Rock Rapids Genealogy (in Lyon County, IA)
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Rock Rapids Birth Records
1800-1999 Iowa Births and Christenings Index (incomplete) Ancestry 
Birth records, 1872-1949 FamilySearch Library
Death records, 1880-1935; index to births and deaths, 1880-1897 FamilySearch Library
Iowa, Birth Records, 1880-present Iowa Department of Public Health
Rock Rapids Cemetery Records
Holy Name Cemetery Find a Grave
Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 (selections) MyHeritage
Iowa, Select Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 Ancestry
Lyon County, Cemetery Records, ca.1800- ca.2000 Family Search
Lyon County, Iowa cemetery records FamilySearch Library
Riverview Cemetery US Gen Web Archives
Riverview Cemetery Find a Grave
Rock Rapids Census Records
1856 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry
1885 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry
1895 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry
1905 Iowa State Census MyHeritage
1905 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry
1915 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry
1925 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry
Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage
United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search
Rock Rapids Church Records
1800-1999 Iowa Births and Christenings Index (incomplete) Ancestry
Immanuel church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry
Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1866-1876 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry
Rock Rapids, Iowa, brief church history FamilySearch Library
Rock Rapids Death Records
1900-1939 Iowa Death Index MyHeritage
1920-1940 Iowa Death Records Ancestry
Death records, 1880-1935; index to births and deaths, 1880-1897 FamilySearch Library
Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 (selections) MyHeritage
Iowa, Death Records, 1880-present Iowa Department of Public Health
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 Immigration Records
Iowa, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1937 Ancestry
Naturalization records, 1872 - 1954 FamilySearch Library
Rock Rapids Land Records
Deed records, 1868 - 1937 FamilySearch Library
Original entries, ca. 1862 - 1888 FamilySearch Library
Rock Rapids Map Records
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa, April 1892 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa, May 1899 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa, October 1907 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa, September 1913 Library of Congress
Rock Rapids Marriage Records
1880-1940 Iowa Marriage Records Ancestry
Iowa Marriages 1809-1992 (selections) MyHeritage
Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-present Iowa Department of Public Health
Iowa, Marriages, 1836-1926 MyHeritage
Iowa, Select Marriages, 1809-1992 Ancestry
Marriage records, 1872-1928; indexes 1872-1979 FamilySearch Library
Rock Rapids Newspapers and Obituaries
Lyon County Reporter 1979-1979 Rockford Public Library
Lyon County Reporter 1998-1999, 2003-2020 Small Town Papers
Lyon County Reporter, 1992, 1998-1999, 2003-2008 Google News Archive
Lyons Weekly Mirror, 1893-1896 Newspaper Archive
Rock Rapids Lyon County Reporter, 1890-1954 Newspaper Archive
Rock Rapids Reporter 1911-1929 Rock Rapids Public Library
Rock Rapids Reporter, 1896-1929 Newspaper Archive
Rock Rapids Review 1904, 1916-1917, 1923, 1928 Small Town Papers
Rock Rapids Review, 1916,-1917, 1923, 1928 Google News Archive
The Rock Rapids Review 1883-1884, 1906, 1914, 1916 Rock Rapids Public Library
Offline Newspapers for Rock RapidsAccording 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 Probate Records
Rock Rapids School Records
Central Lyon High School yearbook, 1966, 1973 Classmates
Central Lyon High School yearbook, 1966, 1973 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage
Central Lyon High School yearbooks, 1966, 1973 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
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