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 == '''Deaths between 1877 and 1939'''<br>  ==
-Some counties in Iowa began to keep death records in 1877. Statewide registration started in 1899 but not every death was recorded. General compliance throughout the state began in 1917.
+Statewide registration started in 1880 which required deaths to be recorded at both the county and state levels.
 ==== '''STEP ONE: Find Death Information'''  ====
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-| width="25%" | {{RecordSearch|1595003|1877-1939 - At FamilySearch.org}}
+| width="25%" | {{RecordSearch|1674841|1850-1990 - At FamilySearch.org}}
-| width="65%" | '''Free;''' index of Iowa death records created by Iowa Department of Health and Vital Statistics. Microfilm copies of original records are available at the Family History Library and at Family History Centers
+| width="65%" | '''Free;''' index to death and burial records from the state of Iowa. Microfilm copies of original records are available at the Family History Library and at Family History Centers
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-| {{RecordSearch|1674803|1900-1921 - At FamilySearch.org}}
+| [http://www.iowahistory.org/archives/holdings/ www.iowahistory.org/archives/holdings/ State Historical Society of Iowa]<br>
-| '''Free;''' index to death and burial records from the state of Iowa. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers.
+| '''Free;''' index to death records from 1917-1935 based on the county.
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-| {{RecordSearch|1946805|1877-1998 - At FamilySearch.org}}
-| '''Free;''' index of deaths from the Iowa Department of Health, Office of Vital Records.
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 | align="left" colspan="2" | '''Can't find your ancestor in the online index?'''