Burlington County Recorder's Office

 

Grantee/Grantor Indexes & Deed Books

Military Homestead Exemption Records Vital Records.

Office of the clerk of the district court.

Naturalizations Probate Records Divorce Cases Note that as of July 1997 Vital Records have been transferred to the jurisdiction of the County Recorder!

The Auditors Office

Land Transfer Books - these are books that trace land ownership through the legal description of the land rather than by the name of the owner. Plat Maps

Most pre-1930 records are available on microfilm through the State Historical Society of Iowa on interlibrary loan and through the rental program available at your local Family History Library. Some microfilm records are also available for your use at the Burlington Public Library. The researcher might be wise to take advantage of these microfilm resources before contacting the above-mentioned offices.

The following publications are available through the Des Moines County Genealogical Society. 

http://www.burlington.lib.ia.us/DMCGS/index.htm

Good to verify update prices of records here which may have changed since 2000

	1873 Historical Atlas of Des Moines County, Iowa.              $12.50 ppd The Little Books Series $ 3.00 ec. ppd.
	Early Settlers of Des Moines County 1840 Des Moines County, Census Index 1850 Mortality Schedule 1870 Mortality Schedule Ancestor Chart Indexes Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4, Vol. 5, Vol. 6, Vol. 7 Burlington High School Graduates 1868-1880 Burlington High School Graduates 1881-1901 Voters Registration List  1868 Index to the Biographical Sketches in Des Moines County Genealogical Society. Quarterly 1976-1995 Index of Householders, 1925 Iowa Census Augusta & Benton Townships Index to End of the Year Chronology, Burlington Gazette & Burlington Hawkeye Years: 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940