Rochester Genealogy (in Cedar County, IA)

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Rochester Birth Records

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

Birth records, 1870-1990 FamilySearch Library

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

Rochester Cemetery Records

Healy Cemetery Rochester Township US Gen Web 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

Rochester Cemetery US Gen Web online

Rochester Cemetery Iowa Gravestones online

Whitmer Cemetery Iowa Gravestones online

Rochester Census Records

1838 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1851 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1852 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

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

Federal Census of 1940, Rochester, Iowa LDS Genealogy online

Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 Ancestry online

State Census of Iowa, Cedar County 1852 US Gen Web 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

Wisconsin Territorial Census, Cedar County 1838 US Gen Web online

Rochester Church Records

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

Rochester City Directories

Farmers Directory for Rochester Township, 1916 US Gen Web online

Rochester Death Records

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1900-1939 Iowa Death Index MyHeritage online

1920-1940 Iowa Death Records Ancestry online

Annual Meeting Minutes and Obituaries of Settlers, 1917-1934 FamilySearch Library

Death records, 1880-1899, 1904-1921; index, 1880-1897,1901-1921 FamilySearch Library

Index of Cedar County, Iowa Death Records 1924-1938 US Gen Web 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

Rochester Immigration Records

Iowa, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1937 Ancestry online

Naturalization records, 1860-1929; index, 1855-1930 FamilySearch Library

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

Rochester Land Records

Deed records, 1839-1957; index, 1839-1958 FamilySearch Library

Rochester 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, 1841-1935; indexes, 1840-1955 FamilySearch Library

Rochester Newspapers and Obituaries

Annual Meeting Minutes and Obituaries of Settlers, 1917-1934 FamilySearch Library

Offline Newspapers for Rochester

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.

Cedar County News-Letter. (Rochester, Iowa) 1852-1853

Rochester Probate Records

1758-1997 Iowa Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online



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