Iowa, Marshall County, Marshaltown, Riverside Cemetery Burial Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This publication includes a series of cemetery books including a Burial index Plat book Lot Record,Lot Record, Burial Registers,Lot and Single Grave Register, and Perpetual Care Registers of the Riverside Cemetery located in Marshalltown, Iowa.

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

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 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names

Research Helps

 * Sexton Records
 * Cemeteries
 * How to Find Iowa Death Records
 * Iowa Guided Research
 * Iowa Record Finder
 * Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research

Related Collections

 * Central Iowa Genealogical Society. Marshall County, Iowa cemeteries ; Riverside, Marshalltown, IA. 4 volumes
 * Card file of burials and lot owners. Riverside Cemetery

Related FamilySearch Historical Records Collections

 * Iowa, Polk County, Cemetery Gravestone Records
 * Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951
 * Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992

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