I found information on my great grandfather's death on October 10, 1869 in Franklin County Iowa Mortalilty Schedule of 1870 at the Iowa Historical Society in Des Moines. Very complete record, cause of death, doctor, length of time ill and address. I believe these were only every 10 yrs. I knew there was a 1870 Mortality schedule but for long time refused to research it as my record was that HE DIED 1869. How many times we get a Mind Set and the answer is right there. A LIST OF DEATHS FOR 1869 IS IN 1870 MORTALITY SCHEDULE AND COULD NOT BE IN 1869 SCHEDULE, THEY WEREN'T MIND READERS. If your ancestor died in the year previous to the 10 yr cycle these are great. Not sure how many of these 10 yr schedules are available.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Wanda Spainhower" <[email protected]> Subject: [IOWA] Mortality schedules . Not sure how many of these 10 yr schedules are available. ----------- The following link shows the availability of those mortality schedules in Iowa with links to some transcriptions housed at the US GenWeb Census Project - IA website. http://www.us-census.org/mortality/MortalityCensus-Iowa.html I believe several of the IAGenWeb county projects have some transcribed mortality schedules also. (One of these days I will get links to them in on the above pages! Cathy Joynt Labath USGenWeb Census Project, IA Coordinator http://www.us-census.org/states/iowa/