Council Bluffs Public Library has online collections including Council Bluffs Obituaries, Council Bluffs death records, Council Bluffs City Directories, Council Bluffs Yearbooks, and more.

 

 

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Marriages – Index of Marriages recorded in Council Bluffs 1903-1940

 

 

Death Records – Avoca Death Records – Transcripts of Death – register of deaths for Avoca, Iowa

Death Records – Pottawattamie County Transcripts of Death – Oakland Township – Death Records for Oakland Township. Assessor’s Return of Deaths register

Death Records – Pottawattamie County Transcripts of Death – Grove Township – Death Records for Grove Township. Assessor’s Return of Deaths register

Death Records – Pottawattamie County Transcripts of Death – Center Township – Death Records for Center Township. Assessor’s Return of Deaths register

Death Records – Pottawattamie County Transcripts of Death – Carson – Death Records for Carson, Iowa. Assessor’s Return of Deaths register

Death Records – Pottawattamie County Transcripts of Death – Belknap Township – Death Records for Belknap Township. Assessor’s Return of Deaths register

Death Records – 1897-1904 County Transcript of Death Records – Transcript of deaths recorded in Pottawattamie County for the State of Iowa for years 1897 – 1904.

Death Records – 1918-19 County Transcript of Death Records – Transcript of deaths recorded in Pottawattamie County for the State of Iowa for Fiscal Year ending July 30, 1919

Death Records – 1917-18 County Transcript of Death Records – Transcript of deaths recorded in Pottawattamie County for the State of Iowa for Fiscal Year ending July 30, 1918

Death Records – 1916-17 County Transcript of Death Records – Transcript of deaths recorded in Pottawattamie County for the State of Iowa for Fiscal Year ending July 30, 1917

Death Records – 1915-16 County Transcript of Death Records – Transcript of deaths recorded in Pottawattamie County for the State of Iowa for Fiscal Year ending July 30, 1916

Death Records – 1914-1915 County Transcript of Death Records – Transcript of deaths recorded in Pottawattamie County for the State of Iowa for Fiscal Year ending July 30, 1915

Death Records – 1913-14 County Transcript of Death Records – Transcript of deaths recorded in Pottawattamie County for the State of Iowa for Fiscal Year ending July 30, 1914

Death Records – 1912-13 County Transcript of Death Records – Transcript of deaths recorded in Pottawattamie County for the State of Iowa for Fiscal Year ending July 30, 1913

Death Records – 1911-12 County Transcript of Death Records – Transcript of deaths recorded in Pottawattamie County for the State of Iowa for Fiscal Year ending July 30, 1912

Death Records – 1910-11 County Transcript of Death Records – Transcript of deaths recorded in Pottawattamie County for the State of Iowa for Fiscal Year ending July 30, 1911

Death Records – 1909-10 County Transcript of Death Records – Transcript of deaths recorded in Pottawattamie County for the State of Iowa for Fiscal Year ending 1910

Death Records – 1908-09 County Transcript of Death Records – Transcript of deaths recorded in Pottawattamie County for the State of Iowa for fiscal year ending July 30, 1909

Death Records – 1907-08 County Transcript of Death Records – Transcript of deaths recorded in Pottawattamie County of the State of Iowa for Fiscal Year ending July 30, 1908

Death Records – 1906-07 County Transcript of Death Records – Transcript of deaths recorded in Pottawattamie County for the State of Iowa for Fiscal Year ending July 30, 1907.

 

 

Cemetery Records – Walnut Hill Cemetery Burial Book through May 4, 2018

Cemetery Records – Fairview Cemetery – Burials in Old Soldiers Section

Cemetery Records – Fairview Cemetery Map – A map of sections and plots of the Fairview Cemetery in Council Bluffs. One large map and two printable handouts.

 

 

Obituaries – Council Bluffs and Pottawattamie County Obituary Index – A listing of obituaries from Council Bluffs and other Southwest Iowa newspapers.

 

 

Military – Civil War – General Grenville Dodge Collection

Military – Cemetery Records – Fairview Cemetery Map – A map of sections and plots of the Fairview Cemetery in Council Bluffs. One large map and two printable handouts.

 

 

City Directories – Council Bluffs City Directories

 

Maps – Council Bluffs historical maps including nearby towns in Pottawattamie County

  • Council Bluffs Sanborn map September 1928 (updates through 1962) – The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company. They were originally created for fire insurance companies to determine total liability in urban areas.
  • Council Bluffs Sanborn map 1928 – The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company. They were originally created for fire insurance companies to determine total liability in urban areas.
  • Walnut Sanborn map November 1901 – The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company. They were originally created for fire insurance companies to determine total liability in urban areas.
  • Walnut Sanborn map July 1909 – The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company. They were originally created for fire insurance companies to determine total liability in urban areas.
  • Walnut Sanborn map August 1914 – The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company. They were originally created for fire insurance companies to determine total liability in urban areas.
  • Oakland Sanborn map October 1918 – The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company. They were originally created for fire insurance companies to determine total liability in urban areas.
  • Oakland Sanborn map October 1909 – The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company. They were originally created for fire insurance companies to determine total liability in urban areas.
  • Neola Sanborn map September 1908 – The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company. They were originally created for fire insurance companies to determine total liability in urban areas.
  • Neola Sanborn map September 1893 – The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company. They were originally created for fire insurance companies to determine total liability in urban areas.
  • Neola Sanborn map May 1927 – The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company. They were originally created for fire insurance companies to determine total liability in urban areas.
  • Neola Sanborn map March 1886 – The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company. They were originally created for fire insurance companies to determine total liability in urban areas.
  • Neola Sanborn map June 1899
 – The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company. They were originally created for fire insurance companies to determine total liability in urban areas.
  • Council Bluffs Sanborn map October 1885 – The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company. They were originally created for fire insurance companies to determine total liability in urban areas.
  • Council Bluffs Sanborn map May 1891 – The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company. They were originally created for fire insurance companies to determine total liability in urban areas.
  • Council Bluffs Sanborn map July 1921 – The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company. They were originally created for fire insurance companies to determine total liability in urban areas.
  • Council Bluffs Sanborn map 1896 – The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company. They were originally created for fire insurance companies to determine total liability in urban areas.
  • Avoca Sanborn map September 1920 – The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company. They were originally created for fire insurance companies to determine total liability in urban areas.
  • Avoca Sanborn map September 1893 – The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company. They were originally created for fire insurance companies to determine total liability in urban areas.
  • Avoca Sanborn map November 1883 – The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company. They were originally created for fire insurance companies to determine total liability in urban areas.
  • Avoca Sanborn map May 1932 – The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company. They were originally created for fire insurance companies to determine total liability in urban areas.
  • Avoca Sanborn map May 1888 – The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company. They were originally created for fire insurance companies to determine total liability in urban areas.
  • Avoca Sanborn map June 1909 – The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company. They were originally created for fire insurance companies to determine total liability in urban areas.
  • Avoca Sanborn map June 1899 – The maps were produced by the Sanborn Map Company. They were originally created for fire insurance companies to determine total liability in urban areas.

 

 

Yearbooks – Council Bluffs HS Yearbooks

 

 

History – Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections

History – Council Bluffs Daily NonPareil Archives

 

 

Photos – Council Bluffs Special Collections

Postcards – Council Bluffs Special Collections

Postcards – Emil Pavich Postcard Collection, 95 separate collections

Sketches – George Simons Frontier Sketches

 

 

Manuscript Collections – Amelia Bloomer Collection

 

 

Employment/Industry – Manawa Fish & Game, photographs/maps

Employment/Industry – Fire Department – photos

Railroads – General Grenville Dodge Collection

 

 

Society – Historical Society Pottawattamie County newsletters

 

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