Spencer Genealogy (in Clay County, IA)

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Spencer Birth Records

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

Delayed records of birth, v. 3A, 1938-1986 FamilySearch Library

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

Spencer Cemetery Records

Fairview Cemetery Iowa Gravestones 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

North Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery Interment online

North Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery Iowa Gravestones online

North Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Plot Owners by Plot Interment online

Northlawn Cemetery burial records Burial Search online

Riverside Cemetery Billion Graves online

Riverside Cemetery Interment online

Riverside Cemetery Iowa Gravestones online

Riverside Cemetery Find a Grave online

Riverside Cemetery burial records Burial Search online

Riverside Cemetery, Plot Owners by Plot Interment online

Spencer 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

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 Spencer, Iowa. 1891 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

Spencer Church Records

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

Spencer City Directories

Spencer (Iowa) city directories FamilySearch Library

Spencer City Directory 1941 MyHeritage online

Spencer City Directory 1945 MyHeritage online

Spencer City Directory 1952 MyHeritage online

White and Yellow Pages, Spencer to Spirit Lake, 9/1953 to 7/1959 Library of Congress online

White and Yellow Pages, Spencer, 10/1940 to 8/1952 Library of Congress online

Spencer Death Records

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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

Record of deaths, v. 2, 1897-1941 FamilySearch Library

Register of deaths, v. 1, 1880-1897 FamilySearch Library

Transcripts of deaths, v. 2-A, 1906-1921 FamilySearch Library

Spencer Immigration Records

Iowa, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1937 Ancestry online

Naturalization calendar, 1884 - 1906 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization record, 1866-1932; index, 1866-1906 FamilySearch Library

Spencer Land Records

Deed records, 1857-1931; index, 1857-1902 FamilySearch Library

Original entries, 1857-1880 FamilySearch Library

Spencer Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Spencer, Clay County, Iowa, April 1941 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Spencer, Clay County, Iowa, April 1946 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Spencer, Clay County, Iowa, August 1900 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Spencer, Clay County, Iowa, January 1915 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Spencer, Clay County, Iowa, November 1893 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Spencer, Clay County, Iowa, November 1924 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Spencer, Clay County, Iowa, September 1909 Library of Congress online

Spencer 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, 1864-1928 FamilySearch Library

Marriage register, 1880-1917 FamilySearch Library

Spencer Newspapers and Obituaries

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Spencer Clay County News (1884 - 1909) Newspaper Archive online

Spencer Clay County News 1884-1909 Spencer Public Library online

Spencer Daily Reporter (1935 - 1959) Newspaper Archive online

Spencer Daily Reporter 1935-1935 Spencer Public Library online

Spencer Daily Reporter 1951-1959 Newspapers.com online

Spencer Daily Reporter, 1953-1959, 1962-1964, 1968, 1973, 1977, 1980-2007 Google News Archive online

Spencer Herald (1893 - 1915) Newspaper Archive online

Spencer Herald 1893-1915 Spencer Public Library online

Spencer News (1909 - 1916) Newspaper Archive online

Spencer News 1909-1916 Spencer Public Library online

Spencer News Herald (1916 - 1936) Newspaper Archive online

Spencer News Herald 1916-1936 Spencer Public Library online

Spencer Reporter (1903 - 1935) Newspaper Archive online

Spencer Reporter 1903-1935 Spencer Public Library online

Spencer Reporter, 1880-1899 Google News Archive online

The Spencer Daily Reporter 1951-53, 1956, and 1959 (Spencer, Iowa) Ancestry online

Offline Newspapers for Spencer

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.

Clay County News. (Spencer, Clay County, Iowa) 1870s-1909

Daily Reporter, the Spencer News-Herald. (Spencer, Iowa) 1959-1961

Daily Reporter. (Spencer, Iowa) 1961-1969

Daily Reporter. (Spencer, Iowa) 1978-Current

Northwest Iowa Morning Herald. (Spencer, Iowa) 1975-1980

Spencer Daily Reporter and the Spencer News-Herald. (Spencer, Iowa) 1937-1959

Spencer Daily Reporter. (Spencer, Iowa) 1935-1937

Spencer Daily Reporter. (Spencer, Iowa) 1969-1978

Spencer Herald. (Spencer, Clay County, Iowa) 1891-1916

Spencer News-Herald. (Spencer, Iowa) 1916-1937

Spencer News. (Spencer, Iowa) 1909-1916

Spencer Reporter. (Spencer, Clay County, Iowa) 1870s-1935

Spencer Times. (Spencer, Iowa) 1937-1953

Spencer Probate Records

1758-1997 Iowa Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Spencer School Records

Spencer High School - Spencerian Yearbook (Spencer, IA), 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1963 E Yearbook online

Spencer High School yearbook, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1984, 1985, 1986 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Spencer High School yearbook, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1973 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Spencer High School yearbook, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1984, 1985, 1986 Classmates online



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