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6/28/2023  Updated   This cemetery Woodbury Township Cemetery and or Brick Cemetery.  was visited by Greg Brown in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023. The Google map link is on the cemetery link. The cemetery list was update in 2023 by adding infomation. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link (icon) on the HOME page.  

5/17/2023 NEW Added a "Classified directory" and "official register" for Sioux City, from 1880.

5/17/2023  Updated   This cemetery Oto Cemetery aka Wendell Cemetery, aka Little Sioux Township #2  was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The Google map link is on the cemetery link. The cemetery list was update in 2023 by adding infomation. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link (icon) on the HOME page.  

 4/21/2023  Updated   This cemetery Midway, St Paul Cemetery  was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The Google map link is on the cemetery link. The cemetery list was update in 2023 by adding infomation. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link (icon) on the HOME page.  

Date: Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 1:45 PM. Passed Spring review for this site.

2/27/2023 Updated   This cemetery Pleasant Hill Baptist Cemetery, was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The entrance photo and Google map link is on the cemetery link. The cemetery list was update in 2023 by adding infomation. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link (icon) on the HOME page.  

2/27/2023 Updated   This cemetery Peiro Cemetery aka Peiro - Bethel cemetery, aka Grant township cemetery, was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The entrance photo and Google map link is on the cemetery link. The cemetery list was update in 2023 by adding names. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link (icon) on the HOME page. 

2/26/2023 Updated   This cemetery Mt St Joseph Catholic Cemetery - Anthon, was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The entrance photo and Google map link is on the cemetery link. The cemetery list was update in 2023 by adding names. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link (icon) on the HOME page.

2/7/2023 NEW  HISTORY OF THE WHITFIELD METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF SIOUX CITY

1/25/2023 NEW Woodbury County Directory of Optometrists and Opticians for 1920

11/15/2022 Restored Index to St. Joseph Parish Centennial Book, 1969

11/15/2022 Restored Mount St. Joseph Cemetery This cemetery was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The entrance photo and Google map link is on the cemetery link.

10/14/2022 Updated  . Good Hope aka Union Ridge Cemetery, Pierson. This cemetery was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The entrance photo and Google map link is on the cemetery link. The cemetery list was update in 2022 added names and info. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link (icon) on the HOME page.

8/29/2022 New WOODBURY COUNTY PHYSICIANS' DIRECTORY

7/4/2022 Updated  Banner (township) Cemetery Lawton, Iowa. This cemetery was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The entrance photo and Google map link is on the cemetery link. The cemetery list was update in 2022. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link (icon) on the HOME page.

5/18/2022 Updated Elliott Creek Cemetery - a.k.a Floyd Township Cemetery at Bronson, Iowa. This cemetery was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The entrance photo and Google map link is on the cemetery link. The cemetery list was update in 2022. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link (icon) on the HOME page.

5/16/2022 Updated Greenwood Cemetery added 100 names. This cemetery was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The entrance photo and Google map link is on the cemetery link.
The cemetery list was update in 2022. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link (icon) on the HOME page.

4/14/2022 NEW birth index from 1909-1917 with the Mothers name. 11,000+ names

3/31/2022 Updated: - Liberty Cemetery
This cemetery was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The entrance photo and Google map link is on the cemetery link above.
The cemetery list was update in 2022. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link (icon) on the HOME page.

3/31/2022 Updated: - Cushing cemetery
This cemetery was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The entrance photo and Google map link is on the cemetery link above.
The cemetery list was update in 2022. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link (icon) on the HOME page.

3/14/2022 New  Tuttle’s History of Iowa 1876

3/14/2022   New  From the 1932 city directory, old names to new street names  Why this information maybe important? If you found someone before the street was rename and than can not find them after this date by the address, than maybe the street name was changed. They may not have moved.

2/25/2022 Restored Central High files

2/18/2022 Updated Greenwood Cemetery This cemetery was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The entrance photo and Google map link is on the cemetery link.
The cemetery list was update in 2022. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link (icon) on the HOME page.

2/9/2022 Restored or New Marriages 1881 - 1899

2/2/2022 Added a TOC for Fall 1994 Wahkaw and TOC for Fall 2003 Wahkaw

1/31/2022 Restored or New 1914 Correctionville HS Commencement I had a file for this, but does not appear on this list.

1/31//2022 Restored Sidney Fuller VFW Post # 458, Oto, Iowa. List from 1889 to 1901

1/31/2022 Updated: - Fairfield aka Batchellor aka Rock Branch aka Wild Rose
This cemetery was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The entrance photo and Google map link is on the cemetery link just above.
The cemetery list was update in 2022. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link (icon) on the HOME page.

1/18/2022 New Civil War Veterans

1/4/2022 New Peter Van Norman Post 419

1/3/2022 Restored Lee Post # 221, Smithland, Iowa

1/3/2022 New Bayer Post # 411, Sloan, Iowa

12/31/2021 Restored: Bud Hazen VFW Post 207 List from 1883 to 1884

11/24/2021 Updated: - Saint Joseph's Cemetery aka Wolf Creek Cemetery  
This cemetery was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The entrance photo and Google map link is on the cemetery link above.
The cemetery list was update in 2021. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link (icon) on the HOME page.

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11/24/2021 Updated: - Lucky Valley Cemetery - a.k.a Zion Cemetery  
This cemetery was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The entrance photo and Google map link is on the cemetery link above.
The cemetery list was update in 2021. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link (icon) on the HOME page.

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11/23/2021 Updated: - Walnut Grove Cemetery
This cemetery was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The entrance photo and Google map link is on the cemetery link above.
The cemetery list was update in 2021. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link (icon) on the HOME page.

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11/22/2021 Updated: Eberly Cemetery - a.k.a Concord Township Cemetery
This cemetery was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The entrance photo and Google map link is on the cemetery link above.
The cemetery list was update in 2021. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link (icon) on the HOME page.

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11/22/2021 Updated: Wellington Cemetery - a.k.a. Advent a.k.a Hollister
This cemetery was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The entrance photo and Google map link is on the cemetery link above.
The cemetery list was update in 2021. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link (icon) on the HOME page.

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11/22/2021 Updated: Concordia Cemetery
This cemetery was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The entrance photo and Google map link is on the cemetery link above.
The cemetery list was update in 2021. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link (icon) on the HOME page.

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11/4/2021 Updated: Bethel Cemetery aka Rock township Cemetery
This cemetery was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The entrance photo and Google map link is on the cemetery link.
The cemetery list was update in 2021. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link on the HOME page.

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On Tuesday, October 26, 2021, 12:27:49 PM CDT passed Fall review

10/13/2021 List of Pensioners 1883 (New)

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10/3/2021 Updated: German City Cemetery, 2843 Hancock Cir, Hornick, IA 51026

Note: This cemetery was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The entrance photo and Google map link is on the cemetery link.

Note: This list was update in 2021. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link on the HOME page.

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9/30/2021 Updated: Willow Township Cemetery, a.k.a Lee Cemetery, Holly Springs, Iowa
This cemetery was visited by Greg Brown in 2020. The entrance photo and Google map link is on the cemetery link.
The cemetery list was update in 2021. Also any obits that could be found are under the obit link on the HOME page.

9/6/2021 Updated newspaper page with archived old newspaper links.

Restored, Owego 5/27/2021(Part of the cities of the past)

Restored, Woodbury County Cities of the Past 5/27/2021

New, EARLY SIOUX CITY, IOWA, CHURCHES 5/16/2021.

Restored, Sioux City Cavalry 1861-1864 11/2/2020.

Passed Fall 2020 review Wed, Oct 14 at 9:17 AM

Updated Cemetery list with names, Google map shortcuts, and Entrance photos 10/13/2020

RestoredWalnut Grove Cemetery, with 1994 names 10/1/2020.

RestoredSloan Cemetery, with 1994 names 9/14/2020.

New, Index 1860 US Census for Woodbury County 9/13/2020. Added 430 names.

Restored Church Records For St. John’s Evangelical Church German City 10/10/2019. Records go back to 1882, Birth, Marriage and Death

NEW, added 850 names with parents names form the Iowa Old Age Assistance Records 10/2/2019

NEW, added the History of the Opera House in Danbury, Iowa 3/3/2019

NEW, added 2206 names of marriages and divorces from 1927 The Daily Reporter. The Daily Reporter was the official newspaper for all courts of record of Woodbury County, Iowa. 9/3/2018

NEW, added 2308 names of marriages and divorces from 1921 The Daily Reporter. The Daily Reporter was the official newspaper for all courts of record of Woodbury County, Iowa. 9/3/2018

NEW, added 3259 names of marriages and divorces from 1920 The Daily Reporter. The Daily Reporter was the official newspaper for all courts of record of Woodbury County, Iowa. 9/2/2018

NEW, added 3207 names of marriages and divorces from 1919 The Daily Reporter. The Daily Reporter was the official newspaper for all courts of record of Woodbury County, Iowa. 9/1/2018

NEW, added over 2000 names of marriages and divorces from 1918 The Daily Reporter. The Daily Reporter was the official newspaper for all courts of record of Woodbury County, Iowa. 5/7/2018

New Past and Present of Sioux City and Woodbury County 1904 (E.W.Miller) 5/6/2018

NEW, added over 2000 names of marriages and divorces from 1917 The Daily Reporter. The Daily Reporter was the official newspaper for all courts of record of Woodbury County, Iowa. 4/29/2018

New Willow Township History - 4/29/2018

Passed Spring Review 2018 Apr 27 at 7:20 AM

NEW, added over 2000 names of marriages and divorces from 1916 The Daily Reporter. The Daily Reporter was the official newspaper for all courts of record of Woodbury County, Iowa. 4/6/2018

NEW, added over 2000 names of marriages and divorces from 1915 The Daily Reporter. The Daily Reporter was the official newspaper for all courts of record of Woodbury County, Iowa. 4/6/2018

Alphabetized Wellington Cemetery a.k.a. Advent a.k.a Hollister  2/24/2018

Added more names St Marys Cemetery Oto 2/24/2018

Added more names St Mary’s and St Patrick’s Cemetery Liston Danbury 2/24/2018

Added more names Oto township Cemetery -Oto, Iowa 2/19/2018

Added more than 1000 names Oak Hill Cemetery -Athon, Iowa 2/19/2018

Added more than 1000 names Fairfield Cemetery - a.k.a Rock Branch or Batchellor 2/19/2018

Added names to Liston (township) Cemetery, Danbury, Iowa 2/18/2018

Added names to Banner (township) Cemetery, Lawton, Iowa 2/17/2018

Added 10X's the names for Arlington Cemetery. Had 200+, now 2000+ names. 2/17/2018

WIP (Work In Progress) Refactoring  web site to a different server. 1/15/2018


Passed Fall review 11/1/2017

Fixed broken links 10/13/2017
Added adoption papers transcribed from the poor farm 1886. 5/7/2017
Woodbury County Vietnam war casualties new 5/2017
Woodbury County Korean war casualties new 5/2017


Passed Spring Review 4/2017
New page added 1853 names for births 1904-1906 with mothers maiden names Woodbury County Births 1904-1906 4/21/2017. Thanks Nettie Mae Lucas!
Updated 21 pages with broken links, updated copyrights, fixed headers 4/19/2017


Refactored the adoptions page to be compatible with XHTML 1.0T, CSS 2.1 and HTML 5
Basically just took the text out of the file and used a WYSIWYG
to create a new html file. Added new links. 2/14/2017

New page: List of Service persons buried in Calvary Cemetery (9/25/2016)
New page: Lee Post VFW # 221, Smithland, Iowa. List from 1883 to 1889 (9/25/2016)
New page: Bayer VFW Post # 411, Sloan, Iowa. List from 1885 to 1889 (9/25/2016)
New page: Bud Hazen VFW Post 207 List from 1883 to 1884 (9/25/2016)
Updated pages for email addresses Surnames for R's, B's, and W's (9/24/2016)
New page Sidney Fuller VFW Post # 458, Oto, Iowa. List from 1889 to 1901 (9/21/2016)
Refactored old files to be compatible with XHTML 1.0T, CSS 2.1 and HTML 5
Basically just took the text out of the file and used a WYSIWYG to create a new html file.
early history of Oto
early history of Hornick
early history of holly springs
Danbury early businesses
early Danbury history
Cushing church history
Cushing schools early history
early Cushing history
early history of grace Lutheran church Correctionville
early history of durst mill Correctionville
assembly of God church Correctionville
brief early history of Correctionville library
first Baptist church of climbing hill
Climbing Hill School History
Anthon history
early merchants of Correctionville
history of Correctionville
Anthon history


Passed Spring 2016 review 5/7/2016.


Passed Fall 2015 review 12/11/2015.

Fixes for Fall 2015 review. 12/11/2015
New page for Woodbury County Iowa Poor House - Farm 9/1/2015
Added a church 8/19/2015.
Cleaned up Civil War Vets buried in Woodbury County by using Tidy HTML 6/11/2015.
Added info on Civil War veterans buried here Westfork Cemetery 5/16/2015
Cleaned up Arlington Cemetery by using Tidy HTML 5/6/2015.
New 1700 names form the 1880 census. 5/6/2015 (Deemed to be complete)
Added 90 names to Floyd cemetery 5/5/2015
Added 45 names to Floyd cemetery 4/27/2015
Added 45 names to Floyd cemetery 4/23/2015
Passed Spring Review Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 6:43 PM
Added 45 names to Floyd cemetery 4/21/2015
Fixed Search Engine. 4/21/2015
Fixed more broken links 4/16/2015
Cleaned up Floyd cemetery entries 4/16/2015
Fixed broken links 4/15/2015
Added 42 names to Floyd cemetery 4/14/2015
Added 118 names to Floyd cemetery 4/13/2015


Passed Fall Review 11/9/2014
Added 983 Civil War vets to CW Vets buried in Woodbury County. Now all Civil War vets are on one page. 8/12/2014
Added additional information on US Civil War vets to the Little Sioux Township Cemetery (aka Smithland Cemetery). 7/13/2014

Passed Spring Review 2014. 4/26/2014
Added 1000+ names and US Civil War Vets info and location of graves to Little Sioux Township Cemetery (aka Smithland Cemetery)
New added Logan Park Cemetery US Civil War Vets 4/5/2014 CW Vets buried in Woodbury County
Added new surnames to search list Hansbrough and Folwer 3/1/2014


Passed Fall Review Tue Oct 22 06:29:10 2013
Added three new names to Correctionville Cemetery 10/6/2013
New Woodbury County death index 1930 - 1935 Page 1 10/5/2013 [1800+ names]


Passed the Spring Review 5/8/2013
New history of Holly Springs 4/18/2013
Updated St Mary's Cemetery, Oto Township, Oto, Iowa added names 4/18/2013
New The Blue Book of Iowa Women, bios' of women in Woodbury county. 3/14/2013
Added 933 names to St. Joseph Cemetery 1/7/2013.
Updated Graceland Cemetery page. 1/7/2013
Updated Query and Surname pages 1/6/2013
Updated Surname page 11/20/2012


Passed Fall Review Mon, October 29, 2012 10:19:50 PM
Added 1064 names to the West Fork Cemetery 10/2/2012.
Added 362 names to the Willow Cemetery 9/30/2012.

Added 1825 names to the Sloan Cemetery 9/4/2012.
Added names and updated Pleasant Hill Cemetery 9/4/2012.
Updated Peiro - Bethel Cemetery 9/3/2012
Added 385 names updated information on others in the Oto cemetery 9/3/2012.
Updated email address on quires and surnames. Surname List for the letter "W" and "R"
Quires for "W" and "R"
New Cemetery listing adding approx. 168 names, German City Cemetery 7/24/2012.
Added 6 names and 22 pictures to the Eberly Cemetery (aka Concord Township Cemetery) 7/7/2012.
Added approx. 20 names to the Elliott Creek Cemetery, aka Floyd Township Cemetery listing. 7/7/2012.
Added a new page for a List of Men who served in either, The War of 1812, Mexican War, War of the Rebellion. 6/24/2012
Added a new page for the 1940 Census. 6/24/2012
Added 700 names to the Banner Cemetery listing. 6/8/2012. This should be 99% of the interments.
Added 200 names to the Little Sioux Cemetery listings. 5/20/2012.
Updated the following pages Resource List, List of Maps to Cemeteries, Adoptions Queries 4/17/2012
Removed broken link on the SSDI pages. Added two new links for look ups on the Social Security Death Index pages. 4/12/2012.
Removed broken link on the Home page. 4/12/2012


Passed the Spring Review 4/12/2012
Added information for 1940 Census on the front page. 4/5/2012
Updated email address for Surnames 3/14/2012
Added new obit obits_P.htm 3/7/2012
Added new information 1930 census new page 2/25/2012
Added new information for Westfork Cemetery 2/19/2012
Added new Woodbury County History from 1876 1/1/2012
Updated Eberly Cemetery (aka Concord Township Cemetery)  re-formatted, peer reviewed and corrected. 11/25/2011


Passed the Fall Review Wed, October 26, 2011 1:06:43 AM
Fixed broken links 10/13/2011
Moved all 26 files for Queries to a new folder, updated all pages to remove propriety code for just one browser to make them more browser friendly to all. 9/24/2011
Moved all 26 files for Surname's to a new folder, updated all pages to remove propriety code for just one browser to make them more browser friendly to all. 9/17/2011
Updated email address for Posted Queries For the Surname "J" 9/10/2011
Added new surname on list Surname List for the letter "S" 9/10/2011
Added (new) Durst Mill 9/3/2011
Added (new) Danbury History 9/3/2011
Added (new) Cushing Church History 9/3/2011
Added (new) Cushing School 9/3/2011
Updated the Correctionville Cemetery, now almost 800 names!!!! 7/16/2011
Updated list of churches 6/25/2011


Passed the Spring Review 4/16/2011
Fixed broken links on many pages 3/19/2011
Updated WCGS page with the Spring 2011 index of the WAHKAW 3/13/2011
Fixed broken links on many pages 3/5/2011
Added (new) Cushing History 2/7/2011
Added (new) Grace Lutheran Church, Correctionville 2/7/2011
Added (new) Assembly of God Church History, Correctionville 2/5/2011
Added (new) Correctionville Public Library History 2/5/2011
Added (new) Early Merchants of Correctionville History 2/5/2011
Added (new) Correctionville History 2/5/2011
Added (new) First Baptist Church of Climbing Hill History 2/5/2011
Added (new) Climbing Hill School History 2/5/2011
Added (new) Elliott Creek Presbyterian Church History 2/5/2011
Updated the Churches in Woodbury County, IA page 2/5/2011
Added (new) History of Owego 1/2/2011


Passed the Fall 2010 Review 11/3/2010
Re-indexed Index to Hornick Centennial Book 10/25/2010
Fixed Broken links on 16 pages 10/24/2010
Updated the Main Cemetery page 10/16/2010
Updated the GNIS Map to Cemetery's page 10/16/2010
Fixed Broken Links  on many pages 10/9/2010
Updated the Floyd Cemetery page 10/9/2010
Added (new) CW Vets buried in Woodbury County page 10/9/2010
Fixed Broken Link Surname List for the letter "L" page 9/12/2010
Fixed Broken Link Posted Queries for Surnames beginning with the letter "W" page 9/12/2010
Fixed Broken Link Wahkaw_Winter_2002 page 9/12/2010
Fixed Broken Link Wahkaw_Spring_2002 page 9/12/2010
Fixed Broken Link Wahkaw_Winter_2001 page 9/12/2010
Fixed Broken Link Front Page / Home Page / Index page 9/12/2010
Fixed Broken Link Woodbury County Genealogical Society page 9/12/2010
Updated the Family Reunions Index page 9/11/2010
Updated the German City Cemetery page 9/11/2010
Updated the Front Page / Home Page / Index page 9/11/2010
Updated "Posted Queries for Surnames beginning with the letter "P"" 7/15/2010
Updated front page (aka index page) 7/12/2010
Added (new) St Joseph parish index 5/23/2010
Added (new) WWII Deceased 5/23/2010


Passed the Spring 2010 Review 4/4/2010
Added History of Woodbury County 1876 4/3/2010
Added Unveiling of Cordua-Roberts Monument 4/3/2010
Added THE SQUATTER WAR Of 1885 4/3/2010
Added PIONEER LUMBERMEN 4/3/2010
Added JESSIE JAMES PLAYED ROBIN HOOD IN WOODBURY COUNTY 4/3/2010
Added Index to Hornick Centennial, 1887-1987, Iowa, Woodbury County 4/3/2010
Added HYBRID CORN MAKERS 4/3/2010
Added Historical Review of the Woodbury County Sheriff’s Department 4/1/2010
Added Church Records For St. John’s Evangelical Church German City 4/1/2010
Added GENERAL MERCHANDISING IN THE EARLY DAYS 4/1/2010
Added Farming over the years 4/1/2010
Added Farming in Woodbury County 3/31/2010
Added History of Anthon 3/31/2010
Added Graceland Cemetery page three, names from Mabel R Alkire to  Harry B Amos 11/20/2009.
Added Graceland Cemetery page two, names from Elizabeth Adamson to  Emily Jane Alkire 11/13/2009.
Added Graceland Cemetery page one, names from Eline Aasen to  Baby of A.G. Adamson 11/2/2009.
 
 
 


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