LOOKUPS
To request assistance with your Madison County research, please contact the County Coordinator.  If more research/lookup is needed, the Madison County Genealogical Society will assist with answering your questions, visiting archives, copying originals, etc. 
    

To start that process, please contact the County Coordinator with this information: 

  • Limit your request to one surname per message.

  • Be specific in the information you are looking for (don't ask for all the Smiths).

  • Provide complete information in an organized fashion since the lookup volunteer will not be familiar with the various generations of this family.

  • Include what you have found during your research within this website.

You can expect:

  • After reviewing your request, they may suggest you first visit pages within this website that have the requested information to save you the required lookup fees.

  • To be contacted by the lookup volunteer who will assist you.

  • The Madison County Genealogical Society charges $10/hour for research, with a two hour minimum. Copying and postage fees are also passed onto you.  

  • Your payment will need to be received prior to sending the desired information. The lookup volunteer will be in contact with you to assure you are receiving what you expect.

  • Information will be supplied back to you via e-mail, if possible.

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We encourage you to make full use of the information available at this website before contacting us. The table below holds suggestions so you can answer your family history questions on you own, with the information provided within these pages. 
  

WHERE YOU SHOULD LOOK WITHIN THIS SITE FOR FAMILY INFORMATION

Item of Interest

 Main Menu Options

BIRTH: date, names of parents, etc.
Courthouse lookup may provide place, parents' names, etc.

BIRTH RECORDS (thru 1923)
CENSUS RECORDS (thru 1950)
OBITUARY INDEX (current)
CEMETERIES (current)

MARRIAGE: names, date, etc.  
Courthouse lookup may provide place, age, parents' names, number of marriage, etc.

MARRIAGE RECORDS (thru 1922)
OBITUARY INDEX (current)

DIVORCE:  names, date, case number in Courthouse for lookup

DIVORCES (thru 1936)

DEATH: Date, place of death, cause of death, burial place, biography, gravestone photo, case number in Courthouse for lookup

OBITUARY INDEX (current)
CEMETERIES/BURIALS (current)
Iowa Gravestone Photo Project (current)
DEATH RECORDS INDEX (thru 1919)
FUNERAL CARD RECORDS (incomplete)

PROBATE: Case number in Courthouse for lookup, which may provide personal and real asset inventories, debts, heirs, distributions, etc.

PROBATE RECORDS (thru 1947)

GUARDIANSHIP: Case number in Courthouse for lookup, which may provide parent's and family member's names, guardian, stipulations, etc.

GUARDIANSHIP (thru 1922)

We also highly recommend that you use the yellow SEARCH THIS SITE box in the upper right of the
homepage to find references to a name, surname, place, etc. located anywhere across this website

 

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Maintained by the County Coordinator

This page was created on July 10, 2004.
This page was last updated Monday, 13-May-2024 07:41:55 CDT .