Linn County, IAGenWeb Project - Lookups & Volunteers

Needed now:

1) Typists & Transcribers. Can you type? Have internet access? If so, help us be able to put more data online to help all researchers. This is a great volunteer opportunity for someone who is homebound or has difficulty getting around!

2) Photographers. Spend time in the great outdoors taking pictures of area gravestones and uploading them onto the Iowa Gravestone Photo Project.

3) Lookup Volunteers. Do you have access to Linn County histories, school yearbooks, etc.? If you are willing to help researchers by looking up information, let us know!

Contact the Linn County Coordinator for more information!

Lookups

Follow these instructions for lookup assistance:

Put the words "LINN COUNTY LOOKUP" in the subject line of your E-mail.
List the name of the reference source on the first line of your message.
Include as much specific information as possible about what you are looking for.
Do not ask for "everybody" with a specific surname, or for paper copies to be mailed.
Limit your request to one lookup and E-mail at a time.
Be patient and willing to comply with any additional requests or restrictions listed by the volunteer.
Remember to thank the volunteer for their time and effort, even if it produced no usable information for your research.

Lookup / Reference Source:	Volunteer
Brewer, Luther A. and Wick, Barthinius L., History of Linn County Iowa From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volumes I and II, Pioneer Publishing Company, Chicago, 1911.	Terry Carlson
Carroll, Rev. George R., Pioneer Life In and Around Cedar Rapids, Iowa, from 1839 to 1849, Times Printing and Binding House, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1895.	Terry Carlson
1926 Washington High School Annual Yearbook Vol. XVI. Cedar Rapids, Iowa,	Terry Carlson
1920 "The Royal Purple" Cornell College Yearbook (Mt. Vernon, IA). Includes some information on earlier & later classes.	Terry Carlson
Let me know if you have books or other reference sources and are willing to do look-ups:

Can you Help with cemeteries?

Older cemeteries & gravestones are disappearing every year! Whether destroyed by weather or mischief, the stones are fading away and may not be available for future generations to learn from. Help honor those who passed before us by preserving the record of their presence before it gets to this...

We are currently looking for volunteers who can visit and photograph or transcribe the cemeteries of Linn County specifically for this web site. If you have transcriptions or can volunteer your time to help with any of the cemeteries listed here, please let me know.