What's New on IAGenWeb Marion County
November 2009
Marion County Funeral Homes
New email address for Phil Wise: wise_ranch@yahoo.com
Many new obituaries added by Ernie Braida - thank you!
October 2009
NEED new email address for Susan Bracht, researching Koopmans and Kuiper families.
Updated Ernie Braida's email address (surnames Braida, Krpan)
September 2009
August 2009
July 2009
1925 Marion County Census: Dallas Township and Town (Ernie Braida assisted by Polly Eckles)
June 2009
Greetings from America: Article 11; Article 12
Update on 1856 Marion County Census: 14 townships online (Ernie Braida assisted by Polly Eckles)
1925 Marion County Census: Knoxville Township and Town of Melcher (Ernie Braida assisted by Polly Eckles)
Surnames: new email address for Connie Rasmussen researching Sharon and Thomas
May 2009
Need new address for Pat Parsons
Iowa Public Libraries and more
Greetings from America: Article 8; Article 9; Article 10
1856 Marion County Census, transcribed and proofread by Ernie Braida, formatted and posted by Polly Eckles on the IAGenWeb State Census Project. Eleven townships are now online.
April 2009
Greetings from America: Article 3; Article 4; Article 5; Article 6; Article 7
Surnames: Ritchie submitted by Ron Ritchie (descended from William Burke Ritchie, Jasper Newton Richie, and Ira Franklin Ritchie)
March 2009
Greetings from America Index and Article I and Article 2 (in English thanks to Thys de Jong)
Groeten uit Amerika 7-12 (Dutch original thanks to Kor Postma)
New email address: Randy Clark researching Clark, Prickett, Bonecutter, Speed | JoAnn Jackson researching Manix, Murphy, and Wren | Morgan Wheeler researching Willemsen, Miedema
February 2009
I regret that I've had to remove Murial Kooi as a lookup volunteer. We thank her for her great help over the years and wish her well. - Greta
Diary of Samuel Marion Wright contributed by Leslie Wright Bagwell
Updated Carol Porch's email address (surnames Griffith and Vance)
Surnames: Rooney and Shields submitted by Beatrice Shields Lovell
January 2009
Photo of Bussey Consolidated School Class of 1931, thanks to Jan Van Weelden
October 2008
Groeten uit Amerika Index 1-6 thanks to Kor Postma
Revised Ship's List for the Catharina Jackson -- thanks to Cor Konings NOTE: Since they are less complete, I have removed the lists published in the Souvenir History of Pella and Cor's Original Ship's List. If anyone wishes to see them, however, please email me.
Surnames: Loy submitted by Bill Baumbach
August 2008
Surnames: new address for Judith Baron (Baron, Rhynsburger, Vanderley(lei), Van Vliet)
June 2008
Marriages contributed by Ernie Braida -- Grooms' Surnames K
Little Bits: Earp Family in Lake Prairie Township
New obituaries--thanks to Pat Kiser and Nancee (McMurtrey) Seifert
Link to the new Official Marion County, Iowa website
Surnames: Blackman, Colclasure, Johns, Reynolds, and Runyan submitted by Pamela Lee | Russell submitted by Robert Wayne Russell, Jr.
May 2008
Who are the women in the photo of the 1898 class of Monroe High School? The mystery has been partly solved!
Marion County Gravestone Photo Project Index: A-B | C-E | F-J | K-M | N-S | T-Z
Surnames: Edwards, Gravely, de Jong, Mark, Murphy, Slijkoort/Slykoord/etc., Van Genderen, Verdug(ht) submitted by Madonna Marie Murphy Wallace | new email address for Chris Schippers researching Pack (see also Marion County Pioneer Abraham Pack)
New Marion County Pioneer: Benjamin Manor submitted by Chris Stanga
Marriages contributed by Ernie Braida -- Grooms' Surnames J
April 2008
More Marion County Marriages contributed by Ernie Braida (work in progress)
Original Shipslist for the Catharina Jackson contributed by Cor Konings
D. C. Ely and Mary E. Nash Family contributed by Berniece Thornton
Zimmerman Family Photos contributed by Pat Kizer
March 2008
Surnames: Bohan submitted by Cam Farkas | Ely, Kruck, Huffman, Kriegh, Clark, Walters, Byerlee, and Moore submitted by Berniece Thornton | (de) Kraai and Walraven submitted by Joan Trentadue
February 2008
1863 Marion County Marriages alphabetized by bride and by groom
Surnames: Gregory submitted by Mary Lou Wardlaw; also updated her email address on The Gregory Family in Iowa |
Brouwer, VerSteeg, Visser submitted by Jeri Holt | Titterington and Saville submitted by Barbra Titherington | new email address for Ruth Ann Olson researching Ilgenfritz, Illgenfritz
Once again many thanks to our generous anonymous volunteer for all the obituaries he's submitted!
CORRECTION: The author of one of the Marion County Histories is William M. Donnel, not William W. Donnell.
January 2008
Hollanders to Pella, 1846-1847
Passengers on the Catharina Jackson, departing Rotterdam early in April, 1847 (see Revised List as well)
Passengers on the Pieter Floris, departing Amsterdam early in April 1847
Surnames: new address for Ken Mayberry, researching Agan, Harsin, Hunt, and Mayberry | Goodrich submitted by Ryan Andrew Goodrich.