Sanborn Genealogy (in O'Brien County, IA)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Sanborn are also found through the O'Brien County and Iowa pages.


Sanborn Birth Records

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

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

Sanborn Cemetery Records

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

Roseland Cemetery Iowa Gravestones online

Roseland Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Cecilia Cemetery Find a Grave online

Sanborn 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

Federal Census 1880 Sanborn US Gen Web Archives online

Federal Census of 1940, Sanborn, Iowa LDS Genealogy 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

Sanborn Church Records

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

Sanborn Death Records

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

Sanborn Immigration Records

Iowa, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1937 Ancestry online

Naturalization record index, 1870-1906 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records, 1872-1951 FamilySearch Library

Sanborn Land Records

Land deed records, April 12, 1859 to April 14, 1927 FamilySearch Library

Original entry book, O'Brien County, Iowa, May 20, 1872 to December 14, 1901 FamilySearch Library

Sanborn Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sanborn, O'Brien County, Iowa, May 1916 Library of Congress online

Sanborn 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 record and register, 1868-1928 FamilySearch Library

Sanborn Newspapers and Obituaries

The Sanborn Journal 1885-1893 Sanborn Public Library online

The Sanborn Pioneer 1882-1903, 1905, 1907-2011 Sanborn Public Library online

Offline Newspapers for Sanborn

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.

Sanborn Pioneer. (Sanborn, O'brien Co., Iowa) 1882-Current

Sanborn Probate Records

1758-1997 Iowa Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Sanborn School Records

Sanborn Community School yearbook, 1954, 1962 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Sanborn Community School yearbook, 1954, 1962, 1980, 1981 Classmates online

Sanborn Community School yearbooks, 1954, 1962 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Sanborn High School - Rambler Yearbook (Sanborn, IA), 1915, 1952, 1953, 1954 E Yearbook online

Sanborn High School yearbook, 1915, 1952, 1953, 1954 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online


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