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CLAYTON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

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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:  

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  • 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)


IOWA HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS

  

https://guides.lib.uni.edu/c.php?g=668054&p=4696290


 This is a link to a catalog of older Iowa city and county digitized ewspapers, available freely to the public either online, on microfilm, or in print, offered by Rod Library at the 

University of Northern Iowa.


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 

https://edgewoodmuseum.org/  


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 

mcgregoriowamuseum@gmail.com  


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  


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