Whats New

Whats New

2024

August

        Added 1914 Township Land Owners Index ● A-K ● L-Z

March

        Added 1905 Township Land Owners Index ● A-K ● L-Z

January

        105 new Obituaries submitted

2023

   September

Added 1896 Township Land Owners Index ● A-K ● L-Z
June
101 new Obituaries submitted
May
Added Township Maps ● 1914
104 new Obituaries submitted
April
Added Bingham Twp Persons Liable for Military Duty ● 1900
Added Hancock County Farmers ● 1878
March
Added Gifford Olson Post #256 Garner, Iowa ● members 1922
Added Orthel Township Teachers List ● 1884-1949
Added County School Teachers List ● 1921-1922
Added County School Teachers List ● 1945-1946
Updated school lists with Directors & independent schools teacher names ● 1922-23 ● 1932-1933
Updated County Inventors Patents ● 2006 - 2022
February
102 new Obituaries submitted
2022
September
Added 1895 Bingham Township census transcription
154 new Obituaries submitted
April
77 new Obituaries submitted
March
Added Birth Certificate Index (State Archives) ● 1909-1921 A-F
Added Birth Certificate Index (State Archives) ● 1909-1921 G-K
Added Birth Certificate Index (State Archives) ● 1909-1921 L-R
Added Birth Certificate Index (State Archives) ● 1909-1921 S-Z
2021

November

        Added Woden Area Diamond Jubilee History name list ● 1974

September

        Added 1895 Magor Township census transcription
        47 new Obituaries submitted

February

        Added County School Teachers List ● 1932-1933

January

        Added County School Teachers List ● 1946-1947

        58 new Obituaries submitted

        Added over 50,000 pages of Kanawha newspapers to Hancock County Digitized Newspapers

2020

September

        Added Corwith High School Graduates ● 1897-1910

        Added Hayfield High School Graduates ● 1917-1924

        Added Britt High School Graduates ● 1896-1897, 1899-1904,1919,1921-1924,1927

August

        Added Link to search Hancock County Digitized Newspapers

July

        235 new Ell Township Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

May

        Added Britt High School Graduates ● 1894-1895,1898,1920,1925-1926,1928-1935,1953-1959

February

        227 new Obituaries submitted

        Updated linked Obituary Index of Hancock Burials on Wright Co Obituary Pages

January

        Added 1895 Ellington Township census transcription

2019

September

        Added 1895 Town of Britt census transcription

June

        55 new Obituaries submitted

May

        Added Hancock County History - Vol II - Family Biography Names

April
        Added County School Teachers List ● 1914-1915

        Added County School Teachers List ● 1916-1917
        Added County School Teachers List ● 1918-1919

March

        87 new Obituaries submitted

February

        Added Marriage Index ● 1911-1954 Grooms S-Z

        Added Marriage Index ● 1911-1954 Brides S-Z

January

        253 new Obituaries submitted

2018

December
        Added Marriage Index ● 1911-1954 Grooms N-R

        Added Marriage Index ● 1911-1954 Brides N-R

November
        Added Marriage Index ● 1911-1954 Grooms J-M

        Added Marriage Index ● 1911-1954 Brides I-M

October

        Added 1895 Amsterdam Township census transcription

August

        Added Pension List ● 1935 T-Z

July

        Added Pension List ● 1935 S

April

        79 new Obituaries submitted

March

        Added County Inventors Patents

January

        Added Pension List ● 1935 R

2017

December

        Added Corwith High School Graduates ● 1915-1930, 1936, 1946

        Added Corwith-Wesley High School Graduates ● 1984-1993

November

        Added Pension List ● 1935 P-Q

October

        76 new Obituaries submitted

September

        Added Pension List ● 1935 N-O

August

        Added Pension List ● 1935 M

July

        Added Pension List ● 1935 L

June

        Added Pension List ● 1935 I-K

May

        Added Birth Certificate Index (State Archives) ● 1904-1906

April

        Added County Maps ● 1888 & 1892

        137 new Obituaries submitted

March

        Added Pension List ● 1935 H

February

        Added Marriage Index ● 1911-1954 Grooms A-D

        Added Marriage Index ● 1911-1954 Brides A-D

January

        Added County School Teachers List ● 1920-1921

        Added County School Teachers List ● 1937-1938

        Added Pension List ● 1935 F-G

        Updated Linked Obituary Index of Hancock County Obituary pages

        Updated Surname List to IAGenWeb Hancock County Obits

        Updated Linked SURNAME index for Hancock Co Gravestone Photo

        Updated Obituary Index of Hancock Burials on Wright Co Obituary pages.

2016

December

        Added Corwith High School Graduates ● 1931-1945

        497 new Evergreen Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

November

        238 new Obituaries submitted

October

        Added Pension List ● 1935 C-E

September

        Added Pension List ● 1935 A-B

August

        Added Birth Register - Book 1 ● 1880-1895 L-Z

July

        Added County School Teachers List ● 1872-1879

        Added County School Teachers List ● 1950-1951

        Added County School Teachers List ● 1953-1954

May

        Added 1895 Concord Township census transcription

March

        239 new Obituaries submitted

        Added Death Record - Book 4 ● 1920-1949 M-Z

February

        Added County School Officers & Teachers List ● 1912-1913

        Added County School Officers & Teachers List ● 1915-1916

        Added County School Officers & Teachers List ● 1923-1924

        Added Marriages ● 1899-1910 M-Z

        Added Birth Register - Book 1 ● 1880-1895 A-K

        Added Death Record - Book 4 ● 1920-1949 A-L

        Added County Maps ● 1855, 1859, 1862, 1864, 1873, 1875,

            1878, 1881, 1883 & 1897

January

        Added County School Officers & Teachers List ● 1911-1912

        Added Marriages ● 1899-1910 A-L

        Added Brides Index ● 1861-1910

        Updated Burial Index for Hancock County
            Now over 28000 entries with parents names & personal information

        Updated Obituary Index of Hancock County Obituary pages
            Obituaries are now linked

        Added Probate Index ● surnames T-Z

        Updated Surname List to IAGenWeb Hancock County Obits

        Updated Obituary Index of Hancock Burials on Wright Co Obituary
           pages. Obituaries are now linked

2015

December

        Added Probate Index ● surnames S

        Added Corwith High School Graduates ● 1931-1945

        Added Probate Index ● surnames P-R

        Added County School Teachers List ● 1934-1935

        Added Probate Index ● surnames M-O

November

        Added County School Officers & Teachers List ● 1905-1906

        Added County School Officers & Teachers List ● 1904-1905

        Added County School Officers & Teachers List ● 1917-1918

        Added County School Teachers List ● 1947-1948

        Added County School Teachers List ● 1948-1949

        Updated Death Certificate Index ● 1918-1922 / 1937-1939

        Added Probate Index ● surnames J-L

        Added County Veterans ● 1885

October

        Added Probate Index ● surnames G-I

        Added Probate Index ● surnames D-F

September

        Added Probate Index ● surnames A-C

August

        Added Divorce Record - Book 1 ● 1901-1986

July

        Added Death Record - Book 3 ● 1906-1920 A-L

        Added Death Record - Book 3 ● 1906-1920 M-Z

June

        Added Death Record - Book 2 ● 1897-1905

May

        242 new Obituaries submitted

April

        91 new Obituaries submitted

March

        67 new Obituaries submitted

      Updated Every Name Index for Hancock Co Gravestone Photo Project
        Updated Linked SURNAME index for Hancock Co Gravestone Photo
           Project

February

      Added Corwith High School Graduates ● 1947-1958

January

        Added County School Teachers List ● 1922-1923

        Added County School Officers & Teachers List ● 1927-1928

2014

December

      Added Hayfield High School Graduates ● 1925-1959

      Added Corwith-Wesley High School Graduates ● 1959-1983

November

        30 new Obituaries submitted

        Added Researcher ● for Abbas, Christians, Katuin, Lamfers,

           Veldhouse, Eekhoff, Riekens, Rietema, Verbrugge names

        Added Link to 117 Kanawha Photos

        Added Link to 81 Klemme Photos

        51 new Corwith Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        244 new Concord Township Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        195 new Evergreen Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        29 new Crystal Township Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        Added County School Officers & Teachers List ● 1931-1932

        Added County School Teachers List ● 1925-1926

        Added County School Teachers List ● 1926-1927

        Added County School Teachers List ● 1929-1930

        Added County School Teachers List ● 1935-1936

        Added County School Teachers List ● 1936-1937

        Added County School Teachers List ● 1940-1941

        Added County School Teachers List ● 1941-1942

        Added County School Teachers List ● 1942-1943

        Added County School Teachers List ● 1943-1944

October

        Added Goodell High School Graduates ● 1916-1954

        Added County School Directors & Teachers List ● 1913-1914

September

        Added 1895 Boone Township census transcription

        Updated Linked SURNAME index for Hancock Co Gravestone Photo
           Project

August

        202 new Obituaries submitted

July

        149 new Obituaries submitted

        190 new Evergreen Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        118 new Corwith Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        220 new Madison Township Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        504 new Concord Township Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

May

      Added Garner High School Graduates ● 1942-1958

      Added Garner-Hayfield High School Graduates ● 1959-2012

      Added Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School Graduates ● 2013-2014

March

        278 new Corwith Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        116 new Obituaries submitted

        Updated Postmasters for Britt, Corwith, Crystal Lake, Garner, Goodell,

            Kanawha, Klemme & Woden

        Added Linked SURNAME index for Hancock Co Gravestone Photo Project

        Added 1895 Orthel Township census transcription

        206 new Ellington Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        306 new Madison Township Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

   February

        205 new Evergreen Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        1285 name Obituary Index of Hancock Burials on Wright Co Obituary

           pages

January

        419 new Crystal Township Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        142 new Evergreen Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        536 new Concord Township Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        178 new Obituaries submitted

2013

   December

        253 new St. Mary's Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        208 new Evergreen Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        702 new Madison Township Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        231 new Concord Township Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        301 new Corwith Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        17 new Woden Christian Reformed Cemetery gravestone photos
           submitted

        70 new Obituaries submitted

   November

        243 new Obituaries submitted

   October

        117 new St. Boniface Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

September

        37 new Obituaries submitted

        Added Death Certificate Index 1934-1936

        711 new Evergreen Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        20 new Madison Township Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        610 new Concord Township Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        21 new Corwith Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

   August

        73 new Hobo National Memorial Gravesite gravestone photos
           submitted

        90 new Obituaries submitted

        40 new Madison Township Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

   July

        253 new Evergreen Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        37 new Madison Township Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        160 new Obituaries submitted

   June

        268 new Evergreen Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        64 new Obituaries submitted

   May

        Added 1895 Town of Garner census transcription

        Added 1895 Madison Township census transcription

   March

        119 new St. Boniface Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        46 new Christian Reformed Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        61 new Avery Township Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

      Added Index to gravestone photos on Hancock County IAGenWeb GPP

      Added 1895 Avery Township census transcription

   February

        Added Crystal Lake Centennial History - Name List - A - L ● K - Z
        Added Hancock County 1905 Township Maps

        Added Deaths before 1884

        786 new Bingham Township Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        566 new Concord Township Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        Bailey & Washbond names added to Surname Registry

   January

      Added 1895 Erin Township census transcription

      Added 1895 Crystal Township census transcription

      Added 1895 Britt Township census transcription

      Added 1895 German Township census transcription

      Added 1895 Goodell census transcription

      Added Garner High School Graduates ▪ 1897-1941

      Added Britt High School Graduates ▪ 1936-1952

        Added West Hancock High School Graduates ▪ 1991-2010

        Added Goodell High School Graduates ▪ 1916-1938

        Added Klemme High School Graduates ▪ 1951-1990

        40 new Boone Township Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        337 new Crystal Township Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

       Added Britt High School Graduates ▪ 1960-1990

        123 new Ellington Prairie Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        225 new Evergreen Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        402 new St. Patricks Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

2012

   December

        498 new Corwith Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        253 new Evergreen Cemetery gravestone photos submitted

        124 new Obituaries submitted

        Added Index to IAGenWeb Hancock County Obits

        Added Surname List to IAGenWeb Hancock County Obits



   October

        Added offsite link to Veteran Grave Locator

       Added offsite link to RootsWeb Hancock County Message Board

        Added offsite link to Confederate Veteran Grave Locator

       Added offsite link to Historical Digitized Media

        Added offsite link to Worldwide Find A Grave Locator

        Added offsite link to Iowa State Death Records 1917-1933

   August

        Added Miller Lutheran Church Record Book name list ▪ 1922-1941

        Updated and Added Entries to Church Histories

   May

        List of all Post Offices and Postmasters ▪ 1870-1930

        Expanded Hancock County Officials ▪ 1859-1928

        Added Prominent Hancock County Residents ▪ 1854-1945

        Added Link to Woden-Crystal Lake High School Graduates Photos

   March

        Expanded list of Postmasters

        Added Garner Lions Club Members name list ▪ 1924-1945

        Added St Wenceslaus Catholic Church History-Duncan name list▪ 2000

        Added Marriages ▪ 1880-1898

        Added Woden Centennial History name list ▪ 1999

        Added Corwith Centennial History name list ▪ 1980

        Added Kanawha Diamond Jubilee History name list ▪ 1974

   February

       Corrected data alignment format of Transcribed 1885 State Census

       Added St Johns Lutheran Church Baptisms ▪ 1892-1986

       Added Garner Peace Reformed Church Confirmations ▪ 1897-1977

       Added Corwith High School Graduates ▪ 1897-1910

       Added Crystal Lake High School Graduates ▪ 1923-1959

       Added Kanawha High School Graduates ▪ 1921-1989

       Added Woden High School Graduates ▪ 1932-1959

       Added Woden - Crystal Lake High School Graduates ▪ 1960-1997

       Added Britt Centennial History name list ▪ 1978

       Added Hancock County History Volume I name list ▪ 1917

       Added link to Internet Archives for full searchable biographies of:

                  Hancock County History Volume II ▪ 1917

    January

        Many new Obituaries have been submitted

        Added over 700 new gravestone photos in GPP listing

        Added Garner Centennial History name list ▪ 1970

2011



    November

        Added Klemme School Graduates ▪ 1902-1950

    September

        Added German Twp Persons Liable for Military Duty ▪ 1900

        Added Liberty Township Voter List ▪ 1918

    January

        Added researcher for Knops & Lade surnames

        Added Garner School Administrators ▪ 1883-1961

        Expanded list of Postmasters

        Added Marriages ▪ 1873-1888

        Added Carl & Anna Woiwood Family Photos

2010

    November

        Updated Cemetery Location List

        Added Cemetery GPP links

        Updated Libraries & Historical Society list

        Expanded Church Listing & Histories

        Expanded list of Postmasters

        Added Klemme German M. E. Church Baptism Record ▪ 1884-1924

        Added Veterans Honor Roll ▪ A-L ▪ M-Z

       Added Civil War Pensioners ▪ 1883

        Added Place Names & Communities list

        Added missing information in Register of Deaths ▪ 1880-1897

    April

        Added William Wiatt family history

        Added Margaret (Harriman) Wright family history

    March

        NEW LOOK !

        Added photos from Virginia Gentry

   February

        Added 1895 State Census

        Updated 1870 Federal Census

    January

        Added a Surname Registry

2009

    September

        Added 1885 State Census ▪ Transcriptions for 9 townships

    June

        Added Cemetery Burial Index ▪ with 20,962 entries

    March

        Added Family Histories ▪ Family history and genealogy books

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