What's New?

Newly added or updated records for Franklin co. IAGenWeb
2012

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May 2012
New! Biography of: Charles Livingston Clock - from S. Ferrall (05/13/12)
Updated! Civil War Volunteers Honor Roll, adding the records of Charles L. Clock, William H. Richards & John Vincent (photo) - from S. Ferrall (05/13/12)
New! County and Community histories - added the establishment, formation, organization, description, early settlers of Franklin county ... includes brief transcriptions from several sources. Also new: a brief history of Hampton (05/07/12)
Updated! Towns, Townships & Maps page (05/06/12)
Updated! WWI Honor Roll, added entries for Sherwood A. Clock & Dick Stoffers (05/06/12 & 05/08/12)
New! Alumni of Iowa State College who gave their address as Franklin co. as of 1914 - from S. Ferrall (05/05/12)
Updated! Civil War Volunteers Honor Roll, updated the record of Thomas J. Herman - from Linda Holms (05/01/12)
New! Biographies & photos of: George W. Burrows, Wilbert E. Harriman & Charles F. Johnston - from S. Ferrall (05/01/12)
Updated! A 3rd biography (from 1899) was added to the 2 previously posted bios of Hon W.F. Harriman - from S. Ferrall (05/01/12)

Don't forget to check the Obituary Board for newly added obits ..... or share the obituaries you have among your piles of collected genealogy records. It's easy to contribute an obituary. The submission box is at the bottom of the page .... enter your name (full, or just initials), your email address (optional), the name of the deceased, type in the surnames from the obit, type the obit & source in the text box, enter the verification code as instructed then click "Submit".

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April 2012
New! Franklin co. Civil War Pensioners (04/23/12)
Updated! Civil War Volunteers Honor Roll, CW veterans who lived or died in Franklin county (04/23/12)
New! Franklin co. Cemeteries: Marion Center cemetery, compiled burials - from S. Ferrall (04/22/12)
Updated! WWII Honor Roll, information added for Pvt Louis P. Rieken - from Linda Holms (04/20/12)

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March 2012
New! 1893 special census of the town of Hampton - full transcription - over 2600 names! (03/29/12)
New! Franklin county Marriages 1855-1869 (03/27/12)
New! World War I Soldiers born in Franklin co. who served from North Dakota (03/27/12)
Updated! Civil War Volunteers & Franklin co. CW Honor Roll from the 1883 History of Franklin co. (03/27/12)
New! Added to the Document board: Marriage licenses issued March 1943 & Chandler-Klinefelter marriage license 1932 (03/27/12)
New! Biography & photo of Hon W.F. Harriman (Biography board 03/8/12)
Updated! An index for the 1914 biographies has been created, the biography & photo of Aeilt Brass was added and all of the pages given a fresh look. (03/07/12)

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February 2012
New! Biography & photo of Dr. P.V. Peterson (Biography board 02/2/12)
Updated! Spanish-American War Honor Roll, additional names & information (02/12/12)
Updated! WWI Honor Roll, additional names & information (02/12/12)
Updated! WWII Honor Roll, additional names & information (02/12/12)

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January 2012
New! Honor rolls for veterans of the Spanish-American and World War I have been created. Please honor your veteran ancestor on these pages! (01/25/12)
Updated! Cemetery index page, added Pleasant Hill cemetery aka Grant twp. cemetery (01/18/12)
New! Newspapers of Franklin County, a compilation of county newspapers, also a biography of Tom W. Purcell and the Hampton Chronicle (01/17/12)

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Update Log December 2011
Franklin co. was adopted! Sharyl Ferrall is the new site coordinator.

*WPA graves survey Franklin co., added to Cemetery & Burial Records (12/20/11)
*Look-up Volunteer page (12/19/11)
*WWII Honor Roll, additional names & information (12/13/11)
*Added to the Document board: Hudson family & Westfork cemetery, Heike A. Rust documents & Joseph Bray/Alice Beckwith family (12/12/11)
*Township maps (2) were added to the Towns, Townships & Maps page (12/12/11)
*Royal Arch Masons (RAM) 1874-1890 was added to Directories & Gazetteers (12/06/11)
*1856 Iowa State census records - Morgan, Reeve & Washington twp transcriptions were added to the site (12/06/11)
*Local resources page (12/06/11)

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Update Log 2006-October 2011
(there are no links for these items, since most have been moved from the original location on the site)

October 1, 2011
Added BIRD to surnames page
Added Fanselow family picture to Groups pictures page
Added 5 Alexander homestead pictures and 1 Coulter homestead picture to the Unknown pictures page

July 9, 2011
Modified email for Lookup volunteer Don Woodley.
Added back of picture on the Unknown Pictures page with inscription that requires translation from Danish

March 28, 2011
Added picture of Unknown page from Suzanne Holst.

August 13, 2010
Added index and block listings of Oakland Valley (Oak Hill) Cemetery and link from Cemeteries Page

September 20, 2009
Add WWI Veteran's Flag picture and note to Military WWI Pictures page.

February 13, 2009
Add the following names to the Surnames page: Ahrenkant, Daniels, Vierkant, Wolfenberger
Add Hudson Family page and Ahrenholtz/Vierkant Family page.
Add pictures to the Unknown page.
Add pictures to the People page for the letters A, C, and V

October 29, 2008
Add name index by first letter of last name - on the 1908 Plat Map page.

April 24, 2008
Corrected email address for Dan Kiley entries under Surnames and Lookup Volunteers
Added Name Index for Plat Maps for Grant Twp, Lee Twp, Oakland Twp, Osceola Twp, Page 42-43 Towns of Hampton, Geneva and Burdette, Page 46-47 Towns of Sheffield, Faulkner, Alexander, Bradford, Hansell and Latimer, Page 50-51 Towns of Popejoy, Coulter, Oakland, Dows, and Chapin.  This completes the individual township indexes.

January 24, 2008
Added Name Index for Plat Maps for Geneva Twp, Hamilton Twp, and Reeve Twp.

January 11, 2008
Corrected W. A. Harriman to Henry A. Harriman on 3 picture captions per message from his great-grandson..
Added HANSEN to the Surnames Page.

October 30, 2007
Added page images from 1934-1935 Burdette School Reunion Book.

April 29, 2007
Added Lookup Volunteer Jenny Rasmusson for Hillside-Hampton Cemetery book.

April 21, 2007
Added Name Indexes for Plat Maps for Ingham Twp and Morgan Twp.

April 3, 2007
Added a Birthday Postcards page (not genealogy, but some beautiful birthday cards from 1912)

March 12, 2007
Added Name Indexes for Plat Maps for Mott Twp and Washington Twp

January 11, 2007
Added Name Indexes for Plat Maps for Marion Twp and Scott Twp

January 5, 2007
Added Name Indexes for Plat Maps for Clinton Twp, Richland Twp, Ross Twp, West Fork Twp, Wisner Twp.

December 29, 2006
Added pictures to Groups, Unknown Persons, People letters A and T, and created the page for Pictures of Places.

December 15, 2006
Added the 1908 Plat Map images from the Standard Atlas of Franklin County Iowa.