Mason City Genealogy (in Cerro Gordo County, IA)

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Mason City Birth Records

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

Death records, 1880-1909; index to births, marriages and deaths, 1880-1921 FamilySearch Library

Death records, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa : still births [sic] not included, book 1, 1880-1897 ; book 2, 1897-1903 FamilySearch Library

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

Marriage records, 1855-1931; index to births, marriages and deaths, 1880 -1921 FamilySearch Library

Mason City Cemetery Records

Cerro Gordo County, Iowa cemeteries : Rebekahs of Iowa IOOF Cemetery, Rock Falls Cemetery FamilySearch Library

Elmwood - St. Joseph Cemetery burial records City of Mason City online

Elmwood Cemetery (Mason City, Iowa) FamilySearch Library

Elmwood Saint Joseph Cemetery Billion Graves online

Elmwood Saint Joseph Cemetery Find a Grave online

Elmwood St. Joseph Cemetery US Gen Web online

First Congregational UCC Columbarium Find a Grave online

I. O. O. F. Cemetery, Mason City, Iowa FamilySearch Library

I.O.O.F. Cemetery WorldCat

IOOF 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

Memorial Park Cemetery WorldCat

Memorial Park Cemetery Iowa Gravestones online

Memorial Park Cemetery Find a Grave online

Memorial Park Cemetery (Mason City, Iowa) FamilySearch Library

Old St. Joseph Cemetery, Mason City, Iowa FamilySearch Library

Old St. Joseph Cemetery. WorldCat

Mason City Census Records

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

1860 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1881 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 of town of Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. 1881 FamilySearch Library

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

Mason City Church Records

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

First Congregational United Church of Christ Columbarium US Gen Web online

Record of the Shell Rock Branch (Mission) Methodist Episcopal Church, Northwestern German Conference FamilySearch Library

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

Mason City City Directories

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Directory of Mason City and Cerro Gordo County FamilySearch Library

Mason City (Iowa) city directories FamilySearch Library

Mason City Directory 1903 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1904 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1905 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1907 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1908 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1909 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1910 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1911 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1913 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1914 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1915 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1916 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1922 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1924 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1925 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1926 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1928 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1929 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1930 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1932 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1934 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1935 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1938 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1939 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1947 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1956 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1958 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1959 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory 1960 MyHeritage online

Mason City Directory Index 1923 US Gen Web online

Mason City, IA; 1938 - 1942, 1945, 1947, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958 - 1960 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1900 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1901 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1903 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1904 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1905 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1907 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1908 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1909 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1910 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1911 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1912 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1913 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1914 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1915 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1916 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1917 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1919 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1922 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1923 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1924 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1925 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1926 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1927 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1928 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1929 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1930 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1931 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1932 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1933 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1934 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1935 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1938 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1939 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1940 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1941 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1942 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1945 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1947 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1950 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1953 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1955 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1956 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1959 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason City, Iowa, City Directory, 1960 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mason city (Cerro Gordo County, Iowa) directory : including Clear Lake and Cerro Gordo County, yellow pages with a special advertising section and a complete classified list FamilySearch Library

White and Yellow Pages, Mason City, 5/1958 to 5/1961 Library of Congress online

White and Yellow Pages, Mason City, 6/1941 to 6/1948 Library of Congress online

White and Yellow Pages, Mason City, 6/1949 to 7/1952 Library of Congress online

White and Yellow Pages, Mason City, 7/1953 to 5/1957 Library of Congress online

Mason City Death Records

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1900-1939 Iowa Death Index MyHeritage online

1920-1940 Iowa Death Records Ancestry online

Death records, 1880-1909; index to births, marriages and deaths, 1880-1921 FamilySearch Library

Death records, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa : still births [sic] not included, book 1, 1880-1897 ; book 2, 1897-1903 FamilySearch Library

Index to death records, 1909-1921, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa 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

Marriage records, 1855-1931; index to births, marriages and deaths, 1880 -1921 FamilySearch Library

Mason City Globe Gazette Obituaries, 1991 : and An Additional Index of Mason City Globe Gazette Funerals, 1991 FamilySearch Library

North Central Iowa Obituary Index, 1994-1997 FamilySearch Library

Mason City Histories and Genealogies

History of Mason City US Gen Web online

History of Mason Township Cerro Gordo County, Iowa US Gen Web online

Mason City Immigration Records

Iowa, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1937 Ancestry online

Naturalization records, 1856-1934; indexes, 1850-1945 FamilySearch Library

Mason City Land Records

Deed records, 1854-1932 FamilySearch Library

Mason City Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, April 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, April 1918 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, June 1892 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, March 1888 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, May 1915 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, November 1901 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, October 1883 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, September 1897 Library of Congress online

Mason City Marriage Records

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1880-1940 Iowa Marriage Records Ancestry online

Announcement, Marriage, and Anniversary Index, 1991 : Globe Gazette, Mason City, Ia FamilySearch Library

Cerro Gordo County, Iowa marriages, 1855-1880 FamilySearch Library

Death records, 1880-1909; index to births, marriages and deaths, 1880-1921 FamilySearch Library

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, 1855-1931; index to births, marriages and deaths, 1880 -1921 FamilySearch Library

Mason City Military Records

Cerro Gordo County, Iowa Veterans Monument, Mason City US Gen Web online

Reunion of the Second Iowa Cavalry Veteran Association, 1893 LDS Genealogy online

Reunion of the Second Iowa Cavalry Veteran Association, 1893 Internet Archive online

Mason City Newspapers and Obituaries

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Announcement, Marriage, and Anniversary Index, 1991 : Globe Gazette, Mason City, Ia FamilySearch Library

Cerro Gordo County Republican 1897-1897 Clear Lake online

Cerro Gordo Republican 12/25/1862 to 05/18/1876 Genealogy Bank online

Cerro Gordo Republican 1864-1865 Clear Lake online

Globe Gazette 01/10/2012 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Globe-Gazette 1929-2023 Newspapers.com online

Mason City Express Republican 1887-1887 Clear Lake online

Mason City Globe Gazette 1918-64 (Mason City, Iowa) Ancestry online

Mason City Globe Gazette Obituaries, 1991 : and An Additional Index of Mason City Globe Gazette Funerals, 1991 FamilySearch Library

Mason City Globe Gazette, 1901-1976 Newspaper Archive online

North Central Iowa Obituary Index, 1994-1997 FamilySearch Library

Offline Newspapers for Mason City

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.

Cerro Gordo County Republican. (Mason City, Iowa) 1893-1906

Cerro Gordo Press. (Mason City, Iowa) 1858-1860

Cerro Gordo Republican. (Mason City, Iowa) 1861-1883

Express-Republican. (Mason City, Iowa) 1886-1893

Globe-Gazette. (Mason City, Iowa) 1964-Current

Mason City Daily Times. (Mason City, Iowa) 1913-1916

Mason City Express. (Mason City, Iowa) 1870-1886

Mason City Globe-Gazette and Mason City Daily Times. (Mason City, Iowa) 1918-1929

Mason City Globe-Gazette. (Mason City, Iowa) 1929-1964

Mason City Morning Times. (Mason City [Iowa]) 1916-1918

Mason City Republican. (Mason City, Iowa) 1906-1911

Mason City Times. (Mason City, Ia.) 1909-1913

Twice-A-Week Weekly Mason City Globe-Gazette. (Mason City, Iowa) 1903-1908

Mason City Probate Records

1758-1997 Iowa Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Mason City School Records

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Holy Family High School - Maragold Yearbook (Mason City, IA), 1947, 1951 E Yearbook online

Holy Family High School yearbook, 1947, 1951 Classmates online

Holy Family High School yearbook, 1947, 1951 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Holy Family High School yearbook, 1947, 1951 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Mason City High School - Masonian Yearbook (Mason City, IA), 1923, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1963, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1982 E Yearbook online

Mason City High School yearbook, 1923, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1995, 1997 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Mason City High School yearbook, 1923, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Mason City High School yearbook, 1923, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1995, 1997 Classmates online

Mason City Junior College yearbook, 1963 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Monroe Junior High School yearbook, 1950, 1966 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Monroe Middle School - Mirror Yearbook (Mason City, IA), 1950, 1966 E Yearbook online

Monroe Middle School yearbook, 1950, 1966 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Newman Catholic High School yearbook, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Newman Catholic High School yearbook, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 Classmates online

Newman Catholic High School yearbook, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

North Iowa Area Community College - Troyannum Yearbook (Mason City, IA), 1963, 1969 E Yearbook online

North Iowa Area Community College yearbooks, 1963, 1969 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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