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Iowa State Vital Records Office
Iowa Department of Public Health
321 East 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319-0075
(515) 281-4944
Records include birth, marriage, and death records since 1880, and divorce records since 1906.
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Articles
 Iowa City, Iowa Semi-Centennial Directory, 1840-90
 Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, 1832-58
 Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, 1832-58
 Iowa and Dakota Public Survey, 1859
 Iowa Public Records and Other Record Preservation and Access Issues: Suggested Steps for Action
 Waterloo, Iowa, 1919
 FGS Conference Update from Davenport, Iowa
 Waterloo, Iowa, 1919
 Price Cemetery, Iowa Restoration Project
 Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota Territories, 1832-58
 FGS Conference 2001, Davenport, Iowa: A Success Story
 Iowa-Nebraska Boundary, Near Omaha
 Iowa Birth Records Bill Is Scrapped
 Waterloo, Iowa, 1919
Databases
 Iowa Marriages to 1850
 Iowa Progressive Men
 Iowa Census, 1838-70
 Muscatine County, Iowa Civil War Soldiers
 Jasper County, Iowa 1892 Farmers Directory
 Iowa Union Soldier Burial Records
 Augustin Ravoux, Minnesota and Iowa Reminiscences
 Iowa Marriages, 1851-1900
 Des Moines, Iowa Directory, 1889-91
 Iowa Cemetery Records
 Linn County, Iowa History, Volume II
 Linn County, Iowa, History to 1878
 Sioux City, Iowa Directories, 1889-90, 1892-93
 Muscatine, Iowa Directory, 1891-93
 Creston, Iowa Directory, 1889
 Boone, Iowa Directory, 1885-86
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Search Aids
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Family History Centers
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- What is a Family History Center?
- Family History Centers are branches of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
- Centers provide access to many of the microfilms and microfiche in the Family History Library to help you identify your ancestors.
- Location and Hours
- There are more than 3,400 centers worldwide. To find a Family History Center near you, see the list of addresses below.
- Before you visit, you should contact the center to verify when it is open.
- Services
- Staff members will show you around the center, answer some research questions (research expertise in each center varies), help you use center resources, and order microfilms and microfiche from the Family History Library.
- Many centers offer classes on different genealogical research topics.
- Resources
- Most centers have a computer with FamilySearch, which helps you search for information about your ancestors. FamilySearch includes Family History Library Catalog, International Genealogical Index, Ancestral File, Social Security Death Index, Scottish Church Records and the United States Military Index
- Most also have Personal Ancestral File, a computer program that allows you to organize your family history information.
- Most centers also have a variety of resource files, microfilms, microfiche and published material such as genealogies, histories, gazetteers, atlases and maps at your disposal.
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Family History Centers Near You
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Other Resources
Information about state archives and libraries:
Write to:
State Historical Society of Iowa Library and Iowa State Archives
Capitol Complex
Des Moines, IA 50319
Records include vital records, church records, court records, colonial petitions and correspondences, state census records, military records, newspapers, tax records, cemetery records, probate records, maps, and federal census records from 1790-1910.
Information about state genealogical societies:
Write to:
Iowa Genealogical Society (IGS)
6000 Douglas
P.O. Box 7735
Des Moines, IA 50322-7735
Telephone: (515) 276-0287
Hours: Hours: Monday, Friday, and Saturday 10:00-4:00, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 10:00-9:00, closed Sunday
Publications: Hawkeye Heritage, Iowa Genealogical Society Newsletter
See also: Iowa Genealogy at Live Roots,
and Original Iowa Documents
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