563-880-0901
Lockmaster House Heritage Museum
12 Lock & Dam Lane, Guttenberg, IA 52052
563-252-2323
Marquette Depot Museum & Information Center
216 Edgar St,, Marquette, IA 52158
563-873-1200
McGregor Historical Museum
256 Main St., McGregor, IA 52157
563-873-2221
Monona Historical Museum & Willa Helwig History Center
210 S. Egbert St., Monona, IA 52159
563-539-8083
Wilder Memorial Museum
123 W. Mission St., Strawberry Point, IA 52076
563-933-4615