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2012

March & April 2012



2011

October 2011
August  2011

July  2011

June  2011

May 
2011
April  2011
March 2011

Much of what has been added so far this year is due to the work of our dear volunteers:
  • Cherokee County WPA Book Chapter 11 transcription 
  • Cherokee County WPA Book Introduction
  • 1880 Mortality Index
  • 1934 Rural School Graduates
  • Aurelia HS 1912 - 1923 Graduating Classes
  • Afton's Immanuel Lutheran Church 75th Anniversary Brochure
  • Washta photos

February 2011
  • Three new biographies added to Families page on 02/11
  • Numerous obituaries added thanks to one of our dear volunteers
  • 1887 Aurelia school report
  • V.F.W. Charter Members
  • 1885 State Census
2010
November 2010
  • Four new biographies added to Families page on 11/27
  • Birth records for surnames "H" & "J" added on 11/27
August  2010
  • Birth records for surnames "G" added on 8/1

July  2010
  • Unidentified Digel photos contributed by Arlene Hollenbeck added on 7/27
  • Marcus Historical Society website added on 7/27
  • Three new biographies added to Families page on 7/31
May  2010
  • Birth records for surnames "F" added on 5/9
  • Three new biographies added to Families page on 5/10
  • Two new biograhies added to Families page on 5/13
  • Four new family pages added to Families page on 5/23
April  2010
  • Birth records for surnames C-D  added on 4/24
  • Four new biographies added to Families page on 4/25
March  2010
  • Birth records for surnames A - B added on 3/13
  • Eight new biographies added to Families page on 3/12

February  2010

  • 2/5/2010 Ten new biographies added to Families page 
  • 2/6/2010 Six new biographies added to Families page
  • 2/7/2010 Seven new biographies added to Families page
  • 2/16/2010 Seven new biographies added to Families page
  • Marriage info has been updated with new entries
  • Surname researcher information is being updated daily.
January  2010
  • New County Coordinator Cindy Maher adopted Cherokee County
  • Ten new biographies added to Families page

2009
June 2009
  • New County Coordinator Colette Miles took over Cherokee County
  • updated copywright with link to copywright information page at USGenWeb
  • added bios from the History of Cherokee County Iowa, volume II, 1914, by Thomas McCulla to the IAGenWeb message boards
  • added links from the Afton Cemetery to the photos on Iowa's GPP
  • Marilyn Klinger has identified photo unknown_009 as Alice Siegel Moore
  • Marilyn Klinger has identified photo unknown_17 as Barbara Siegel Jones
  • added addition to the Afton Cemetery - Jenness, Evangalene 1928-----2009
  • added addition to the Afton Cemetery - Raymond, Daniel H. 1957-----2009
  • added addition to the Afton Cemetery - Scholl, Marylu 1919-----2009
  • added addition to the Afton Cemetery - Smith, Jean A. 1921-----2009
  • added addition to the Afton Cemetery - Smith, Letha 1918-----2008

2008
March 2008

  • We are about 35% of the way through updating the Liberty township cemetery listings. Please keep checking back!
  • Two Clines added to the Pleasant Hill cemetery listings
February 2008
  • JoAnne Hirschman added a HUGE amount of information (over 400 grave stone records) to the Good Hope cemetery. Thanks a bunch, JoAnne!
  • Janice Moen added some more information about the unidentified Nelsons to the unidentified people page. Let's hope this helps her connect names to these faces.
  • Don Blake submittted many cemetery records to Pleasant Hill cemetery. Thanks, Don!
January 2008

2007
October 2007
  • Micahel Noonan has helped us identify a person on the unidentified persons page. He gave us some information on the Macy family to go with that person.
  • Michelle and Kevin Cassidy submitted three new marriage records
  • Don Blake submittted some more cemetery records to Oak Hill cemetery
  • Linda Linn pointed out to us that a few cemetery records for Good Hope cemetery actually belonged in Woodbury county's Good Hope cemetery
  • JoAnne Hirschman did an outstanding job walking Good Hope cemetery and adding 97 new records! Thanks very much, JoAnne!

August 2007
  • Addresses have changed on the cemetery records added to Lookups page. Lisa Rex has also begun work on an Index to the Atlas of Cherokee County, Iowa (1964) and is willing to do lookups on it.

June 2007
  • Several cemetery records added to Oak Hill cemetery by Deb Wyffels

May 2007

April 2007
  • Instructions for requesting records from the Mental Healh Institute added
  • Many many cemetery records for Diamond, Grandview and Sunset View cemeteries added by Conley Wolterman! Thanks, Conley!
  • A photograph of the commemorative bicentennial plaque at the West Pilot cemetery added by Conley Wolterman.
  • Surname lookups for Champion are no longer available

February 2007
  • Names added to and history modified for the Afton cemetery.
  • Surname lookups added or modified for Ferrin, Miller and Pallesen.

2006
December 2006

September 2006

August 2006
  • Added photographs for all cemeteries (courtesy of Don Blake)

July 2006
  • Cherokee County firsts (see County History)
  • Early Cherokee County populations (see County History)
  • Early History of Cherokee County (see County History)
  • Early Marriages 1866-1880 (see Marriages)

April 2006
  • New County Coordinator Lynette (Sleezer) Edsall
  • Redesign of the web page
  • Township Histories (see Townships)

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