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Online Iowa Death Records & Indexes

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Online Iowa Death Indexes, Cemetery Burials and Obituaries

Iowa Newspapers Obituaries Archive (recent) (copies of individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee) includes...
- Atlantic News Telegraph (1/3/2006-Current)
- Burlington Hawk Eye (1/1/2003-Current)
- Cedar Rapids-Iowa City Gazette (1/4/1992-Current)
- Des Moines Register (1/18/1999-Current)
- Dubuque Telegraph Herald (8/30/1995-Current)
- East Dubuque Register (1/24/2003-Current)
- Iowa City Press-Citizen (9/17/1999-Current)
- Newton Daily News (1/2/2006-Current)

Adair County Obituaries & Death Notices various years - also includes birth & marriage records
Calhoun County, Iowa Death Index
Davis County Cemetery Records
Des Moines County, Iowa Cemetery Transcriptions
Dickinson County Cemetery Records from the Spirit Lake Public Library
Dubuque County, Iowa Cemeteries
Harrison County GenWeb Site includes cemeteries, probate records, death index 1880-1910 & obituaries
Jasper County Probate Index 1890-1926 also has an index for some earlier records
Jones County Death Register 1880-1897, and Cemetery Records
Linn County Obituary Index 1930-1980s
Mills County Iowa Death Index 1880-1899, Plus Obituaries and Cemeteries
Page County & Taylor County: Eickemeyer Funeral Chapel Obituaries 1993-present in Clarinda & Bedford, Iowa
Polk County: Des Moines Obituary Index
Pottawattamie County: Daily Nonpareil (newspaper) Index June 1998-present from the Council Bluffs Public Library
Pottawattamie County GenWeb Site includes death records (names only) 1880-1919, cemetery listings & probate records
Poweshiek County Obituaries
Scott County Obituaries Indexes (Davenport Area) also includes marriage & census indexes - click on "local databases" when you get there
Story County Death Certificate Index mid 1904-1916 surnames a-i only
Taylor County Tombstone Inscriptions & Cemetery Burials
Taylor County - also see Page County above
Woodbury County: The Sioux City Journal Index December 1981-present includes Siouxland news and obituaries

Iowa Cemetery Records Online - including WPA Records...

Iowa WPA Graves Survey - 1930s some counties not included - index of over 600,000 burials in Iowa
- Iowa Gravestone Photo Project has over 300,000 entries
Iowa Cemetery Records Index (WPA) at Ancestry (requires payment) includes 76 Iowa counties plus Graceland Cemetery in Sioux City; records are prior to the late 1930s; has over 600,000 records

Order Iowa Vital Records...

Order Iowa Birth, Marriage or Death Records Online from Vitalchek since 1900 (fees and restrictions apply)
Iowa Department of Public Health - Vital Records information on ordering birth, marriage & death certificates by mail (fees and restrictions apply)

Also Helpful...

Iowa Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment)
includes census, military & vital records, plus newspapers & city directories

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