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Birth, Marriage and Death RecordsThis table is meant to be a quick guide to the official dates for Iowa vital records. Some counties may have earlier 'unoffical' records. The researcher should be aware that all counties have gaps in their records and may be incomplete. Even when reporting became mandatory, many births and deaths were not reported for various reasons.
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| Iowa Counties | Birth Record Dates | Marriage Record Dates | Death Record Dates |
| Adair | b. 1880-1927 | m. 1854-1933 | d. 1880-1910/ 1917-1919 |
| Adams | b. 1880-1941 | m. 1855-1927 | d. 1880-1940 |
| Allamakee | b. 1880-1935 | m. 1845-1927 | d. 1880-1935 |
| Appanoose | b. 1880-1935 | m. 1842-1928 | d. 1880-1897/ 1906-1935 |
| Audubon | b. 1880-1928 | m. 1856-1934 | d. 1880-1927 |
| Benton | b. 1880-1935 | m. 1851-1936 | d. 1880-1935 |
| Black Hawk | b. 1880-1934 | m. 1853-1861/ 1872-1928 |
d. 1880-1935 |
| Boone | b. 1880-1932 | m. 1851-1929 | d. 1880-1921 |
| Bremer | b. 1880-1940 | m. 1853-1921 | d. 1880-1941 |
| Buchanan | b. 1880-1930 | m. 1848-1931 | d. 1880-1934 |
| Buena Vista | b. 1878-1941 | m. 1877-1926 | d. 1880-1937 |
| Butler | b. 1880-1935 | m. 1854-1929 | d. 1880-1913 |
| Calhoun | b. 1875-1927 | m. 1857-1928 | d. 1880-1932 |
| Carroll | b. 1880-1930 | m. 1855-1927 | d. 1880-1908/ 1921-1935 |
| Cass | b. 1880-1933 | m. 1853-1871/ 1877-1930 |
d. 1880-1914 |
| Cedar | b. 1880-1940 | m. 1841-1935 | d. 1880-1959 |
| Cerro Gordo | b. 1880-1940 | m. 1855-1931 | d. 1880-1921 |
| Cherokee | b. 1880-1940 | m. 1859-1928 | d. 1880-1937 |
| Chickasaw | b. 1872-1925 | m. 1853-1928 | d. 1880-1918 |
| Clarke | b. 1880-1910 | m. 1852-1929 | d. 1880-1914 |
| Clay | b. 1880-1935 | m. 1864-1928 | d. 1880-1947 |
| Clayton | b. 1880-1928 | m. 1839-1927 | d. 1880-1920 |
| Clinton | b. 1880-1931 | m. 1840-1932 | d. 1884-1932 |
| Crawford | b. 1880-1941 | m. 1855-1930 | d. 1880-1940 |
| Dallas | b. 1860-1937 | m. 1852-1928 | d. 1880-1921/ 1933-1935 |
| Davis | b. 1880-1941 | m. 1844-1953 | d. 1880-1939 |
| Decatur | b. 1878-1910 | m. 1874-1933 | d. 1897-1910/ 1928-1933 |
| Delaware | b. 1876-1939 | m. 1844-1930 | d. 1880-1931 |
| Des Moines | b. 1870-1931 | m. 1835-1930 | d. 1880-1940 |
| Dickinson | b. 1880-1947 | m. 1871-1934 | d. 1880-1921 |
| Dubuque | b. 1880-1914 | m. 1835-1927 | d. 1880-1916 |
| Emmet | b. 1880-1923/ 1926-1935 |
m. 1876-1928 | d. 1880-1935 |
| Fayette | b. 1880-1927 | m. 1851-1928 | d. 1880-1935 |
| Floyd | b. 1865-1945 | m. 1864-1931 | d. 1880-1934 |
| Franklin | b. 1880-1937 | m. 1855-1925 | d. 1880-1904/ 1921-1941 |
| Fremont | b. 1880-1935 | m. 1848-1929 | d. 1880-1913/ 1922-1935 |
| Greene | b. 1880-1940 | m. 1854-1931 | d. 1880-1934 |
| Grundy | b. 1875-1929 | m. 1856-1932 | d. 1880-1921 |
| Guthrie | b. 1878-1939 | m. 1852-1930 | d. 1880-1942 |
| Hamilton | b. 1880-1928 | m. 1857-1925 | d. 1880-1927 |
| Hancock | b. 1878-1941 | m. 1861-1930 | d. 1880-1948 |
| Hardin | b. 1909-1917 | m. 1853-1928 | d. 1880-1920 |
| Harrison | b. 1880-1933 | m. 1853-1926 | d. 1880-1910/ 1921-1932 |
| Henry | b. 1860-1935 | m. 1836-1931 | d. 1880-1935 |
| Howard | b. 1880-1932 | m. 1875-1930 | d. 1880-1932 |
| Humboldt | b. 1880-1935 | m. 1858-1928 | d. 1882-1935 |
| Ida | b. 1880-1941 | m. 1868-1925 | d. 1880-1928 |
| Iowa | b. 1870-1911/ 1918-1935 |
m. 1847-1931 | d. 1880-1920 |
| Jackson | b. 1880-1934 | m. 1835-1930 | d. 1880-1934 |
| Jasper | b. 1880-1930 | m. 1849-1929 | d. 1880-1918/ 1921-1929 |
| Jefferson | b. 1880-1941 | m. 1839-1936 | d. 1880-1936 |
| Jones | b. 1880-1935 | m. 1840-1933 | d. 1880-1903 |
| Johnson | b. 1869-1931 | m. 1839-1910 | d. 1880-1932 |
| Keokuk | b. 1880-1955 | m. 1844-1934 | d. 1880-1910 |
| Kossuth | b. 1874-1932 | m. 1857-1928 | d. 1880-1919/ 1923-1929 |
| Lee | b. 1880-1940 | m. 1837-1931 | d. 1880-1941 |
| Linn | b. 1874-1927 | m. 1840-1928 | d. 1880-1929 |
| Louisa | b. 1880-1934 | m. 1842-1950 | d. 1880-1918 |
| Lucas | b. 1909-1935 | m. 1849-1930 | d. 1880-1934 |
| Lyon | b. 1872-1940 | m. 1873-1925 | d. 1880-1919/ 1921-1935 |
| Madison | b. 1880-1941 | m. 1849-1933 | d. 1880-1941 |
| Mahaska | b. 1880-1917 | m. 1844-1939 | d. 1880-1895/ 1905-1931 |
| Marion | b. 1880-1941 | m. 1845-1928 | d. 1880-1913 |
| Marshall | b. 1880-1934 | m. 1850-1930 | d. 1880-1909 |
| Mills | b. 1880-1939 | m. 1852-1925 | d. 1880-1913/ 1922-1935 |
| Mitchell | b. 1879-1941 | m. 1856-1933 | d. 1880-1941 |
| Monona | b. 1870-1908/ 1918-1943 |
m. 1856-1928 | d. 1880-1919/ 1921-1938 |
| Monroe | b. 1877-1930 | m. 1845-1941 | d. 1880-1923 |
| Montgomery | b. 1880-1941 | m. 1855-1925 | d. 1880-1919/ 1921-1939 |
| Muscatine | b. 1880-1920/ 1942-present | m. 1836-1920/ 1942-present | d. 1880-1918/ 1942-present |
| O'Brien | b. 1880-1897/ 1909-1917/ 1923-1930 |
m. 1868-1872/ 1879-1928 |
d. 1880-1919/ 1922-1941 |
| Osceola | b. 1880-1917 | m. 1872-1928 | d. 1880-1941 |
| Page | b. 1876-1929 | m. 1869-1927 | d. 1880-1906/ 1921-1935 |
| Palo Alto | b. 1880-1921 | m. 1860-1929 | d. 1880-1919 |
| Plymouth | b. 1880-1938 | m. 1871-1928 | d. 1880-1941 |
| Pocahontas | b. 1880-1928 | m. 1859-1926 | d. 1880-1919/ 1921-1937 |
| Polk | b. 1880-1921 | m. 1848-1926 | d. 1880-1907 |
| Pottawattamie | b. 1880-1921 | m. 1848-1930 | d. 1892-1919 |
| Poweshiek | b. 1880-1927 | m. 1848-1931 | d. 1880-1918/ 1923-1930 |
| Ringgold | b. 1880-1939 | m. 1855-1935 | d. 1880-1922 |
| Sac | b. 1888-1935 | m. 1864-1928 | d. 1888-1941 |
| Scott | b. 1880-1925 | m. 1839-1929 | d. 1880-1930 |
| Shelby | b. 1880-1941 | m. 1853-1926 | d. 1880-1935 |
| Sioux | b. 1880-1928 | m. 1871-1925 | d. 1880-1920/ 1922-1940 |
| Story | b. 1869-1933 | m. 1854-1926 | d. 1880-1919/ 1921-1941 |
| Tama. | b. 1874-1938 | m. 1853-1935 | d. 1906-1919/ 1921-1941 |
| Taylor | b. 1880-1938 | m. 1851-1852/ 1857-1928 |
d. 1880-1919/ 1922-1935 |
| Union | b. 1880-1928 | m. 1855-1928 | d. 1880-1919/ 1921-1941 |
| Van Buren | b. 1880-1941 | m. 1837-1937 | d. 1880-1941 |
| Wapello | b. 1880-1921 | m. 1844-1928 | d. 1880-1919 |
| Warren | b. 1850-1917 | m. 1850-1928 | d. 1880-1934 |
| Washington | b. 1880-1929 | m. 1839-1932 | d. 1880-1919 |
| Wayne | b. 1880-1930 | m. 1851-1934 | d. 1880-1934 |
| Webster | b. 1880-1928 | m. 1853-1926 | d. 1880-1919/ 1921-1924 |
| Winnebago | b. 1880-1935 | m. 1868-1928 | d. 1880-1939 |
| Winneshiek | b. 1880-1941 | m. 1851-1925 | d. 1880-1919 |
| Woodbury | b. 1877-1927 | m. 1854-1928 | d. 1880-1908/ 1924-1927 |
| Worth | b. 1880-1921 | m. 1858-1931 | d. 1880-1904/ 1907-1919 |
| Wright | b. 1880-1938 | m. 1856-1925 | d.1880-1904/ 1906-1940 |
Sources: county records and the Iowa department of vital statistics
Prepared by Laura Blair for IAGenWeb, March 2006
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