Thornton Genealogy (in Cerro Gordo County, IA)

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Thornton Birth Records

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

Death records, 1880-1909; index to births, marriages and deaths, 1880-1921 FamilySearch Library

Death records, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa : still births [sic] not included, book 1, 1880-1897 ; book 2, 1897-1903 FamilySearch Library

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

Marriage records, 1855-1931; index to births, marriages and deaths, 1880 -1921 FamilySearch Library

Thornton Cemetery Records

Cerro Gordo County Iowa, cemeteries : Mt Vernon Twp, Pleasant Valley Twp, Pleasant View & Richland Lutheran FamilySearch Library

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

Pleasant View Cemetery Billion Graves online

Pleasant View Cemetery Iowa Gravestones online

Pleasant View Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pleasant View Cemetery, Thornton, IA : location, Grimes Twp., section 13, 1/2 mi. north, 1/2 mi. east of Thornton, IA WorldCat

Richland Lutheran Cemetery Find a Grave online

Richland Lutheran cemetery : Richland Lutheran (Norwegian Lutheran), Thornton, Iowa. WorldCat

Thornton 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

1881 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

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

Thornton Church Records

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

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

Thornton Death Records

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1900-1939 Iowa Death Index MyHeritage online

1920-1940 Iowa Death Records Ancestry online

Death records, 1880-1909; index to births, marriages and deaths, 1880-1921 FamilySearch Library

Death records, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa : still births [sic] not included, book 1, 1880-1897 ; book 2, 1897-1903 FamilySearch Library

Index to death records, 1909-1921, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa FamilySearch Library

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

Marriage records, 1855-1931; index to births, marriages and deaths, 1880 -1921 FamilySearch Library

Thornton Immigration Records

Iowa, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1937 Ancestry online

Naturalization records, 1856-1934; indexes, 1850-1945 FamilySearch Library

Thornton Land Records

Deed records, 1854-1932 FamilySearch Library

Thornton Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Thornton, Cerro Gerro Gordo County, Iowa, June 1913 Library of Congress online

Thornton Marriage Records

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1880-1940 Iowa Marriage Records Ancestry online

Cerro Gordo County, Iowa marriages, 1855-1880 FamilySearch Library

Death records, 1880-1909; index to births, marriages and deaths, 1880-1921 FamilySearch Library

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, 1855-1931; index to births, marriages and deaths, 1880 -1921 FamilySearch Library

Thornton Newspapers and Obituaries

Offline Newspapers for Thornton

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.

Southern County News. (Thornton, Iowa ;) 1966-Current

Thornton Probate Records

1758-1997 Iowa Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Thornton School Records

Meservey Thornton High School - Reminiscing Yearbook (Thornton, IA), 1973 E Yearbook online

Meservey Thornton High School yearbook, 1973 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Meservey-Thornton High School yearbook, 1973, 1974, 1976 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Meservey-Thornton High School yearbook, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982 Classmates online

Meservey-Thornton High School yearbooks, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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