October 2016

October 22, 2016:  Added transcription of the Poplar Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church records, as recorded in the 1985 Poplar history book. The town of Poplar was located at the junction of Audubon and Shelby counties, and drew members from both counties.

October 2, 2016:  Added John Connrardy Obituary, contributed by Susie Simpson.

September 2016

September 3, 2016:  Added transcriptions of three additional sections from the 1898 The Columbian Club Cook Book: Meats-Poultry-Fish, Vegetables, and Salads.

September 1, 2016:  Added transcription of one additional section from the 1898 The Columbian Club Cook Book: Bread Making.

August 2016

August 26, 2016:  Added link to the Audubon County Journal (1884-1993), now available online at the Library of Congress Chronicling America website (free access).

June 2016

June 29, 2016:  Added an Index of Family Histories published in the 1985 Poplar History Book.

April 2016

April 13, 2016:  Added transcriptions of 9 additional 1915 Biographies (Remaining "A" surnames and Yager). All "A" surname 1915 biographies have been transcribed.

April 10, 2016:  Added transcriptions of 4 additional sections from the 1898 The Columbian Club Cook Book: Soups, Loaf Cakes, Layer Cakes and Desserts. The Baked Bananas definitely sound interesting! Also added transcriptions of 6 additional 1915 Biographies (Aikman, Aikman, Anciaux, Andersen, Anderson, Artist).

April 9, 2016:  Added transciptions of 4 sections from the 1898 The Columbian Club Cook Book: Introduction, Candies, Fruits and Pickles. These recipes not only provide a record of women living in the area at the time, and also provide a fascinating glimpse into what everyday life was like in 1898. If you have 200 small cucumbers available, perhaps you'd like to try the recipe for East India Mixed Pickles?

April 8, 2016:  Added a transcribed list of charter members of The Columbian Club, of Audubon, Iowa.

April 5, 2016:  Updated the Cemetery Main Index to use Google Maps for cemetery locations ("View Map" links).

March 2016

March 22, 2016:  Added photo and transcription of Danish-Prussian War veterans, including vintage postcard view of a battle, and also a photo of an Unknown Men's Group.

February 2016

February 29, 2016:  PLEASE NOTE - Rootsweb has been experiencing a service outage since last Wednesday afternoon, February 25. All Rootsweb Mailing Lists and Boards are currently unavailable, as well as all family history/genealogy sites hosted by Rootsweb. Anticipated resolution by March 15.

January 2016

January 8, 2016:  Added transcription of the final page of Oakfield Township from the 1930 Federal Census. Oakfield Township is now complete. Thanks again to Neoma Thomas!

January 5, 2016:  Added transcriptions of 1 more pages of Oakfield Township from the 1930 Federal Census. Thanks again to Neoma Thomas! Just one more page left!