Birth Records
Statewide registration started for births in July 1880 but general compliance occurred by 1924.
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Birth Certificate Index
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Marion County (1909-June 1921) Query run on 3/2/2020 and and found at https://iowaculture.gov/history/research/collections/vital-records in the State Birth Record Indexes under Marion county and downloadable as a pdf.
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Iowa, Births and Christenings, 1830-1950
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Part of the collection at FamilySearch.org - searchable by name and free access (no actual images available yet). One can restrict to Marion county by entering in "Marion, Iowa" into birthplace
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Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935
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Part of the collection at FamilySearch.org - searchable by name and free access (no actual images available yet). One can restrict to Marion county by entering in "Marion, Iowa" into birthplace
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Birth Records from courthouse in Knoxville
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It would be great if someone would be willing to visit the Knoxville court house and transcribe some of the early records. Can you help? Let me (Al) know if interested.