- Pottawattamie County census records 1852, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1915 & 1925
- Obituaries – 1896 to present
- City Directories from 1866-1994 (1866 has been indexed)
- Atlases for 1885, 1902, 1913, 1916, and current
- Divorce Records
- Legal Files from early county to the 1970s
- Various Maps dating from 1885 to current
- County histories of Pottawattamie and various other Iowa Counties
- The Iowa Genealogical Society Newsletters and Quarterly’s from
the beginning of the society to current day. Indexed. - Abandoned Iowa towns, especially, Pottawattamie County and Mills County
- Civil War history and reports from the Iowa Adjutant General’s Records
- Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Iowa
- County histories of various other states, e.g. Illinois, Ohio, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, etc.
- STATE CENSUSES (Pottawattamie County) for the years: 1851, 1852, 1854, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1915, 1905, 1915 and 1925. (1852, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1915 & 1925 have all been indexed.)
- FEDERAL CENSUSES (Pottawattamie County) from 1850 to current
- SURNAME FILE
- Numerous other sources —
Many of these resources are available for research in the Frontier Heritage Library. If you would like any of these resources checked for a particular name, send us an email.