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2016 THANK-YOU NOTES

*My brother told me about the Allamakee county website a couple weeks ago. I've spent days looking around it since then. Love reading the history and looking at people who lived there back in the "olden days" when my grandparents lived there. My mother was born on a farm somewhere around Lansing but I don't know exactly where since she moved with my grandparents at age 18 months. I'd like to visit someday, it looks very pretty...... Alexandria, Oklahoma (12/06/2016)
*This website has been incredibly helpful. Thank-you for all of the work put into it.... Monica S., Billings, Montana (9/27/16)
*My husband & I are planning a visit to the northern part of Allamakee county and a couple of the bordering Minnesota counties. With the information we have found on this website, we have a nice working list of where to go to visit cemeteries and the little towns where some of his ancestors lived prior to moving south and west in the early 1900's. Thanks for all of the time and effort that has been put into this website..... Candy & Hal, Nebraska (5/16/16)

 

December 2016

BIOGRAPHIES - MISCELLANEOUS *Added a biography for Dr. Orville E. May +photo - from Errin Wilker (12/09/16) MARRIAGE RECORDS *Added to compiled marriages: Blumhagen-Schuette (1896), Herrig-Molloy (1942) & Loven-Jacobson (1964) - from Reid R. Johnson & S. Ferrall MILITARY RECORDS *Updated the Korean conflict honor roll; added an article & photo of Tom Darling receiving Purple Heart many years later -from Errin Wilker (12/25/16) *Updated, mic. military news file; added articles from 1963 & 1967 - from Errin Wilker (12/25/16) *New! Lansing's 5 Peters brothers, Vietnam; news article & photos - from Errin Wilker (12/9/16) *Updated! WWII Honor Roll: added additional info. for D.R. Darling & W.G. Meyer (+photo) - from Errin Wilker (12/2/16) OBITUARIES *Thank-you to our December obit contributors: S. Ferrall, Reid R. Johnson & Errin Wilker SCHOOL RECORDS *Brief news article & photos of the 'new' New Albin grade school, 1969 - from Errin Wilker (12/26/16) SURNAME REGISTRY *Eric Torgerson updated his email address for surnames Bellows & Conkey (12/22/16)

November 2016

BIOGRAPHIES - MISCELLANEOUS *Added a compiled biography of Sarah (Conway) Wargen Wilkins, includes several photos - from Errin Wilker (11/06/16) 'LIL BITS - you never know what you'll find here! *Updated! A 1925 news article was added to the Moonshiners & Bootleggers page - from Errin Wilker (11/10/16) MARRIAGE RECORDS *Added to compiled Anniversary Records (most include at least 1 photo): Mr. & Mrs. .... Alvin Beneke, 50th, 1995; John Benek, 40th, 1986; Walt Breeser, 40th, 1986; LeRoy Colsch, 45th, 1986; Robert Dresselhaus, 50th, 2010; Jim Hammell, 50th, 2007; Kern Kelleher, 40th, 1976; Gottfried Loeffler, 50th, 1970; Otto Luttchens, 50th, 1992; Bernard Mauss, 60th, 1999; Fred Mauss, 50th, 1997; Edwin Meyer, 50th, 1982; George Meyer, 60th, 1975; Earl Moore, 50th, 1994; Alvin Oitzmann, 40th, 1976; Herman Schuldt, 50th, 1964; Norbert Schulte, 40th, 1991; Otto Schuttemeier, 50th, 1959; Alfred Smerud, 50th, 1997; Edmund O. Smerud, 50th, 1994; Nick Strub, 1979; Robert Thomson, 58th, 1961; Clarence Van Brocklin, 50th, 1987; Floyd Waters, 50th, 1991 - from Errin Wilker (11/29/16) OBITUARIES *Longer obits were added to the previously posted obits of Janice Kester, Eliza Dresselhaus, Leroy L. Colsch, Catherine Farley, Breanne Darling, Otto Kubitz & Leo N. Rouster; Photos were added to the Janice Kester, Carl Vonderohe, Jerry Smerud, Curtis Wild, Theresa Buege, Alvina Crowley, Breanne Darling, Leo L. Fink, Josie Gerkey, Gladys Bakewell & John W. Thornton obits (from Errin Wilker -thru-out November) AND a longer obit for Laton A. Huffman (from Connie Ellis 11/16/16) *Thank-you to our November obit contributors: Errin Wilker, Connie Ellis & 'LA'

September & October 2016

HISTORICAL ITEMS & PICTURES *New! Allamakee Board of Supervisors claims paid, April 1874 (lots of names!) - from S. Ferrall (10/05/16) LAND RECORDS *Added a link to the 1872 John G. Ratcliffe map of Allamakee county on the Library of Congress website - from Steve Hols (10/11/16) MARRIAGE RECORDS *Added to the compiled marriages: Bellows-Meyer, 1903; Clark-Clark, 1870; Overguard-Barthell, 1930; Schissel-Tieskotter, 1932 & Wallace-Schott, 1899 - from Reid R. Johnson, Audrey Haught & S. Ferrall (Sept. 2016) NEWSPAPER RECORDS *Marshall Robey, Feb. 1893 news item - from Connie Ellis (10/5/16) OBITUARIES *Thank-you to our obit contributors: S. Ferrall & Reid R. Johnson

July & August 2016

ALLAMAKEE ALBUMS - Family Albums & Miscellaneous Photos from Allamakee county *Updated! Additional information was added to the Barthell family album - from Thomas Kibler (7/25/16) CEMETERY RECORDS & Gravestone Photo Project (GPP) *Gravestone photos from Oakland cemetery were shared on GPP - from John Shuck (7/28/16 & 8/11/16) *Gravestone photo was shared on GPP, surname McClaskey, Mt. Olivet cemetery - from Richard O'Brien (7/24/16) *Woodmansee notes & research alerts have been entered for Lycurgus cemetery, surname: Sweeney; Mt. Olivet cemetery, surnames: Delaney/Devaney, Ford & McClaskey - from Richard O'Brien (7/24/16) HISTORICAL ITEMS & PICTURES *Updated! Waukon Fire Department page; ca1900 photo of the firemen, some are ID'ed - from Cheryl Burt Johnson (7/19/16) 'LIL BITS - you never know what you'll find here! *Newspaper article, David Clark, horse thief, 1860 - from Cheryl Locher Moonen (7/24/16) MILITARY RECORDS *Updated! Curtis Snitker & info. was added to the Vietnam Honor Roll - from Carl Christianson (8/12/16) NEWSPAPER RECORDS *News blurb, Senator Kinne, 1872 - from Cheryl Locher Moonen (7/29/16) OBITUARIES *Thank-you to our July & August obit contributors: 'LA', Sherri, Ted Brainard, S. Ferrall, Virgil Thorstenson, Cheryl Locher Moonen & Connie Ellis SCHOOL RECORDS *Several of the children in the Sand Cove school photo have been identified - from Lisa Shadow (8/27/16) *Center twp. school No. 3, photo of students ca1940 - from Cheryl Burt Johnson (7/18/16) SURNAME REGISTRY *Thomas Kibler is researching the Barthel / Barthell family.

May & June 2016

BIOGRAPHIES - MISCELLANEOUS *Added the autobiography of Maj. David Reed - from Diane DuBay (5/25/16) CEMETERY RECORDS & Gravestone Photo Project (GPP) *Gravestone photos, surnames McHenry, Pettit & Williams, all Rossville cemetery - from John Schuck (6/29/16) *Woodmansee notes & research alerts have been entered for Oak Hill cemetery, surnames: Bascom, Barthel, Burgess, Hale, Kallmerten & Schweinfurth- from Richard O'Brien (6/27/16) HISTORICAL ITEMS & PICTURES *New! Allamakee Board of Supervisors claims paid, January 1874 (lots of names!) - from S. Ferrall (6/20/16) MILITARY RECORDS *Waukon American Legion officers, 1949 - from Reid R. Johnson (5/22/16) NEWSPAPER RECORDS *1919, "Jacobson Shreds Hand in Corn Shredder", news article - from Reid R. Johnson (5/22/16) 'LIL BITS - you never know what you'll find here! *Allamakee co. Fire-fighting school, 1949 - from Reid R. Johnson (5/22/16) OBITUARIES *Thank-you to our May & June obit contributors: Joy Moore, Reid R. Johnson & Pat Pasmore SCHOOL RECORDS *Corrected the identification of one of the children in the Evergreen school children photo ca spring 1955 - from Robert 'Bob' Beall (6/10/16)

March & April 2016

ALLAMAKEE ALBUMS - Family Albums & Miscellaneous Photos from Allamakee county *New! Deremo family album - from Edna Rolston (3/28/16) *Updated! Bakewell/Morgan/Phillippi family album - from A. Bruce Owens (3/28/16) BIOGRAPHIES - MISCELLANEOUS *Added the autobiography of Sr. Alice Kelley (nee Lillian Hurley) - from A. Bruce Owens (4/17/2016) CEMETERY RECORDS & Gravestone Photo Project (GPP) *Woodmansee notes & research alerts have been entered for Oakland Main, New Albin, St. Mary (Dorchester) & Gethsemane cemeteries, surnames: Schwartzhoff, Nessial, Bohrer, Dunning, Johnson, Doerrhing, Glenn, Goodykoontz, Gordon, Hall, Hanson & Nunn - from Richard O'Brien (3/27/16) CHURCH RECORDS *Added to the Community Presbyterian church, Postville, a photo of the Diamond Club, 1951 - from Connie Ellis (3/9/16) *Added to St. Peter's UCC, New Albin, a photo of the 1964 confirmation class - from Errin Wilker (3/1/16) DEATH RECORDS *New database! Harris Funeral Home records, 1900-1906 - from S. Ferrall (3/17/16) HISTORICAL ITEMS & PICTURES *Added to the Physician directory, 1887 doctors registered in Allamakee county - from S. Ferrall (3/19/16) *Added to the Postville items, 1871 news article titled "Postville - A Spunky Little Town" - from S. Ferrall (3/6/16) *Added to misc. Lansing items, 1871 news article titled "Lansing - A Romantic River Town" - from S. Ferrall (3/3/16) *Added to the Waukon items, 1871 news article titled "Waukon - Beautiful Healthful Town" - from S. Ferrall (3/3/16) IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION RECORDS *New! Ship Atalanta, Dublin, Ireland to New York 1847, passengers with possible Allamakee co. surnames - from Tammy O'Hare Kuhn (3/2/16) OBITUARIES *Thank-you to our March & April obit contributors: Don Kudlewski, S. Ferrall, Reid R. Johnson & Connie Ellis SCHOOL RECORDS *A photo taken in 2003 of Iowa twp. No. 4 (Morgan/Sand Bank) school was added to the Iowa twp. schools - from A. Bruce Owens (3/28/16)

January & February 2016

BIOGRAPHIES - MISCELLANEOUS *Added the biographies of Henry C. Burgess & Wm. H. Hickey from the Iowa Official Register, 1907-08 - from S. Ferrall (1/12/16) CEMETERY RECORDS & Gravestone Photo Project (GPP) *Woodmansee notes & research alerts have been entered for Old East Paint Creek cemetery, surnames: Aas, Benjamin, Christianson, Eck, Eeg & Johnson - from Richard O'Brien (2/12/16) *Woodmansee notes & research alerts have been entered for Oakland (Main & 1920 Addition) cemetery, surnames: Barnard, Blake, Broadman, Clarkson, Cayton, Nolte & Reeder - from Richard O'Brien (1/6/16) HISTORICAL ITEMS & PICTURES *Added a 1977 news article & photos of the Meyer Sawmill to the "Mills of Allamakee County" and the New Albin photos/history - from Errin Wilker (1/24/16) OBITUARIES *Thank-you to our January & February obit contributors: Connie Ellis, Geo. Clinton, Cheryl Locher Moonen, Reid R. Johnson & Errin Wilker PERSONAL WEBSITES WITH ALLAMAKEE CO. CONNECTIONS - links to websites maintained independently. They are not a part of the Allamakee co. IAGenWeb site. *Matthew Whalen has shared an album titled "Allamakee County Folks" on his flickr.com website, visit the Personal Websites page for the link. SCHOOL RECORDS *The Calhoun school, Churchtown, Lansing twp. has been updated with notes & images of the 1904-05 report card of Klara Keffeler - from Ellen Stepp (1/17/2016)

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