Alta Genealogy (in Buena Vista County, IA)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Alta are also found through the Buena Vista County and Iowa pages.


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Alta Birth Records

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

Birth records, 1878-1964 FamilySearch Library

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

Alta Cemetery Records

Elk 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

Maple Valley Township Cemetery Find a Grave online

Scandinavian Cemetery Iowa Gravestones online

Scandinavian Cemetery Find a Grave online

Woodlawn Cemetery Iowa Gravestones online

Woodlawn Cemetery Find a Grave online

Alta 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

Census-Alta/Nokomis Twps., Buena Vista County, Iowa 1880 US Gen Web online

Iowa State Census 1885 Alta Town, Nokomis Twp. US Gen Web Archives 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

Alta Church Records

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

Alta United Methodist Church Baptisms, 1881-1900 US Gen Web online

Church records, 1881-1932 (First Methodist Episcopal Church (Alta, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1892-1931 (Trinity Lutheran Church (Alta, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

History of the First Christian Church US Gen Web online

History of the Lutheran Trinity Church US Gen Web online

History of the Methodist Episcopal Church US Gen Web online

History of the Presbyterian Church US Gen Web online

History of the Scandinavian Free Mission Church US Gen Web online

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

Alta Death Records

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1900-1939 Iowa Death Index MyHeritage online

1920-1940 Iowa Death Records Ancestry online

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

Record of deaths, 1897-1937 FamilySearch Library

Register of deaths, v. 1, 1880-1897 FamilySearch Library

Transcript of deaths, 1906-1918 FamilySearch Library

Alta Histories and Genealogies

Alta History US Gen Web online

Alta Immigration Records

Iowa, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1937 Ancestry online

Naturalization records, 1877-1929 FamilySearch Library

Alta Land Records

Deed records, 1877-1902 FamilySearch Library

Original entries, 1812-1884 FamilySearch Library

Alta Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Alta, Buena Vesta County, Iowa, July 1933 Library of Congress online

Alta 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

Register of marriages, 1880-1916; marriage record, 1877-1926 FamilySearch Library

Alta Military Records

Roster of Red Cross Workers 1918-1919, Alta US Gen Web online

Alta Newspapers and Obituaries

Alta Advertiser, 1901-1920 Newspaper Archive online

An index to Alta Advertiser newspapers 1941-1950 FamilySearch Library

Offline Newspapers for Alta

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.

Alta Advertiser. (Alta, Iowa) 1877-1981

Alta Advertiser. (Alta, Iowa) 1982-Current

Alta Probate Records

1758-1997 Iowa Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Alta School Records

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Alta Community High School - Cyclone Yearbook (Alta, IA), 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 E Yearbook online

Alta Community High School yearbooks, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Alta High School yearbook, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Alta High School yearbook, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Classmates online

Alta High School yearbook, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Fairview Consolidated School yearbook, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1958 Classmates online

Fairview Consolidated School yearbook, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1958 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Fairview Consolidated School yearbooks, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1958 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Fairview High School - Hi Lites Yearbook (Alta, IA), 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1958 E Yearbook online

Fairview High School yearbook, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1958 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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