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| April 2011
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1865 Census Returns
From the 1865 Iowa State Gazetteer; provides number of individuals by existing townships only.
History of Adams County Created an Adams county history page. Listed are histories from three sources, the 1865 Iowa State Gazetteer, the 1875 History of Adams County and the 1935 WPA Federal Writers Project. Towns of Adams County, Past & Present Added town histories written as part of the WPA Federal Writers Project in 1935 as well as those written in 1984 from the "History of Adams County". |
| January 2011 |
1934 Old Age Assistance
While not all cards were filled out completely, many give the name of each person, date and place of birth,
where they are living, and their parents names.
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| November 2010 |
Added the Brooks School on the newly updated Adams County Schools page submitted by volunteer
Connie White
Created a W Surname with family photos on the Family Photo Index page submitted by volunteer Connie White Created a Lookup Volunteer page. We are hoping to add volunteers for Adams County! 1883 List of Pensioners Gives the name of each pensioner, the cause for which pensioned, the post-office address, the rate of pension per month, and the date of original allowance. LDS Microfilm List For information not yet available on the internet and for those unable to travel to Adams County you are still able to do research with this valuable resource! |
| September 2010 | Added SCHOOLS catagory: There are at present three schools listed and linked to photos and history. See the Carbon School link; the Cromwell School link and the Farris School link. Anyone with more Adams County school information, history, photos, stories, please email Linda Ziemann, the temporary site coordinator. Photos are acceptable in jpg format. Photo Gallery link now has a new INDEX and new LOOK. Check out your ancestors by the family surname in the alphabet index. Please feel free to submit your jpg images of ancestors and their information to this county coordinator for posting on these pages. All your submissions will help these photo gallery pages to grow!! |
August 2010 | Adams County Military Menu is now posted. Anyone with Adams County connections with MILITARY ancestors, please feel free to contact the County Coordinator with your contributions to help build this database. Civil War Veterans database is now posted with 29 names of Adams County veterans. This also includes links to the DOCS board and the Civil War Record for each veteran. Anyone with additional family photos and CW information about their county ancestors are encouraged to share that for these pages. Soldier Burials now posted for the following cemeteries.Thanks to Floyd Lawrence for supplying the initial 1927 newspaper that provides the burial information. Walnut Grove Cemetery ** Oak Hill Cemetery ** Calvary Cemetery ** Brooks Cemetery ** First Baptist Cemetery ** Mt. Etna Cemetery ** Nodaway Cemetery ** Oakland Cemetery ** Quincy Annex ** Old North Cemetery ** Guss Cemetery ** Methodist Grove Cemetery ** Stringtown Cemetery ** Rose Hill Cemetery ** Evergreen Cemetery ** Prairie Rose Cemetery ** Baldwin Cemetery ** Mt. Zion Cemetery ** Lincoln Center Cemetery ** Summit Cemetery ** Carl Cemetery ** Maple Hill Cemetery ** Buried Elsewhere ** Buried in Southern Cemeteries Added a new catagory: Unidentified Pictures -- If you have mystery photos in your family archives with suspected Adams County connections, please submit them to the website coordinator in jpg format for posting. Perhaps another researcher will be able to help identify the subjects and/or location of your pictures? Let's help each other put the pieces of the family puzzles together! Check here for the Unidentified Pictures Index and check this link for the first page of Unidentified Corning Photos. Thanks to researcher, Elizabeth Lipscomb, for getting us started with this project!
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