Decorah Genealogy (in Winneshiek County, IA)

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Decorah Birth Records

1800-1999 Iowa Births and Christenings Index (incomplete) Ancestry online

Birth records, 1872-1941 FamilySearch Library

Iowa, Birth Records, 1880-present Iowa Department of Public Health

Decorah Cemetery Records

East Glenwood Cemetery Iowa Gravestones online

East Glenwood Cemetery Find a Grave online

Glenwood Lutheran Cemetery Find a Grave online

Glenwood Lutheran Cemetery Iowa Gravestones online

Hauge Lutheran Cemetery Iowa Gravestones online

Hauge Lutheran Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hesper Cemetery Billion Graves online

Highland Cemetery Find a Grave online

Iowa Cemetery Records Ancestry online

Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 (selections) MyHeritage online

Iowa Graves WPA Survey US Gen Web online

Iowa, Select Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 Ancestry online

Locust Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Locust Cemetery Iowa Gravestones online

Locust Cemetery Billion Graves online

Locust Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lutheran Cemetery Find a Grave online

McIntosh Cemetery Iowa Gravestones online

North Washington Prairie Cemetery Iowa Gravestones online

Norwegian Methodist Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Phelps Cemetery Billion Graves online

Phelps Cemetery Iowa Gravestones online

Phelps Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pontoppidan Cemetery Iowa Gravestones online

Saint Benedict Cemetery Billion Graves online

Spring Water Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Springwater Cemetery Billion Graves online

Springwater Cemetery Iowa Gravestones online

Springwater Cemetery Find a Grave online

Union Prairie Cemetery Iowa Gravestones online

Winneshiek County Iowa cemeteries FamilySearch Library

Winneshiek County, Iowa cemeteries FamilySearch Library

Decorah Census Records

1856 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1885 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1895 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1905 Iowa State Census MyHeritage online

1905 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1915 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1925 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Decorah Church Records

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1800-1999 Iowa Births and Christenings Index (incomplete) Ancestry online

Big Canoe Lutheran Church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Canoe Ridge church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Decorah Lutheran Church through 125 years 1863 to 1988 FamilySearch Library

Decorah Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Lutheran Church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Glenwood Lutheran Church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Hauge Lutheran Church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Highland church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Higland church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Pontoppidan church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Springwater Norwegian Lutheran Congregation church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

St John's Lutheran Church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

St Peter church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Union Prairie church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Washington Prairie church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Washington Prarie church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Decorah City Directories

White and Yellow Pages, Decorah, 7/1948 to 7/1961 Library of Congress online

Decorah Death Records

1900-1939 Iowa Death Index MyHeritage online

1920-1940 Iowa Death Records Ancestry online

Decorah newspapers index, an alphabetical list of obituaries : a sub-set of the Decorah newspapers index 1860-1930 FamilySearch Library

Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 (selections) MyHeritage online

Iowa, Death Records, 1880-present Iowa Department of Public Health

Iowa, Select Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 Ancestry online

Registers of death, 1880-1941 FamilySearch Library

Decorah Immigration Records

Iowa, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1937 Ancestry online

Naturalization records, 1855-1929; index, 1854-1906 FamilySearch Library

US Naturalization Record Index, Northern Illinois, 1840-1950 ( includes Winneshiek County, IA) MyHeritage online

Decorah Land Records

Deeds, 1851-1965; index, 1851-1965 FamilySearch Library

Original entries, ca. 1850-1861 FamilySearch Library

Decorah Map Records

Decorah, 1870 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Map of Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa 1870. Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, December 1885 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, January 1894 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, March 1914 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, May 1902 Library of Congress online

Decorah Marriage Records

1880-1940 Iowa Marriage Records Ancestry online

Iowa Marriages 1809-1992 (selections) MyHeritage online

Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-present Iowa Department of Public Health

Iowa, Marriages, 1836-1926 MyHeritage online

Iowa, Select Marriages, 1809-1992 Ancestry online

Marriage records, 1851-1925 FamilySearch Library

Decorah Newspapers and Obituaries

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Daily Republican 1883-1886 Luther College online

Decorah Bee 1875-1878 Luther College online

Decorah Gazette 1859-1859 Luther College online

Decorah Journal 1883, 1904, 1911, 1943, 1955, 1960, 2003-2004, 2006-2020 Small Town Papers online

Decorah Journal 1893-2019 Luther College online

Decorah Journal and Press 1883-1885 Luther College online

Decorah Journal, 1904, 1911, 1943, 1955, 1960, 2003-2004, 2006-2009 Google News Archive online

Decorah Newspapers 09/06/2001 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Decorah Public Opinion 1895-1923 Newspapers.com online

Decorah Public Opinion 1895-2019 Luther College online

Decorah Public Opinion 1897, 1922, 1932, 2004, 2006-2020 Small Town Papers online

Decorah Public Opinion and Decorah Republican 1929-1942 Luther College online

Decorah Public Opinion and The Decorah Journal 1938-1938 Luther College online

Decorah Public Opinion, 1895-1923 Newspaper Archive online

Decorah Public Opinion, 1922, 1932, 2003-2004, 2006-2008 Google News Archive online

Decorah Radical 1880-1880 Luther College online

Decorah Republic 1860-1866 Luther College online

Decorah Republican 1866-1928 Luther College online

Decorah Republican, 1912-1918 Newspaper Archive online

Decorah Weekly Journal 1857-1858 Luther College online

Decorah newspapers index : an alphabetical list of indexed names according to their initial three letter search keys 1860-1930 FamilySearch Library

Decorah newspapers index, an alphabetical list of obituaries : a sub-set of the Decorah newspapers index 1860-1930 FamilySearch Library

Decorah public opinion (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) (from Oct. 11, 1895 to June 28, 1911) MyHeritage online

Decorah public opinion 10/11/1895 to 02/14/1923 Genealogy Bank online

Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) (from Oct. 11, 1895 to Feb. 14, 1923) Chronicling America online

Decorah-Posten 1874-1903 Newspapers.com online

Decorah-Posten Og Ved Arnen 1903-1924 Newspapers.com online

Driftless Journal 2019-2019 Luther College online

Nordic Fest 1985-1985 Luther College online

Saturday Evening Journal 1876-1876 Luther College online

Ventilator 1876-1876 Luther College online

Offline Newspapers for Decorah

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Bee. (Decorah, Iowa) 1875-1870s

Decorah Iowa Republic. (Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa) 1860-1866

Decorah Iowa Republican. (Decorah, Iowa) 1866-1882

Decorah Journal. (Decorah, Iowa) 1870s-Current

Decorah Public Opinion and Decorah Republican. (Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa) 1929-1942

Decorah Public Opinion, Decorah Republican and Calmar Courier. (Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa) 1942-1954

Decorah Public Opinion. (Decorah, Iowa) 1954-Current

Decorah Public Opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928

Decorah Republican. (Decorah, Winneshiek Co., Iowa) 1882-1928

Decorah-Posten Og Ved Arnen. (Decorah, Iowa) 1903-1972

Decorah-Posten. (Decorah, Iowa) 1874-1903

Fra Fjaernt Og Naer. (Decorah, Iowa) 1868-1872

Ventilator. (Decorah, Iowa) 1875-1876

Decorah Probate Records

1758-1997 Iowa Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Decorah School Records

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1861-1910, students and faculty, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa : educating the sons of Norwegian immigrants in their cultural and spiritual heritage FamilySearch Library

Decorah High School - Viking Yearbook (Decorah, IA), 1929, 1940, 1945, 1947 E Yearbook online

Decorah High School yearbook, 1929, 1940, 1945, 1947, 1950, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Decorah High School yearbook, 1929, 1940, 1945, 1947, 1950, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 Classmates online

Decorah High School yearbooks, 1929, 1940, 1945, 1947, 1950, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Luther College - Pioneer Yearbook (Decorah, IA), 1922, 1942, 1944, 1948, 1970, 1972, 1974 E Yearbook online

Luther College through sixty years, 1861 - 1921 FamilySearch Library

Luther College yearbook, 1922, 1942, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1975 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

North Winneshiek Elementary School yearbook, 1969 Classmates online

North Winneshiek Elementary School yearbook, 1969 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

North Winneshiek Elementary School yearbook, 1969 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

North Winneshiek High School - Mustang Yearbook (Decorah, IA), 1971 E Yearbook online

North Winneshiek High School yearbook, 1970, 1971, 1972 Classmates online

North Winneshiek High School yearbook, 1970, 1971, 1972 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

North Winneshiek High School yearbooks, 1970, 1971, 1972 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Students and faculty, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1861-1910 : educating the sons of Norwegian immigrants in their cultural and spiritual heritage FamilySearch Library



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