GuidedResearch:Iowa

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Birth

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Birth - Where can I find birth records?

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• 1830s-2000s: Iowa Birth Collections To access available information, first log into FamilySearch.

- (List of collections) Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939

Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935
Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950
Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942
Iowa, Monroe County, Card index of births, deaths & marriages from newspaper clippings, 1898-2015

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Marriage

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Marriage - Where can I find marriage records?

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• 1800s-2000s: Iowa Marriage Collections To access available information, first log into FamilySearch. - (List of collections) Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992
Iowa, Church and Civil Marriages, 1837-1989
Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934
Iowa, Monroe County, Card index of births, deaths & marriages from newspaper clippings, 1898-2015

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• 1880-1940: Iowa, Marriage Records at Ancestry ($)

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Death

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Death - Where can I find death records?

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• 1850s-2000s: Iowa Death Collections To access available information, first log into FamilySearch. - (List of collections) Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951
Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992
Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990
Iowa, Armed Forces Grave Registrations, ca. 1835-1998
Iowa, Monroe County, Card index of births, deaths & marriages from newspaper clippings, 1898-2015
Iowa Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880
United States Social Security Death Index
Find A Grave Index
BillionGraves Index
GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014

If the death record was not found, try this next:

• 1920-1940: Iowa, Death Records at Ancestry ($)

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