Cay, Thank you. That's not too surprising. It took a while in early CT for the General Assembly to require the towns to record that type of date. That's why it's so hard to find CT information from the 1600's. In the beginning years the records were kept by the local church for the members of the church. Marilyn CT Cay Merryman wrote: > > Marilyn, > > The State of Iowa did not require the registration of births and > deaths until the year 1880. Even then many were not recorded. > > Cay Merryman > > M J Moser wrote: > > > > My grandfather, Oran A. Moser was born July, 1871, in Paterson, > > Madison County, IA. His parents were Osiah A. Moser (b. PA) and Mary > > (Ruckman b. OH) > > > > Several of his siblings were born in Madison County. He also had two > > sisters born in Ohio (1846, 1848), and 2 brothers born in Warren and > > Wapello, Iowa. (I have their names.) The family was living in > > Winterset in 1861. > > > > Where would I look for the birth records of the children born in > > Iowa. In Connecticut , all vital records were kept by the individual > > towns. Where were births, death, marriages recorded in Iowa. How and > > where could I find or get copies of the records? Does anyone know of > > any websites that would have this type of information? I don't know > > enough about Iowa to know where to start looking. > > > > I would also like to make contact with other members of the family. > > Willing to share information. > > > > Marilyn