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Local
Government Records
The
primary responsibility for the care
and preservation of local government records
resides with the local governments. The State
Archives does not mandate a centralized local
government records program. It does, however,
advise and assist local governments in how to
identify records which requires permanent
preservation and in how to maintain records so
they will be available for future generations to
use.
In
conjunction with the Genealogical Society of Utah,
the State Archives of Iowa has aided county
governments in the preservation of some of the
historical records generated at the county level.
Microfilm copies of some county records are
available through the State Historical Society of
Iowa's reading room in Des Moines. Detailed guides
to the records, by year and county, are also
available in the reading room The original records
are in the county courthouses. Local governments
should contact the Local Records Coordinator of
the State Archives of Iowa with concerns and
questions regarding what has been filmed from
their county:
| Local
Records Coordinator |
| State
Historical Society of Iowa |
| 600
East Locust |
| Des
Moines, Iowa 50319 |
| 515-281-5655 |
| Delpha.Musgrave@iowa.gov |
Records
Preserved on Microfilm
Sources
for Additional
Information
Table
of Vital Records in County Microfilm
Collection
Iowa
State Association of Counties
Iowa
League of Cities
Iowa
County Records Manual (Iowa
City: State Historical Society of Iowa, 1987)
Iowa
Municipal Records Manual (Des
Moines: Iowa State Historical Department, 1982)
Dolan,
John P., Jr., and Lisa Lacher, Guide to Public
Records of Iowa Counties (Des Moines: Iowa Title
Company, 1986)
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