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2023

   
Update to Henry County Burials in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery 22 Sep
Henry Co. Mutual Ins. List of Losses, 1910-1911 26 Aug
1893 Mt. Pleasant City Directory - Businesses 14 Aug
Organizing a Troupe - Minstrel Company 11 Aug
Mount Pleasant City Directory, 1938 28 Jul
Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame  History and Inductees from Henry County, Iowa 06 Jul
Obituary of Mary (Allen) Burnett - 1844-1922 13 Jun
Ora May Wells (Walls), Juvenile Letter - 1905 09 Jun
Rachel Kellum remembers Nathan Kellum   Conducting the Underground Railroad 03 Jun
First M.E. Church, Mt. Pleasant, Ladies Societies 1915-1916 08 May
History of Center Chapel M.E. Church 20 Apr
New additions to Avenue of Flags 20 Apr
Runaway or Stolen, 1838, $200 Reward 11 Apr
Joe Johnson Escape 11 Apr
We passed the IAGenWeb Spring Review! Yay! 09 Apr
The Salem Affair, 1848 04 Apr
History of the Winfield Methodist Church 1849-1949 02 Apr
New Section! Recipes 14 Mar
Oakland Mills Cemetery - largely updated! 06 Mar
History of First Finley Methodist Church - updated with membership list. 03 Mar 
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church - Funerals 30 Jan
Oakland Mills Cemetery indexed 19 Jan
Sheridan Cemetery indexed 07 Jan
2022
Bystander Notes: Notes regarding Rev. Henry Clay Dean 14 Nov
Baltimore Township History 13 Nov
Reminiscences by P.C. Tiffany, 1899, Part 6 11 Nov
History of Mount Pleasant Academy, 1967 11 Nov
Reminiscences by P.C. Tiffany, 1899, Part 5 07 Nov
Mills Along Big Creek 07 Nov
Updates to Henry County Burials in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery 04 Nov
Reminiscences by P.C. Tiffany, 1899, Part 4 26 Oct
Martin Family Photos contributed by Josh Meredith 26 Oct
Union School 1913-1914 Photo 26 Oct
Reminiscences by P.C. Tiffany, 1899, Part 3 21 Oct
Reminiscences by P.C. Tiffany, 1899, Part 2 21 Oct
Fall Reviews Complete - Henry passed! 20 Oct
Reminiscences by P.C. Tiffany, 1899, Part 1 14 Oct
New additions to Avenue of Flags 10 Oct
New additions to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - James M. Nickell, William Hobson, William Nichols 07 Oct
New addition to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - Paton Wilson 26 Sep
New addition to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - James McNair 14 Sep
North Wayne Cemetery indexed 14 Aug
Update to Henry County Burials in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery 07 Jul
Update to Politicians Born and/or Died in Henry County - Carolyn Campbell Pendray 06 Jul
Mt. Pleasant's Samuel Luke Howe and the Underground Railroad 02 Jul
Reform in the Society of Friends 02 Jul
Were They African-American? Louisiana Resource Links 30 Jun
New Offsite Link: US African American Griots 28 Jun
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Alphabetical Directory - N, O, PQ 07 Jun
Korean War Casualty Everett D Schenk 07 Jun
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Alphabetical Directory - L 29 May
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Alphabetical Directory - M 28 May
Updates to Politicians Born and/or Died in Henry County - Joshua G. Newbold, William S. Allen, John W. Blackford,
Greg Heartsill, Winfield S. Withrow
24 May

Politicians Born and/or Died in Henry County

21 May

Henry County Burials in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Dallas County, Iowa

13 May
New additions to Avenue of Flags 06 May
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Alphabetical Directory - H, J, K, Mc, MT 03 May

Births 1909 - 1921  ABC     DEFG     HIJ     KLM     NOPR     ST     U-Z

27 Apr
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Alphabetical Directory - I 4 Apr
Salem Monthly Meeting of Friends index - with 7 new documents 29 Mar
Iowa Wesleyan's First African American Student - Thomas E,. Dortch 28 Mar
Ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment 28 Mar
Additional articles added to: Freedmen's Aid Commission and Officers, 1864 28 Mar
Prairie Grove Quarterly Meeting - 1866 24 Mar
Underground Railroad Convention, 1875 24 Mar
Names from May 20th 1875 article  "Under Ground Rail Road Convention" 23 Mar
The Blue Book of Optometrists and Opticians - 1914, 1921, 1922 22 Mar
Salem Friends Burying Ground and the Anti-Slavery Burying Ground 19 Mar
Salem South Cemetery aka Old Quaker 19 Mar
Daggs Run-a-way Slaves 17 Mar
Gibson House 15 Mar
Beehive 15 Mar
Mt. Pleasant Matchbook Covers 14 Mar
Lindsey Coppock's Mill 13 Mar
Peter Collin's Underground Railroad House 13 Mar
Chart of Runaways 11 Mar
Our New Citizens, 1868 11 Mar
Josiah White and His White's Iowa Manual Labor Institute 11 Mar
 Josiah White Family 11 Mar
New addition to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - John Pencil 10 Mar
Underground Railroad Convention - 1875: May 6, 1875, May 13, 1875 08 Mar
Mount Pleasant in 1843 26 Feb
Ebenezer Dortch - 1896 obituary 25 Feb
Freedmen's Aid Commission and Officers, 1864 25 Feb
First Vote, 1869 24 Feb
New addition to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - Mahlon Wilkinson 15 Jan
Colored Jubilee, 1879 14 Jan

2021

Henry County's Men of Color: Rising to the Cause 29 Dec
Two new reference links: QuickSheets and First Name Abbreviations 23 Dec
Descendants of Top McLeran 17 Dec
Freedman's Relief Association, 1863 07 Dec
1867, A Word from Iowa - can be found on the Quaker Index and the African-American Index 22 Nov
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Alphabetical Directory - G 20 Nov
Mariah Tall Mosley Sketch/Obituary 17 Nov
1981 Henry County Highlights 16 Nov
NEW Section! WERE THEY AFRICAN-AMERICAN 11 Nov
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Alphabetical Directory - E and F 09 Nov
History of Public Library, 1928 06 Nov
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Alphabetical Directory -D 28 Oct
Examination Room No. 5, Union School, 1866 25 Oct
Passed Fall Review! 21 Oct
Updated Swedesburg Cemetery with gravestone photos on the GPP (Anderson surname) 18 Oct
1866 Mt. Pleasant School District History
Union Schools 1866
12 Oct
New Surname Addition - Black 07 Oct
New addition to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - George Weith 05 Oct
1876 Mt. Pleasant School District History 04 Oct
New additions to Avenue of Flags 7 North, R41 - R52 03 Oct
Emigration of the Heater Brothers, Benjamin, Lorenzo Dow and Solomon. 02 Oct
New Lookup resource: "Record of the Insane, Admitted to the Muscatine County Home/County Farm" - Were They Insane 27 Sep
25th Iowa Infantry - Camp McKean 26 Sep
New link added for researching newspapers! http://seiowa.advantage-preservation.com/ 06 Sep
Henry County Courthouse postcard - thank you David Shedlock 07 Jul
Iowa Wesleyan College Attendees, 1880 - 1924 03 Jul
Iowa Wesleyan College Attendees, 1854-1879 03 Jul
1870 Rural Schools, Churches, Post Offices 30 May
Old City Cemetery Index and Cemetery Map 20 May
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Alphabetical Directory - C 17 May
New additions to Avenue of Flags 13 May
Ghost at the Old Mill - The Bystander Notes 04 May
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Alphabetical Directory - B 03 May
Frog Pond School 01 May

Western Wheeled Scraper Company and Patent

28 Apr
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Alphabetical Directory - A 12 Apr
MT. PLEASANT CITY DIRECTORY, JANUARY 1941, Numerical Street Guide, Householders Directory 28 Mar
Highlights and Headlines of 1981 18 Mar
Who's Who in Henry County, 1940 - Completed! Thank you Alayna Vantiger! Bios added:  Ristine, Leonard Paul; Rochefort, George B.; Rogers, Charles Sumner; Rogers, Mrs. Helen Firebaugh; Rogers, Mrs. Lillian O.; Rogers, Warren Kendig; Roth, Franklin; Roth, Jacob; Roth, Melvin G.; Russell, Elmer D.; Russell, Warner A.; Sampson, James Francis; Sasnett, Joseph Randolph; Savage, William Charles; Schuerman, Gilbert Henry; Schuerman, Lester D.; Schutz, Ralph; Seeley, Benjamin Eli; Shook, Hempstead L.; Simkin, William Walter; Smith, Edward Newton; Stephenson, Edmund A. 14 Mar
McCoid, John Calvin; McCoid, Paul Hulme; McLeran, Harold Frederick; McMillan, Thomas Woodworth; Mann, Katherine; Maxwell, Enid Jacob; Mehler, Frank R.; Minear, A. Bruce; Moxley, John William; Munger, Milo William; Murray, Mark; Myers, John Erwin; Nelson, Kenneth W.; Niles, Stanley B.; O'Connor, Paul C.; Parsons, William H.; Patterson, A. Marvin 11 Mar
Who's Who in Henry County, 1940 - Bios added: Sternberg, Walter Albert; Storie, David Q. III; Traut, Henry Tyner; Tribby, Mrs. Irma A.; Van Allen, George O.; Van Ausdall, Garrett M.; Vance, Clifford M.; Walker, Mrs. Alice P.; Walter, Francis William; Walters, William S.; Weir, James Russell; Weis, LeRoy Louis; Wenger, Allen C.; Wenger, Jacob G.; Wessel, E. E.; Wilmeth, George Fox; Wilson, Jay M.; Wilson, Otto True; Zerbe, Daniel John 10 Mar
Who's Who in Henry County, 1940 - Bios added: Laird, John W.; Lauger, John A.; Lindly, Mrs. Claudia Yewell; Lindly, John Milton; Lines, Edgar; Lynn, Jeanetta Mary; McCabe, Thomas J.; McClure, Martha; McCoid, Eugene Calvin 08 Mar
1952 State Historical Society of Iowa Membership List 01 Mar
Who's Who in Henry County, 1940 - Bios added: Haberman, Melvin J.; Hartley, Byron D.; Hartley, Edgar C.; Hayes, Columbus Ferrell; Hayes, Ernest A.; Henss, Lester C.; Hileman, James Newton; Hilmer, Elmer Wayne; Hoaglin, William M.; Hollingsworth, Arthur Burton; Hulme, Howard H.; Hurley, Patrick; Ingrim, Mrs. Leanna; Jackman, Charles; Jeambey, Edward L.; Jericho, John H.; Jerrel, C. O.; Johnson, William H.; King, George Edward; King, Harry Gaylispie; Klum, Frank G.; Knight, Delbert Dale; Kopp, Mrs. Clara B.; Kopp, John F. 01 Mar
1950 State Historical Society of Iowa Membership List 28 Feb
Who's Who in Henry County, 1940 - Bios added: Gaffney, Miles Terence; Galer, Benjamin Anderson; Galer, Mrs. Laura Bowman; Galer, Roger S.; Garretson, Sumner Dilts; Geeseka, Otto A.; Giddens, Jackson; Gingerich, Simon; Grau, E. Mae; Gray, J. V. 28 Feb
Who's Who in Henry County, 1940 - Bios added: Davis, Harold John; Dennis, George Reeder; Dickson, Marion L.; Dyall, Mrs. Martha Thomas; Edgar, Joe W.; Edwards, Frank Milo; Eigsti, Emery I.; Fitzpatrick, John J.; Foss, Rolla Walter; Foster, Harlan C. 25 Feb
Who's Who in Henry County, 1940 - Bios added: Bergh, Sam; Brown, David Walter; Brown, John P.; Brown, Wayne Benjamin; Budde, John Paul; Campbell, John Palmer; Carden, Carl Willard; Carden, William; Coles, Frank V.; Cookes, Dan L.; Cornick, Parke F.; Cottrell, Clarence Arthur; Crane, Ralph K.; Crawford, James Madison; Cruikshank, Charles W. 23 Feb
County Post Offices 20 Feb
1859 Henry County Map 10 Feb
New addition to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - A.G. Riley 07 Feb
Who's Who in Henry County, 1940 - Bios added: Abraham, Frank P.; Arthaud, Glenn R.; Barquist, Malvin R.; Barton, Max Lawrence; Baxter, Samuel G.; Beath, Len Ray; Beattie George R.; Beery, Floyd Raines; Bellamy, Gaylord G.; Bergdahl, Karl August 01 Feb
Medical Education in Iowa - Iowa Wesleyan College 22 Jan
Henry County Medical Association, 1875 22 Jan
New bio and photo added to Andrew W. McClure 22 Jan
2020
Proves to be Meer Man newspaper article, 1917 31 Dec
Updates to Asbury Cemetery 16 Dec
New additions to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - Laura P. Clifton, Benjamin Matthews, Martha Forster, Simeon H. Brown, Wallace W. White, John L. Waitman, Isaac Vorheis, John M. Armstrong, J.J. Seiss, Thomas Brown, Jacob Conklin, Nancy J. Jackson, Harriet Abbe, Robert T. Hale, Alson G. Frazer, John Wheatley, Martha Johnson, John Milleson 07 Dec
New additions to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - Margaret Rainey, Leonidas L. Hamline, George Moore, Thomas Ramsey, Augustine C. Parks, James W. Woodmansee, Robert Henderson, Maria Strange, Archibald McDonald 30 Nov
Henry County Heritage Trust has a web site! Added to the Resources Page 25 Nov
New additions to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - Sarah C. Ward, James Monroe, Nels N. Norman, Margaret Montgomery, Charles Stull, Mary McNair 24 Nov
Last Rural Eighth Grade Program Held, 1959 23 Nov
New additions to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - William Hardin, James M. Ross, Seth Macy, Susanah Leeper, Courtland W. Clark, William Logsdon,  James L Gillis, Luke Yakle 20 Nov
New additions to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - Sarah Bower, William N. White, George H. Chrisinger, Elizabeth W. Farlow, John Leedham, William D. Albaugh 16 Nov
Colfax School #8, Canaan Township History 14 Nov
New additions to Avenue of Flags 26 Oct
School Closed Because of Influenza, Salem Twp 26 Oct
History of Hickory Grove School, Marion Township 20 Sep
New additions to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - James Mael, Sarah Meredith Aug
New additions to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - Peter Perine, Sen., Catherine Perine, Peter Perine, Esley Rugg, James W. Bird, Peninah Huggins, John Allender July
1865 Iowa State Census Population 01 Jul
New additions to Avenue of Flags 24 May
1895 Iowa State Census - Iowa Hospital for the Insane, Mt Pleasant, Ward IV, Center Township 10 May
1895 Iowa State Census -Wayne Township 09 May
1895 Iowa State Census - Trenton Township 05 May
New additions to "Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" - Cummins Brown, James Martin 01 May
1895 Iowa State Census - Tippecanoe Township 01 May
"Record of Heirs & Estates of Decedents" index page - new Lookup Source 30 Apr
1895 Iowa State Census - Winfield (town of) 25 Apr
Letters received by Charles Willits, Henry County, from his brother Job E. Willits of New Boston, Illinois. 19 Apr
1895 Iowa State Census - Scott Township 06 Apr
1918-1919 Business Directory
1918-1919 County Officers, Banks & Officers, Post Offices
05 Apr
1895 Iowa State Census - Salem (town of) 31 Mar
1895 Iowa State Census - Salem Township 28 Mar
1895 Iowa State Census - Rome 21 Mar
1895 Iowa State Census - New London (town of) 19 Mar
1895 Iowa State Census - New London Township 15 Mar
1895 Iowa State Census - Marion Township 11 Mar
1895 Iowa State Census - Wayland 07 Mar
1895 Iowa State Census - Jefferson Township 06 Mar
Barton-Bethel Cemetery 02 Mar
1895 Iowa State Census - Jackson Township 29 Feb
1895 Iowa State Census - Mt. Pleasant, Ward IV 25 Feb
1895 Iowa State Census - Mt. Pleasant, Ward III 21 Feb
Abstracts of Civil War Widows Pension Files: Mary Jane McKee  and  Celinda Moore 10 Feb
1895 Iowa State Census - Mt. Pleasant, Ward II  07 Feb
Winfield United Presbyterian Church -
Charter Members 1865    Membership 1865-1920    Elders 1865-1925   Infant Baptisms, 1880-1910     Church Funerals, 1901-1941
04 Feb
1911-1912 Directory addition of Mt. Pleasant 01 Feb
Addition to Black Hawk War Veterans - Ephraim Kilpatrick 31 Jan
1895 Iowa State Census - Mt. Pleasant, Ward I  Pages 1-25   26-49 30 Jan
1907 Henry County Postal Service Employees 28 Jan
1895 Iowa State Census - Center Township 22 Jan
Births and Deaths from Cedar Creek Monthly Meetings, 1840-1919 15 Jan
 "Iowa, Wills and Probate Records, 1758-1997." 14 Jan
1895 Iowa State Census - Canaan Township 14 Jan
Bystander's Notes: Saunders Grove Improvements, 1915 14 Jan
2019
1895 Iowa State Census - Baltimore Township, Henry County 30 Dec
David Shedlock Postcard Collection for Henry County 18 Dec
Church of the Open Bible 24 Nov
Henry County Post Offices and Post Masters, 1887 23 Nov 
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church - History     Confirmations 22 Nov
Seventh Day Advent Church Dedication 13 Nov
Remodeled [Asbury] M.E. Church 11 Nov
1917 Patron's Reference Directory of Henry County 11 Nov
Mt. Pleasant History, 1870 08 Nov
1870 Mt. Pleasant City Directory 08 Nov
Medical and Surgical Directory, 1876 05 Nov
Brazelton Hotel Photo contributed by Alison Karrer 28 Oct
"Shrewd Duck" Letter 12 Sep
Sketches of Henry Co History by Olive Cole Smith 05 Sep
The Old Log Cabin - [6 inch x 8 inch] 4 page leaflet, dated August 17, 1889 04 Sep
Mount Pleasant City Council Meeting Minutes - 1851, 1863-1883 06 Sep
1918 Rural Teachers 04 Sep
Mount Pleasant City Council Meeting Minutes - 1857 26 Aug
GAR Mort Hobart Post #280 22 Aug
Update to the Civil War Soldiers Buried in Henry County - Jonathan Slaughter Bereman 19 Aug
McLeran Music Store, Mt Pleasant 04 Aug
Daily Reporter, 1879 - Volume III, No. 23 29 Jul
Revolutionary Pensioners from the 1840 Federal Census 16 Jul
Cholera in Henry County, 1951 01 Jul
Bob Tribby Post of the American Legion 07 Jun
Iowa Wesleyan College Class Lists 1884-1905 04 May
The 1925 State Census is now Complete with the final addition of Winfield, Scott Township 13 Jan
Bystander Notes: Van Allen Tract, 1934 13 Jan
1925 State Census - Wayne Township 05 Jan
2018
Miscellaneous Notes from 1869-1875 15 Dec
New Addition to Henry County Civil War Residents Buried outside of Henry County - Frederick F. Kiner 15 Dec
Winfield Brick and Tile Works, 1882-1957 09 Dec
Updated  Winfield - Scott Twp Cemetery 01 Dec
Civil War Veterans Monument - Winfield-Scott Township Cemetery 13 Nov
Updated Civil War Soldiers Buried in Henry County 13 Nov
Hicks Family Burial Grounds 07 Nov
 1875 Map of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa 01 Nov
Henry Co. history portion of A. T. Andreas Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Iowa, 1875 29 Oct
1900ish Map of Henry County, Iowa including township maps 27 Oct
1895 Map of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa 27 Oct
1925 State Census - Wayland, Jefferson Township 25 Oct
1925 State Census - Trenton Township 12 Oct
1925 State Census - Scott Township 01 Oct 
New Photos - Edward Martin Karrer and Kenneth and Bonnie Karrer 02 Oct
1925 State Census - Salem Township 23 Sep
1925 State Census - Salem (town), Salem Township 15 Sep
1925 State Census - Rome (town), Tippecanoe Twp 07 Sep
1925 State Census - Olds (town), Wayne Twp 06 Sep
1925 State Census - New London Township 05 Sep
New Biographies - Samuel L.Howe, John B. Drayer, John Teesdale 25 Aug
1925 State Census -  New London, New London Twp 15 Aug
1925 State Census -  Mt Union, Canaan Twp 02 Aug
1925 State Census - Mt Pleasant, Center Twp - no ward listed, but are likely missing pages from the wards. 01 Aug
1925 State Census - Mt Pleasant, Ward 4, Center Twp  27 Jul
1870 Federal Census - Economic Worth, Mt. Pleasant 20 Jul
Old Settlers Pioneers - settled in the Territory of Iowa prior to 1847; Old Settlers - settled in Iowa prior to 1864. 28 Jun
1925 State Census -  Mt Pleasant, Ward 3, Center Twp 05 Jun
1925 State Census - Mt Pleasant, Ward 2, Center Twp 25 May
Presbyterian Ministers 19 May
1925 State Census - Mt. Pleasant, Ward 1, Center Twp 05 May
Trinity Cemetery 03 May
Farlow Pioneer Cemetery 05 Apr
Bystander's Notes: Stone Work at the State Hospital – Melcher Brothers 23 Mar
Iowa Century Farms - Henry County 21 Mar
Population Schedule, 1910, 1900, and 1890 from the 1910 Federal Census 09 Mar
1925 State Census - Jefferson Township 07 Mar 
Mt. Pleasant - 1868 28 Feb
Murder of Charles B. Gillis 22 Feb
Updated Green Mound Cemetery 31 Jan
Civil War Soldiers Buried in Henry County -LOTS of updates! 27 Jan
"Burlington Weekly Hawkeye" - Excerpts from 1865 27 Jan
Underground Railroad in Henry County 25 Jan
1907-1908 Eagle School, Trenton Twp Souvenir 23 Jan
1919 Douglas School, Dist. 7, Jefferson Twp, School Souvenir 23 Jan
1880 Federal Non-Population Census Schedules, Henry County, Iowa
Supplemental Schedules for the Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes
20 Jan
Agency Road, Established in 1841 18 Jan
1925 State Census - Jackson Township 09 Jan
1925 State Census - Hillsboro, Salem Township 02 Jan
2017
1925 State Census - Center Township and Coppock, Jefferson Township 29 Dec
1925 State Census - Canaan Township 16 Dec
1925 State Census - Baltimore Township 09 Dec
Nate Lewis photograph - looking for the family to return it to 29 Nov
Biographical sketch and portrait of Winfield S. Withrow 14 Nov
Ethelynn Mae Kerr Sunday School Promotions 09 Nov
Updated WWI Honor Roll 09 Nov
Bystander Notes - Olive Cole Smith 02 Nov
The Courts and Legal Profession of IOWA - Henry County, 1907 - Brief History and Biographies 20 Oct
Daniel Casey, Murdered August 1877, Obits Board contributed by Pat Ryan White 18 Oct
"The History of Henry County, Iowa."  Containing a History of the County, its Cities, Towns and Census. 1879 - Updated & Completed 11 Oct
Cemetery entrance photos added: Boyleston 09 Oct
National Register of Historic Places in Henry County, Iowa - with photos! 07 Oct
Benjamin Chapel Photographs 06 Oct
Cemetery entrance photos added: Richwoods North, Old City aka Mt Pleasant, Saint Alphonsus , Mental Health Institute, Faulkner,
Salem East, Pleasant Hill, Brooks
06 Oct
Cemetery entrance photos added: Wayland Methodist, Finley, White Oak, Oak Grove, Richwoods South 02 Oct
Addition to Civil War Soldiers Buried in Henry County - William Samons 29 Sep
 The William D. Klopfenstein Memorial Fund Donation Has Digitized the Winfield Beacon Newspapers (offsite link) 29 Sep
Woodlawn Cemetery aka Irishtown, Old Catholic 29 Sep
GAR John Wesley Harden Post #384 24 Aug
White Oak Cemetery 01 Aug
Bird's Eye View of the City of Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa 1869 29 Jul
Social Security Death Index - Residence: Winfield 12 Jul
Orphan Train Riders Placed in Henry County 02 Jun 
GAR Adam Kimble Post #245 29 May
Pickle Cemetery - new index 23 May
New additions to Our Ancestors photographs - Beulah Jay Bates, Elizabeth Margaretha Pantzer Bates - thank you Don Bates!
Identified photo from the Unidentified Photos - James Mitts and his wife Elizabeth Musgrove Mitts - thank you Don Bates!
22 May
Births 1904 - 1906 28 Apr
Mental Health Institute Cemetery 13 Apr
New addition to Our Ancestors - Group Photos - Jericho, Caldwell, Chandler 12 Apr
1917 Mt Pleasant H. S. Boys Basketball State Champions 15 Mar
1895 Iowa State Census - Roll of honor - 90 years or older 28 Feb
New additions to Our Ancestors photographs - the Friend Family (be sure to scroll down!) - thank you Marilyn Buesing! 26 Jan
New additions to Our Ancestors photographs - the Kerr Family (be sure to scroll down!) - thank you Marilyn Buesing! 23 Jan
Social Security Death Index - Residence: Wayland - thank you Kathy Duncan Cawley! 11 Jan
Avenue of Flags History 02 Jan 
Portrait added to Charles A Swan, Medal of Honor Recipient 02 Jan
2016
Sampson Family Bible - thank you to Joleen Streit 07 Nov
Bates Surname added to the Surname Registry 04 Nov
Bernhard Henry Bates 1830-1889 photo contributed by Don Bates 04 Nov
Iowa, Death Records, 1921-1940
    Index and images of death records from the State Historical Society of Iowa. (offsite link)
02 Nov
Social Security Death Index - Residence: Mount Union 28 Oct
Updated information for Henry County Mail List 14 Sep
 Forest Home Cemetery updates and additions Sep
Updates, no new additions, to Forest Home Cemetery 28 Aug
Social Security Death Index - Residence: Olds 17 Aug
Updates to Forest Home Cemetery - A and B 13 Aug
Additions to War of 1812 Veterans - William Rogers, William Cox, Fredrick Ambler 28 Jul
Memorial Plagues for Henry County Veterans 28 Jul
Addition to War of 1812 Veterans - Samuel Hite 18 Jul
Births & Christenings, 1830-1875 08 Jul
Social Security Death Index - Residence: Swedesburg 27 Jun
Henry County Mexican War Veterans 15 Jun
Addition to Henry County Civil War Residents Buried outside of Henry County - Nathaniel Bebb 03 Jun
Addition to the Civil War Soldiers buried in Henry County Thomas A Bell 02 Jun
Social Security Death Index - Residence: Hillsboro 24 May
Social Security Death Index - Residence:  Salem 21 May
Social Security Death Index - Residence: Rome 16 May
WWII Army Enlistment Records 13 May
Updated Grant Cemetery with photos on the GPP 30 Apr
 Farmers Home Administration, Farm Ownership Case Files, 1939 23 Apr
Death Certificate Index updated - more than Doubled! Includes years: 1919, July 1920-1921, July 1935-1939 31 Mar
Hillsboro Cemetery completely indexed 25 Feb
Hickory Grove Cemetery completely indexed 07 Jan
Haynes Pioneer Cemetery completely indexed 05 Jan
Greenmound Cemetery completely indexed 01 Jan
2015
Henry County Civil War Residents Buried outside of Henry County 14 Dec
Additions to the Civil War Soldiers buried in Henry County 25 Nov
WWI Roll of Honor 05 Nov
Eagle School History / Reunion 05 Oct
Cholera Hill Cemetery and Cholera Epidemic of June 1851 - Bystander Notes 13 Sep
All Biographies from A MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF IOWA, 1896, with a Henry County connection 24 Jul
Addition to Black Hawk War Veterans and War of 1812 Henry County Veterans - John P Lee 02 Jun
1854 State Census 08 May
1856 State Census, Salem Township including Salem Town 07 May
Chronicling America -  Henry County Newspapers 21 Apr
Experiences of W. A. Hockett on the Oregon Trail 1847 25 Mar
Forest Home Cemetery - Completely updated with Burial Records & Map and Burial Introductions - Complete record as of Fall 2014 23 Mar
Black Hawk War Veterans of Henry County, Iowa 16 Mar
Additions to the War of 1812 Henry County Veterans - Gunnell Saunders, Jr 16 Mar
Addition to the Civil War Soldiers buried in Henry County - John T Shane 04 Mar
Henry County Medal of Honor Recipients 25 Feb
John P Yount, Medal of Honor recipient, Indian Wars 24 Feb
Additions to the Civil War Soldiers buried in Henry County - John H. Thomas, Aaron H. Sater, James H. Williford, Joshua P. Carpenter, James B. Leisenring 23 Feb
Gravestone photos for Revolutionary War veteran - Charles Shepherd, and War of 1812 veteran - Samuel Chandler and updated Forest Home Cemetery 20 Feb 
Additions to the War of 1812 Henry County Veterans - John Allender, Nathaniel Gholson, Joseph Lee, Burton Litton, Thomas McMillan, Henry Stansbury

Additions to the Civil War Soldiers buried in Henry County - Watson Porter, Eli Coddington, 

19 Feb

Portrait and Biographical Album of Henry County, Iowa. Chicago: Acme  Publishing Company, 1888. completed with Biographies and index

18 Feb

Additions to the Civil War Soldiers buried in Henry County - John N. Allen, Caleb B. Weir, Cornelius D. Tomey (Tomy), Frederick Teeman, 

John H. Keller, William S. Marsh, Benjamin Franklin Taylor, Philip Ghost, James Howell White

 

Addition to the War of 1812 Henry County Veterans - Rev Samuel Hutton

18 Feb
Addition to the War of 1812 Henry County Veterans - Samuel Chandler

Additions to the Civil War Soldiers buried in Henry County -  Samuel Emerson Bereman, Jesse Stubbs, Martin, Stubbs

16 Feb
Surname Registry addition: Moody 09 Feb
WWII Army Enlistment Index 13 Jan