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Additions, changes & announcements
for Allamakee co. IAGenWeb 2007 (Jan-Nov)

~October 20, 2007 - November 30, 2007
As autumn approaches winter and the full Harvest & Beaver moons have brightened the night sky, Allamakee co. contributors have been busy burning the midnight oil. Researchers, cozy in their homes will find bushels of new records, maps & photos to brighten their family trees. Our thanks go out to the wonderful people who have taken the time to contribute so that others may benefit: Janet Koozer, Errin Wilker, D. Jarvis, Matthew Whalen, Ann Krumme, S. Ferrall, Cathy Joynt-Labath, Mary Durr, Bill Ronnfeldt, Don Kudlewski, Peter R. O'Brien & an "obit volunteer".
"ALLAMAKEE ALBUM"
*Schellhammer family album updated - people in the confirmation photo were all identified
*Photos added to Miscellaneous Allamakee album & the 'threshers' album
"BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources"
*New bio's added, some with a photo: Laton A. Huffman, Perrin C. Huffman, John W. Goodykoontz, Oscar A. Hoag & Edmund Wallberg
"BIRTH RECORDS"
*Lyle Jarvis birth added to compiled birth records
"CEMETERY RECORDS"
*Woodmansee Notes (pg 2), St. Mary's Dorchester cemetery, additions and corrections
Gravestone Photo Project (GPP)"
*More photos from the Iowa River cemetery, Postville cemetery & Smithfield cemetery
"CHURCH RECORDS"
*History & photos of St. Bridget Parish, Postville
*Vintage photo added to the St. Pauls Lutheran church compiled history page
"HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc."
*A 'Sports' index has been added to the "Allamakee county People" section. This section indexes sports photos and articles from around the website. New additions in November are an undated New Albin Baseball team photo & a photo of the 1923-24 HS championship basketball team from New Albin
*Allamakee co. Fraternal Societies - added a page for the Royal Neighbors of America with vintage photos of New Albin Mount Oneota Camp #2103 and a history of the organization
*All three Lansing photo pages have been updated with new photos
*Vintage photo added to New Albin page 1
*Allamakee county photographers
"LAND RECORDS"
*1917 Atlas and Plat Book of Allamakee County; scanned twp. pages & transcribed info. from the atlas
"LI'L BITS"
*Claim of Edward Julson, 1912
*Lansing Postoffice burglary, 1859
"MISCELLANEOUS"
*The Harper's Ferry Library fundraiser 2008 callendar sales
*'Friends of IAGenWeb' store - help support IAGenWeb by purchasing t-shirts, cups, Christmas ornaments, etc. at the new store!
"OBITUARIES"
74 new obits were posted to our Obit Boards, several with photos! Also, many pictures were added to previously posted obits.
"SCHOOL RECORDS"
*1923-24 HS championship basketball team from New Albin
"SURNAME REGISTRY"
*Updated email addresses for surnames: Feuerhelm, Scharff, Breuer, Buck, Buckman, Kehr, Kerndt, Gorth, Gruber, Svebakken, Sanderson, Nelson, Nierling, Palas, Troendle, Holm & Mnu.
*Newly registered surnames: Whalen, Regan, Danaher, Fitzgerald & Schach

~September 2007 - October 19, 2007
The Allamakee co. IAGenWeb site has received a 'sprucing up' in anticipation of hosting a VERY IMPORTANT guest: Marilyn Dose will be visiting the website to review the content and to make sure the site is in compliance with IAGenWeb & USGenWeb requirements. Welcome Marilyn! September & October contributors to the Allamakee county website have kept me as busy as the Iowa farmers are this time of year. Their generosity is appreciated very much. Thanks go out to Diana Diedrich, Darrel K. Waters, Nancy Geitgey, Shirley Taylor, Errin Wilker, Mary Durr, Carol Remmen, Bob Winder, Ann Krumme, Gloria Payne, Janet Koozer, an anonymous gravestone photo contributor & an obituary 'volunteer' ..... we really appreciate your spirit of sharing. Additional items were contributed by Sharyl Ferrall, the county coordinator.
"ALLAMAKEE ALBUM"
*Dee family album updated with new photos & more info.
*Schobert family album created
"BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources"
*Hattie Rose bio.
"CEMETERY RECORDS - Gravestone Photo Project (GPP)"
*Over 200 gravestone photos were contributed for Round Prairie (all the visible stones), Postville, Mt. Hope, Ion (all of the readable stones) and Iowa River cemeteries
"CHURCH RECORDS"
*Immaculate Conception church page updated with vintage photos
"HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc."
*Lansing photos page 3 created
*Black Hawk bridge, landmark page, updated with a vintage photo
*Old Stone House, landmark page, updated with an 1892 photo
*Picture of the Dorchester Roller Mill added to the Dorchester photo page
"LI'L BITS"
*Lucky John Witmer
*Newspaper items, Lansing student council, Oct. 1966
"MARRIAGE RECORDS"
*Announcement! Misc. marriages and the compiled marriage & license files are being re-organized, a process that may take several weeks. Completed to-date are surnames A-G, I, Y & Z
*Added JACKSON-PRATT Nuptials
"MILITARY RECORDS"
*Photo of 1918 Allamakee co. soldiers
"OBITUARIES"
*50 new obits were posted to our Obit Boards in Sept. thru October 19th
"SURNAME REGISTRY"
*Surnames registered in September thru October 19th: Griffin, Kuehn, Keehn, Bresnahan, Gallagher, Hector, Moore, Murphy, O'Brien & Power(s)

~August 2007
Thanks to the August contributors Gloria Payne, Mark Stilwell, Paul Moritz, Gloria Hertrampf, Errin Wilker, Betty Palmer, Sharyl Ferrall, Dorothy Gosse, Mary Durr, Patricia Morehouse, Karen Muchow, Don Kudlewski, Lori Mayer and a 'volunteer' .... researchers can reap a bountiful harvest from the Allamakee co. website. Check out the following new records:
"ALLAMAKEE ALBUM"
*Added photos of the Baptist church, Waukon & of West Paint Creek Lutheran to Church Album page
*Misc Allamakee area photos
"BIOGRAPHIES - 1913"
*A research note was added to the bio of C.S. Stilwell
"CEMETERY RECORDS"
*Old photo of Oakland cemetery added to main index page
*Woodmansee Notes pg 1: Correction for the entry Anne Helle (should be Arne Helle) in Oak Hill cemetery
*Woodmansee Notes pg 2: Burial record for William L. Hertrampf added to the Rossville cemetery
"CEMETERY RECORDS - Gravestone Photo Project (GPP)"
*112 gravestone photos were submitted for the Smith cemetery (cemetery complete)
"HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc."
*Photo of Quandahl, 1916
*Photo of old courthouse & Baptist church, Waukon added to the courthouse history page
*Added to Postville photos page: Fire, 1910; hospital; Luhman & Sanders building and J.H. Laughlin home
*Waukon - Bakkum Chiropractic Clinic, photo & a brief history of the clinic and proprietor
*1913 Lansing photo, added to Lansing photos page 1
"LI'L BITS"
*Misc. newspaper items; Methodist Church Notes, August 1942
"OBITUARIES"
*27 new obits were posted to our Obit Board in August
"SCHOOL RECORDS"
*Wheatland country school, New Albin, roster ca1915
*Additional document images added to early New Albin school records
*Photo of New Albin Public School, 1917 added to the New Albin school history page
*A 1950's era photo of Waukon Elementary & a pre-1965 photo of Waukon HS added to the Waukon schools photo page
*The Waukon HS 1918 graduation photo page has been updated - Marie Denning ID'ed by her granddaughter
"SURNAME REGISTRY"
*The following surnames were registered in August: Evans, Huntsinger, Lynch, Foley

~July 2007
This summer the Allamakee co. IAGenWeb sites has grown like Iowa corn!   Sweet and plentiful .... thanks to our generous volunteer contributors Steve Bareis, Constance Diamond, Mary Durr, Alice Glensmer, Karen Muchow, Jana Murray, Peter R. O'Brien, Carol Harris Remmen, Lisa Suckow, Errin Wilker and a 'volunteer' .... the following new records have been added:
"ALLAMAKEE ALBUM"
*Photo of Mt. Hope church added to the Church Photo album
"BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources"
*Patrick O'Brien
"BIRTH RECORDS"
*St. Paul's Lutheran, Postville, confirmation records with birth-dates; adding classes of 1903-1909
"CEMETERY RECORDS - Gravestone Photo Project (GPP)"
51 gravestone photos were submitted for the New Albin cemetery and a photo of the Mt. Hope cemetery
"CHURCH RECORDS"
*St. Paul's Lutheran, Postville, confirmation records with birth-dates; updated adding 1903-1909
*1865 Bailey & Hair Gazetteer, Allamakee co. Church Directory
*Photo added to Mt. Hope history page
*Photos of Mt. Hope church (new page)
"HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc."
*AF&AM Lodges & officers, 1865
"OBITUARIES"
*24 new obits were posted to our Obit Board in July
"SURNAME REGISTRY"
*The surname Lachner was registered

~May & June 2007
Spring & summer are always busy months for family researchers .... and gardeners! Thank-you to all of the May & June volunteer contributors, who took time out of their busy days to help us grow the website!  Shirley Taylor, Michael Ruddy, Matthew Whalen, Marion Hartley, Dan Zoll, Ann Krumme, Jeannie Hegeman, Paul Moritz, Jane Beardmore Schoh, Thomas C. Slattery, Carol Harris Remmen, Peter O'Brien, Errin Wilker, Mary Durr, Karen Muchow, Bonnie Miller, Sharyl Ferrall, James Burton, Diana Henry Diedrich, and a obituary 'volunteer'.
"ALLAMAKEE ALBUM"
*Immaculate Conception, Lansing added to the Church Album
"BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources"
*James Ruddy, M.M. Burger, Wm & Theo Krueger, Percy Maltbae & K.O. Stakke
"BIOGRAPHIES - 1913"
*A research notation was added to the bio of Patrick Whalen
"CEMETERY RECORDS"
*Woodmansee Notes for 'Hartley' were contributed for the English Bench cemetery
*Woodmansee Notes for 'Schroeder' were contributed for the Old East Paint Creek cemetery
*Woodmansee Notes for 'Zoll' were contributed for the French Creek Methodist cemetery
"CEMETERY RECORDS/Gravestone Photo Project (GPP)"
*Over 125 photos were submitted for the following cemeteries:
*Gethsemane, Oak Hill, Smithfield, Ion & Zalmona cemetery
"CENSUS RECORDS"
*1860 Federal Census, Union Prairie twp., partial
"CHURCH RECORDS"
*Exterior & interior photos of Immaculate Conception, Lansing
*1928 Confirmation class photo, Zion Reformed church, Waukon
"HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc."
*Photos added to New Albin page 1 & page 2
*Allamakee Landmarks - Elijah Fish cabin, photos
*Allamakee Landmarks - Iron Post marker, additional photos added
*Photos added to the New Albin city council page & fire dept. pages
"LI'L BITS"
*News items for 1947, 1944, 1954, 1963 & 1964
*Jacobson burials in Yellow Medicine county, Minnesota
"LOOK-UP VOLUNTEERS"
*Email addresses & page updated
"MARRIAGE RECORDS"
*Misc. marriages: Schoh-Beardmore wedding, correction note added
"MILITARY RECORDS"
*Photo & information about James P. Slattery added to the WWI casualties page
*Decoration Day in Waukon, 1870 (great old photo!)
*Spanish-American War page was updated
"OBITUARIES"
*158 new obits were posted to our Obit Boards in May & June!!
"PERSONAL WEBSITES"
*The Ruddy Family of Allamakee co. Iowa
*McGough's in census records
*The Farris Family Tree
"REUNIONS"
*Sires reunion 1972
"SCHOOL RECORDS"
*Photos of English Bench, Van Coulee and Hanover #2 school were added
"SURNAME REGISTRY"
*Surnames Sweeney, Houlihan, Wernette, Bakewell, McCallum, O'Brien, Herpich, Collins, McDermott, LaPoint, LaTranch, Dungan & Manning were either added to the registry, or the researcher has updated his/her email address

~April 2007
Thank-you to all of the April volunteer contributors:  Mary Durr, Kathy Maurer, Janet Koozer, Errin Wilker, Cindy Bray Lovell, Darrel Waters, Ann Krumme, 3 'anonymous volunteers' and the Allamakee co. coordinator S. Ferrall.
Your generosity is always appreciated!
"ALLAMAKEE ALBUM"
*Dee family album
*McLaughlin family album
*Four generations of the Dan Sires family, New Albin
*Updated Waters family album, adding additional photos
"BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources"
*Peter Helin, John F. Downs, John Broderick, Joseph Taggart & Peter L. Bartheld
"CEMETERY RECORDS/Gravestone Photo Project (GPP)"
*125 gravestone photos were submitted, most for Zalmona cemetery, others for New Albin city cemetery & Dorchester Catholic cemetery
"HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc."
*Allamakee co. Postmasters, added Cleon Sires (photo)
*New Albin news articles, added 'One Little Nuclear Plant Doesn't Bother this Town'
*New Albin Fire Dept.
*New photos added to pages for Dorchester, New Albin, Waukon & Lansing
*Village Creek Woolen Mill, 1868 article (gives a history & list of share-holders)
*Allamakee co. related excerpts from Iowa Land of Many Mills
"LI'L BITS"
*March 12 & 19, 1947 news bits
*Romance or Scandal, the saga of Fred & Stella Boomer
"MARRIAGE RECORDS"
*Sires-Roeber & Sires-Spiegler marriages
*Wagner-Burke and O'Daniels-Wendel (and photo) marriages
*Zarwell, Bulman & Sires anniversaries
"MILITARY RECORDS"
*Roster of Co B 27th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, scan of the original document & transcribed names
*Discharge papers of John Sires, scans of original documents
*August 1943 list of Allamakee co. men called for service
*Gold Star Mothers Honored, 1952 photo
*Allamakee co. men at West Point & Annapolis
"OBITUARIES"
137 new obits were posted to our Obit Boards in April!!
"REUNIONS"
*Sires family, 1991
"SCHOOL RECORDS"
*New Albin class of 1942, and photo added to list of 1935 New Albin graduates
*Waukon HS, 1908 photo added to WHS school photos page
"SURNAME REGISTRY"
*Elizabeth M. Glass has registered surnames Zirbes and Brier
*KarenFaye Enlow has updated her email address for surname Stanley
*Steven P. Stafford has registered the surname Stafford

~March 2007
March either comes in like a lamb and goes out like a lion, or just the opposite.  At least that's how the old saying goes.  It may be true for weather predictions, but not for genealogy!  The month of March contains a "lions-share" of wonderful contributions from generous researchers across the country.  A lion-sized thank-you to the March contributors: Jeannie Hegeman, Errin Wilker, Darrel K. Waters, Cindy Bray Lovell, Michael Peterson, Ann Krumme, Hugh Conway, Leland Wenig, Margo Harbridge, Grace Keir, Janet Koozer, Mary Durr, Sharyl Ferrall, a 'volunteer obit transcriber' and 'anonymous' gravestone photo submitter.
"ALLAMAKEE ALBUM"
*Photos of the Dorchester St. Mary's Catholic, Dorchester Methodist church & St. Peter's UCC church added to the Allamakee church album page
*Water's Family Album updated with new photos
*1st Methodist Church Ladies (this photo is delightful & absolutely priceless!)
*Dr. Oscar Tartt
"BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources"
*Spencer Gillette, Hiram G. Pratt, John G. Pratt SR, Lewis Speicher, Levi Miller & Harris "Shooky" Fink
*The bio's of Amelia Gibson Hendrick, Ed Hanson & John Plank were moved from another section of the website to the biography board.
"BIRTH & BAPTISM RECORDS"
*Mary M. Anderson, Patrick Houlihan, Bernard Rethwisch, Monica Elder, Ronald Ashbacher, William Gordon baptism records added
"CEMETERY RECORDS - Gravestone Photo Project (GPP)
*87 photos from the following Allamakee co. cemeteries: Sixteen, Postville & Zalmona
"CENSUS RECORDS"
*1860 Waterloo twp.
"CHURCH RECORDS"
*New photo of St. Peter's UCC, New Albin added to the history & photo page for that church
*Photo of St. Mary's Catholic church, Dorchester added to the St. Mary's page
*Grace United Methodist Church - New Albin, 100 years of grace, 1874-1974
*United Methodist church, New Albin, dedication, 1916
*Grace UM Church, New Albin - early 1900's photos of the pastors & some congregation members
"HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc."
*Photos added for Church, Harpers Ferry, Lansing, Postville, Waukon & Waterville
*Newspaper History of Allamakee co., page updated with lots of new info. & photos
*Installments 20 & 21 of the Wexford Wanderings series were added
*New Albin Celebrates the U.S. Bicentennial, 1976
*Brief history of Dorchester (includes photos)
"IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION"
*Immigrants from Husum, Hanover, records updated
"LI'L BITS"
*Newspaper items for 1941, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1955, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1976, 1980 & 1989
*Santa Claus' Workshop, a Lansing business, 1955 story & photos
*J.S. Steamer fire, 1910; updated with another news article & photos
*1974 ads from the centenial cookbook of Grace United Methodist church
*Albert Fruechte celebrates 65 years with New Albin Savings Bank
"MARRIAGE RECORDS"
*Added to user-contributed marriages: Davis-Flack, Dille-Clauson, Luth-?, Reppe-Brink, Mathis-Troendle, Daman-Calahan & Mullarkey-Hawes
"OBITUARIES"
*119 new obits were posted to our Obit Boards in March
"REUNIONS"
*Sires family reunion, 1963
"SCHOOL RECORDS"
*Early New Albin school records (1875-1890) including school district bonds, teacher contracts, receipts for tuition & an 1882 class roster
*Undated photo of Dorchester school kids added to the Dorchester School page - can you help date it & ID any of the kids?
*New Albin High School Class of 1942, reunion photo from 1990 added to the 1942 New Albin Reunion page
*Photo: PHS Classmates Paul Spangy and Ralph Topel, 1922
*Photo: Waukon 8th Grade Class in 1916; can you ID any of the kids?
"SURNAME REGISTRY"
*Newly listed researcher surnames: Snitker & McDermott

~February 2007
February was another busy month for the Allamakee co. IAGenWeb site, with lots of great items contributed by a group of very generous volunteers. Thank-you's for February go out to Errin Wilker, Cindy Bray Lovell, Diana Henry Diedrich, Helen & Norb Wurtzel, Darrel Waters, Cathy Joynt-Labath, Janet Koozer, Mary Durr, Mary Kay Simon Gleisner, Ardis McCallion, the gravestone photo contributors, the anonymous obit transcriber & Sharyl Ferrall (Allamakee co. coordinator)
"ALLAMAKEE ALBUM"
*All persons have now been identified in the English Bench Cornet band photos
*Lansing Mudcats baseball team, ca1950
*Threshing at Old Paint Creek church, ca1925
*Well drilling at Terrill's
"BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources"
*Ella Myers Zarwell, Alma Wiebke, Anthony W. Courson, Rudolph A.T. Meyer, Fred M. Intlekofer, Isac Johnson & family and Frank Byrne biographies
"BIRTH & BAPTISM RECORDS"
*Researcher contributed records: Weymiller, Cunningham & Cota
"CEMETERY RECORDS"
*Woodmansee Notes (page 1) - correction note for burial place of Carolina Tetzlaff from Gethsemane to Oakhill
Gravestone Photo Project (GPP)
*63 photos from the following Allamakee co. cemeteries: English Bench, Oakland, New Albin city, Zalmona and IOOF
"CHURCH RECORDS"
*Mt. Hope Presbyterian church history
"HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc."
*Allamakee co. Orphans - Sisters have first meeting after 60+ years
*Allamakee co. Landmarks: the Iron Post boundry marker; new article & photos (very interesting)
*Towns & Townships photos- photo of the little town of Bee, Waterloo twp., lots of Lansing photos (pages 1 & 2), and more photos of Churchtown
*Photo of the Waukon Band Stand, c1915
"LI'L BITS"
*Button Boom at Lansing
*Lansing Home Coming Program, 1928
*McNally Log Cabin
*Bits of news articles from 1958, 1941, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1976, 1981, 1985 & 1988
*Albert Fruechte, 60 years at the New Albin Savings Bank
*4 Mile House, The Sadd cabin & Early Advertisement
*Murder of Inga Magnusson in Dorchester, by Earl Throst - added one of Throst's last letters
*Murder of Henry Duffy in Waukon, added 2 news accounts including the verdict
"MARRIAGE RECORDS"
*Researcher contributed records: Waters-Wild, Strub-Meehan, Sweeney-Stock, Ruzich-Luster, Bahr-Gruber, Boardman-Garlow, Fink-Solberg, Larson-McMahon, Lyons-Powers, Oelberg-Keppler, Miller-Rouster, Welper-Hagen, Bulman-Verthein, White-Walter, Somermeyer-Bechtel, Mauss-Troendle, Breeser-Meyer, Leppert-Bakewell, Leppert-Henry
*Anniversaries: Byrnes, Collins, Meyer, Meyers, Mauss, Vonderohe, Somermeyer & Breeser
"MILITARY RECORDS"
*A 1928 news article was added to the Mt. Hosmer World War I memorial page
*Several photos, names and additional info. added to the World War I Casualty page
*Photo of some members of Company F, 6th Iowa cavalry, Civil War
*News clippings about some Allamakee co. Gold Star Mothers
*1918 Letter home from Allamakee soldier Myron Brooks
*Allamakee co. servicemen & women, Honor Roll, 1943
*Misc. military news (Servicemen Roundup 1950's-1970's)
"OBITUARIES"
*136 new obits were posted to our Obit Boards in February
"REUNIONS"
*Hammel family reunion, 1976; Middendorf reunion, 1988; Shuff family reunion, 1927 & Russell Family, 1979
"SCHOOL RECORDS"
*Franklin, Ludlow & Post twp schools and teachers, 1942
*1936 and 1966 class reunions, Waukon HS
*1941 Lansing High School Cardinal Baseball Team
*Old Sixteen school, Linton No. 4
*Kee High Class of 1962 Reunion
*New Albin Class of 1929 & 1928/29 Basketball team
"SURNAME REGISTRY"
*Newly listed researcher surnames: Zwang / Zwank, Eason, Alphin, Cantrell & Cooper

~January 2007
We've really started 2007 with some fireworks!! Thank-you to our very generous January contributors! Errin Wilker, Jeannie Hegeman, Diana Henry Diedrich, Richard Diedrich, Janet Koozer, Marlene Sandberg Hurney, Don Olson, Zach Kimber, Devon Kimber, Ann Krumme, Stephen Jones, Mary Durr, Barbara Heinz & at least one anonymous contributor - you are all wonderful & deserve a pat on the back & a heartfelt THANK-YOU from all Allamakee co. researchers.
"BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources"
*Clara Smerud & photo
"BIRTH & BAPTISM RECORDS"
Researcher contributed records:
*Meyer/Meier births & baptisms
"CEMETERY RECORDS"
*Added a photo of Zach Kimber & his Eagle Scout project to the Salem cemetery survey page
*Ebenezer Cemetery Project- an Eagle Scout Project dedicated to the pioneers and their families who started Ebenezer Church
Gravestone Photo Project (GPP)"
*87 gravestone photos were submitted for East Paint Creek, New Albin, Postville, Salem & Zalmona cemeteries. The Salem Cemetery photos now include all of the stones!
"CENSUS RECORDS"
*The final 3 pages of Lansing twp. 1860 federal census (pages 33-35)
"CHURCH RECORDS"
*St. Peter's United Church of Christ, New Albin, adding confirmands 1951-1983
"HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc."
*Allamakee co. landmarks: Blackhawk bridge, history & photos
*Photos of Thompson's Corner & the Hufschmidt House in Lansing added to Lansing photo page
*Photo of Ben Decker's store added to the Church (Churchtown) photo page
*50 years of Allamakee co. Sheriffs & photos
*Photos & a history of Knopf's service station added to Lansing photo page
*New Albin telephone directory, 1975
"IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION"
*Lindsey Tanner Becomes An American Citizen (misc. records page)
"LAND RECORDS"
*Aaron C. Johnson - Amos Cole land transaction 1850's
"LI'L BITS"
*Added newspaper items from 1898, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1945, 1950, 1962, 1970 & 1988
*List of Allamakee co. Century Farms (1975)
*Murder of Henry Duffy
"LOOK-UP VOLUNTEERS"
*Email addresses of volunteers updated
"MARRIAGE RECORDS"
*Researcher contributed marriage notices & some photos for the following marriages: Aldrich-Johnson, Bagley-Roeber, Beall-Stahl, Beardmore-Leas, Bresnahan-Busness, Byrnes-Palmer, Burke-Berns, Bresnahan-Teff, Brink-bulman, Clair-Erickson, Dee-Stock, Deeters-Clay, Donlan-Mettille, Eckberg-Larson, Fiet-Mohwinkle, Gaertner-Bulman, Galema-Colsch, Gruber-Henry, Gruber-Regan, Gruber-Taylor, Haas-Hanson, Haas-Henry, Hammel-schulte, Hancock-Schwartzhoff, Heim-Dougherty, Henry-Colsch, Herrmann-Sires, Johnson-Rose, Kiesau-Feuerhelm, Kerndt-Bulman, Klocke-Beardmore, Kneeskern-Duffy, Larson-Gerky, Larson-Hammel, Liddiard-O'Regan, Manning-Blake, Meindl-Burke, Meyer-Krambeer, McMillan-Byrnes,Munz-Goettle, O'Regan-Frazen, O'Regan-Hart, O'Regan-Mooney, Palmer-Brooks, Pecinovsky-Blake, Petit-Winger, Poli-Byrnes, Reeder-Johnson, Reetz-Ericson, Regan-Troendle, Revoir-Wendle, Ruckdaschel-Meyer, Ryan-Welper, Schoh-Beardmore, Schulte-Duffy, Schulte-Kilpatrick, Schulte-Olson, Schulte-Ryan, Sires-Akers, Slifer-Bagley, Snitker-Bloxham, Staggemeier-Wenig, Stortz-Fink, Streiber-Wendel, Troendle-Bulman, Zarwell-Renk, Zoll-Collins & wedding photo added for Henry-Waters --- WOW!!!!
*Anniversary notices (some with photos) for Mr. and Mrs.: Joseph Bechtel, Frank T. Bulman, Clarence Bulman, C. J. Hinrichs, Fred Hancock, John L. Jaster, Jim Kelleher, Lloyd Colsch, Elmer Johnson, Arthur Gilbertson, Conrad Grangaard, Joe Reeder, Jacob Schott, Clinton Kelly, J. Harold Lindblom, Bartley Needham, Henry Schulte, George Wild, August Reinke, Daniel Sires & Joseph G. Schulte
"MILITARY RECORDS"
*Miscellaneous other military news 1951-1960 (look under Other Wars / Militia records / Misc. records & Photos) lots of names!
*Photo of the flag-pole plaque added to CW Veterans from New Albin page
*CW veteran funeral photos ca1910-1920
"OBITUARIES"
* 274 new obits (some with photos) were posted to our Obit Boards in January WOW!!!
"PERSONAL WEBSITES"
*Page updated, outdated URL's deleted
"REUNIONS"
*1958 Lett Family Reunion
"SCHOOL RECORDS"
*Kee High School Class of 1961, reunion, photo
*Class of 1942, New Albin HS, reunion photo 1992
*Sandbank or Morgan School - Iowa Twp. #4, photo & a bit of history
"SURNAME REGISTRY"
*Lots of researchers registered their surnames & email addresses

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