Re: Birth Records prior to 1880
NELSON, IVERSON
Posted By: Lynn McCleary (email) In Response To: Birth Records prior to 1880 (Ronald Nelson)
Date: 9/22/2013 at 05:50:51
I am sorry to say that birth records before July 1880 simply do not exist. Iowa State law didn't require births to be filed as the county level until that time. Same goes for Death records. Now marriages were recorded beginning 1837 because the gov't charged a fee for a license.
Federal Censuses, family bios' or obituaries might help to prove family relationships.
Hope something here helps.
Lynn
Cedar Co. IAGenWeb
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