Map of Oakland Cemetery 
Keokuk Public Library
 
Pat Morrison & the Olde Fort Genealogy Society have been walking rural cemeteries and updating their records.  Pat has made an index
of all burials and listed them on the Olde Fort Website Go to the Cemetery Index Page and follow instructions. If you know of burials and they are not listed please share the names with us.  Everyone works really hard to build the most complete listing possible for Lee Co. You can help!

SIX MONTH JOURNAL ..... Use the search engine to find out if new entries will help you.

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APRL 2012

Death Index 1913-1933. 66 new additions: Barnsconi-Beard

January 2012

Medal of Honor recipients from Lee county: see Spanish American War, Great War, Indian War and Civil War links

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November 2011

New information to Surnames Persinger

October 2011
Buildings Collapse ..... Three story Buildings collapse in Keokuk (1893)

New photos and basic service information added to Civil War burials for Montrose cemetery

July, 2011
First Marriage ..... 100 years ago today Ft Madison newspaper article  April 06, 1837
Several New Surnames

June 2011
1854 Iowa State Lee Co. Census Index
IaGenWeb Census Project
Part 1  TOWNSHIPS:   Cedar, Charleston, Denmark (includes town of South Augusta and village of Denmark), Des Moines, Franklin (includes town of Franklin), Green Bay, Harrison (includes town of Primrose)
Part 2-1  TOWNSHIP:  Jackson (includes the city of Keokuk)
Part 2-2 TOWNSHIP:   Jefferson, Madison, Marion, Montrose, Pleasant Ridge, Van Buren, Washington, West Point
Surnames Added ..... Do a Search

May 2011
Photo added to History of Lee County Home (Poor Farm)

April 2011
Adding "a lot" of Iowa Civil War government grave markers. Keokuk has a National Cemetery with military burials. There are local people and others from all over the U.S. Maybe those doing an Iowa search will find their family.
Civil War Index .... You will find several Lee Co cemeteries and other Iowa cemeteries with a local connection.
Death Index 1919-1933 ... Completed (Over 7000 names)

March 2011
Search Engine for the IAGenWeb Boards added
1893 Buildings Collapse ... 3 large buildings collapse

February 2011
Three Volunteers are working on a large Death Index 1919-1933 ... Approx 7000 names
Iowa WPA Project ... for Lee Co - Your Name Search is included here
Iowa Gravestone Photo Project ... for Lee Co - Your name Search is included here
January 2011
Misc Burials 3 with Photos ..... Third page of Lee Co. CW Soldiers buried outside of Lee Co. Some may have enrolled in Keokuk

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November 2010
Surname ..... Bueschen/ Buescher
October 2010
1 Civil War Grave Photos ..... Montrose _ See Montrose CW Graves Listing  Names are Clark, Davis, Goodnough, Nuse, Ross, Spain & Virts
2 Keokuk Oakland ..... Civil War Burials
3 WWI_Keokuk ..... Misc Records
4 Mid 1800's Township Maps This page has been lost for several years
5 Surnames ..... Burwinkle, Pollpeter, Pohlpeter, & Schmidt
6 Keokuk Oakland  ..... Names are Hayden, Parker, Rankin & Rooster
September 2010
The Story of Lee County 1914
CHAPTER IX
LOCATION AND INDIAN NAME—THE FIRST WHITE SETTLER—MOSES STILLWELL—OTHER PIONEERS—AMERICAN FUR COMPANY—"RAT
ROW"—HORSE RACING AS AN AMUSEMENT—ADOPTION OF THE NAME KEOKUK—PLATTING THE TOWN—SOME EARLY EVENTS—
KEOKUK INCORPORATED—LIST OF MAYORS—WATERWORKS—FIRE DEPARTMENT—PUBLIC LIGHTING—STREET RAILWAY—THE POSTOFFICE
—INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION—THE RIVER BRIDGE—MISCELLANEOUS COMMENT.
1  THE CITY OF KEOKUK  ..... Complete Chapter
2  Keokuk National Cemetery ...... Civil War Burials Appx. 600
3  Misc Burials ..... Civil War stones added, Draper & Winders
4  Cemetery ..... Oddity found in Ft Madison City Cemetery Betsy Ross's Great Granddaughters
5  1865 Church Directory ..... Lee Co Churches
6  Enslow/Balm Cemetery.....  2nd Count, check both versions on same page
7  WPA 1930's Grave Registration Survey ..... Every Name Index
8 Misc Burials 2  ...... Civil War _ Photos  Names are Adams. Hicks & Anglos
August 2010
Oakland School at Vincennes ...... Zola Nye Brisby Graduation photo
Vital Index
Thomas J. Simpson .....  Early Montrose Family
Skyles Family .............. Family information to be added
Acklam ..... Obits  William Benjamin
Cemetery Unknown.....   Mrs. Cooper, daughter of Mrs. Morrissey
Thomas J. Simpson added to Civil War Burials at Montrose cemetery
July 2010
Civil War Hickory Grove-Keokuk Burials & Photos
Misc Burials ..... Civil War _ PhotosJune 2010
Biography Index  ...... R-Z bios added _ 1914 Story of Lee Co. _ Completed
WWI ......  Miscellaneous information
Misc Marriages 1874 ..... Lee County Lineage  1977 "Marriage Record Book 1A" 
Misc Marriages 1857 ..... Originally published in “Lee county Lineage” Keokuk, Iowa, January 1979, Vol III
Misc Marriages & Deaths 1847 ..... Originally published in “Lee County Lineage” Keokuk, Iowa, January 1979, Vol III
Deaths_1856-1857 ....Originally published in "Lee County Lineage", Oct 1978, Vol III, No. 2
Death Notices ..... Originally published in “Lee County Lineage”  July 1977/ Vol II/ #1/ pgs 13-14
Civil War Burials ..... This is a work in progress. These are burials found in miscellaneous cemeteries. There will be some photos.
Keokuk's National cemetery & Oakland Cemetery will be included. You may e-mail me for look-ups in these two cemeteries until I get on line.
Civil War Ft Madison Burials and Photos ....
May 2010
Lookup Volunteers 
1890-91 Keokuk City Directory W. M. Rees & Co.'s
Complete Index to the residents, street directory, street description, and a classified business director. Names, Addresses and Occupations. An appendix of useful information of the churches, societies, banks, city, county, and other miscellaneous matter.
1869 Des Moines Valley Railroad Business Directory It is a business directory of towns/cities along the Des Moines Valley railway. It lists the town/city and the businesses in that town.
"Passenger Arrivals, Port of New York, 1830-1832."
Robert bought this book recently and has offered to do Look-up for Lee Co. researchers. 
Lee Co. Surnames ..... PERSINGER  Allan Griffith  magrif@verizon.net
 Civil War Orphans
April 2010
Des Moines Rapids Canal ..... 1866-1877

March  2010
Revolutionary War Veterans Buried in Meeks Cemetery, Vincennes
Keokuk National Cemetery   (April & May Project) .... Civil War Burials
Civil War Burials _ Misc Cemeteries
Vietnam Veteran Casualties
January 2010
Iowa State Penitentiary Index ......... Updated / Ongoing Project
Iowa State Penitentiary Cemetery ... On Index Page
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