Projects for Marion County

Here is a list of current projects that I am orchestrating. If you can help by contributing to one or more of these, that would be great. If you decide to work on a project, please contact me so that I can update this page to prevent duplication of efforts. Thanks so much for helping this site become a useful tool for those interested in genealogy for Marion County, Iowa.

Contribute to the Marion County Obituary Board, a place where the transcriptions of obituaries of people connected to Marion County can be found. Since currenlty, we only know of Pella's newspapers having been scanned, this involves going to http://pella.advantage-preservation.com to find these newspapers online. This site has the years 1855 through 2020. If you would like to help, check out the details.
Contribute to an index to the obituaries found in the Pella newspapers (Pella Chronicle and various predecessors). Note that an index provides just key parts of an obituary, not the actual transcription. This involves going to http://pella.advantage-preservation.com to find the newspapers online. This site has the years 1855 through 2020. If you would like to help, check out the details.
Work on transcribing the book Souvenir History of Pella. This is a book that was written about Pella in about 1922 and has quite a bit of history. It is in the public domain now and can be downloaded page by page. If you would like to help, check out the details. Also, see what is done so far.
Work on proof-checking the transcriptions of the book Souvenir History of Pella. This is a book that was written about Pella in about 1922 and has quite a bit of history. The previous project has its focus on downloading the pages and transcribing (via OCR) but these pages need a final proof-reading. If you would like to help, check out the details.
There are also a number of general ideas for help. Can you connect with any of these?