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2019 Thank-you notes *We visited Lansing and surrounding areas
last week. This site was extremely helpful when we made
our "must do" list. Thank-you so much.... Susan
L. & Mary D., Sioux City, IA (10/2/19) |
New or updated in November &
December 2019
| CEMETERY RECORDS & Gravestone Photo
Project (GPP) *Added several Research Alerts & Woodmansee Notes for Oakland Main & OEPC cemeteries - from Richard O'Brien & S. Ferrall (11/16/19) CHURCH RECORDS *Updated! Norwegian Parish Records; surname Smedsrud - from T.D. Johansen (12/07/19) HISTORICAL ITEMS - Miscellaneous *Updated! Hall Maternity Hospital, added Burke twins (1930) - from Connie Ellis (12/07/19) OBITUARIES (over 12,700+ transcribed obits) & OBITUARY INDEX (updated 12/30/19) *Thank-you to our November & December obituary contributors: Reid R. Johnson, Joy Moore, S. Wilson & S. Ferrall |
New or updated in September &
October 2019
| ALLAMAKEE ALBUMS - Family Albums &
Miscellaneous Photos from Allamakee county *Updated! Nine postcards were added to David Shedlock's collection of photo postcards - from David Shedlock (9/24/19) BIOGRAPHIES (A-H * I-Z) - from miscellaneous sources other than those included in the various bio databases on this website *New! Biographies of Oscar F. Ferris, Thomas G. Ewing, Peter Welch & Laton A. Huffman - from Patricia Bollozos & S. Ferrall (9/11/19 & 9/24/19) CEMETERY RECORDS & Gravestone Photo Project (GPP) *Added Research Alerts & Woodmansee Notes for Old Oak Hill, Oak Hill, Oakland Main & OEPC cemeteries - from Richard O'Brien (10/13/19) HISTORICAL ITEMS - Miscellaneous New database! County Board of Supervisors April 1899. Did your ancestor receive assistance or supply goods/services to the county? Lots of names! - from S. Ferrall (10/9/19) MARRIAGE RECORDS - marriages, anniversaries & divorces *Added to divorce notices, Withee, 1946 - from LA (9/16/19) *Added to compiled marriage announcements, Bulman-Weymiler, 1953 - from LA (9/11/19) *Added to compiled anniversaries, Mr. & Mrs. Ben Hartley, 50th, 1950 (+photo) - from LA (9/1/19) MILITARY RECORDS *Updated! The World War II Honor Roll - coordinator (throughout Sept.) OBITUARIES (over 12,680+ transcribed obits) & OBITUARY INDEX (updated 08/08/19) *Additional information was added to the previously posted death notice of Carl Ioos - from S. Ferrall (10/8/19) *Additional obits for Arvid E. Sadler, John McLaughlin, Arla O. Bulman & Florence V. Martin were added to a previously posted obits - from LA (throughout Sept.) *Thank-you to our September & October obituary contributors: Joy Moore, Diane Cunningham, Dan Zoll, Reid R. Johnson, S. Ferrall & LA SCHOOL RECORDS *New! Hanson school, Makee twp. - from Glenn Chatfield & Aubrie Monroe (9/1/19) *Van Coulee (Lansing twp.) school page updated, adding the 1891 report card of Carrie Reed - from her gg-granddaughter Aubrie Monroe (9/1/19) |
New or updated in July & August 2019
| BIOGRAPHIES from miscellaneous sources
other than those included in the various bio databases on
this website *New! Biography of Patrick Shortt family - from Patricia Bollozos (7/12/19) CEMETERY RECORDS & Gravestone Photo Project (GPP) *Gravestone photos for Robinson & Wiedner were shared by a volunteer on GPP (7/30/19) *Added Research Alerts & Woodmansee Notes for French Creek Methodist & St. Mary's (Dorchester) cemeteries - from 'LA' & S. Ferrall (7/30/19) CHURCH RECORDS *Updated! Norwegian Parish Records for Drogset - from T.D. Johansen (8/30/19) HISTORICAL ITEMS - Miscellaneous *Updated! Abandoned & Defunct towns page - added brief news article (1853) re: town of Columbus - from Cheryl Locher Moonen (8/16/19) MARRIAGE RECORDS - marriages, anniversaries & divorces *Added to compiled marriages: Baldwin-Gaynor, 1909 *Added to compiled marriages: Bulman-Seilling, 1924; Bulman-Johnson & Sherbonda-Collins, 1936; Wiedenmann-Bulman, 1943; Anderson-Bulman, 1946; Roe-Bulman, 1948 and Bulman-Schwartzhoff, 1959 - from 'LA' (7/30/19) *Added to compiled engagement announcements: Bulman-Hanson, 1949 & Meyer-Shefelbine, 1951 - from 'LA' (7/30/19 & 8/16/19) *Added to anniversary announcements Verthein, 1935; Shefelbine, 1952; Ebner, 1970 & Bulman, 1971 - from 'LA' (7/30/19 & 8/16/19) *Added to compiled marriages: Brownell-Hall and Ludeking-Seikmeier, both 1904 - from Joy Moore (7/22/19) MILITARY RECORDS *War of 1812 page was updated with a brief news article about 3 pensioners all being at the courthouse on same day in 1882 - from Bill Waters (8/16/19) *Korean conflict honor roll was updated - from 'LA' (7/30/19) and coordinator (7/25/19) NEWSPAPER RECORDS *Added to the newspaper transcriptions: 1907 article "Sad Incident at Yellow River" - from Reid R. Johnson (7/5/19) OBITUARIES (over 12,650+ transcribed obits) *A longer obit for Carrie Hartley was added to a previously posted obit - from LA (8/30/19) *Another obit that gives additional family info. was added to the previously posted obit of Johanna (Leppert) Ebner - from LA (8/16/19) *Another obit was added to the previous posted obit of Hannah (Larrabee) Williams - from Joy Moore (8/16/19) *An obit for Mary Plank was added to a previously posted death abstract - from S. Ferrall (8/8/19) *Thank-you to our July & August obituary contributors: Ken Wright, Bill Walters, Sharon Elijah, Joy Moore, Diane Cunningham, Richard O'Brien, Reid R. Johnson, Cheryl Moonen & 'LA' SCHOOL RECORDS *New & updated! Photos of 8 Center twp. schools, ca1932 - from Aubrie Monroe (8/22/19) *Updated! Added undated photos of students at the Eells, Helming & Pleasant Ridge schools in Union Prairie twp. - from Aubrie Monroe (8/8/19) *Updated! Postville HS sports teams, adding the 1907 lineup - from Reid R. Johnson (7/12/19) *Updated! Union Prairie twp. No. 2 (Stone School), added a 1967 news article: "Closes After 105 Years" - from Aubrie Monroe (7/5/19) SURNAME REGISTRY - if you've registered your surname interests in the past, and have since changed your email address, please contact the coordinator. *Glenn Wolenec is researching the Stevens family: "I am the gggrandson of Matthais Stevens; am deeply involved with researching the Stevens family and in the process of enrolling my three daughters in the DAR using Timothy Stevens, Matthias' grandfather as their Revolutionary War Veteran." (7/12/19) |
New or updated in May & June 2019
| ALLAMAKEE ALBUMS - Family Albums &
Miscellaneous Photos from Allamakee county *Added a photo to misc. Allamakee county scenes, Cherry Valley home, with unkn. woman feeding a chicken, dated 1924 - from Matthew Whalen (6/27/19) *Updated! Eleven postcards were added David Shedlock's collection of photo postcards - from David Shedlock (5/6/19) BIOGRAPHIES from miscellaneous sources other than those included in the various bio databases on this website *New! Biographies of William Edward Riley (Lieutenant General) includes a photo, and William Shortt - from Patricia Bollozos (6/29/19) CEMETERY RECORDS & Gravestone Photo Project (GPP) *Added Research Alerts & Woodmansee Notes for OEPC (Leas), Oak Hill (Sindlinger), Center Baptist (Sundstrom), Lycurgus (Regan) & Makee (Reed) - from Richard O'Brien, Michael Nelson & S. Ferrall (6/27/19 & 6/30/19) HISTORICAL ITEMS - Miscellaneous *Updated! A brief news article was added to the Lybrand page - from Bill Waters (5/15/19) *Updated! Eleven postcards were added David Shedlock's collection of photo postcards - from David Shedlock (5/6/19) MARRIAGE RECORDS - marriages, anniversaries & divorces *Added to compiled marriages: Biel-Garms, 1908 - from Joy Moore (5/6/19) MILITARY RECORDS *World War I honor roll was updated - coordinator (6/27/19) *World War II honor roll was updated - coordinator (6/16/19) OBITUARIES (over 12,610+ transcribed obits) & OBITUARY INDEX (updated 06/30/19) *Death notices were added to the previously posted obits of James Leas, Elizabeth Carithers & Martha Ludeking - from Joy Moore (6/27/19) *Thank-you to our May & June obituary contributors: Connie Ellis, S. Ferrall, Joy Moore & Diane Cunningham SCHOOL RECORDS *New or updated! Union Prairie twp. schools, photos of the schoolhouses were added to existing or new pages - from Aubrie Monroe (6/15/19) *New! 1932 Spelling Bee Champ (see school index 'tidbits') and the 1952 rural school teachers - from Aubrie Monroe (6/15/19) *New! Ludlow twp. No. 1, 2, 5 & 7; Myron school (Post twp.)and Southwest school & Helming school (both Union Prairie twp.), misc items added to each of the individual pages - from Aubrie Monroe (6/15/19) *New! French Creek No. 1, picture w/names and No. 2, brief history of school & students - from Aubrie Monroe (6/13/19) *Updated! Franklin No. 7, the Cherry Valley school. Added a school history & photo of students ca1935/36 - from Aubrie Monroe (6/12/19) SURNAME REGISTRY - if you've registered your surname interests in the past, and have since changed your email address, please contact the coordinator. *Michael 'OJ' Nelson is researching the Reed family: My gr-gr-grandfather was Zenas Reed (d. Fremont County, Iowa, 1892). Zenas was a son of William & Sarah (Cline) Reed, Allamakee County settlers of the 1850s. |
New or updated in March & April 2019
| ALLAMAKEE ALBUMS - Family Albums &
Miscellaneous Photos from Allamakee county *New! David Shedlock's collection of photo postcards - from David Shedlock (4/3/19) *Added to the unidentified photos page, wedding pic, possibly of Dennis Cooney & bride, needs confirmation - from Diana Henry Diedrich *Added to the unidentified photos page, a group photo where only a couple of people are ID'ed - from Diana Henry Diedrich BIOGRAPHIES from miscellaneous sources other than those included in the various bio databases on this website *New! Hon. Otto A. Helming (includes photo), 1917 - from Aubrie Lenz-Monroe (4/13/19) HISTORICAL ITEMS - Miscellaneous *"Waukon, A Rapidly Growing Iowa City", 1911 article with lots of period information - from Aubrie Monroe (4/13/19) *Lansing Lath Mill, 1964 news article, includes a vintage photo (ca1890's) of the boys who worked in the mill - from Aubrie Monroe (4/13/19) New database! County Board of Supervisors January 1879, claims paid & other misc. business. Lots of names! - from S. Ferrall (4/8/19) New! "How Lycurgus Got It's Name Remains a Mystery", 1950 news article - from Aubrie Monroe (3/16/19) New! NE IA Landmarks news article, 1932 - from Aubrie Monroe (3/16/19) Updated! Creamery directory added 2 vintage photos of the Waukon creamery & a 1937 news article - from Aubrie Monroe (3/16/19) MARRIAGE RECORDS - marriages, anniversaries & divorces *Added to user-contributed marriage records: Lenz-Cooper, 1937 and Underwood-Lenz, 1938 - from Aubrie Monroe (4/30/19) *Added to engagement & license records: Lenz-Moore, 1964 engagement and several licenses obtained from Sept. 1941 - from Aubrie Monroe (4/30/19) *Added to Anniversaries: Mr. & Mrs. Leo Monroe, 50th, 1991 - from Aubrie Monroe (4/30/19) *Added to user-contributed marriage records: Lower-Stock, 1905 - from Joy Moore (4/26/19) *Added to user-contributed marriage records: Opfer-Kuehne, 1928 and Kiesau-Lemme, 1928 - from Aubrie Monroe (4/13/19) *Added to user-contributed marriage records: Depping-Steffen, 1905 - from Joy Moore (3/12/19) NEWSPAPER RECORDS *Added to the newspaper transcriptions: "Lansing Burglaries", Dec. 1960; "Lansing HS Musical Comedy", 1/30/1927; "County News", 5/3/1928; "Ludlow Correspondence", 3/13/1930; "Lansing Firemen Minstrel Play", 3/13/1951; and "Waukon Horse Show Winners", 9/15/1953. Lots of names in these articles! - from Aubrie Lenz-Monroe (4/13/19 & 4/30/19) OBITUARIES (over 12,595+ transcribed obits) *Additional obits have been added to those previously posted for Bartholomew Campbell, William Ryan & Phila Humphreys - from Joy Moore (4/6/19) *Additional obits have been added to those previously posted for Wilhemina Helming & Margaret Ward - from Aubrie Monroe *Thank-you to our March & April obituary contributors: Don Kudlewski, Ken Wright, Joy Moore, S. Ferrall & Aubrie Monroe QUERIES *Rebecca Laird is researching John Laird SR & his wife Mary Williamson. She didn't include a question in her posting, but likely would like to correspond with others researching this family. (4/8/19) *Diana Diedrich has posted a wedding photo, possibly of Dennis Cooney & wife. Needed is positive ID (4/6/19) *LeAllyn Swendsen would like help finding when her g-mother Lucy (Wersinger) Engle - possible surname Lavelle - arrived on the Orphan Train (03/29/19) *Charles Denny is looking for a marriage record for John Deeny/Denny & his wife Sarah Gallager/Gallager. Their 1st child born in Waukon (1858) & 1860 were in Makee twp. (3/13/19) *Diana Diedrich has posted a photo in the hope that someone can ID the people pictured (3/9/19) REUNIONS *Added Lenz family reunion, 1956 - - from Aubrie Monroe (4/30/19) SCHOOL RECORDS *West Grove country school was updated with a list of teachers 1944-1952 & list of students in 1953 - from Grace Keir & S. Ferrall (4/6/19) *New! News article titled "One-Room Country School -Trying to keep the past from fading from memory" - from Aubrie Lenz-Monroe (3/15/19) *New! Center twp. school No. 1 and the Howard school, Makee twp., photos & more - from Aubrie Lenz-Monroe (3/15/19) *New! Union Prairie schools No. 5 & No. 6 - brief history - from Aubrie Lenz-Monroe (3/12/19) *New! Eells School & Stone School No. 2, both in Union Prairie twp., photos & histories of the schools - from Aubrie Lenz-Monroe (3/10/19) *New! 1935 & 1939 Allamakee co. rural school teachers; plus the 1938 teachers were added to the Post, Franklin & Ludlow teachers page - from Aubrie Lenz-Monroe (3/10/19) *Added to "Miscellaneous country school records & photos" a list of the 149, 1933, 8th grade graduates, from rural Allamakee co. schools - from Aubrie Lenz-Monroe (3/9/19) SPORTS New! Vintage photo of the 1909 Waukon baseball team - from S. Ferrall (4/26/19) *Updated! Added another photo of Postville's Famous 1st Nine, a list of players and their positions in 1907 and a news article about the team - from Reid R. Johnson & S. Ferrall (4/26/19) SURNAME REGISTRY - if you've registered your surname interests in the past, and have since changed your email address, please contact the coordinator. *Charles Denny has registered surname Deeny / Deeney / Denny. His gg-grandparents were John G. & Sarah (Gallagher) Deeny who immigrated from Ireland in 1852 & 1850 respectively. They purchased land in Makee twp. in 1857 & had 3 children before removing to St. Louis, MO abt 1875. (4/26/19) *Sandy Burgess McClay has updated her email address. She is researching the Burgess family (9/15/19) |
New or updated in January & February
2019
| ALLAMAKEE ALBUMS - Family Albums &
Miscellaneous Photos from Allamakee county *Updated! The Bechtel Orchestra page, adding family info. for Frank Bechtel - from Traci Rylands (2/16/19) *New! Conrad Fiet family album - from Aubrie Lenz-Monroe (1/22/2019) CEMETERY RECORDS & Gravestone Photo Project (GPP) *Added Research Alerts & Woodmansee Notes for Eliza Butts & Ruby Hinman (Hardin cem), Jacob Unterberger (Waterville cem) & a 2nd Woodmansee Note for Mary Kenison (Ion cemetery) - from S. Ferrall, Richard O'Brien & Harold Kirby (February 2019) *Research Alerts and Woodmansee Notes for surnames Boeckh, Kallmerten, Moellerman & Stull have been entered for Oak Hill & Rossville cemeteries - from Greg Stull, S. Ferrall & Richard O'Brien (1/23/19) HISTORICAL ITEMS - Miscellaneous Updated! Hall Maternity Hospital, added Kruger (1937) & Jeglum (1942) - from Connie Ellis (1/22/19) New! Allamakee County Fair, 1969 & 1970 - includes photos of the Fair Board members and the names of life-members of the Allamakee County Agricultural Society - from Aubrie Lenz-Monroe (1/2/2019) NEWSPAPER RECORDS *Added an 1875 news article "Ed Tompson Accidently Shot" - from Cheryl Moonen (1/22/19) OBITUARIES *Additional obits for G.W. Pearson & Mary A. (Murch) Pearson were added to those previously posted - from S. Ferrall, his gg-granddaughter & her ggg-granddaughter (2/16/19) *Thank-you to our January & February obituary contributors: D. Hagemeier, S. Ferrall, Errin Wilker & Aubrie Lenz-Monroe SURNAME REGISTRY - if you've registered your surname interests in the past, and have since changed your email address, please contact the coordinator. |
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