IAGenWeb Project - Allamakee co.

Allamakee Journal Archive
Additions, changes & announcements
for Allamakee co. IAGenWeb 2011


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New August - December 2011

December
CEMETERY RECORDS - Woodmansee notes, Waterville cemetery, added notes correcting the entries of Christyan Pedersmoen & Karen Petersmoen Halvorson - from Larissa Reutgen

CENSUS RECORDS - New! 1895 Iowa State census, Iowa twp. & New Albin - from S. Ferrall

IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION - Added to the 'Odds & Ends' page: Naturalization papers issued to 18 men, March 1884 - from S. Ferrall

LI'L BITS - added Postville attendees to the 1940 Iowa Day picnic in California - from Connie Ellis

MILITARY RECORDS
-WWII Honor Roll - added a photo of Clarence B. Becker to the honor roll - from his daughter Rita Subrt
-WWII Honor Roll - added additional names, notes & photos to the honor roll - from S.Ferrall

OBITUARIES - Many thanks to our December contributors: Connie Ellis, Diane Hermeier & Harold G. Kaeser
- a photo was added to the previously posted obit of Leon K. Olson - from the daughters of his WWII shipmate George L. Potter SR

SURNAME REGISTRY
-Lane Hoyt has registered surnames Gorman & Whelan.
-Kathy Sloane has registered surnames Stark & Boecke. She has records, photos and info. for the Gottleib Stark family & descendants, as well as the Boecke overlap.

November
CEMETERY RECORDS
- Woodmansee notes, Oakland Main cemetery, added additional information & corrected the entry of Oliver Holverson Hastings - from Larissa Reutgen

Gravestone Photo Project (GPP) - Gravestone photos were submitted for Gethsemane cemetery

LI'L BITS - added three new 'bits' to the page: Martin Brothers Funeral Home, 1876-1976; George Bachelder poem published, 1950; and Lizzie Mitchell, Cattle Queen, 1918 - from Connie Ellis & S. Ferrall

HISTORICAL ITEMS (Miscellaneous Historical Items & Photos)
-New! Pharmacists & Druggists Directory - from S. Ferrall
- New! Postville Fire Department, 1897 - from Connie Ellis
- Updated! A history of Forest Mills & photos were added to the Forest Mills/Werhan Mill page - from Connie Ellis

MILITARY RECORDS - Misc. WWII News & Letters, added letters home from Anderson, Kruse, Pearson, Schroeder & Williams - from Connie Ellis
- WWII Honor Roll - added additional names & notes to various veteran's entries on the honor roll - from S. Ferrall

OBITUARIES
- additional information about 'Pete's Place' was added to the previously posted obit of Peter Pratt - from Connie Ellis
- a photo was added to the previously posted obits of Robert Burns, Eleanor M. Curtin, Connie J. Duvel & Curtis W. Lenz - from Mary Durr & Connie Ellis
- additional info. was added to the previously posted obit of Sarah/Zara F. Ewing - from Connie Ellis
- a photo was added to the previously posted obit of Darwin K. Niemann, and a longer obit was added to one previously posted for Marie L. Philips - from Connie Ellis
- photos have been added to the previously posted obits of Donelle R. Cunningham, Arnold King & Nicole Rosendahl - from Connie Ellis
- a longer obit has been added to the previously posted obit of Helen M. Mooney - from Connie Ellis
-Thanks go out to our November obituary contributors: LA, Mary Durr, Connie Ellis, Julie Kobriger, Janet Brooks Koozer & Jeanne Dahlin Swick

SCHOOL RECORDS - New! 1928 Postville High School Commencement Announcement - from Connie Ellis

SURNAME REGISTRY
- Kali Smith has registered surnames Bowen, Clark, Ewing, Folsom & Stilwell
- Clem Stubstad has registered surnames Coyle & Stubstad
- Carl Christianson has registered surnames Christianson & Strand

October
BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources
- New biographies: William 'Bill' Aird, Vivian Huffman & Nellie Farley each with a photo - from Connie Ellis
-Added biographies of J.C. Ryan & John A. Sorum each with a photo - from S. Ferrall

CEMETERY RECORDS
- Woodmansee notes Postville cemetery, correcting the entry of Mehitable Dow - from Phil Frey
- Oak Hill database, corrected an error in the entry for Albert E. Lytle
- Sixteen cemetery Survey 2010/11 was updated - from 'Gemini'

Gravestone Photo Project (GPP) - 400+ gravestone photos were added from the Postville cemetery - from Phyllis Peterson

HISTORICAL ITEMS (Miscellaneous Historical Items & Photos)
- Waukon photos page 1 was updated with 5 new vintage photos - from Connie Ellis
- Abandoned & Defunct Towns page was updated with a news article about some of the old places - from Connie Ellis
- History of Brotherly Love Lodge No. 204 AF & AM, Postville was added to the Misc. Fraternal Society & Service Club file - from Connie Ellis
- Photo of the Hygrade Softball team, ca1975 was added to the Allamakee co. Sports Teams file - from Connie Ellis

LI'L BITS - added a Wanted advertisement - looking for P. Phalen, missing person - from S. Ferrall

MILITARY RECORDS - WWII Honor Roll - added additional names & notes to various veteran's entries on the honor roll - from S. Ferrall

MARRIAGE RECORDS - added to compiled marriages: Blum-Adam, 1894 (includes a photo); Stark-Hager, 1892 - from Connie Ellis & S. Ferrall

OBITUARIES - Many obituaries were posted in October, contributed by Mary Durr, Connie Ellis, Richard O'Brien & LA
- a longer obituary was added to the previously posted obit of Mary P. Cayton - from Mary Durr
- photos or additional information were added to the previously posted obits of Ray Hammell, Dorothy Nelson, Mary Riley, Dorothy E. Schmidt, Verla M. Schutte & William J. Wolfe - from Connie Ellis

LOOK-UPS - The Life and Times of John Lyttle, Early La Crosse County Lumberman, by Jeanne Dahlin Swick (2011), Little-Lyttle-Lytle Family ... and related families, including the Haneys of the Lansing area - Jeanne will do lookups in her newly published book for Allamakee co. researchers (see the look-ups page for more info.)

SCHOOL RECORDS
- New! 1968 letter & occupational biography of teachers Charles A. Palmer & Cora Henderson Palmer - from Connie Ellis
- New! 1893 Allamakee co. Teacher Applicant records - from S. Ferrall & Constance Diamond
- New! Rural Allamakee co. schools & teachers, 1963 - from Connie Ellis
- New! Postville HS classes of 1934 & 1935, 50th Reunion photos - contributed by Connie Ellis
- Red School, Franklin twp No. 3, page updated with another photo of the school - contributed by Connie Ellis

SURNAME REGISTRY
- Kathy Maurer has updated her email address for surname interests: Brennan, Danaher, Dunlevy / Dunleavy, Holohan / Holahan, McLaughlin, Moroney, O'Meara, Shay / Shea, Shields & Wholohan / Wholahan
- James J. White has registered his surname interests: Brophy, Kenna & White. He is researching the John Brophy family of Lansing.

September
Gravestone Photo Project (GPP) - gravestone photos (Ward & Johnson) from St. Mary's Lycurgus cemetery were contributed by Ann Krumme

MILITARY RECORDS - The Price of Freedom - honors given 18 prisoners of war WWI, WWII & Korean War; Merchant Marines recognized; & other info. - from Connie Ellis

OBITUARIES - photos or additional information were added to the previously posted obits of Betty Everman, Angella M. Regan, Bonnie Saddler & Edward C. Quandahl -from Connie Ellis
- August & September obituary contributors: LA, Henry Brainard, Mary Durr, Connie Ellis, S. Ferrall, Ann Krumme, Aubrey Lenz, Karen Muchow, Richard O'Brien & Matthew Whalen

CHURCH RECORDS - All new! History & photos of the Volney Methodist church - from Connie Ellis

MILITARY RECORDS
- WWII Honor Roll - added notes to various veteran's entries on the honor roll
- WWII News & Letters page was updated with a news article about the April 1941 draft - from Ann Krumme

NEWSPAPER RECORDS - a LOT of news items from the Allamakee Journal and Lansing Mirror, April 9, 1941 - from Ann Krumme
OBITUARIES - Allamakee co. now has over 9,000 transcribed & searchable obits!!!
- Photos or additional information were added to the previously posted obits of Robert R. Fiet, Wilma M. Cowell, Christine Sandell, Loretta Troendle & Edward L. Colsch - from Connie Ellis & S. Ferrall

MARRIAGE RECORDS - added to compiled marriage license applications: Atdoefer-Meyer Becker-Onsanger, Klemme-Kinsel, Moen-Ruffridge & Schulze-Steiber (all issued March/April 1941) - from Ann Krumme
- added to compiled marriages: Arbucle-Sheriff, 1941 & Norden-Sanders, 1941 - from Ann Krumme

SURNAME REGISTRY - Debra Liening updated her email address for her surname interests Doehler & Walsh

BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources - Added the compiled biography of Anna B. Ahlquist with 2 photos - from S. Ferrall

MARRIAGE RECORDS
- added to compiled marriage license applications: Magoon-Klinkle; Bray-Dundee; Klein-Siekmeier; Wurm-Deremo; Dokken-Larson; Brandt-Nolte; Hartley-Howes & May-Goettle (all issued March 1896) - from Ann Krumme
- added to compiled marriages: Bachtell-Prior, 1918; Baily-Williams, 1886 (correction); Blanchard-Sweeney, 1886; Bruhorn-Wilse, 1917; Gordanier-Meyer, 1918; Harrington-Kluss, 1916; Kepler-Eaton, 1917; Kluss-Stowe, 1916; Koenig-Schlie, 1917; Nicolay-Daubenberger, 1918; Pixler-Ahlstrom, 1917; Sebastian-Kohrs, 1916; Thoma-Meier, 1917; Thornton-Stahl, 1917; Tuttle-Lansing, 1916; Webster-Vickery, 1890 - from S. Ferrall

OBITUARIES - A photo was added to the previously posted obit of Marion F. Hartley - from Mary Durr

ALBUMS - Aubrie Lee has updated the Lenz Family Album

BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources - Lydia Failes Sunderman & photo - from S. Ferrall

CENSUS RECORDS - New! 1895 Iowa State census, Union Prairie twp. - from Julie Kobriger

MILITARY RECORDS - WWII Honor Roll - linked several more obits to the veteran's entry on the honor roll

OBITUARIES
- A photo or additional info. was added to the previously posted obits of Cloy W. Lawson, Louise M. Bieber, Mabel Krzebietke & Joyce D. Olson - from LA, S. Ferrall & Connie Ellis

August
CEMETERY RECORDS - Woodmansee notes were contributed by Matthew Whalen giving a likely ID for John Whalen buried in an unmarked grave at Lycurgus cemetery

Gravestone Photo Project (GPP)
-many gravestone photos from Mt. Olivet cemetery were contributed by Gerry & Ruth Wester
-many gravestone photos from Mt. Olivet cemetery were contributed by Tara Reisinger

MILITARY RECORDS - WWII Honor Roll - linked more obits to the veteran's entry

OBITUARIES - additional information was added to the previously posted obits of Deryl D. Larson, Edwin H. Wenig, Gertrude A. Schulte, Mark Byrnes, Daniel E. Regan, Ferna M. Turner, John F. Wiley & Patrick D. Williams - from Henry Brainard & Connie Ellis

SCHOOL RECORDS - two photos of Allamakee co. schoolchildren were contributed by Tammy Kuhn and are in need of identification. Please let us know if you recognize any of the kids.

CHURCH RECORDS
-St. Mary's, Lycurgus; St. Pius, Cherry Mound & St. John the Baptist, West Ridge the repository of sacramental records of these closed parishes contributed by Greg Bonfiglio
-A photo of the historical marker at St. John the Baptist, West Ridge was contributed by Gerry Wester

SCHOOL RECORDS
-PHS Class of 1947 commencement invitation & class roll was contributed by Phyllis Peterson
-PHS class photos, 1920 & 1923 contributed by Steve Bareis

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January-July 2011

ALLAMAKEE ALBUM

January & March
-Updated Paving Hwy #9, 1931 album, added the names of some of the workers - from Janet Koozer
-New! Entwisle Family Album. Tammy Leeper shared photos of the Entwisle family. Most of the family members are identified in the photos, but she needs help with the ID of others.
-Bakewell-Morgan-Phillippi Family Album was updated with a 1904 photo of the John Bakewell family from A. Bruce Owens

BIOGRAPHIES - Our Friends on the Acres

May - added the biographies of Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. Schroeder and Mr. & Mrs. Fred Becker - from S. Ferrall

BIOGRAPHIES - 1940, The Iowa Press Association's Who's Who in Iowa

March -Diana Diedrich has transcribed many of the 1940 bios

BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources

January-May - contributed by Renee Conley, Errin Wilker, Connie Ellis, S. Ferrall & A. Bruce Owens
-1915 bio of Tim Perry
-1919 bios of Frank B. Parsons, Giles A. Ransom DDS
- Misc. biographies: Flora Barkley, Adam Cavers, Cutler (Ezekiel, Thomas & F.E.), W.C. Reed, Rev. C.S. Regan, Lt. Col. Claudette Bassler (photos), Sr. Cleta Bakewell's autobiography and additional information to the bio of Gilbert H. Eadie

BIRTH and BAPTISM RECORDS

May - New! Hall Maternity Hospital, Waukon, photo, brief history & misc. births - from Jan Miller & S. Ferrall

CEMETERY RECORDS

January-July - contributed by Gemini, Larry Harmon, Paul Moritz, Errin Wilker, Connie Ellis, Norma Bulman Gaertner:
-Woodmansee notes for Mt. Hope cemetery & Oakland 1920 addition
-Woodmansee notes for New Albin City cemetery, corrections or additional burials for surnames Meyers / Myers, Thomson / Thompson, Reed, Reibling, Rosendahl & Weymiller
-Sixteen cemetery 2010 survey was updated, adding two new burials
-Oak Hill database, many corrections and additions.
Woodmansee Notes:
-Oakland 1920 Addition, notes concerning the burial incorrectly recorded as Donald Kelly
-St. Joseph's, Iowa twp. giving the correct dates for Donald McKenna & his sister Susan McKenna
-English Bench notes correcting relationship info. for Hephzibah Hartley
-Gethsemane note correcting Margaret Zoll's name, adding info. about 2 Weipert re-burials from the old Catholic cemetery and adding the burial information for Bernard & Elizabeth A. McGarry
-Old Oak Hill notes identifying the unknown Walker entry & added the burial info. for John Lowe in cemetery
-Village Creek: burial information for Johanna Magnusson
-Mt. Hope notes for 2 incomplete May family burials and a note correcting the maiden name of Verna Weymiller
-New Albin cemetery note correcting Chas. L. Angell's burial place
Iowa Gravestone Photo Project Surname Index. A directory of the Allamakee county gravestone photo surnames that have been contributed as of January 10, 2011.

Gravestone Photo Project (GPP)
June & July
- many gravestone photos from Old East Paint Creek cemetery were contributed by Tara Reisinger (July)
- many gravestone photos from West Ridge cemetery were contributed by Gerry & Ruth Wester (July)
- gravestone photos from Sixteen cemetery were contributed by Steve Story (July)
- gravestone photos from Paint Rock (St. Joseph's) Harpers Ferry cemetery were contributed by a researcher (June)
- gravestone photos from Wexford cemetery were contributed by a researcher (June)

January-May - photos contributed by S. Ferrall, LA, Marcia Harris, Rob (in Illinois), Michael W. Groth, James Goeke and another researcher
-gravestone photos from Oakland cemetery, Smithfield cemetery, Cherry Mound cemetery, Wheatland cemetery, Smithfield cemetery, Waterloo Ridge cemetery, Old East Paint Creek cemetery & New Albin city cemetery

CENSUS RECORDS

May - New! Misc. census items, photo of some of the 1950 Allamakee co. census enumerators - from Connie Ellis

CHURCH RECORDS

March & May
-St. Bridget's Catholic Church, Postville construction photos and additional history from the 1970 dedication booklet - from Connie Ellis
-Center Baptist church, added a news blurb about the 90th church anniversary - from S. Ferrall
-Zion Reformed church, misc. history, photos - from Connie Ellis & S. Ferrall
-Zalmona Presbyterian church, added a short obituary of Rev. Henry Johnson - from Connie Ellis

DEATH RECORDS

March - New! Death records with an Allamakee co. connection from other counties & states (non-obituary) - from S. Ferrall & Constance Diamond

HISTORICAL ITEMS (Miscellaneous History, Historical Items & Photos)

February through July
-New! Allamakee co. Independent Order Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F) & Rebekas - from S. Ferrall & Connie Ellis
-Added a vintage photo of the Allamakee co. courthouse to the County Seat/Courthouse page - from Connie Ellis
-New! Allamakee co. Future Farmers of America (FFA) - from S. Ferrall & Erin Wilker
-Updated - AF&AM Lodges, added the returns for 1864 - from S. Ferrall
-Updated - Photographer page, added Edwin Chickering - from Tammy O'Hare Kuhn
-New! Hall Maternity Hospital, Waukon -photo, brief history & misc. births - from Jan Miller & S. Ferrall
-Allamakee Landmarks - Old Stone House page was updated with a photo of Reuben Smith, a vintage photo of the Old Stone House & two poems about the house written by Mabel DeWitt - contributed by Connie Ellis
-Photographer page, added info about Edgar A. Hirth - from LuAnn Goeke
-Orphan Train Riders page, added info about Bella Quince & her siblings - contributed by Kathleen Quince
-Waukon 'Pioneer' Fire Department history & photos - from Connie Ellis
-1921 New Albin Advertisements were added to the misc. New Albin items page - from Errin Wilker
-Orphan Train Rider page was updated with a lot of additional information on some of the orphans - from Connie Ellis
-'Mills of Allamakee co.', updated the Village Creek Woolen Mill page - from S. Ferrall
-Misc. Lansing page: Errin Wilker shared a 1981 program & photos of the Kee Valley Sweet Adelines.
-Orphan Train Riders page, added information about Henrietta Weir - contributed by Tammy Kuhn
-Orphan Train Riders page, added information about Oscar C. Bencke Rumph & Helen Reihl Hitchcock - contributed by Connie Ellis
-Misc. New Albin page: Errin Wilker added a scan of the cover of Pohlman's Cash Shoe Store cookbook (1925) and an advertising handout from Tabbat's Garage (ca1960's/70's) and many ad scans to the 1928 New Albin newspaper ads
-Jury page was updated, adding 1901 & 1923 jury lists - from S. Ferrall

IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION

March - Odds & Ends: Final naturalization papers: Miene, 1932; Wullner, Buerger & Greinus, 1941. Filed intent/oral test, Inger, 1951 - from S. Ferrall

LI'L BITS

February & May
-New! Allamakee co. tragedy: Mississippi River Claims 8 Young Lives, 1941 - from Connie Ellis
-The 'Lil Bit's page has been reorganized, many of the items moved to another part of the website.

LAND RECORDS

February - Tammy Kuhn shared three 1855 James O'Hare land patents in Paint Creek twp.

LOOKUP'S

February - Debra Richardson updated her email address for lookups in the 1917 Allamakee County Atlas Farmer's Directory

MARRIAGE, ANNIVERSARY & DIVORCE RECORDS

January through June:
-compiled divorce records: Collins, 1900; Crouch, 1887; Holliday, 1886; Stockman, 1885 & Webb, 1897 - from S. Ferrall
-compiled marriage records: Albright-Pufahl, Barthell-Bassett, Beswick-Brittain, Krebs-Dayton, Sass-Russell, Miller-VanWey, Vaughn-Cahallan, Goeke-Meyer, Hess-Wiepert, Howes-La Croix, Renne-Vickery, Stock-Sherman, Welch-Wagner, Mannigel-Kane, Gordon-Sibert, Gray-Williams - from S. Ferrall & Marty Gale
-compiled marriage license & engagement records: Almenwde-Hancock, Burdick-Riley, Failz-Ness, Harris-Beale, Harris-Manion, Hughes-Hawkens, Kruger-Buettell, Ried-Whaly, Schlea-Meier, Simmons-Opper, Williams-Shattuck & Woodmansee-Robey - from S. Ferrall
-compiled anniversary records collection: 50th Anniv. of Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Harris, 1937 and 50th Anniv. of Mr. & Mrs. Henry Harrison Dunning, 1943, from S. Ferrall & Mary Durr

MILITARY RECORDS

January through July
-An alert researcher disputes the ID of the CW veteran funeral photos - do you agree?? - from Steve Hanken
-WWI Casualties, added a photo of Ralph D. Waters & updated the information for many of the other soldiers on the page - photo contributed by Darrel K. Waters
-New! WWII New Albin Honor Roll, photo & transcribed names - from an anonymous contributor
-WWII Honor Roll, added the names of Laverne A. Rose, Eugene Paul Huebner, Marvin Moe, Leonard Hogan, John Twite, Linus Twite & Leo J. Cahalan
-WWII Honor Roll, added additional information for Howard C. Humphrey & Eugene J. May - from Mary Durr & Susan Carpenter
-WWII Honor Roll, linked to several more obituaries, and added the names & info. for John F. Folsom, Ruth Larson, Hartley Latterman & Victor Stamper
-WWII Honor Roll, added photos of Raymond O'Brien & Benjamin Irons - from Mary Durr
-Allamakee co. Veterans Memorial - Connie Ellis transcribed a list of the names on the memorial bricks and they have been cross-referenced to the corresponding photo(s) of the bricks.
-WWII Honor Roll, added a photo of Vivien F. Wiltgen - from Connie Ellis
-WWII Honor Roll, added a photo of Claudette Bassler - from Renee Conley
-WWI records, Pvt John Nochols Brennan has been ID'ed as one of the registrants leaving for Camp Dodge, 1918 - from Jacob Will
-WWII Honor Roll, added the name & info. of Arthur Klemme - from Gary Curreri
-Calvin A. Robey's Civil War information was updated with a photo of him in uniform, from Connie Ellis
-Andrew Zoll's Civil War information was updated by Dan Zoll
-Updated the WWII Honor Roll, added surnames Arndt, Braham, Fischer, Harris, Livingood, Marsten & Hartley; added photos of DuWayne Bulman, Wm. Collins & Leo J. Sebastian; also added additional information and/or linked to the posted obits of other veterans who were already on the Honor Roll. Also, information & a photo of William K. Waldron was contributed by his daughter Jan Waldron Votroubek
-Updated the Sp-Am War page, added brief news articles about John Casey Jr. & Alexander Douglass - from S. Ferrall
-Updated the Vietnam Honor Roll, adding Keven Z. Goodno
-Updated the WWII Honor Roll, adding surnames Anderson, Bangs, Bulman, Carroll, Crowley, Dahlstrom, Grady, Gordon, Hammel, Hegeman, Hendrickson, Hitner, Kaeser, Kelly, Marti, Melllick, Meyer, Myers, Murphy, Nipper, Snitker, Sweeney, Swenson & Warren. Also added additional information or linked to the posted obits of many other veterans who were already on the Honor Roll. Jan Miller contributed a photo of Thomas A. Warren and S. Ferrall added a photo of Ivon Schultz.
-New! First Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers, Company K - the Union Rangers. Brief history of the regiment, roster, personal sketches & photos - from S. Ferrall
-Updated the WWII Honor roll, surnames Amondson, Anderson, Bachtell, Bakewell, Barnholtz, Blake, Brainard, Brandt, Bulman, Burdick, Burling, Chamberlain, Chevalier, Clark, Cole, Collins, Crawford, Doerring, Duvel, Dyke, Erickson, Gass, Gunderson, Harrington, Harris, Hill, Hills, Hilmer, Huffman, Humphrey, Kirkeby, Kneeskern, Lee, Loftsgard, Marston, McMillan, Messler, Newton, Olson, Peckham, Pratt, Rooney, Russell, Schlitter, Schultz, Spinner, Thoma, Thompson, Uglum, Unterberger & Wegner.

OBITUARIES - Please share! Obits are posted daily & many include photos. Most of the time there is a delay between the posting of the obit and the photo being added .... so if you've found an obit of interest that was recently posted, check back after a week or so because a photo may have been added.

Recent contributors: LA, Connie Ellis, Mary Durr, S. Ferrall, Dorothy Gosse, Don Kudlewski, Tammy O'Hare Kuhn, AdaMarie Kerndt, Paul Moritz, Judy Moyna, Richard O'Brien, A. Bruce Owens, Lorelei Rusco, Diane Scott, Bill Waters, Errin Wilker, Matthew Whalen & Wendy Wright.

PERSONAL SITES

May- LuAnn Goeke has created an album of unidentified & identified photos that she has. Follow the link from her entry on the Personal websites page to view her album ..... and hopefully able to help her with some ID's
February - all personal websites on the page were checked & emails sent to the site owners where the URL's are no longer valid. Edna R. has responded with the updated URL for her Deremo genealogy. Karen Muchow has updated her personal site URL for her Muchow and allied families genealogy.

REFERENCES & LOCAL RESOURCES

January - The page was updated.

REUNIONS

March -1965 Burroughs family reunion - from Errin Wilker

SCHOOL RECORDS

February through June
-Updated! Postville High School Rosters, Misc. Years, added classes of 1948, 1949 & 1950 - from Bill Waters
-New! Postville High School Class of 1920 Commencement program - from Karen May
-New! Postville High School Class of 1933 photo - from S. Ferrall
-New! Rossville Public school, Feb 1935 photo of school children and names! - from Connie Ellis
-Waukon HS Class of 1933, added to the list of Waukon alumni - from LA
-Waterville school, 1925 girls basketball team photo & ca1926-28 school children - from Janet Koozer
-West Grove school history - from S. Ferrall
-Cherry Valley school, photos of the schoolhouse & 1920 schoolchildren - from Janet Koozer
-New Albin HS class plays, 1928 & 1929, the original programs - from Errin Wilker
-Kee HS class of 1962 Baccalaureate Program & class roster - from Errin Wilker

SURNAME REGISTRY

January - July:
-Tom Ryan has registered surnames Ryan & Waldron
-Astrid Fry Hussey has registered surnames Nielsen/Nielson and Tresseng/Tressing/Tressig. Astrid's g-g-grandfather Ole Nielsen Tresseng, b. 1814 in Aamodt, Norway, spent time & may have died in Allamakee Co. His wife, Gertrud(e), born in Norway and reportedly died in Allamakee Co. She is looking for further information on them. Their daughter, Sigrid (Siri/Sara) Tressing was b. 1850 in Norway & d.Mar 3, 1889 in St. Paul, Minnesota. She married Julius Bjornstad. Sigrid sometimes referred to herself as Sara Olesdatter, so her father may have referred to himself as Ole Nielsen/Nielson at times.
-Barbara Robertson has registered surname Douglass
-Susan Whalen has updated her email address for surname Whalen
-Matt Dodge has registered surnames Dehli, Glynn & Fritz
-Mary Jo Fitzgerald has registered surnames Manning & Whalen. She previously registered as a Fitzgerald researcher.
-Tammy Leeper has registered surname Entwisle.
-Diana Henry Diedrich has updated her email address for surnames Henry, Kurk, Rothermel & Waters.
-Sherrie McMillin registered surnames McMillin & Rose. Especially interested in information about Bushrod Taylor McMillin & Mary E. Rose. They were her gg-grandparents.
-Debra Richardson updated her email address for surnames Courson, Jones, Miller, Richardson, Steele, Summer & Wells
-Bob Beers updated his email address for surnames Christopherson & Siekemeier
-Janet Koozer registered surname Andres
-Jen Wickert registered surnames Hopkins, Perkins & Smith; and a 'researcher' who is assisting her daughter research her maternal line registered surname Ashbacker
January & February - emails have been sent to all email addresses of researchers listed for surnames starting with A, B & C in an attempt to update the registry & identify non-working email addresses.

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