Karen, Sorry no information on GINN OR GRANT FAMILY CEMETERY. Do you know what township the Grant Family Cemetery is in? Iowa did not require the counties to keep birth and death records until 1880. Some counties kept these records earlier without the state mandate but I haven't seen any in the Henry Co. courthouse. I just searched the State Hitorical Society of WI catalogue and found: 1. Author: Colby, Ruth Brown, 1922- Title: Henry County, Iowa marriages, 1836-1857 / compiled by Ruth L. Colby. -- Hartford, Ky. : McDowell Publications,1977, c1978. Location: Historical Society Library Pamphlet Collection Call Number:79- 3776 2. Title: Henry County, Iowa births / compiled by Henry County Genealogical Society. -- Des Moines, IA : Iowa Genealogical Society, c1991- Location: Historical Society Library Pamphlet Collection Call Number: 91- 2597 HOLDINGS: v.1 (1991). 3. Title: Henry County, Iowa [name of township and/or name of cemetery] / copied by members of the Des Moines County Genealogical Society. -- Des Moines, Iowa : Iowa Genealogical Society, [1987?]- Call Number: F627 H5 H462 1987 HOLDINGS: v.1-15 (1987-1991). Location: Historical Society Library Call Number: F627 H5 H462 1987 (copy 2) Notes: Includes indexes. Contents: [v.1] Canaan Township, Sheridan Cemetery, Trinity Cemetery (2 copies) -- [v.2] Old City Cemetery, Mt.Pleasant, Iowa -- [v.3] Marion Township Cemeteries -- [v.4] Salem Township, Cedar Creek Cemetery -- [v.5] Salem Township, Hillsboro Cemetery -- [v.6] Salem Township, Salem East Cemetery -- [v.7] Salem South Cemetery (Quaker Cemetery) -- [v.8] Wayland Cemetery --[v.9] New London Township, Pleasant Hill Cemetery -- [v.10] Wayne Twp. -- [v.11] Tippecanoe Twp. -- [v.12] Scott Twp. -- [v.13] Jefferson Twp. -- [v.14] Greenmound Cemetery, Trenton Twp. -- [v.15] Tenton Twp., except Greenmound. Other large State Historical Libraries might have these books. The Henry Co. Genealogical Society will do a look up for you. I don't know the costs. Their address is Henry Co Gen Society, Box 81, Mt. Pleasant IA 52641-0081 The counties did keep marriage records from the beginning. Leslie W. Saint Tony Ashcraft wrote: > > I am looking for the parents of: > > GRANT, Robert E., born in Rome, Henry Co., IA , Dec. 9, 1862. (I have > some census index info, just don't know if this is the right Grant > family) > > GINN, Mary Ann, born in Rome, Henry Co, IA, Aug. 29, 1870. > > According to the info I have read, there do not seem to be birth > records available for this county before 1890. Does anyone out there > know if this is true? > > Also, can anyone confirm for me that there is a GRANT Family Cemetary > in Henry County? Any correspondence would really be appreciated. > > Thanks, Karen > ashcraft@iamerica.net > > ==== IAHENRY Mailing List ==== > SUPPORT ROOTSWEB! HELP KEEP GENEALOGY AFFORDABLE BY > SUBSCRIBING TODAY! If you would like to help RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative > by becoming a member, sponsor, donor, or patron, please visit: > <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html>