The People of Clinton County
It is people that have made Clinton County what it is today and people like you who have submitted info about their ancestors that has made this Clinton County website so great. This page is your link to those people.
We have many family outlines for you to go through and many have pictures. You are more than welcome to submit yours to be added to our site. Make sure you also post your questions or information on the Clinton County Message Boards.
For information such as vital records or cemetery listings, please check out the Records page.
FAMILIES
- FAMILY OUTLINES
- Clinton Rivermen - ok not technically Families but there are a lot of names and history listed here
- Outzen-Willihnganz Photos
- George A. Howe family letters 1849-1936
- The Walliker Family -- With great stories about what life was like in the "old" days.
- Andreas Adolph Hoehne Family
- Patin and Nugent Family
- Skinner Family
- Bennett Warren
- The Story of Mary Parker Tripp
DIARIES
- Diary of Maria Gardner
- John Conrad Klar's Diary
- Amanda Purinton Powell's Diary
- The Diary of Sarah Isabel Leslie Torrence
- Diary and Account Book of B. B. White
OTHER
- Bible Records
- The Freemasons of Clinton Co., IA
- Past Masters Western Star Lodge #100
- Royal Arch Masons 1878-1890
- The Clinton Police and Firemen
- Forgotten Gravestones: The hanging of Bennett Warren
- Smullin
- Grace Church Vested Choir
- Parish Erfde Germany Records
- Michael Kearney Lynch Family Probate Records
- Clinton Counties "Courthouse Tigers 1944 Champions
- Browns, Sugar Creek & Riggs
- Murder & Robbery - The Story of John Gallaher (Gallagher ?)
- Men Who Will Command Boats - 1894
- The Story of Iowa, The Progress of an American State
- Inventors of Clinton County 1859-1960
- Jane Lamb Memorial Hospital Training School
- Favorite Dishes of the D.A.R.
- Fred "Duke" Slater
- "Baking With Lard" Contest Winners
- Six Clintonland People Become U.S. Citizens
- State Historical Society Membership Lists: 1950-52
- Clinton Boy Honored in Washington
- Internal Revenue - 1867
IN MEMORIAM
Statewide Collections and Indexes
The Family History Library has excellent statewide collections. Much of the info listed here would also be available from the State Historical Society of Iowa and/or the Iowa Genealogy Society. (I would be very interested to know what Clinton Co. info is on these films -- Nettie Mae.)
The Iowa Genealogical Society Surname Index, 5 vols. Des Moines: Iowa Genealogical Society, 1973-90. (FHL book 977.7 D2i; computer number 189225.) These indexes sometimes have names of ancestors back to the 1600s. They list genealogical information for more than 100,000 ancestors of members of the Iowa Genealogical Society.
Iowa Genealogical Society (Des Moines, Iowa). Surname Collection. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987. (On 31 FHL films beginning with 1487493; computer number 537711.) This index of 3" x 5" cards gives information about ancestors of Iowa Gene Society members, sometimes back to the 1600s.
Surname Index, 1500-1991. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1991. (On eight FHL films beginning with 1766048; computer number 651881.) These cards are similar to the ones in the collection mentioned above.
Iowa Genealogical Society (Des Moines, Iowa). Pioneer Certificates, 1800s - 1991. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987. (On 14 FHL films beginning with 1508882; computer number 537709.) This collection includes pedigree charts, family group forms, wills, marriage records, family histories, and land records. The information is arraigned alphabetically.
Daughters of the American Revolution (Iowa). Iowa Pioneer Families. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971. (FHL films 851218 items 3-5, 7-9 and 851219 items 1-2; computer number 280450.) This publication contains eight volumes prepared in the 1940s and 1950s.
Iowa. State Department of History and Archives. Family Record Collection. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978. (On six FHL films 1023611 item 11, through 1023616; computer number 388668.) This alphabetical collection contains extensive genealogies, pedigrees, and family histories.