Last year I asked and received responses about when Iowa REQUIRED all births and deaths to be recorded. But now I can't find the information. I know that these were supposed to be "required" in 1880, but since there were no penalties, many births were not recorded. But in about 1920 or 1930 penalties were attached to failure to report births and death. When was that date. Barbara Lane Hug, Coordinator of the Jasper Co. IAGenWeb site at http://iagenweb.org/jasper State Coordinator of IAGenWeb at http://iagenweb.org/ [email protected]

I put together this page for death records, but I believe the dates are probably the same for birth records. http://www.rootsweb.com/~iaclayto/deathrec/deathrecords_faq.htm This page on the IAGenWeb site may also be helpful to researchers, but doesn't give the information you are asking about: http://iagenweb.org/state/research/bmdguide.htm Sharyl Ferrall ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Hug" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 2:49 PM Subject: [IOWA] Iowa Birth Records Last year I asked and received responses about when Iowa REQUIRED all births and deaths to be recorded. But now I can't find the information. I know that these were supposed to be "required" in 1880, but since there were no penalties, many births were not recorded. But in about 1920 or 1930 penalties were attached to failure to report births and death. When was that date. Barbara Lane Hug, Coordinator of the Jasper Co. IAGenWeb site at http://iagenweb.org/jasper State Coordinator of IAGenWeb at http://iagenweb.org/ [email protected]