Iowa, Tama County Cemetery Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
The collection consists of images of cemetery records from the Tama County Recorder's office for the years 1913 to 2014. Cemeteries began keeping records as soon as they opened. The purchase of a burial plot is a land transaction and is recorded with a deed. Cemetery records are kept as a permanent record of who was buried and usually who purchased the burial plot. The information in these records is usually reliable, but depends upon the reliability of the informant.

What Can this Collection Tell Me?
The records may include any of the following:
 * Name of Cemetery
 * Location of grave(s) including Section and Lot number
 * Names of all individuals in burial plot
 * Date of death
 * Designation if grave is a veteran's grave
 * Designation whether plot is full or half

How Do I Search the Collection?
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 * The name of the person
 * The approximate date of death

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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

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 * Church Records were kept years before counties began keeping records. They are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.

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