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MUSCATINE COUNTY, IOWA GENEALOGY WHAT'S NEW IN 2010 | |
A.E. CAFFEE’S MUSCATINE COUNTY HISTORY and DIRECTORY 1876-1877
Submitted by Kitty Root and Lynn McCleary. Formatted by Lynn McCleary January 8, 2010.OBITUARIES
Submitted from volunteers, formatted by Lynn McCleary.
January - 1 submitted by Aaron J. Blake, 1 submitted by Phyllis Hazen
WHAT WAS NEW IN 2009
See POSTCARDS OF MUCATINE COUNTY for POSTCARD and PHOTO of Joshiah Walker Rummells, Jr. cabbage growing business in Nichols. Submitted by Mike Appleby. Posted by Lynn McCleary December 31, 20091856 IOWA STATE CENSUS, MUSCATINE CO. - INDEX OF NAMES
Submitted by Eleanor B. McCleary. Formatted by Stephen D. Williams Decmember 29, 2009
DEATHS IN MUSCATINE COUNTY FOR 1944
Submitted by Dennis Brumm. Formatted by Lynn McCleary November 22, 2009See POSTCARDS OF MUCATINE COUNTY for Postcard of U.S. Lock and Dam No. 16, Muscatine, Iowa submitted by Donna Boyd. Posted by Lynn McCleary October 25, 2009.
1838 WISCONSIN TERRITORIAL CENSUS OF MUSCATINE COUNTY
Submitted by Eleanor B. McCleary. Formatted by Stephen D. Williams September 24, 2009.1856 IOWA STATE CENSUS, MUSCATINE CO. COMPLETED
Montpelier Township - Submitted by Kitty Root & Doris Kruse, September 24, 2009.
Moscow Township - Eleanor (Lynn) McCleary, August 26, 2009
Sweetland Township - submitted by Patricia Scott, Phyllis Hazen and Lynn McCleary, July 9, 2009.
Bloomington Township - submitted by Kevan Chown, Phyllis Hazen, Ann Hermann, Lynn McCleary, Charlene Hixon, Kitty Root & Doris Kruse, July 3, 2009.Honoring Those Who Died During The Korean Conflict
Submitted by Beverly Gerdts. Formatted by Lynn McCleary August 30, 2009.Honoring Those Who Died During The Vietnam War
Submitted by Beverly Gerdts. Formatted by Lynn McCleary August 30, 2009.1905 IOWA STATE CENSUS, MUSCATINE CO. COMPLETED
Wilton town - submitted by Shirley Schmitt, Oct. 28, 2009
Wilton Township -submitted by Lynn McCleary, Oct. 28, 2009
Orono Township - submitted by Kitty Root & Doris Kruse, Oct. 25, 2009
Muscatine City, Ward 4, Register C - submitted by Kitty Root & Doris Kruse, Oct. 23, 2009
Muscatine City, Ward 4, Register C - submitted by Kitty Root & Doris Kruse, Sept. 28, 2009
Muscatine City, Ward 4, Register B - submitted by Kitty Root & Doris Kruse, Sept. 27, 2009
Muscatine City, Ward 4, Register A - submitted by Kitty Root & Doris Kruse, Sept. 24, 2009
Muscatine City, Ward 3, Register E - submitted by Kitty Root & Doris Kruse, Sept. 15, 2009
Muscatine City, Ward 3, Register D - submitted by Kitty Root & Doris Kruse, Sept. 11, 2009
Muscatine City, Ward 3, Register B & C - submitted by Kitty Root & Doris Kruse, Sept. 10, 2009
Muscatine City, Ward 3, Register A - submitted by Kitty Root & Doris Kruse, Aug. 31, 2009
Muscatine City, Ward 2, Register C, D - submitted by Kitty Root & Doris Kruse, Aug. 31, 2009
Fulton Township - submitted by Elizabeth Casillas, Aug. 5, 2009
Muscatine City, Ward 2, Register A, B - submitted by Kitty Root & Doris Kruse, July 31, 2009
Muscatine City, Ward 1, Register D - submitted by Kitty Root & Doris Kruse, July 28, 2009
Goshen Township - submitted by Elizabeth Casillas, July 28, 2009
Seventy-Six Township - submitted by Elizabeth Casillas, July 26, 2009
Muscatine City, Ward 1, Register A, B, C - submitted by Kitty Root & Doris Kruse, July 25, 2009
Montpelier Township - submitted by Kitty Root & Doris Kruse, July 24, 2009
Moscow Township - submitted by Jean Perera, July 17, 2009
Cedar Township - submitted by Kitty Root & Doris Kruse, July 16, 2009
Fruitland Township - submitted by Kitty Root & Doris Kruse, July 16, 2009
Wapsinonoc Township - submitted by Charlene Hixon, July 11, 2009
West Liberty town, Wapsinonoc Township - submitted by Charlene Hixon, July 8, 2009
Bloomington Townpship - submitted by Kitty Root & Doris Kruse, July 7, 2009
Stockton town - submitted by Kitty Root & Doris Kruse, July 7, 2009
Lake Township - submitted by Kitty Root & Doris Kruse, July 7, 2009
Pike Township - submitted by Charlene Hixon, July 4, 2009
Nichols town, Pike Township - submitted by Charlene Hixon, June 29, 2009
Formatted by Lynn McCleary.PROBATE DOCUMENTS 1943 - 1968 held by the Muscatine County Genealogical Society
Submitted by the Muscatine Co. Genealogical Society, formatted by Lynn McCleary. June 28, 2009KLEIN CEMETERY RECORDS, Moscow Township, Muscatine Co. - UPDATED
Submitted by Sandra Enderle. Formatted by Lynn McCleary. June 15, 2009OVERMAN CEMETERY RECORDS, Atalissa Township, Muscatine Co. - UPDATED
Submitted by Sandra Enderle. Formatted by Lynn McCleary. June 15, 20091836 Wisonsin Territorial Census for Dubuque and Des Moines Counties - UPDATED
(Muscatine County land was then in Des Moines County) Heads of Families are presented in order as it was recorded in original record. Also submitted is an alpha sort of Heads of Families according to county. Submitted and formatted by Eleanor B. McCleary. June 2, 2009See CHURCH RECORDS Index Page or go directly to GERMAN EVANGELIC LUTHERAN SALEMS CHURCH RECORDS, Wilton, Wilton Township, Muscatine County
These church records were written in German. To facilitate their study, the entries have been translated for sections describing Baptism, Confirmation, Marriages and Funerals. Submitted by Eleanor B. McCleary, Kristine Conlon and James Batchelor. Formatted by Lynn McCleary. May 9, 2009HOLLIDAY PRIVATE CEMETERY, Seventy-Six Township, Muscatine Co. - UPDATED
Newspaper article submitted by Jean Wistedt and formatted by Lynn McCleary. April 29, 2009See PICTURES OF MUSCATINE CO. or go directly to Nichols, Iowa - Possibly 8th Grade Graduation, 1922.
Submitted by Sara-Jane Gilb. Posted by Lynn McCleary April 18, 2009IOWA HISTORY, an IAGenWeb Special Project presents MUSCATINE, IOWA RIVERMEN
by Georgeann McClure. April 5, 2009IA GenWeb's STATE CENSUS PROJECT presents the 1854 Iowa State Census for All Townships of Muscatine County Submitted and formatted by Polly Eckles. April 5, 2009
St. Peter Evangelic (German) Lutheran Church, Montpelier Township, Muscatine Co., IA
FUNERAL and BAPTISM RECORDS. Submitted by James Batchelor, formatted by Lynn McCleary.
April 5, 2009NEWSPAPER ARTICLES pertaining to WORLD WAR TWO:
* Muscatine Co. Men who died at Pearl Harbor
* Muscatine Co.- Navy Casualty List No. 3, May 1942
* More Homes Saddened, December 1943
* Wartime Lists of Killed in Action, December 1944
* 174 Lives lost from Muscatine Territory, December 1945
Submitted by Beverly Gerdts, formated by Lynn McCleary. April 12, 2009
* 69 Obituaries of those who died in World War Two
Submitted by Beverly Gerdts, formatted by Lynn McCleary. June 6, 2009INDEX for E.L. Graham's Collection of Early Settlers Photographs - E.L. Graham was a local druggist in Muscatine. He placed 336 photographs, of mostly early settlers of Muscatine City, in nine large picture frames then donated them to Musser Public Library in 1926. Recently the pictures have been taken out of the large frames and archived in special envelopes making them easier to access. - Submitted by Sheila Chaudoin, Photo Archivist, Musser Public Library, Muscatine, Iowa. Formatted by Lynn McCleary. March 1, 2009
OBITUARIES
Submitted from volunteers, formatted by Lynn McCleary.
March - 16 submitted by Sandra Enderle, 1 submitted by Margaret M. Linehan, 15 submitted by Beverly Gerdts
April - 10 submitted by Beverly Gerdts, 1 submitted by Sara-Jane Gilb
May - 1 submitted by Judy Bratcher
June - 3 submitted by Sharon R. Becker, 1 submitted by Jean Perera
July - 3 submitted by Jean Perera
August - 5 submitted by June Welsch, 12 by Lynn McCleary
September - 50 by June Welsch, 6 by Lynn McCleary
October - 7 submitted by Phyllis Hazen
November - 3 submitted by Phyllis Hazen, 4 submitted by Jacie Thomsen
HOUTZ CEMETERY, Seventy-Six Township, Muscatine Co. - UPDATED
Land records show that this cemetery was first named High Prairie Cemetery, 1st Methodist Episcopal Church. Submitted and formatted by Eleanor B. (Lynn) McCleary. February 22, 2009POSTCARDS OF MUCATINE COUNTY - 19 really neat old postcards were submitted by Norma J. Jennings. Posted by Lynn McCleary February 21, 2009.
PICTURES OF MUSCATINE COUNTY - 2 photos of the Lewis D. Chown Family. Submitted by Kevan Chown. Posted by Lynn McCleary February 15, 2009.
General Photographic Collection Index - Most of the photographs in this collection were donated to the library. There are some Oscar Grossheim photos included in this index along with photographs from other local photographer’s including Alexander Grossheim, E. Foster, Berlin Brothers Studio, Chamberlain, Townsend and other itinerant photographers. The collection also includes family photograph albums and ephemera such as family bibles, postcards etc. - Submitted by Sheila Chaudoin, Photo Archivist, Musser Public Library, Muscatine, Iowa. Formatted by Lynn McCleary. January 29, 2009
HIGH PRAIRIE CHURCH CEMETERY RECORDS, Lake Township, Muscatine Co. - UPDATED
Submitted by Eleanor B. McCleary and Phyllis Hazen, formatted by Lynn McCleary.
January 23, 2009OAK GROVE CEMETERY RECORDS, near Cranston, Cedar Township, Muscatine Co. - UPDATED
Submitted by Eleanor B. McCleary, Phyllis Hazen and Jean Theobald. Formatted by Lynn McCleary.
January 20, 2009
WHAT WAS NEW IN 2008
1856 Iowa State Census - Work in Progress
Cedar Township, Seventy-Six Township and Wapsinonoc Township - submitted by Charlene Hixon and formatted by Lynn McCleary December 13, 2008.Oscar Grossheim Photo Collection Index - Oscar Grossheim opened his photograph studio in Muscatine in 1898. His subjects were most often the people, places and events that together created the life of a growing community. Tens of thousands of glass negatives of Grossheim’s work have been saved to tell their stories to future generations. This index, compiled by the Muscatine County Genealogical Society for the Musser Public Library, extends from the period of 1900 to 1940. - Submitted by Sheila Chaudoin, Photo Archivist, Musser Public Library, Muscatine, Iowa and formatted by Lynn McCleary. November 21, 2008
Muscatine County Landowners Directory - 1884 Atlas
Submitted by Charlene Nichols Hixon and formatted by Lynn McCleary. October 22, 2008Some Great Reference Material available at Wilton Public Library or go to Public Libraries
Submitted and formatted by Lynn McCleary. September 16, 2008Muscatine Island Cemetery Records, Fruitland Township - UPDATED
Submitted by Beverly Gerdts and formatted by Lynn McCleary. September 9, 2008St. Mary's (Muscatine) Cemetery Records - UPDATED
Submitted by Beverly Gerdts and formatted by Lynn McCleary. August 16, 2008Pond Brothers - Stage Coach Robbers or go to Articles of Muscatine County, Family Stories.
Submitted by Dr. A. J. Taylor and formatted by Lynn McCleary. July 18, 2008Index of Muscatine City Birth Registers 1904 - 1917
Submitted and formatted by Lynn McCleary. July 4, 2008John Dodge--Probate Document
Submitted by Paul & Judy Boles. File formatted by Lynn McCleary. June 29, 2008BIRTH INFORMATION; Birth Index 1880 - 1910
Submitted by Kevan Chown, Phyllis Hazen, Charlene Hixon, Lynn McCleary, Julie Miller, Diana Perez and Shirley Schmitt. Files formatted by Lynn McCleary. October 25, 2008Muscatine Memorial Park Cemetery Records - UPDATED
Submitted by Beverly Gerdts and formatted by Lynn McCleary. June 21, 2008Bloomington-Friends Cemetery Records - UPDATED
Submitted by Beverly Gerdts and formatted by Lynn McCleary. June 17, 2008NEWSPAPER MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS 1900 - 1910
This index was compiled and submitted by Jo Ann Carlson and formatted by Lynn McCleary. May 23, 2008MUSSER PUBLIC LIBRARY - Newspaper Clipping File of Men & Women who served in WW II.
This index was compiled and submitted by Sheila Chaudoin and Lynn McCleary. Files formatted by Lynn McCleary. May 17, 2008Newspaper article titled: NEW MARRIAGE LAW, 1941
Submitted and formatted by Lynn McCleary. April 6, 2008Newspaper article titled: WHO MARRIED THEM?
Submitted and formatted by Lynn McCleary. April 6, 2008MARRIAGE INDEX 1900 - 1910
submitted by Kevan Chown, Phyllis Hazen, Charlene Nichols Hixon, Debbie Clough Gerischer,
Lynn McCleary and Shirley Schmitt, formatted by Lynn McCleary. March 4, 2008.MARRIAGE INDEX 1876 - 1899
submitted by Kevan Chown, Phyllis Hazen, Charlene Nichols Hixon, Debbie Clough Gerischer,
Lynn McCleary and Shirley Schmitt, formatted by Lynn McCleary. March 4, 2008.MARRIAGE INDEX 1846 - 1875
submitted by Charlene Nichols Hixon, formatted by Lynn McCleary. January 30, 2008ARTICLES FROM THE OLD SETTLERS' REGISTER BOOK ONE
131 articles were submitted in January by Neil Carter, Ronna Thuman, Lynn McCleary, Jo Ann Carlson & Phyllis Hazen, formatted by Lynn McCleary. Jan. 27, 2008 the entire book is now on-line!OBITUARIES
Submitted from volunteers, formated Lynn McCleary.
January - 364 from Mary E. Boyer and 12 from Bev Gerdts
April - 66 from Mary E. Boyer
May - 171 from Mary E. Boyer and 1 from F.P. Kopp
June - 1 from Scott Reed
July - 2 from Phyllis Hazen and 1 from Lynn McCleary
October - 30 from Phyllis Hazen and 5 from Lynn Mccleary
WHAT WAS NEW IN 2007
1880 Census, Village of Conesville, Orono Twp., Muscatine County
Submitted by Charlene Hixon, formatted by Lynn McCleary. December, 20071880 Census, Pike Twp., Muscatine County
Submitted by Charlene Hixon, formatted by Lynn McCleary. December, 2007COUNTY COURT RECORDS
Page Revised, submitted and formatted by Lynn McCleary. April, 2007LUTHERAN HOMES CEMETERY RECORDS
Updates submitted by Charlene Hixon, formatted by Lynn McCleary. July 2007OBITUARIES
Submitted from many volunteers, formatted by Dave Dunston & Lynn McCleary.
200 in March, 2007
250 in July, 2007
75 in September, 2007
54 in November, 2007
168 in December, 2007OLD SETTLERS' REGISTER - Book One INDEX
Submitted by Patrica Drumm, formatted by Lynn McCleary. July 2007ARTICLES FROM THE OLD SETTLERS' REGISTER BOOK ONE 798 articles so far!
Submitted by Kevan Chown, Mary Chown, Tina Chown, Neil Carter, Charlene Hixon, Jo Ann Carlson, Lynn McCleary, Jean Theobald, Shirley Plumb, Vicki Broughton, Ronna Thuman & Phyllis Hazen, formatted by Lynn McCleary.
159 articles in September, 2007
144 articles in October, 2007
213 articles in November, 2007
282 articles in December, 2007OLD SETTLERS REGISTER - BOOK TWO Entire book on-line.
Transcribed by Patrica Drumm, formatted by Lynn McCleary. July 2007DIVORCE APPLICATIONS LIST 1840-1907
Transcribed by Gladys Mittman, formatted by Lynn McCleary. August 2007MUSCATINE, CHURCH OF THE UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST BAPTISMAL RECORDS 1912-1921
Transcribed and formatted by Eleanor (Lynn) McCleary. August, 2007MUSCATINE, PARK AVENUE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH BAPTISMAL RECORDS 1919-1930
Transcribed and formatted by Eleanor (Lynn) McCleary. August, 2007MUSCATINE, ST. MATTHIAS CATHOLIC CHURCH FUNERALS Funerals 1853-1863
Transcribed and formatted by Eleanor (Lynn) McCleary. August, 2007MUSCATINE COUNTY POST OFFICES
Submitted by Lynn McCleary. August, 2007PROBATE DOCUMENTS 1836 - 1942 held by the Muscatine County Genealogical Society
Submitted by the Muscatine Co. Genealogical Society, formatted by Lynn McCleary. August, 2007
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