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What's New 2006-2011


2011
Updated Obits Petersen and Rank (Nov 2011)
Second and Third Quarter 2011 Obituaries added with index and photos (Nov 2011)
Added Photos to ORVILLE F. COX's 1915 Biography (Oct 2011)
Added photo of Danish Lutheran College and downtown Elk Horn, photo contributed by Cheryl Siebrass (Sep 2011)
Updated Shelby County Marriages, Brides - Rasmussen (Sep 2011)
Fourth Quarter 2010 Obituaries added with index and photos (Aug 20110)
Converted Rootsweb Obituary listings to IAGenWeb Shelby County, added Pico Search for those listings (Jul 2011)
Replaced Pico search with Free Find Search, due to capacity issues (Jun 2011)
1915 Biographies completed (Jun 2011)
1915 Biographies added (Feb 2011), more coming

2010
1854 State Census of Iowa, Gallands Grove Twp & Southern Precinct Twp. (Nov 2010)
1915 Biographies added. (Updated Sep 2010)
1892 Farmers Directory Images and transcribed Records (August 2010)
Rootsweb Obituaries and Queries transcribed for Shelby County (June 2010)
Photos added to the 1915 Biographies pages (May 2010)
Danish Immigrant Museum and Family History & Genealogy Center listing updated, new brochure added (May 2010)
Poplar Iowa History Book (published 1885) Look Up Volunteer Identified
Elkhorn Danish Lutheran Church Confirmation, Petersen Hardware Store, and Defiance Drug Store Photos  (March 2010)
Early Shelby County Towns, Post Offices and Post Masters (February 2010)

2009
Shelby County Obituaries Posted IAGenWeb Board and Archived here (Oct 17, 2009)
transcribed Records - 1925 Shelby County Institution Census (Sep 2009)
Added link for Gravestone Symbolism (July 2009)
Updated Shelby County Marriages ( July 2009)
Replaced link for Irish Genealogy (June 2009
Updated 1889 Biographical Sketches (May 2009)
Created 1918 Soldier's Farewell Program, contributed by Phyllis Heller (February 2009)
Created Shelby County Civil War Vets buried in Shelby County, contributed by Phyllis Heller (January 2009)

2008
Created Shelby County Soldiers who died in Wars following WWII, contributed by Phyllis Heller (December 2008)
Archived Rootsweb Boards to Shelby County web site, November 2008 added so far.
Revised Shelby Co. Soldiers who died in World War II, contributed by Phyllis Heller (November 2008).
Broken internal links updated or removed, and removed orphaned files (Oct 2008)
Added IAGenWeb Message board icons (Oct 2008)
IAGenWeb's Shelby County Project moved to the IAGENWEB server, Pico search engine adjusted (Oct 2008)
County's New Coordinator Team:
John Schulte - Coordinator
Dennis Walsh - Assistant Coordinator
57 additional biographies (A-H) have been added from the 1915 Shelby County History,
thanks to Marthann Kohl-Fuhs. Go to the 1915 Bio. Index. (May 2008)
1856 Shelby County Iowa State Census Index, contributed by Dennis Walsh (May 2008)

2007
20 additional biographies have been added from the 1915 Shelby County History,
thanks to Marthann Kohl-Fuhs. Go to the 1915 Bio. Index. (April 2008)
UPDATED Shelby Co. Soldiers who died in World War I, contributed by Phyllis Heller. (April 2008)
Shelby County Iowa area Civil War Veterans - 1918 photo [pdf file], contributed by Steven Dent (August 2007)
Elim Lutheran Childrens Home, contributed by Phyllis A. Heller (June 2007)
Cuppy's Grove Cemetery, surveyed and photographed in May 2007 by Marthann Kohl-Fuhs.

2006
A large number of biographies have been added based on the 1915 Shelby County History,
thanks to Marthann Kohl-Fuhs. Go to 1915 Bio. Index. (Sep 2006)
Gravestone photos have been added from St. Boniface Cemetery in Westphalia,
thanks to Marthann Kohl-Fuhs. Go to Cemetery Index. (June 2006)
A Cemetery Index for Shelby City Cemetery has been added, thanks to Marthann Kohl-Fuhs. Go to Index. (April 2006)
Gravestone photos for Shelby City Cemetery have been added, thanks to Marthann Kohl-Fuhs great efforts. (March 2006)
There are over 10,000 gravestone photos contributed to the Shelby County Iowa Gravestones project, thanks to the tireless efforts of contributors listed below. As a result an Index of Gravestone Photos has been added to provide an idea of what is out there. (January 2006)

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