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What's New on the Cherokee County Site

Records
Added
Description Contributor Date 
Added
2020
1History of Cherokee County's Legal ProfessionTranscriptonDec 2020
1Cherokee's First Law FirmTranscriptionDec 2020
1McCulla Law Office - 1928TranscriptionDec 2020
1 Cherokee's First Soda FountainTranscriptionDec 2020
1Unknown Rural School Group PhotoImage
(contributed by the former Cherokee County Historical Society)
Dec 2020
533Grand Meadow Cemetery BurialsTranscriptionDec 2020
2Cherokee High School Football Team Photos
1893 & 1895
Images
(contributed by the former Cherokee County Historical Society)
Dec 2020
1Wm. Van Eps Store PhotoImageDec 2020
22Hall and Herrick Family PhotosImagesDec 2020
1Washta Pontoon BridgeImages & TranscriptionDec 2020
8Drawings & History of Cherokee County Historic SitesImages & Transcriptions
(contributed by the former Cherokee County Historical Society)
Nov 2020
3Funeral cards added for
Edna Farmer, Wlm "Bud" Cummins, Lori A. Jarmuzek
ImagesNov 2020
1 Tom Boothby in Rodeo Parade - 1971ImageNov 2020
1Photograph of Dry Cleaners - 1971ImageNov 2020
4627 Cherokee county gravestone photographs on IGPP
Looking for volunteers to photograph & submit tombstones to preserve them for future generations.  It's a great "social distancing" project during our pandemic!
Iowa Gravestone Photo ProjectAs of 21 Jul 2020
1Photograph of Armory - 1953Image21 Jul 2020
1
(56 pg's)
Memoir - Richard D Cleaves
From My Past: Cherokee, Iowa to New York City
1909 to 1933
Transcription
Authors:
Peter Shurtleff Cleaves & Richard Prentiss Cleaves
16 Jul 2020
1Biographical Sketch for John C. DowdingTranscription18 May 2020
1Biographical Sketch for Orange Scott WightTranscription16 May 2020
10Photo images linked to Obituaries
for surnames beginning with "W"
Transcription14 May 2020
1Biographical Sketch for George W. LebourveauTranscription12 May 2020
1Community Story of Fern Westphal
Transcription
(Former Cherokee County Historical Society Scrapbook)
9 May 2020
Obituaries  - New Total of 1765 postsObituary BoardAs of 18 May 2020
1Little Sioux River in 1878Transcription
(originally compiled by the Cherokee County Historical Society)
28 Apr 2020
1The City of Cherokee in 1878Transcription
(originally compiled by the Cherokee County Historical Society)
28 Apr 2020
31Civil War Vets Buried in Cherokee County
A Virtual Cemetery
Off-Site Link
Created by Linda Linn
14 Apr 2020
1The Village of Marcus in 1878Transcription
(originally compiled by the Cherokee County Historical Society)
31 Mar 2020
1Cherokee County Inventors & Their PatentsOff-Site Link
Iowa State Library
18 Mar 2020
2Added Civil War Vets: Dodds & SeamanTranscription
Roy & Linda Linn
15 Mar 2020
5Historic Post CardsDavid Shedlock14 Feb 2020
1Story: Six Generations of Ellis Wright FamilyTranscription14 Feb 2020
1Free Iowa Online NewspapersIowa Old Press14 Jan 2020
2019
1Medical & Surgical Directory 1876Transcription12 Nov 2019
1Cherokee County Ghost townsTranscription12 Oct 2019
1Boothby Funeral Home - 1889Cindy Booth Maher
(transcribed)
9 Oct 2019
4,627 gravestone photographsIowa Gravestone Photo ProjectTo Date
Obituaries  - New Total of 1650 postsObituary BoardTo Date
1First SettlementCindy Booth Maher
(transcribed from former Cherokee County Historical Society working files)
8 Oct 2019
1History of Cherokee Golf & Country Club
1921-1982
Cindy Booth Maher
(transcribed from former Cherokee County Historical Society working files)
5 Oct 2019
1Historical Postcard of Little Sioux RiverDavid Shedlock 1 May 2019
1Obituary & Image for Melvern Anderson AddedMarilyn Rodgers1 May 2019
20Additions to Obituary Board - New Total of 1628 obits postedCindy Booth MaherJan - Mar 2019
3G.W. Banister
Biographical Sketch - Settlement - Obituary
(transcriptions, map, photo)
Cindy Booth Maher
(compiled from former Cherokee County Historical Society working files)
10 Mar 2019
2Villages of Aurelia and Hazard in 1878
1878 Cherokee County History 
(transcriptions)
Cindy Booth Maher9 Mar 2019
1Wilson High School
1945 Junior Class
(photo & transcription)
Cindy Booth Maher
9 Mar 2019
111 Sons Serve in U.S. Forces
Humphrey E Means Family
(news article transcription)
Former Cherokee County Historical Society Scrapbook8 Mar 2019
3Ronald Means, Norman Roggow and Denny Bruce - Vietnam service casualty news articles
(transcription)
Former Cherokee County Historical Society Scrapbook8 Mar 2019
1New Family Memories & Stories section created
Carl Nelson news article transcribed
Former Cherokee County Historical Society Scrapbook8 Mar 2019
1New Vietnam War Service news section created
David Olson news article transcribed
Former Cherokee County Historical Society Scrapbook8 Mar 2019
199Cherokee County Civil War Vets
(transcription)
Roy and Linda Linn7 Mar 2019
3Stahl family information submitted to
IAGenWeb Family Group Sheet Project
(in progress)
Former Cherokee County Historical Society Family file7 Mar 2019
3New Obituary page created
(transcriptions & images)
Former Cherokee County Historical Society Obituary file7 Mar 2019
3Historical postcards
(Images & Transcriptions0
David Shedlock27 Feb 2019
1Added unidentified photo for Korthase family relationMarilyn Korthase Wainio12 Feb 2019

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