Local and Family History Collection

Welcome to our Local History webpage.  The Waverly Public Library has a number of local history resources in the Local and Family History (LFH) section of our collection.  The following is a brief list of the contents of our collection.

Welcome to our Local History webpage.  The Waverly Public Library has a number of local history resources in the Local and Family History (LFH) section of our collection.  The following is a brief list of the contents of our collection.

Local Obituaries and Burial Records
Bremer County Genealogy and History Resources
Waverly Newspapers from 1856 on microfilm
Local Church Records
Local Historic Photos
Bremer County and Iowa Military Service Records
Bremer County Probate Records
Iowa History Resources
Books by Iowa authors

For those interested in researching family histories, genealogy volunteers are available at the library on Fridays from 1-5 to provide assistance.

Ask any local history question and we'll do our best to answer it!

Links:

Bremer County Genealogy
iagenweb.org/bremer/

Bremer County History
www.co.bremer.ia.us/new/history.htm

Virtual Waverly Historical Photo Gallery
Microsoft Photosynth tour of our gallery (download required)

The Larry Nerge Family Home Page
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/e/r/Larry-G-Nerge/index.html