Archives
Additions, changes & announcements
for Allamakee co. IAGenWeb 2006
December 2006
Thank-you to our December contributors: Diana Diedrich, Richard
Diedrich, Janet Koozer, Jeannie Hegeman, Phyllis Peterson, Ann
Krumme,
Cathy Joynt Labath, Errin Wilker, Karen Muchow, Nancy Shattuck,
Kathy Maurer, Sharyl Ferrall, the obit volunteer and gravestone
photo submitter(s).
"BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources"
*Deters, Everett, Hoag, White, Coleman, Palmer & Weitzel
"BIRTH & BAPTISM RECORDS"
*Sires baptism record (researcher contributed)
*See also - Church records
"CEMETERY RECORDS"
*Woodmansee notes for Postville cemetery Area B (Schroeder &
Krogmann)
*Woodmansee notes for Oak Hill cemetery (Shattuck)
*Woodmansee notes for St. Mary's cemetery (various surnames)
Gravestone Photo Project (GPP)"
*270 gravestone photos were submitted for Minert, Postville,
Salem & Sand Cove cemeteries
"CENSUS RECORDS"
*1860 federal census, Lansing twp. added pgs 25-32
"CHURCH RECORDS"
*St. Peter's United Church of Christ, New Albin: Baptisms
1885-1984 & some facts on St. Pete's baptisms, Record of
Confirmands 1899-1949, Record of Marriages 1885-1984
"HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc."
*New Albin Indian Families & Mysterious Work of Art
*Iron post marker & photos (look in Landmarks of Allamakee
co)
*Vintage Birds-Eye of Postville & Postville train depot, 1956
(look in Postville photos)
*Hungarian orphan in Postville (look in Allamakee People)
*Waukon street scene, ca 1915
"LI'L BITS"
*Eldo Ernest Kluss, Model "A" School exam, 1928;
original documents
"MARRIAGE RECORDS"
*Researcher contributed records: Sires-Duff, Sires-Hahn (2),
Henry-Waters, Burroughs-Shefelbine & Lane-Hahn marriages
*Mr & Mrs. Roy Sires 60th wedding anniv. & photo
*See also Church records
"MILITARY RECORDS"
*World War I Veterans Memorial, Mt. Hosmer, text & photos
*'Allamakee Casualties in WWI' page updated with 3 additional
names
*Photos of 2 Allamakee co. CW soldiers: Wampler & Pierce -
help us make a positive ID
*John Sires Civil War discharge, August 1865
*Note added to the entry of Myron J. Brooks on the WWI casualty
page
"OBITUARIES"
92 new obits were posted to our Obit Board in December
"SCHOOL RECORDS"
*French Creek schoolchildren, 1911 photo
"SURNAME REGISTRY"
*Surnames Registered in December: Hermeier, Henry & Kugel
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November 2006
Thank-you to our November contributors: Diana Diedrich, Cindy
Bray Lovell, Betty J. Palmer, Debra Richardson, Mary Durr, Errin
Wilker, Jeannie Hegeman, Zach Kimber, Ann Krumme, Karen Muchow,
Cathy Joynt-Labath, Debbie Gerischer, Ada Marie Kernt, Nancy J.
Geitgey, Georgia Bruns, Henry Brainard, Sharyl Ferrall and the
obit volunteer(s) and gravestone photo submitter(s).
"BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources"
*Beaver, Hand, Grefstad & Melaven
"BIRTH & BAPTISM RECORDS"
*Schroeder baptism records added (2)
"CEMETERY RECORDS"
*New Woodmansee notes for Postville cemetery Area B (Schroeder
& Krogmann)
*Salem UCC cemetery survey, fall 2006 (access this page from the
Woodmansee Table of contents)
*Listing of libraries across the country known to have a copy of
'Woodmansee' in their book stacks (access this page from the
Woodmansee Table of contents)
Gravestone Photo Project (GPP)"
*81 gravestone photos were submitted for May's Prairie,
Wheatland, Mt. Olivet, Salem & Oak Hill
"CENSUS RECORDS"
*1860 federal, Lansing twp. added pgs 20-24
"CHURCH RECORDS"
*St. Joseph's Catholic church, New Albin, history & photos
*Grace United Methodist church, New Albin, history & photos
*St. Peter's United Church of Christ, New Albin, history &
photos
*Dedication of the Postville ME church, 1873
"HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc."
*The Historical Marker at the Old Stone House (see Landmarks of
Allamakee co.)
*Postville Fraternal Societies, 1926 (see Allamakee co. People)
*New Albin mayor & city councilmen photo, ca 1920 (see
Allamakee co. People)
*Photo & news article: 'New Albin Only 8 yrs. From Centry
Mark'
*New Albin news article: 'Community Named for Child Burn Victim'
*Nearly 30 photos of New Albin people, businesses & scenes
(see New Albin photos page 1 & 3)
"IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION"
*Immigrants to Allamakee co. from Lippe, Germany
*Misc. page: Heinrick Rartels family, 1884
"LI'L BITS"
*Many of the news articles from the main 'Lil Bits page have been
moved to a Newspaper Article page. The new page is accessed from
the 'Lil Bits page. Lots of new articles have been added this
month: Brophy Bequest, Elmer Lenz article, Snippets of New Albin
news, Kielsmeier funeral, W.H. Barber article, Emerson Merril
article, Waukon Accidents, & Deadly Storm
*Harper's Ferry Happenings, Sullivan & Degan families
*1938 WLS Talent Show, program, cast & advertisers
"LOCAL RESOURCES"
*This page was updated with additional information, addresses
& phone numbers. Non-working links were corrected or deleted.
"MARRIAGE RECORDS"
*Oitzman 50th Anniversary
*Researcher-contributed marriages: Wessels-Schulte,
Middendorf-Sires, Driscoll-Weymiller, Thompson-Weymiller,
Steele-May, Bock-Tartt, Haberkorn-Palmer, Kumph-Travis,
Buckendal-Meyer, Crowley-Ross and Garcia-Sander
"MILITARY RECORDS"
*Kenneth E. Casey Purple Heart awarded posthumously & photo
(look on Allamakee Casualties in WWII page)
"OBITUARIES"
117 new obits were posted to our Obit Board in November
"REUNIONS"
*1926 Old Postville People Picnic in California
"SCHOOL RECORDS"
*New Albin school history & several photos circa early 1900's
*New Albin Girl's Basketball Team, 1930
*1931 & 1935 New Albin Graduating classes
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September & October 2006 (09/15/06-10/31/06)
Thank-you to our September & October contributors: Ann
Krumme, Linnie Howell, Karen Muchow, Sue Kenyon, Diana Diedrich,
Errin Wilker, Ted Harper, obit volunteer(s) & the Allamakee
co. coordinator (Sharyl Ferrall)
"BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources"
*Haines
*Carbee & Ford
"BIRTH & BAPTISM RECORDS"
*Baptismal certificate of Donald G. Sires
"CEMETERY RECORDS"
*'Woodmansee Notes' have been linked directly to the individual
cemetery pages to make them more convenient to check while
browsing the cemetery lists
*A Woodmansee note has been submitted for the Harpers Ferry
cemetery (surname Coopernoll)
Gravestone Photo Project (GPP)"
*114 gravestone photos from Maple Hill cemetery were submitted -
this is all of the gravestones in the cemetery!
"HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc."
*Vintage New Albin photos
*New Albin news clipping & photo: Town Likes Life on the Edge
"MARRIAGE RECORDS"
*User-contributed records updated: Honn-Livingood,
Mathis-Evanson, Nagel-Brocklinger, Roeber-Middendorf,
Swenson-Maynard marriages added
"MILITARY RECORDS"
*New Albin Civil War veterans, photo
"OBITUARIES"
101 new obits were posted to our Obit Board in from Sept 15-Oct
31st
"SCHOOL RECORDS"
*Climax School records, Taylor twp., 1915-1929 (misc)
~~~
August and September 2006 (thru 09/15/06)
Thank-you to our August & September contributors: Diana
Diedrich, Mary Durr, Karen Muchow, Jeanie Hegeman, Hugh Conway,
Don Kudlewski, the gravestone photo contributors & our
volunteer obituary transcriber(s).
"ALLAMAKEE ALBUM"
*Mays Prairie M.E. church added to the Allamakee co. church photo
page
"CEMETERY RECORDS"
*All Woodmansee files are now on-site so the search engine will
pick up all the burial records & the cemetery index has been
updated
*Woodmansee Corrections were added to page 1 of the Woodmansee
Notes for Hardin cemetery & Oak Hill cemetery
"CENSUS RECORDS"
*Schedule 5, 1880, persons who died during the year ending May
31, 1880
"DEATH RECORDS"
*1880 Mortality Schedules
"GRAVESTONE PHOTO PROJECT (GPP)"
*Over 200 photos of gravestones were submitted in Aug & Sept.
for English Bench, Lycurgus, New Albin, Rossville & Salem
cemeteries
"HISTORICAL ITEMS & PHOTOS - misc"
*5 new articles in the Wexford Wanderings series were added
(articles 15-19)
*County level politicians 1880's added & misc politicians
file updated with new info.
*Mays Prairie M.E. church photo (large version) added to the Mays
Prairie photo page
*Robee's Hall photo added to the Rossville photo page
*Ben Decker's Big Store photo added to the Church (Churchtown)
photo page
*Birdseye view added to Harpers Ferry photo page
*Photo of old sawmill & box factory added to the Lansing
photos page
"LI'L BITS"
*Misc Area News December 1943 & news article about a 1932
hunting accident
"MARRIAGE RECORDS"
*Updated Marriages & License Applications (added to B,C, D,
H, L & M surnames)
"MILITARY RECORDS"
*Misc WW I News & Letters - added news article listing
soldiers going overseas to fight & letter from Merle Cole,
July 1918
*Misc. WW II News & Letters - added news article about train
accident killing Allamakee co. soldier
"OBITUARIES"
*63 new obits were posted to our Obit Boards in August &
September (as of 09/15/06)
"SCHOOL RECORDS"
*Photo of the old stone school in Lansing
"SURNAME REGISTRY"
*LOTS of researchers registered their surnames or updated their
email addresses in August & September. Don't forget to keep
your own email address current if you are listed in the Registry.
~~~
June and July 2006
Thank-you to our June & July contributors: Cathy Labath, Mary
Durr, Errin Wilker, Keith Koontz, Helen Kesinger,
S. Ferrall, Diana Diedrich, Cindy Bray Lovell, Dale Vaughn, Maury
Gallagher, Karen Muchow, Darrel K. Waters, Marlene, the
gravestone photo contributor & our volunteer obituary
transcriber(s).
"BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources"
*James McCarty Family
"CENSUS RECORDS"
*1860 & 1870 Mortality schedules
(also linked from the Death Records index: )
"GRAVESTONE PHOTO PROJECT (GPP)"
*3 Gravestone photos were contributed for the Rossville cemetery
"HISTORICAL ITEMS & PHOTOS - misc"
*Vintage photos of New Albin added
*Vintage & modern-day photos of Rossville
"LAND RECORDS"
*1860's Quit Claim deeds, Sherer-Sherer and Scherer-Bokemeger
"MILITARY RECORDS"
*WWI casualty list updated, adding Carl Kroneger/Kroeger of New
Albin & a funeral notice for Theodore Wettleson
*Spanish-American War Veterans, news article & photo of
Colsch brothers
*Norwegians with Allamakee co. connections who served in the
Civil War
"OBITUARIES"
*62 new obits were posted to our Obit Boards in June & July
"SCHOOL RECORDS"
*1931 Waukon Junior College graduates
*Fan School, history & photos
*Photos of the Rossville school
"SURNAME REGISTRY"
*LOTS of researchers registered their surnames in June &
July. Don't forget to keep your own email address current if you
are listed in the Registry.
~~~
April and May 2006
Thank-you to our April & May contributors: Neva Auenson,
Georgia Bruns, Cindy Lovell, S. Ferrall, Hugh E. Conway, Mike
Ruddy, Diana Diedrich, Jan Miller, Dorothy Gosse, Edith Schaefer,
Mary Kay Gleisner, the gravestone photo contributors & a
volunteer transcriber
"ALLAMAKEE ALBUM"
*Pastor Richard Kuhne
"BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources"
*Biography of the Ratcliffe family, Pastor Richard Kuhne, John
Logan, Ellsworth Vaugh, Wells W. Eaton, Joseph Engleby & L.O.
Rud
"CHURCH RECORDS"
*Excerpts from Mt. Hope Centennial Booklet (1858-1958)
"GRAVESTONE PHOTO PROJECT (GPP)"
*Over 100 gravestone photos were uploaded for Cleveland, Makee,
New Albin, Mt. Hope & Lycurgus cemeteries
"HISTORICAL ITEMS & PHOTOS - misc"
*Union City twp., Early Settlers of the Upper Iowa River Valley
*Union City twp., The Indian Scare and Stampede of 1862
*4 new installments (starting page 3) of the Wexford Wandering
series
"IMMIGRATION, MIGRATION & NATURALIZATION"
*Deters & Gerling, Migration from Illinois, includes family
notes
"LAND RECORDS"
*Some Early Farm Ownership & Locations, 1860's
"LETTERS & DIARIES"
*Poem added to Benjamin Ratcliff letter
"LI'L BITS"
*Early amusements - from Neva Auenson
*Mary Ann Healy's 102nd birthday
"MARRIAGE RECORDS"
*Ruddy-Murphy marriage, 1857 (user contributed marriages)
*Added links to off-site sources for marriages of Allamakee co.
residents who may have crossed county or state
lines to get married: Pre-1907 Wisconsin Vital Records, Clayton
co. Iowa Marriage Records, Winneshiek co. Iowa Marriage Records
(1851-1855, 1856-1869, 1870-1880) and Fayette co. Marriages
extracted from the Oelwein Register (1893, 1894, 1895, 1910)
"OBITUARIES"
26 new obits were posted to our Obit Boards in March
"REUNIONS"
*Dixon family reunion, Hanover township about 1936
"SCHOOL RECORDS"
*Some early schools & teachers
"SURNAME REGISTRY"
*LOTS of researchers registered their surnames in April and May.
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March 2006
Thank-you to our March contributors: Diana Diedrick, Jan Miller, Jeannie Hegeman, Neva Auenson, Errin Wilker, Mary Durr, Sharyl Ferrall & a volunteer.
"ALLAMAKEE ALBUM"
*Waukon Kids, ca 1890's
"BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources"
*Adams, Howard & Crawford (2 & photo)
"CENSUS RECORDS"
*1860 federal census, Lansing twp. pg 5-19
"GRAVESTONE PHOTO PROJECT (GPP)"
*Photos added for Oak Hill & Postville cemeteries
"HISTORY - 1913"
*The full-text of Vol I is now complete, thanks to the efforts of
Diana Diedrick to get the final chapters transcribed.
Both volumes of this county history are now on the website!
"MISC. HISTORICAL ITEMS & PHOTOS"
*c1913 Postville hospital photo
"LETTERS & DIARIES"
*1858 letter from Benjamin Ratcliff to his sister
"LI'L BITS"
*Two Inmates of County Home Perish & the Home Burns (1935)
*Added another news article to the Murder in Dorchester page
*Allamakee woman buried in Alabama
*1909 "Iowa Day" Celebration in Carson, Colorado;
Allamakee co. attendees
"OBITUARIES"
26 new obits were posted to our Obit Boards in March
~~~
February 2006
Thank-you to our February contributors: Diana Diedrich, Dale
Wagner, Karen Muchow, Sharyl Ferrall, Elizabeth Parker, Errin
Wilker, Mary Kay Simon-Gleisner, Sean Ryan, Mary Durr & a
'volunteer'
"ALLAMAKEE ALBUM"
*St. Mary's Catholic Church, Lycurgus & the church at Hanover
*Christ Sander family
"BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources"
*Earl, Harden, Hanson, Jacobson, Megaarden, Peterson, Skinner
& Storia
"CEMETERY RECORDS"
*Woodmansee notes, Lansing Ridge, adding Christine Frank
"GRAVESTONE PHOTO PROJECT (GPP)"
*Gravestone of Christine Frank, Lansing Ridge
"HISTORY - 1913"
*Adding Chapters 8, 10 & 19 (remaining pages), 20, 21 &
23 (partial)
"HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc."
*Farming photo from Dorchester/English Bench area
*William and Anna Roeber farm home, rural Dorchester, ca1880
"IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION"
*Wm. Sullivan record
"OBITUARIES"
38 new obits were posted to our Obit Boards in February
"SCHOOL RECORDS"
*Waukon HS class of 1918 - as seniors, juniors, freshmen &
7th graders
*2 photos of Waukon schools added to the Waukon school photo page
*Dorchester school children & names, undated (ca 1911)
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January 2006
Thank-you to our January contributors: Patricia Hamarstrom, Fr.
Dennis Thompson, Errin Wilker, S. Ferrall, Hugh E. Conway,
Jeannie Hegeman, Darrel K. Waters, Diana Diedrich, Karen Muchow,
Kelly Schmall, Yvonne Ellwood & a 'volunteer'
"ALLAMAKEE ALBUM"
*Updated information on the Patrick Garin family (Fairview twp.)
album
*Additional photos & information on the Patrick McMorrow
family album
*English Bench Cornet band, ca 1900
*Allamakee churches album page:
-added St. John’s in West Ridge, 1900
-added Congregational church, Postville 1912, Rossville
Presbyterian, c1907 & St. John's West Ridge, 2003
"BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources"
*Kaufmann & Joslin
"CENSUS RECORDS"
*1885 census, people b. Allamakee co. but living somewhere else;
added Black Hawk, Butler, Bremer & Jasper counties
"HISTORY - 1913"
*Adding from Chapter 19: French Creek, Hanover & Iowa twp
"HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc."
*2 new installments from the Wexford Wandering series - from
*Jury lists updated, adding jurors for April 1900 and October
1907
"IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION"
*Added a Misc. page for odds & ends immigration,
naturalization & ship records; several records added
"LOOK-UP VOLUNTEERS"
*Resources: Sires, Middendorf & Roeber Family Trees
"MARRIAGE RECORDS"
*Updated Marriages & License Applications (added to
A,B,F,H,L,M & S surnames)
*Wilker-Panncke wedding write-up (user-contributed marriage
records)
"MILITARY-WWI"
*Added notes to Arthur Brandt on the WWI casualty page
*New page, Misc. WWII News & Letters; 3 articles added
"OBITUARIES"
38 new obits were posted to our Obit Boards in January