Individuals in need of a copy of their own sacramental records should first contact the parish where the sacrament took place. If that parish is now closed or part of another parish, please use the locator below and contact the approripate parish office directly.
Sacramental records (baptism, confirmation, marriage, and burial) are restricted from public viewing until 100 years after the date of the sacrament.
Town | Parish | Location of Sacramental Records |
Akron | St. Patrick | parish office |
Algona | St. Cecelia | Algona parish office |
Alton | St. Mary | parish office |
Alvord | Sacred Heart | Rock Valley, St. Mary |
Anthon | St. Joseph | parish office |
Arcadia | St. John the Baptist | parish office |
Armstrong | St, Mary | Estherville, St. Patrick |
Ashton | St. Mary | Sibley, St. Andrew |
Auburn | St. Mary | Lake City, St. Mary |
Ayrshire | Sacred Heart | Emmetsburg, Holy Family |
Bancroft | St. John the Baptist | parish office |
Barnum | St. Joseph | Fort Dodge, Holy Trinity |
Blencoe | St. Bernard | Onawa, St. John |
Bode | St. Joseph | parish office |
Boone | Sacred Heart | parish office |
Breda | St. Bernard | parish office |
Buck Grove | S. Joseph | Denison, St. Rose of Lima |
Carroll | Holy Spirit | St. John Paul II parish office |
Carroll | St. John Paul II | parish office |
Carroll | St. Lawrence | St. John Paul II parish office |
Carroll | Sts. Peter and Paul | St. John Paul II parish office |
Cedar | St. Patrick | Jefferson, St. Joseph |
Charter Oak | St. Boniface | Denison, St. Rose of Lima |
Cherokee | Immaculate Conception | parish office |
Churdan | St. Columbkille | Jefferson, St. Joseph |
Clare | St. Matthew | Fort Dodge, Holy Trinity |
Coalville | Assumption | Fort Dodge, Holy Trinity |
Coon Rapids | Annunciation | parish office |
Danbury | St. Mary | parish office |
Dayton | Christ the King | Fort Dodge, Holy Trinity |
Dedham | St. Joseph | parish office |
Denison | St. Rose of Lima | parish office |
Dow City | St. Mary | Denison, St. Rose of Lima |
Duncombe | St. Joseph | Fort Dodge, Holy Trinity |
Early | Sacred Heart | Storm Lake, St. Mary's |
Ellendale | St. Joseph | Le Mars, All Saints |
Emmetsburg | Holy Family | parish office |
Estherville | St. Patrick | parish office |
Everly | St. Mary | Spencer, Sacred Heart |
Fonda | OL of Good Counsel | parish office |
Fort Dodge | Corpus Christi | Fort Dodge, Holy Trinity |
Fort Dodge | Holy Rosary | Fort Dodge, Holy Trinity |
Fort Dodge | Sacred Heart | Fort Dodge, Holy Trinity |
Gilmore City | St. John | Humboldt, St. Mary |
Glidden | St. Elizabeth Seton | parish office |
Graettinger | Immaculate Conception | Emmetsburg, Holy Family |
Grand Junction | St. Brigid | Jefferson, St. Joseph |
Granville | St. Joseph | parish office |
Halbur | St. Augustine | parish office |
Hartley | St. Joseph | parish office |
Hawarden | St. Mary | parish office |
Holstein | O L of Good Counsel | parish office |
Hornick | St. Phillip | Salix, St. Joseph |
Hospers | St. Anthony | Alton, St. Mary |
Humboldt | St. Mary | parish office |
Ida Grove | Sacred Heart | parish office |
Jefferson | St. Joseph | parish office |
Kingsley | St. Michael | Moville, Immaculate Conception |
Lake City | St. Mary | parish office |
Larchwood | St. Mary | parish office |
Laurens | Sacred Heart | Pocahontas, Resurrection |
Le Mars | St. James | Le Mars, All Saints |
Le Mars | St. Joseph | Le Mars, All Saints |
Ledyard | Sacred Heart | Bancroft, St. John the Baptist |
Lidderdale | Holy Family | Carroll, St. John Paul II office |
Livermore | Sacred Heart | parish office |
Lizard | St. Patrick | Humboldt, St. Mary |
Lohrville | St. Joseph | Lake City, St. Mary |
Madrid | St. Malachy | parish office |
Mallard | St. Mary | Emmetsburg, Holy Family |
Manilla | Sacred Heart | Denison, St. Rose of Lima |
Manning | Sacred Heart | Denison, St. Rose of Lima |
Manson | St. Thomas | Lake City, St. Mary |
Maple River | St. Francis | Breda, St. Bernard |
Mapleton | St. Mary | parish office |
Marcus | Holy Name | parish office |
Maurice | St. Mary's | Le Mars, All Saints |
Town | Parish | Location of Sacramental Records |
Neptune | St. Joseph | Le Mars, All Saints |
Odebolt | St. Martin | parish office |
Ogden | St. John | Boone, Sacred Heart |
Onawa | St. John | parish office |
Oto | St. Mary | Mapleton, St. Mary |
Oyens | St. Catherine | Remsen, St. Mary's |
Palmer | St. Joseph | Lake City, St. Mary |
Paton | St. John | Jefferson, St. Joseph |
Pocahontas | Sts. Peter and Paul | Pocahontas, Resurrection |
Pocahontas | Sacred Heart | Pocahontas, Resurrection |
Pocahontas | Resurrection | parish office |
Pomeroy | St. Mary | Lake City, St. Mary |
Primghar | St. Anthony | Hartley, St. Joseph |
Quimby | St. John the Baptist | Cherokee, Immaculate Conception |
Remsen | St. Mary | parish office |
Rock Rapids | Holy Name | parish office |
Rock Valley | St. Mary | parish office |
Rockwell City | St. Francis | Lake City, St. Mary |
Rolfe | St. Margaret | Pocahontas, Resurrection |
Roselle | Holy Angels | Halbur, St. Augustine |
Royal | St. Louis | Spencer, Sacred Heart |
Ruthven | Sacred Heart | Emmetsburg, Holy Family |
Sac City | St. Mary | parish office |
Salix | St. Joseph | parish office |
Sanborn | St. Cecilia | Hartley, St. Joseph |
Schaller | St. Joseph | Storm Lake, St. Mary |
Scranton | St. Paul | Jefferson, St. Joseph |
Sheldon | St. Patrick | parish office |
Sibley | St. Andrew | parish office |
Sioux Center | Christ the King | Rock Valley, St. Mary |
Sioux City | Annunciation | Archive of the diocese |
Sioux City | Blessed Sacrament | Holy Cross/ Bl. Sacrament office |
Sioux City | Cathedral of the Epiphany | parish office |
Sioux City | Immaculate Conception | Mater Dei/I. C. |
Sioux City | Mater Dei | parish office |
Sioux City | Nativity | Mater Dei/ Immaculate Conception |
Sioux City | Sacred Heart | parish office |
Sioux City | St. Boniface | Cathedral of the Epiphany |
Sioux City | St. Casimir | Mater Dei/I.C. |
Sioux City | St. Francis | Mater Dei/ I.C. |
Sioux City | St. Jean Baptiste | Cathedral of the Epiphany |
Sioux City | St. Joseph | Cathedral of the Epiphany |
Sioux City | St. Michael | Holy Cross/ Bl. Sacrament office |
Sioux Rapids | St. Joseph | Storm Lake, St. Mary |
Spencer | Sacred Heart | parish office |
Spirit Lake | St. Mary | parish office |
St. Benedict | St. Benedict | Wesley, St. Joseph |
St. Joseph | St. Joseph | Bode, St. Joseph |
Storm Lake | St. Mary | parish office |
Struble | St. Joseph | Le Mars, All Saints |
Sutherland | Sacred Heart | Hartley, St. Joseph |
Templeton | Sacred Heart | Halbur, St. Augustine |
Ute | St. Mary | Denison, St. Rose of Lima |
Vail | St. Ann | Denison, St. Rose of Lima |
Varina | St. Colombkille | Fonda, O L of Good Counsel |
Vincent | St. John | Fort Dodge, Holy Trinity |
Wall Lake | St. Joseph | parish office |
Wesley | St. Joseph | parish office |
West Bend | Sts. Peter and Paul | parish office |
Westfield | St. Catherine | Akron, St. Patrick |
Whittemore | St. Michael | parish office |
Willey | St. Mary | Carroll, St. John Paul II office |
Woodward | hosp./St. John of God | contact the Archive of the diocese |