This page was lasted updated on Thursday, 01 May 2008

Keokuk County, Iowa

WHAT'S NEW!!

 

May 2008

 
Cemeteries: Sorden and Rock Creek
 

April 2008

October 2007

August 2007

 

From Perl District or Saarburg to America  on May 4, 1844, by Nicholas Besser

Lafayette Township in 1844, by Nicholas Besser

Recollections of Early Pioneer Days, by Nicholas Besser

Recollections of Early Pioneer Days part 2, by Nicholas Besser

Recollections of Early Pioneer Days part 3, by Nicholas Besser

Recollections of Early Pioneer Days part 4, by Nicholas Besser

Recollections of Early Pioneer Life, part 5 by Nicholas Besser

Recollections of Pioneer Days,  part 6, by Nicholas Besser

Recollections of Early Pioneer Days, part 7, by Nicholas Besser

Pioneer Days in Clear Creek Township, by Nicholas Besser

Early Days in Lafayette and Clear Creek Townships by Nicholas Besser

The Early Settlers of Clear Creek Township by Nicholas Besser

 

June 2007

 

A postcard photo of Kerr's Drugstore in Kinross, Iowa has been added to the Photo Gallery

Marshall and Shipman have been added to the Surname Page

 

February 2007

 
Two new photos have been added to the Photo Gallery.  One for Rachel Moore and her children and the other of an Unknown Mother and her children Emily, Wesley, Hanna and Ellen

Forsyth has been added to the Surname Page 

 

September 2006

 
Two new photos have been added to the Photo Gallery. Surnames Brasch and Nichols
 

August 2006

 
I am working on Town and Township Histories. Several have been transcribed and are online. Township Center
 

June 2006

 
Three new surnames (Johns/Jahn, Neumann, and Brandenburg have been added to the Surname Center
 

May 2006

 
Photos for Hume Cemetery have been donated by Pamela Manary Tippett. You can view the photos at Hume Cemetery.

An index to the WWI draft registrations that were entered for Keokuk County have been added to the Military Center.

Surname Zimmerman has been added to the surname list. Surnames

 

April 2006

 
A new photo has been added to the Church Center page. Is shows the ladies of St Marys Catholic Church in Keswick, Iowa 1914 Church Center

Various marriage information has been added to the Vital Records Page. Vital Records Center

Obituaries for Mrs Addie Covey,Mary Martha Covey, George Harmonson, and Asher Headlee have been added to the Obituary Center 

Several new deaths have been added to the Vital Center. Surnames include Ash, Brater, Cook, Dunlap, Hartzell, Harvey, Logan, Pollock, and Schmidt. Vital Records Center

 

March 2006

 
Two new photos have been added to the photo gallery. William Joseph and Margaret Rettler Greiner. Photo Gallery
 

February 2006

 
1962 Keokuk County, Iowa Farm Directory. This is an index to the farms in Keokuk County in 1962. It lists names, locations, post offices, and more. There are also scans of township maps from this directory. Directory Center
 

January 2006

 
An Index to Honor Roll, Keokuk County Iowa, published by Athens Print Shop, Iowa City, Iowa 1920. This is an excellent resource for you WWI ancestors. It lists many people, from Keokuk County, who served in WWI. There are some biographies and photos. Check out the index at Military Center
 

December 2005

 

Several new gravestones have been added. Surnames include KIETZMANN, POKRANTZ, and STEINKE. 

http://iowagravestones.org/index.php?search=custom&cid=54

  

1930 Federal Census, Keokuk County, Clear Creek Twp Transcription Keokuk County Census Center

 

November 2005

 

If you have any information that you would like to contribute or if you have records that you would like to donate to be transcribed. Please feel free to email  me. Harlan Spain

 

Two new lookup sources have been added to the lookups page. One is a Keokuk County WWI honor roll book. This book lists those from Keokuk County who served in WWI. There are short bios and some photos included in the book. The second is of Keokuk County's WWI draft registration cards. Every male that was born between Sep 1872 and Sep 1900 was required to register. Some of the info that might be included are date of birth, address, occupation, nearest relative, and physical description. Keokuk County, Iowa GenWeb Resources and References

 

There have been 120 new obituaries added to the obituary center. Surnames include Cleavenger, Fagan, Fair, Fallen, Fankhauser, Faris, Farmer, Farra, Farrow, Fashold, Fasold, Fattig, Fear, Feckley, Feldaberd, Fellows, Fells, Fisch, Fischer, Fish, Fisher, Flack, Flanders, Fleig, Flory, Flowers, Fluckey, Flynn, Follin, Foote, Ford, Forney, Forrest, Foster, Fowler, France, Franken, Fraze, Frazes, Frederick, Friday, Fritchen, Fritzler, Fry, Fulton, Fuhrmaster, Fuhrmeister, Furman, Fye, Sampson, Sanders, Sargent, Sarvis, Saxton, Scannce, Schlaser, Schmid, Schneider, Schreckengast, Schultz, Schweitzer, Scrader, Scott, Seaton, Sechrist, Seeberger, Seivert, Selby, Sellman, Shaffer, Shane, Shaw, Shelby, Sherwood, Shifflett, Shimmin, Shisler, Shrader, Siceloff, Sidenbender, Sievert, Sitler, Slate, Smothers, Smith, Snodgrass, Sondag, Staley, Stattler, Swickard, Vandament, Van Fleet, Verwaayen, Vincent, Voltmer and Wolf. Obituary Center

 

October 2007

 

Please check out the new business center. I contains several transcriptions from local newspapers describing some businesses. Business Center

 

Directory Center-The Royal Arch Mason (1877-1890). Transcribed and submitted by Sharyl Ferrall. 

Royal Arch Mason

 

Directory Center-Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (AF&AM). Transcribed and submitted by Sharyl Ferrall.  Ancient Free and Accepted Masons

 

There have been 44 new obituaries added to the obituary center page. Surnames include Hall, Hale, Hamilton, Herrick, Horras, Nash, Laffer, Lakin, Lapp, Lally, Lahr, Lanning, Lawrence, Lane, Lawson, Leathers, Lentner, Lenahan, Leinen, Lemley, Lightfoot, Linder, Lippard, Long, Longman, Lowe, Lortscher, Lutz, Lyons, Mullinix, Walker, Wells, and Windett. Obituary Center

Henry and Emma Jahn (Johns) Photo in the Keokuk County IAGenWeb Photo Gallery. Submitted by jjahn@midcoplastics.com

Two burials have been added to Pleasant Grove Cemetery in the Cemetery Center. Submitted by Debbie Schmidt

Several new photos have been added to www.iowagravestones.org. They are for surnames Kietzmann, Kunke, Remmark, Wilson, and Zander.

 

September 2005

 

Almost 100 Keokuk county gravestone photos have been added this past summer. Surnames include Benson, Brown, Carter, Cox, Conrad, Ebin-Collins, Egbert, Evans, Estes, Flory, Griener, Hahn, Hill, Hubbs, Ingle, Jackson, Kuhn, Kerr, Morgan, Moughler, Moore, McConnell, McClurg, Nickoli, Niswander, Osweiler, Ridley, Ryals, Steiegel, Strong, Slattery, Sheets, Schimmelpfenning, Snakenberg, Shamblin, Talley, Vogel, Welhelmi, and Wallerich http://iowagravestones.org/index.php?search=custom&cid=54

 

There have been 42 new obituary transcriptions added to the obituary center. Surnames include Bergman, Brinning, Lakin, Lawson, Leech, Walker, Wallerich, Walsh, Watterson, Webb, Webber, Weber, Wehr, Weibel, Weidlein, Welsch, Wichenkamp, Wheeler, Wolf, Whittington, Whimer, White, Wright, Wilhite, Woltering, and Woodbridge. http://www.rootsweb.com/~iakeokuk/obituarycenter.htm

 

1930 Federal Census, Keokuk County, Adams Twp Transcription Keokuk County Census Center  

1930 Federal Census, Keokuk County, Benton Twp Transcription Keokuk County Census Center