Buena Vista County History and Heritage Project has free birth records, marriage records, death records, obituaries, wills, and more.

Birth Records – Christenings, 1875-1889, Fenstad Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Alta

Birth Records – St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Coon Twp., confirmations, 1890-1922 (includes birth dates)

Church Records – Storm Lake – St. Mary’s Catholic Church Confirmations

Church Records – Alta – Fenstad Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church Christenings, 1875-1889

Church Records – Newell – Nain Lutheran Church Christenings, 1922-1940 (Danish)

Church Records – Storm Lake – St. John Lutheran Church Christenings, various years

Church Records – Coon Twp – St. John’s Lutheran Church Confirmations 1890-1922

Church Records – Hanover – St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Confirmations, various years

Church Records – Newell – St. Peter’s English Lutheran Church Confirmations, various years

Church Records – Grant Twp – Zion Lutheran Church Confirmations, various years

Church Records – Albert City – Mission Covenant Church Confirmations, various years

Church Records – Albert City – Evangelical Free Church Confirmations, various years

Marriage Records – Weddings, 1889-1923, St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Coon Twp.
Marriage Records – 1926 marriages abstracted from the Newell Mirror

Church Records – Coon Twp – St. John’s Lutheran Church Marriages, 1889-1923

Death Records – 1908-1918 deaths from end of year chronology published in the Storm Lake Pilot Tribune

Death Records – Funerals, 1891-1910, Norwegian Lutheran Church, Sioux Rapids

Death Records – Funerals, 1902-1917, Trinity Lutheran Church, Linn Grove

Death Records – Necrology (death records), James Miller Post #503, G.A.R., Marathon

Death Records – Necrology (death records), S. A. Hurlbut Post #82, G.A.R., Alta

Death Records – Miscellaneous death records, 1913 & 1916

Church Records – Linn Grove – Trinity Lutheran Church Funerals, 1902-1917

Church Records – Sioux Rapids – Norwegian Lutheran Church Funerals, 1897-1910

Obituaries – Buena Vista County Obituaries from various papers

Obituaries – 1891, 1896, 1909 Newell Mirror Obituaries

Obituaries – 1911 Storm Lake Vidette Obituaries

Obituaries – 1926, 1931, 1934 Obituary abstracts from the Newell Mirror

Wills – Buena Vista County Wills and Probate

Census Records – 1870 US Census Surname Index and Images and Agricultural Schedules

Census Records – Buena Vista County census records from 1885, 1895, and 1905 state census

Military Records – Buena Vista County Civil War and WWII Records

Directories – 1878 Farmers’ Directory

Directories – 1923 Elk Twp, Lee Twp Landowners

Maps – Buena Vista County Maps 1875, 1908, 1942

History – Buena Vista County History

Schools – Buena Vista College Directories 1909, 1919, 1893-1922

Schools – Buena Vista County wide graduates 1906, 1929, 1935

Schools – Alta High School Alumni

Schools – Fairview High School Alumni, 1920-1950

Schools – Truesdale High School Alumni, 1918-1946

Family Files – Buena Vista County Family Reunions