What's New in Appanoose County?

Added September 2007: 1951 Appanoose County Plat Book & Farmers' Directory Look for your ancestor in photocopied images of the original lists.  Searchable indices available.

Added March 2007: Searchable indices for Lists of Persons Subject to Military Duty, 1862 - 1864 Look for your ancestor in photocopied images of the original lists.

Added March 2007: Taylor Cemetery Transcription of tombstones in Taylor Cemetery by Wayne & Alice Daniels.

Added April 2006: Biographies from the "Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties, Iowa"

Added March 2006: Unionville History Poem from local newspapers of Appanoose County, a poem written by a pioneer recounting various shopkeepers and other folks from the town.

Added March 2006: Obituary images from local newspapers of Appanoose County pioneers who died between 1930 and 1942.

Added May 2005: 1913 Appanoose County History Book for sale  A reprint of the two volume hardcopy 1913 Appanoose County History book, available from the Appanoose County Genealogy Society

Added March 2005: Persons Subject To Military Duty from Appanoose County, 1862  Actual images from lists compiled by hand in 1862 by the Appanoose County Clerk (searchable transcript of the names to come later)

Added November 2004: Suckow Homestead Photo from 1956 of the Suckow family homestead in Unionville

Added November 2004: 1915 Plat Maps Plat maps for all 17 townships in Appanoose County, issued in 1915. 

Added September 2004: Wallace family photos Photographs of Thomas Wallace, son Lewis Wallace, and grandson Chester Wallace and their families.   

Unofficial county historian Bill Heusinkveld wrote about pioneer days for The Daily Iowegian, Centerville's newspaper, from historical accounts and other sources.  Bill has bound these articles into a book that he has self-published.  Included here is a name and place index of these stories, and information on how to obtain a copy of Bill's book.