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April 2012
04—Expanded biographies of Des Moines county's Medal of Honor recipients have been added.
21—Several hundred photos of Aspen Grove gravestones have been added to the Iowa Gravestone Photo Project site.
January 2012
06—A map and search engine have been added for Sacred Heart cemetery.
November 2011
Check the Families page, Churches page and Cemeteries page for new information.
May 2011
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Received this message from Herb Price 27 May 2011:
I got a letter today from the United States Board on Geographic Names saying that the Jewish Cemetery they had located in Des Moines County off of Irish Ridge Road was an error and they are removing the listing from their web site. They did not explain the cause of the error.
They also changed the latitude and longitude of the Jewish Cemetery on Budde street and they are "dead on" according to my inputting the numbers in Map Quest.
 Herb Price
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16—Thanks to Herb Price, chairman of the Des Moines County Pioneer Cemetery Commission, many photos have been added to the cemetery pages, with more to come. The Commission is currently working to find or take photographs of all Civil War veteran's gravestones. If you have any photos of veterans or their stones, especially stones that are no longer readable or have been destroyed, please email to Richard Harrison.
April 2011
3—A page for photos, histories, documents and miscellaneous items of or about Des Moines county Families has been added.
10—Photos and a letter about the Oberlinger family have been added to the Families page.
March 2011
5—A better search engine has been added.
14—Many pages have been added to the 1879 History of Des Moines County, history of churches and townships.
15—An improved reading of Porter Cemetery with photos by Herb Price has been posted.
July 2010
9—We have begun to add a transcription of the 1879 History of Des Moines County. Material on the early Native Americans and early history of Burlington has been posted.
December 2009
7—Herb Price has sent a DVD of cemetery photos. They've been added to Johnson, Mormon and Spring Creek cemeteries. Watch for more!
13—Photos of Gallaher, South Walker and Walker Farm have been added.
14—Photos of Shiloh and Swedish and additional photos of Mormon, Johnson, and Gallaher, have been added.
16—Photos of
Mohnike,
Rock Spring,
Northfield,
Old Stone,
Spring Grove, and
South Walker have been added.
27—Photos of
Aspen Grove have been added.
September 2009
13—A major update to the Cemetery pages including new and reformatted information.
June 2009
2—Readings and photos have been added for about half the cemeteries in Des Moines County.
2—Be sure to check out the excellent historic photos of Freitag cemetery.
7—A partial reading of Memorial Park cemetery has been added.
14—A reading of North Walker cemetery has been added.
April 2009
28—1894 Geological map
March 2009
02—Various material added to the Military Pages
January 2009
16—What's New page started
16—Des Moines County Blog started
20—Medal of Honor Recipients
25—Aspen Grove Cemetery (partial)
26—Burlington Jewish Cemetery
26—Loper Cemetery
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