How to Obtain Iowa Vital Records
This page provides information on obtaining copies of Iowa
birth certificates, Iowa marriage licenses, Iowa divorce
decrees and Iowa death records. There are also useful
links to past Iowa Vital Records for those of you conducting
family history research. General information about US vital
records can be viewed on this site's homepage
Iowa Vital Records may be obtained
from the following government office:
Iowa Department of Public Health
Bureau of Vital Records
Lucas State Office Building
321 East 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319-0075
Iowa vital records order forms as well
as more information are available on the following pages:
The Iowa Department of Public Health may be contacted by
phone on (515) 281-4944 or online at http://www.idph.state.ia.us/
Remarks: State office has records since July 1880
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Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Records Online via Vital
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Other Iowa Vital Records Resources
I have included these additional sites because they may
contain Iowa vital records (birth records, marriage records,
divorce records or death records) that you might find useful
if you are conducting genealogy research:
Social
Security Death Index 
search over 80 million names - The Social Security Death
Index (SSDI) is a database that contains the names of deceased
persons who were assigned Social Security numbers and whose
deaths were reported to the SSA. These records usually include
a full name, birth and death dates, and last known residence
Search
Iowa Marriage Records Online - a comprehensive collection
of many online marriage databases for Iowa indexed in
county order
Search
Iowa Birth, Marriage & Death Records 
online databases of vital records
USGenweb Archives
Project - Iowa USGenWeb is an archive of free databases
including vital and other records such as marriages, church
records, wills,censusesand cemetery records.
World
Vital Records search over 800
million US names including marriage records, divorces and
death records
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