Resources
Guthrie County Genealogical Society
PO Box 96B
Jamaica, IA 50128-0096
7/31/2024 NOTE: The GCGS meets monthly at the Jamaica library. Best way to contact them is by calling the Jamaica Library on a Thursday. Jamaica Library: (641) 429-3362
Purposes
To create and foster an interest in genealogy
To gather and preserve genealogical and historical data
To aid individuals in their genealogical research
To publish a quarterly GCGS newsletter
To improve the availability and the access to pubic records
Membership
Single $7.00, Family $8.50 per calendar year- Jan 1 through Dec 31
Meetings: Monthly except Dec.
Library: located in the Jamaica Public Library Mon, Tues. Wed. 1-6 pm; Thurs. 9-11 am phone (641) 429-3362
Benefits
Complete federal census for Guthrie Co through 1910 on microfilm
State census on microfilm for Guthrie for 1856; 1885; 1895; 1925 Federal mortality schedules for IA
Extensive collection of vital records
Obituary files
Bible records
Surname index
Family genealogies
County histories and indexes
Military records
Funeral home records
Ancestor and pedigree chart file
Pioneer Certificate/Project file
Material for Sale
Newspaper Abstracts:
Vedette Panora, Iowa (July 09, 1868 - Dec 30, 1869) $3.50
Guthrie Vedette Panora, Iowa (1870 - 71 - 72 - 73) $7.00
Guthrie Vedette Panora, Iowa (1874 - 75 - 76 - 77 - 78) $7.00
Panora Weekly Umpire Panora, Iowa (5 Jan 1888 - 27 Dec 1888) $3.00
Umpire -Vedette Panora, Iowa (Jan - Dec 1889) $3.25
Umpire -Vedette 1890 $5.00
Vedette Panora, Iowa (Jan - Dec 1891) $3.00
Panora Vedette 1892 $4.00
Panora Vedette 1893 $4.50
Panora Vedette 1894 $5.00
Panora Vedette 1895 $6.00
Panora Vedette 1896 $2.00
Panora Vedette 1897 $2.00
Panora Vedette 1898 $3.00
Panora Vedette 1899 $5.00
Panora Vedette 1900 $4.00
Panora Vedette 1901 $9.50
Panora Vedette 1902 $10.50
Panora Vedette 1903 $5.00
Panora Vedette 1904 $4.50
Panora Vedette 1905 $5.50
Panora Vedette 1906 $6.00
Panora Vedette 1907 $5.50
Panora Vedette 1908 $5.50
Panora Vedette 1909 $6.00
Panora Vedette 1910 $8.50
Panora Vedette 1916 $16.50
Panora Vedette 1917 $12.50
Panora Vedette 1918 $9.00
Panora Vedette 1919 $10.50
The Guthrian 1893 $5.00
The Guthrian 1894 $5.00
The Guthrian 1895 $4.50
The Guthrian 1900 $5.00
The Guthrian 1901 $6.00
The Guthrian 1902 $5.50
The Guthrian 1903 - 04 $7.50
The Guthrian 1909 $6.00
The Guthrian 1910 $5.50
The Guthrian 1913 $6.00
The Guthrian 1914 $5.50
The Guthrian 1930 $6.50
The Guthrian 1931 $9.50
The Guthrian 1932 $8.50
The Guthrian 1933 $9.50
The Yale Ledger 3.50
Cemeteries - including map and history:
Bear Grove, Baker Township $4.00
Brethren, Cass Township $7.00
Dalmanutha, Thompson Township $3.50
Dodge, Dodge Township $3.50
Glendon, Beaver Township $3.00
Greenwood (East), Cass Township $2.50
Highland, Highland Township $6.00
Immanuel Lutheran, Guthrie County, & St John Lutheran, Audubon County $4.50
Menlo, Beaver Township $4.00
Moffit's Grove, Victory Township $3.00
Monteith & Monteith Memorial, Valley Township $3.50
Morrisburg, Jackson Township $6.00
North Oak Grove, Stuart Township $6.00
Orange Township & Tuttle's Grove, Orange Township $3.50
Pleasant Hill & North Branch, Bear Grove Township $4.50
Resurrection , Valley Township $3.50
Richland, Richland Township $6.50
Rose Hill, Beaver Township $.3.50
South Oak Grove, Stuart Township $8.50
Union, (Guthrie Center) $13.50
Valley, Valley Township $4.00
West (Panora), Cass Township $7.00
Yale, Cass Township $3.00
Small and/or Abandoned [includes-Maplewood, Messenger, Quaker/Friends, Seeley (Wichita), Stanfield, Sutton, Union, Vandevanter, Vanoker, Van Order, Victory] $5.00
Master Index to Guthrie County Cemetery Publications $16.50
Books:
Guthrie County Iowa Death Records (29 April 1880-31 December 1915) $14.00
Guthrie County Iowa Death Records (01 January 1916-31 December 1920) $13.50
Guthrie County Iowa Early Marriages (30 March 1852-31 December 1899) $8.00
Guthrie County Iowa Early Marriages (01 January 1900-31 December 1915) $12.00
Guthrie County Birth Record (Volume 1 1880 - 1894) $11.50
Guthrie County: An Illustrious Past A Great Future with index $10.00
Pedigree Charts Volume 1 $14.00
Delayed Births $4.00
Indexes:
Index to Guthrie County Centennial 1851 - 1951 $2.00
Index to Supplement Guthrie County Centennial 1953 $2.00
Index to Guthrie County: An Illustrious Past, A Great Future $3.00
A Listing of Original Wills / Probates held by the Guthrie County Genealogical Society $5.50
Shipping and Handling
$ .0l to $15.00 $2.50
$15.01 to $25.00 $3.00
$25.01 to $40.00 $4.00
over $40.00 contact the society
These publications are available from the
Guthrie County Genealogical Society, Box 96, Jamaica, IA 50128-0096,
for the price plus 5 % sales tax and shipping and handling.
Prices subject to change without notice.