Records of vital statistics (births, marriages and deaths) are excellent sources of genealogical information. Prior to 1880, only marriages, which required a license, were recorded in public records, and then only at the county level. In 1880, legislation was passed creating the Iowa Department of Health and requiring all births, deaths, and marriages to be recorded at both the county and state levels. The State Historical Society of Iowa is in the process of making more of these records available online. Currently they have placed online death records for 87 counties with various dates for all of them which fall between 1917 and 1939.
- Adair County (Jan.-June 1917, 1920-1939)
- Adams County (July 1921-1922, 1936-1939)
- Allamakee County (1936-1939)
- Appanoose County (1928-1939)
- Audubon County (July 1921-June 1922, 1928-1939)
- Benton County (July-Dec 1921, July 1935-1939)
- Black Hawk County (July 1935-1939)
- Boone County (1922-1939)
- Bremer County (Jan.-June 1918, July 1921-June 1922, 1936-1939)
- Buchanan County (1935-1939)
- Buena Vista County (July 1918-1922, 1938-1939)
- Butler County (1936-1939)
- Calhoun County (1919-June 1920, July-Dec. 1921, 1933-1939)
- Carroll County (1917-1921 and July 1935-1939)
- Cass County (1917-June 1921)
- Cedar County (1924-1939)
- Cerro Gordo County (July 1921-1939)
- Cherokee County (1937-1939)
- Chickasaw County (1919-1939)
- Clarke County (1917-1920, 1933-1939)
- Clayton County (July 1921-1939)
- Clinton County (1934-1939)
- Dallas County (July 1921-1939)
- Davis County (1938-1939)
- Decatur County (July 1936-1939)
- Delaware County (July 1919-1921, 1931-1939)
- Des Moines County (July 1921-1939)
- Dubuque County (1917-1939)
- Emmet County (July 1935-1939)
- Fayette County (July 1918-1922, 1935-1939)
- Floyd County (July 1919-June 1921, 1925-1939)
- Fremont County (1917-1921, July 1935-1939)
- Greene County (1920-June 1921, 1936-1939)
- Grundy County (1917-1918, 1922-1939)
- Hamilton County (July 1927-1939)
- Hancock County (July 1918-June 1919, July 1920-1921, 1934-1939)
- Hardin County (July 1920-1939)
- Harrison County (1917-1920, July-Dec.1921, 1933-1939)
- Henry County (1919, July 1920-1921, July 1935-1939)
- Howard County (1918-1928, 1933-1939)
- Humboldt County (July 1921-1939)
- Ida County (1919-June 1921, July 1938-1939)
- Iowa County (July 1919-1924, 1928, 1936-1939)
- Jackson County (1931-1939)
- Jasper County (July 1918-June 1921, 1925-1939)
- Johnson County (July 1919-June 1921, July 1932-1939)
- Jones County (July 1918-1939)
- Kossuth County (July 1919-1922, 1929-1939)
- Lee County (1917-1939)
- Linn County (July 1919-1922, 1925-1939)
- Louisa County (1930-1939)
- Lucas County (July 1918-1922, 1935-1939)
- Lyon County (July 1919-June 1922, July 1935-1939)
- Madison County (1917-1919, 1921-June 1925, 1938-1939)
- Mahaska County (July 1919-June 1921, 1930-1939)
- Marion County (1917-1939)
- Marshall County (July-Dec. 1918, 1933-1939)
- Mitchell County (1919-1939)
- Monona County (July 1919-1921, 1930-1939)
- Monroe County (July 1919-1925, July 1935-1939)
- Montgomery County (1917-1921, July 1935-1939)
- Muscatine County (1936-1939)
- O’Brien County (July 1919-1921, 1936-1939)
- Page County (1917-1921, 1936-1939)
- Palo Alto County (1920-1938)
- Pocahontas County (July 1919-June 1921, 1935-1939)
- Polk County (1917-1939)
- Pottawattamie County (July 1919-1939)
- Poweshiek County (July 1918-June 1922, 1931-1939)
- Ringgold County (1918-1939)
- Sac County (1920-1939)
- Scott County (1918-June 1921, 1932-1939)
- Shelby County (1917-1922, 1935-1939)
- Story County (July 1919-June 1921 and 1934-1938)
- Tama County (July 1919-1921, 1934-1939)
- Taylor County (July 1919-1922, July 1935-1939)
- Union County (July 1919-June 1921)
- Wapello County (1920-June 1921, 1923-1938)
- Warren County (July 1919-June 1921, 1935-1939)
- Washington County (July 1919-June 1921, 1931-1939)
- Wayne County (1918-1920, 1935-1939)
- Webster County (July 1919-June 1921, 1925-1939)
- Winnebago County (July 1919-June 1921, July 1935-1939)
- Winneshiek County (July 1919-June 1921, 1934-1939)
- Woodbury County (1919-1923, 1927-1939)
- Worth County (1919-1939)
- Wright County (1917-June 1921, 1934-1939)
I clicked on the page for Dubuque County Deaths and the link brought me to https://culture.iowaeda.com/.
Should I be able to see the Dubuque County index? Does the Iowa State Historical Society have these records?
Thanks,
Deb
Hi Deb, looks like they changed up their URL structure. I’ve updated the links and they should work again. Thanks for letting me know.