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O'Brien County Lookup Volunteers | ![]() |
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We need volunteers who have access to census records, historical references,
cemeteries, etc who can do lookups. Can you help?
The following people have also volunteered to transcribe any records. They do not have access to any records but will transcribe from copies you send them:
| AVAILABLE HISTORICAL REFERENCES and RESEARCH VOLUNTEERS |
| TITLE (Description) | AUTHOR | DATE | RESEARCH VOLUNTEER |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 Farmers Directory O'Brien County (Lists wife,children,owner,acres, years in county) | Anderson Pub Co | 1924 | Dan Steffen, dsteffen@glis.net |
| Centennial And Quasquicentennial (125 yrs) Histories of Marcus, Iowa 1871-1996 (Marcus is in Cherokee Co but includes some O'Brien farm families) | Centennial Committee | 1971/1996 | Dan Steffen, dsteffen@glis.net |
| Centennial History of Paullina, Iowa 1883-1983 (A history of Paullina and family biographies) | Centennial Committee | 1983 | Joan Skilbred, fannin@mosquitonet.com Linda Wines, wines@minn.net |
| Past and Present of O'Brien and Osceola Counties (A two volume history of the counties with biographies in the second volume) Check here before contacting a volunteer. | J.L.E. Peck and D.H.Montzheimer | 1914 | Jeff Wright, jwright3185@aol.com Don Harrington, harrington2@earthlink.net Lisa, sparrow1@aol.com |
| Biographical Data and Army Records of Old Soldiers who have lived in O'Brien County | Schee, George (compiler) | 1909 | Lisa, sparrow1@aol.com Mike, mshepard@cswnet.com Colleen, boose@redwing.net |
| History of O'Brien County (A history of the early days of O'Brien County and many of the pioneers) | D.A.W. Perkins | 1897 | Nancy, wilsonna@sonic.net Glennda Merry, Jmerryinaz@aol.com Don Harrington, harrington2@earthlink.net Lisa, sparrow1@aol.com |
| History of O'Brien County (An update of earlier histories including family biographies up through 1978) | O'Brien County Historical Society | 1979 | Colleen, boose@redwing.net Don Harrington, harrington2@earthlink.net |
| Siloam Lutheran Church (Paullina) records, 1888-1988. Available - baptisms 1888-1935 | Cidney Engberg, ENG110@aol.com | ||
| The First 100 Years, 1878-1978, Sanborn, Iowa (History of Sanborn and Family biographies) | Centennial Committee | 1978 | Don Harrington, harrington2@earthlink.net |
| There are a couple O'Brien Co. history books in the Hartley library, also Hartley Sentinels on microfilm and census starting 1860. I can also look up cemetery listings. Can also do cemetery photos with digital camera. | Janet Branson, jbranson@tcaexpress.net | ||
| I am with the Genealogy Division of the Italian-American Cultural Center. We have recently put all of the American Citizen Newspapers on CD. The holdings cover the years 1923 through 1972. We would be happy to provide look-ups. | Susan DeFazio, Susan@Chandlermetelman.com Italian-American Cultural Center of IA Des Moines, IA 50309 alternate look-up volunteer:
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