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| First M.E. Church, Members and Probationers 1895 | 17 Apr |
| Woman's Suffrage Convention, June 1870 | 13 Apr |
| Mount Pleasant City Council Meeting Minutes 1858, 1858-1859, 1860 | 15 Mar |
| Arson at King's Hardware Store - 1930 | 10 Mar |
| Bystander Notes June 1923 | 10 Mar |
| Howe's Academy Boulder Dedication | 03 Mar |
| J.H. JERICHO & CO. Drugs, Wall Paper, Paints, Glass, Soda Fountain. | 26 Feb |
| Mt Pleasant - 1865 | 26 Feb |
| 1993 Mt Pleasant Businesses Updates | 26 Feb |
| Mt Pleasant Business Men, 1876 | 25 Feb |
| Rescue Unit | 24 Feb |
| 1860 Federal Census, Baltimore Township - this completes the 1860 Federal Census for Henry County | 17 Feb |
| Updated Trinity Cemetery | 27 Feb |
| 1860 Federal Census, Wayne Township | 09 Feb |
| 1860 Federal Census, Scott Township | 03 Feb |
| Henry County Railroad Depots | 02 Feb |
| 1860 Federal Census, Jackson Township | 29 Jan |
| Salem (Iowa) News Items Parts 2 & 3 | 28 Jan |
| Christian Science, Mt. Pleasant | 21 Jan |
| 1860 Federal Census, New London Township | 20 Jan |
| 1860 Federal Census, Salem Township Resumed | 07 Jan |
| 1860 Federal Census, Salem (city of), Salem Township | 03 Jan |
| Excerpt from: A Sketch of the Life of James O. Vanorsdol | 02 Jan |
| 2023 | |
| 1860 Federal Census, Salem Township | 29 Dec |
| 1860 Federal Census, Trenton Township | 27 Dec |
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Postcard additions: Mt Pleasant Iowa~Saunders Park Fountain Scene~PM 1931 Mt Pleasant Iowa~High School Mt Pleasant Iowa~Midwest Old Settlers & Threshers~Parade Midwest Old Settlers & Threshers Mt Pleasant Iowa - Trolley thank you David Shedlock! |
22 Dec |
| 1860 Federal Census, Center Township | 19 Dec |
| Salem (Iowa) News Items | 13 Nov |
| New additions to Avenue of Flags | 06 Nov |
| First 100 Deeds of Henry County | 05 Oct |
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"Wills and Estates", December 16th 1837 - September 21st 1843 |
04 Oct |
| Update to Henry County Burials in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery | 04 Oct |
| 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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| 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 |