What's New - Recent (and past) Additions

This list is a complete history of records added since October of 2004. Not only does it serve to help returning visitors find new records, but it also documents the growth of this website.

Description Number of Records Added Contributor(s) Date
History: 1881 Bios York Twp (10 bios), Cono Twp (5 bios), Greene Twp (9 bio) 14 pages (25 bios) Melissa Mayhew Grandt 10/31/2009
Deaths: Social Security Death Index Database 5632 Stephen Williams 10/18/2009
Cemetery: Kummer/Kumer
(Complete listing)
10 Bertha Kummer Tibben 10/13/2009
Census: 1925 Fillmore Twp. 785 Betty Fudge 10/11/2009
History: 1865 Iowa State Gazetteer (Iowa county sketch) 2 pages Stephen Williams 10/03/2009
History: 1881 Bios Marengo City (7 bios), Wash. Twp (7 bios), Lenox Twp (1 bio) 5 pages (15 bios) Melissa Mayhew Grandt 10/02/2009
Cemetery: Yankee Point
(Complete list incl. photos)
208 Virginia Threlkeld 09/26/2009
History: 1881 Marengo City Bios 15 pages (41 bios) Melissa Mayhew Grandt 08/26/2009
History: 1915 History & Bios 40 pages Stephen Williams 08/02/2009
History: 1915 Biographical Index 310 names Stephen Williams 08/02/2009
Photos: G.W. Thompson Album with Unknown Marengo Family (Marengo Family ID'ed!. Need others ID'ed) 73 Patricia 07/30/2009 - 08/24/2009
Obituaries: Recent and Old (includes a complete record of current obituaries beginning in June of 2003) 1138 (since previous report; 2170 total) TOP 10 CONTRIBUTORS: Netha Meyer (1455), Melissa Mayhew Grandt (134), Stephen Williams (111), Gerhardt Leffler (100), Frank Holmes (98), Ava Simmons (50), Gloria J. Henry (46), LaVerna K. Moser (28), Kaye Sanchez (15), Dave Jackson (16) 04/01/2006 - 07/22/2009
History: 1881 Troy Township History & Bios 14 pages (23 bios) Stephen Williams 07/22/2009
History: 1881 Biographical Index 479 Stephen Williams 07/22/2009
Documents: News items and Marriages (from the Williamsburg Journal-Tribune) 88 Melissa Mayhew Grandt 04/09/2009 - 07/11/2009
Census: 1925 English Twp. 823 Betty Fudge 07/10/2009
Photos: Cheney Family of North English 9 Dawn Nelson 07/07/2009
Land: Land Patent Search (BLM GLO Link) 1 Stephen Williams 07/06/2009
History: St. Paul's United Methodist Church of Williamsburg (Link) 1 Stephen Williams 07/06/2009
History: Marengo Public Library (Link) 1 Stephen Williams 07/06/2009
Funeral Card: John Gode Sr. 1 Timothy Parrott 07/04/2009
News: Sketches of Leading Marengo Businessmen - 1879 ~60 sketches Margaret Wenzel 06/30/2009
Census: 1925 Dayton Twp. 678 Betty Fudge 06/28/2009
Census: 1925 Honey Creek Twp. 619 Betty Fudge 06/28/2009
Photos: Pleasant Grove Students, 1912 ca. 1 Dan Reid 06/05/2009
Photos: Amana Relatives and Places 55 Donna Dixon 06/02/2009
Census: 1925 Hartford Twp. 651 Betty Fudge 05/12/2009
Biography: Bob Murphy 3 pgs/1 photo Roxanne Dass 02/27/2009
Cemetery: Campbell
(Complete listing)
40 Fran Eichler 01/13/2009
Biography: H. E. Blasier 4 pgs/2 photos Rita McDonald 01/11/2009
Photo: Crop Threshers 1 Diane Hayes 12/28/2008
History: Marengo Mausoleum 2 pgs LaVerna K. Moser & Beverly Blythe 12/10/2008
Cemetery: Longstreth
(Complete listing)
11 Fran Eichler 11/30/2008
Photos: William Henry McGuire 1 Milan Anderson 11/30/2008
Cemeteries: Map - Click, Zoom, Drag (Complete listing of all burial locations) 87 Pioneer Cemeteries Commission & Sherry Sinn 11/22/2008
Biography: Francis Drury 4 pgs/1 photo Rita McDonald 11/22/2008
Biography: Williamsburg Gymnastics 2 pgs/2 photos Rita McDonald 11/22/2008
Cemetery: Old Marengo
(Complete listing)
271 Fran Eichler 11/20/2008
Cemetery: Hixon/Dayton Cono (Complete listing) 105 Fran Eichler 11/19/2008
Biography: Ellis Lloyd 2 pgs/5 photos Rita McDonald 09/23/2008
Family History: Hanson and Glynn Families 94 pgs (approx)/22 photos Richard & Doreothe Hanson 08/31/2008
Photos: 1898 Victor High School 2 Bonnie Capper 08/19/2008
Research: Historical Society (updated)   Marilyn Rodgers 07/14/2008
Cemetery: Dane
(Complete listing)
54 Fran Eichler 07/14/2008
Cemetery: Scotch 12 Fran Eichler 07/13/2008
Cemetery: Clothier
(Complete listing)
140 Fran Eichler 07/12/2008
Cemetery: Titler
(Complete listing)
88 Fran Eichler 07/12/2008
Photo: [update] R. H. Grey 1 John Maurath 07/08/2008
Photo: Unknown Marengo Woman 1 Margaret Wenzel 07/08/2008
Deaths: Book 4, 1929-1935 1049 LaVerna K. Moser 06/24/2008
Births: Book 10, 1982-1994 186 LaVerna K. Moser 06/22/2008
Births: Book 9, 1973-1981 724 LaVerna K. Moser 06/22/2008
Births: Book 8, 1966-1972 1163 LaVerna K. Moser 06/21/2008
Research: Williamsburg Historical Commission Page   Steve Williams 06/21/2008
Community: Marengo Sesquicentennial Page   Steve Williams 06/22/2008
History: St. Michael's (Link)   Steve Williams 06/03/2008
Cemetery: 1976 Iowa County Cemetery Stones and History - St. Bernard, Mt. Zion & Champion Hill listings 15 pages Virginia Threlkeld-Larson 05/24/2008
Cemetery: ALL Name Index to Iowa County Cemetery Stones and History (Complete) 10,047 Names LaVerna K. Moser 05/21/2008
Cemetery: St. Michael's (Link)   Netha Meyer 05/20/2008
Deaths: Book 5, 1941-1958 304 LaVerna K. Moser 04/22/2008
Deaths: Book 2, 1907-1911 785 LaVerna K. Moser 04/05/2008
Cemetery: Piersol Project
(Complete list incl. photos)
424 Virginia Threlkeld-Larson 03/03/2008
Census: 1852 Iowa State (1852 Census Complete) 261 Constance Diamond 02/26/2008
Marriages: 1871-1920 Newspaper Extracts 1210 Netha Meyer & Diane Rowe 02/17/2008
Cemetery: 1976 Iowa County Cemetery Stones and History - Yankee Point cemetery & Campbell listings 6 pages Virginia Threlkeld-Larson 02/11/2008
Census: 1851 Iowa State (1851 Census Complete) 1032 Stephen Williams 01/31/2008
Birth, Marriage, Death and Parentage Obituary Extracts - Netha Meyer's Collection 178
(3500 total)
Netha Meyer 01/30/2008
Photos: James and Anna (Mumby) McKusker 2 Leslie McKusker 01/25/2008
Cem Photos - Gravestone Photo Project 849 (running total) Virginia Threlkeld-Larson 10/25/2007
Obituaries - a complete record of current Iowa County obits 257 Netha Meyer 10/01/2006-
09/30/2007
Piersol Cem Photos - Gravestone Photo Project
(Complete set of photos)
384 Virginia Threlkeld-Larson 10/01/2007
Cemetery: 1976 Iowa County Cemetery Stones and History - Piersol cemetery listings 6 pages Virginia Threlkeld-Larson 09/15/2007
Directory: 1865 Grand Lodge Masons Members 16 Constance Diamond 07/23/2007
Community: Roberts and Thomas Family Reunion   Jelene McCain 06/25/2007
News: Ray Elliott - Lost Boy - 1921 & 1951 2 articles Margaret Wenzel 05/31/2007
Photos: J.M. Dean & unknown boy in cap 3 Bob Wunderlich 04/27/2007
Community: Cheney and Wilkins Family Reunion   Dawn (Wilkins) Nelson 04/25/2007
Photos: Weldon & Flanagan Famlies 4 John Altman 04/18/2007
Photos: Baird Family 11 Chris Osborne 04/18/2007
Photos: Dean & Snavely Famlies 14 Margaret Wenzel 04/17/2007
News: Miscellaneous Williamsburg News - 1891-1929 143+ (extracts from 143 pages) Stephen Williams 02/20/2007
News: Ray Elliott - Lost Boy - 1893-1901 & 2002 34 articles Stephen Williams 02/20/2007
News: The First White Child Born in Iowa County - 1909 1 article James Wright 02/20/2007
Biographies: 1881 History of Iowa County - Engebret 2 Bert Peterson 02/11/2007
Photos: Dean & Snavely Famlies 7 Margaret Wenzel 01/06/2007
Birth, Marriage, Death and Parentage Obituary Extracts - Netha Meyer's Collection 1405
(3322 total)
Netha Meyer 11/12/2006
Census: 1860 Iowa County - Troy Township 521 Stephen Williams 10/29/2006
Cem Photos - Gravestone Photo Project 278 Virginia Larson (151) & Earl Parks (127) 09/2006
Obituaries - a complete record of current Iowa County obits 124 Netha Meyer 04/01/2006-
09/30/2006
Obituaries 19 Stephen 10, Kate Jackson 3, Dave Jackson 2, Chris Petersen 1, volunteer 1, Sharyl Ferrall 1, Ava Simmons 1 04/01/2006-
09/30/2006
History: 1881 History of Iowa County (Full book! offsite link)   (posted by Stephen Williams) 09/13/2006
Photos: John C. Coats 1 Virginia Larson 09/06/2006
Resources: Iowa Co. Museums   Stephen Williams 06/27/2006
Community: Knipfer Reunion   Mary Knipfer King 05/29/2006
Obituaries - a complete record of current Iowa County obits 121 Netha Meyer 10/01/2005-
03/31/2006
Obituaries 48 Sharyl 2, Steve 29, Joey 2, Ann 14, Bell 1 10/01/2005-
03/31/2006
Community: Coats Reunion   Virginia Threlkeld-Larson 3/22/2006
News: WWII Articles, Iowa County Men - 1942-1944 6 Stephen Williams 3/19/2006
News: A CURIOUS RELIGIOUS SECT (Amana Colony) - 1893 1 Stephen Williams 3/16/2006
Directory: 1885 Business Directory - Stellapolis 27 Stephen Williams 3/16/2006
News: A Great Ball Game - 1904 1 Stephen Williams
Kathleen Jones
3/14/2006
News: To The End of The Road and Back (A railroad journey) & Reduction of Fare on the M. & M. R. R - 1865 2 Stephen Williams 3/14/2006
News: Iowa County Meteorites - 1875, 1893 2 Stephen Williams 3/07/2006
Community: Family Reunion: King, Shuck   John Shuck 03/05/2006
Bio: George J. Kruse (1924-1945) WWII 2nd Lt 1 John Rodenmayer 02/23/2006
Atlas landowners: 1900 Iowa County Atlas 4335 Rita McDonald 02/15/2006
Bio: 1940 Who's Who in Iowa - Roy & Cora Evans 2 Mona Knight 02/12/2006
Directories: 1960 & 1962 Iowa County Farm Directory Lookups 0 Steve Williams (Material donated by Sharyl Ferrall) 02/01/2006
Directory: 1940 Who's Who in Iowa Index 138 Mona Knight 11/07/2005
Census: 1850 Iowa County (done in 1998) (Complete) 822 Liz Boltz 10/02/2005
Calvary Catholic & IOOF (Victor) Cem Photos - Gravestone Photo Project 197 Louis Schwartz 10/02/2005
Biographies 17 various 04/01/2005-
9/30/2005
Obituaries 24 various 04/01/2005-
9/30/2005
Obituaries - a complete record of current Iowa County obits 157 Netha Meyer 04/01/2005-
9/30/2005
Photos: John S. Harden & Mary Ann Manatt Harden & funeral card 4 Ann Jaber 09/16/2005
Community: 2005 Eddie Ward Irish Heritage Day   Marilyn Gaffey 08/16/2005
History: 1977 Courthouse & County 1 Linda Ziemann 07/11/2005
WWII 1946 War Casualties for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard 20 Steve Williams 07/09/2005
WWII 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Honor List of Dead and Missing 33 Steve Williams 07/09/2005
Census: 1851 Iowa State, 1 page 70 Steve Williams 07/07/2005
Census: 1856 Iowa State - Honey Creek Twp (1856 Census Complete!) 346 Steve Williams 07/05/2005
Cemetery Histories - Iowa County Cemetery Stones and History 1844-1975 by Pauline Lillie (Histories Complete!) 66 pages, and
misc burial listings
Netha Meyer
Steve Williams
05/18/2005
Community: Knipfer Family Reunion   Mary Knipfer King 05/18/2005
New Map section: Township maps, Marengo Bird's Eye View, and misc Iowa County Maps 11 maps with enlargements Steve Williams 05/07/2005
Census: 1856 Iowa State - Lenox Twp 312 Steve Williams 04/28/2005
Lost Burials - Iowa County Cemetery Stones and History 1844-1975 by Pauline Lillie (New Project) 36 pages, and
misc burial listings
Netha Meyer
Steve Williams
04/27/2005
Community: Family Reunion: Kurth, Edwards, Collingwood   Dawn Kurth-Minard 04/07/2005
News Article: Williamsburg Church, Iowa County's Oldest, 77th Annv. 1933 1 Kelli Skindzelewski
Steve Williams
04/05/2005
News Article: Iowa County Was First Settled By Edward R. Ricord In 1842 1946 1 Netha Meyer
Steve Williams
04/03/2005
Directory: Elected Officials, 1845-1880 (restored) 168 unknown 04/03/2005
Photos: Amana photos 3 Angela Tjaden 04/03/2005
Expanded Info in the Help section   Steve Williams 04/03/2005
Reorganized, reformatted and redesigned entire site!   Steve Williams 04/03/2005
Obituaries - a complete record of present day obits 140 Netha Meyer 10/12/2004-
03/31/2005
Obituaries 46 Gloria Henry 03/04/2005
Obituaries 48 Ava Simmons 03/03/2005
Obituaries 4 Hug,Jenkins,Lillis,
Holms
02/20/2005
Obituaries 14 Kaye Sanchez 01/26/2005
John M. Williams letter to Williamsburg Journal Tribune 1 Steve Williams 03/31/2005
Landowners from 1848 to 1861 for land in the town Homestead- Landowners 75 Mary McIntoch 02/07/2005
West Union and Calvary Cem Photos - Gravestone Photo Project 17 various 01/17/2005
Old Marengo Cem Photos - Gravestone Photo Project 83 Kaye Sanchez (photos/notes)
Steve Williams (scan/upload)
11/07/2004
North English Cem Photos - Gravestone Photo Project 41 Harvey & Gloria Henry 10/30/2004
Birth, Marriage, Death and Parentage Obituary Extracts - Netha Meyer's Collection 1915 Netha Meyer 10/30/2004
Updated how to obtain Vital Records information   Steve Williams 10/30/2004
Photos: Williamsburg Williams/Pugh photos 2 Steve Williams 10/26/2004
Misc Cem Photos - Gravestone Photo Project 20 Jackie Ennis 10/22/2004
Census: 1856 Iowa State Census (Twp's: Marengo, English, Greene, Iowa, Cono, Hartford, Fillmore, Troy) Lenox & Honey Creek to go. 4186 Steve Williams 10/12/2004
1880 Federal Census Link (offsite link)     10/12/2004
Stephen Williams has become the new coordinator for IAGenWeb's Iowa county site.     10/12/2004