Rock Rapids Genealogy (in Lyon County, IA)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Rock Rapids are also found through the Lyon County and Iowa pages.


Rock Rapids Cemetery Records

Holy Name Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lyon County, Iowa cemetery records FamilySearch Library

Riverview Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Riverview Cemetery Find a Grave online

Rock Rapids Church Records

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

Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1866-1876 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

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

Rock Rapids, Iowa, brief church history FamilySearch Library

Rock Rapids Histories and Genealogies

Buncombe to 'twenty two 1853-1922 : a historical report of the people and events which made news in Rock Rapids and the area in our community's formative years FamilySearch Library

Rock Rapids Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa, April 1892 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa, May 1899 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa, October 1907 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa, September 1913 Library of Congress online

Rock Rapids Newspapers and Obituaries

Lyon County Reporter 1979-1979 Rockford Public Library online

Lyon County Reporter 1998-1999, 2003-2020 Small Town Papers online

Lyon County Reporter, 1992, 1998-1999, 2003-2008 Google News Archive online

Lyons Weekly Mirror, 1893-1896 Newspaper Archive online

Rock Rapids Lyon County Reporter, 1890-1954 Newspaper Archive online

Rock Rapids Reporter 1911-1929 Rock Rapids Public Library online

Rock Rapids Reporter, 1896-1929 Newspaper Archive online

Rock Rapids Review 1904, 1916-1917, 1923, 1928 Small Town Papers online

Rock Rapids Review, 1916,-1917, 1923, 1928 Google News Archive online

The Rock Rapids Review 1883-1884, 1906, 1914, 1916 Rock Rapids Public Library online

Offline Newspapers for Rock Rapids

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.

Lyon County Reporter and the Lyon County Leader. (Rock Rapids, Iowa) 1944-1955

Lyon County Reporter. (Rock Rapids, Iowa) 1882-1899

Lyon County Reporter. (Rock Rapids, Iowa) 1929-1944

Lyon County Reporter. (Rock Rapids, Iowa) 1956-Current

Reporter. (Rock Rapids, Iowa) 1899-1910

Rock Rapids Reporter. (Rock Rapids, Iowa) 1910-1929

Rock Rapids Review. (Rock Rapids, Iowa) 1916-1929

Rock Rapids School Records

Central Lyon High School yearbook, 1966, 1973 Classmates online

Central Lyon High School yearbook, 1966, 1973 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Central Lyon High School yearbooks, 1966, 1973 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online


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