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Resources: Vital Records

There are many requests for early Vital Records. Many researchers are hoping to find the name of the parents from this data. 
I hope this information will 
help you understand what is available for Lee County. 

Prior to 1880 it was not mandatory that vital records of Births or Deaths be recorded. When the public was asked to report these happenings, 
after 1880, not 
everyone complied.  Therefore, records that you are searching between 1880-1921 are not always complete, and the event you are searching 
for, may not have been documented. The earlier the year, the less chance that event was recorded. There are no Birth or Death Records 
before 1880 in Lee Co. 
Mandatory registration was enacted by the Iowa Legislature in 1921. 

There are two court houses in the county, North and South.  I will try to designate which court house the information came from.  I hope to add more information 
as I find it
These are Court House Records that have been  transcribed by different groups and are available outside of the Court 
House. These records are in the possession of the Lee Co. libraries mentioned on the main page, by Look-Up Volunteers 
and  some private individuals. 

Births   1880-1889 
Book A & B 
Births Index   1880-1889 
Births   1889-1896 

Parents were not listed on Deaths until after 1904 
Deaths  1880-1897 
Deaths  1896-1907 
Deaths 
July 1, 1907-June 30, 1907 
Morality Schedules 


1860-1870-1880
Parents are listed in just a few years of the Marriage Books 

First 200 Lee Co. Marriages are on this site  1837-1841 

Keokuk Marriages 
1838-1851 
1851-1865 
1866-1868 
1869-1875 
1875-1883 
1881-1890 
1901-1903 
1903-1906 
1919-1921 

Probates 
Index to Wills 

South Lee Probates 
Appx. 1850-1950 


                    

                    
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