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| 2 | Cherokee County Veteran Burials added to Iowa Veterans Cemetery Page Dusty R. Helmers, David L. Maselter | Connie McDaniel Hall Transcription (off-site link) | 29 Sep 2024 | ||||
| 19 | History of the Cherokee Mental Health Institute | Transcription County Coordinator | 28 Sep 2024 | ||||
| 1 | James Dela Smith, Jr MIA during Korean War | Transcription County Coordinator | 9 May 2024 | ||||
| 7 | Research & Resource Tools for Korean War Veterans | Off-site links | 9 May 2024 | ||||
| 1 | Death of Merlyn Johnson 1st County Casualty during Korean War | Transcription County Coordinator | 9 May 2024 | ||||
| 1 | Cherokee County Township Clerks Contact Info | Off-site link | 23 Apr 2024 | ||||
| 16 | Added township formation info to each of the township pages | Transcription County Coordinator | 23 Apr 2024 | ||||
| 1 | The Newberry Library | Off-site link | 23 Apr 2024 | ||||
| 1 | Story added to Louis Gund Family page - "Mrs. Gund an Area Victim of Airliner Tragedy" | Transcription County Coordinator | 23 Apr 2024 | ||||
| There are 4,685 Cherokee county gravestone photographs on the Iowa Gravestone Photo Project Volunteers are needed to photograph & submit Cherokee cemetery gravestones to preserve them for future generations. | Iowa Gravestone Photo Project | As of 14 Apr 2024 | |||||
| Obituaries - Total of 1961 posts | Obituary Board Volunteer contributions | As of 14 Apr 2024 | |||||
| 1 | Aurelia Graduation Class of 1918 & 1919 Photo | Transcription & Image | 14 Apr 2024 | ||||
| 1 | Cleghorn High School Class of 1939 Reunion | Transcription & image | 14 Apr 2024 | ||||
| 1 | Cleghorn High School Class of 1930 Reunion | Transcription & image | 14 Apr 2024 | ||||
| 6 | Photographs of Cherokee County Railroad Depots | Timothy Adams | 14 Jan 2024 | ||||
| 5 | The Railroad in Cherokee County A new section which highlights the history of the RR in Cherokee County "Chugging into Cherokee" - RR Maps - Accidents & more | Transcription & image County Coordinator | 14 Jan 2024 | ||||
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| Gold Star Veterans for Cherokee County and for the United States | Off-site links to HonorStates.org | Veterans Day 2023 | |||||
| There are 4,681 Cherokee county gravestone photographs on the Iowa Gravestone Photo Project Volunteers are needed to photograph & submit Cherokee cemetery gravestone to preserve them for future generations. | Iowa Gravestone Photo Project | As of 13 Oct 2023 | |||||
| Obituaries - Total of 1958 posts | Obituary Board Volunteer contributions | As of 13 Oct 2023 | |||||
| 1 | The Arthur Johnson Family | Coordinator transcription | 10 Sep 2023 | ||||
| 11 | Birth Notices | Coordinator transcription | 9 Sep 2023 | ||||
| 1 | History of the Quimby Methodist Episcopal Church | Volunteer transcription & image | 13 Aug 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Organization of the Diamond Center Methodist Episcopal Church | Volunteer transcription & image | 12 Aug 2023 | ||||
| 1 | 75 Year History of Aurelia Methodist Church | Volunteer transcription & image | 12 Aug 2023 | ||||
| 1 | History of the Washta Methodist Church | Volunteer transcription & image | 9 Aug 2023 | ||||
| 8 | Added 8 off-site links to free genealogy resources | Transcription | 31 July 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Added a Revolutionary War Timeline | Transcription | 6 July 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Sioux Valley Memorial Hospital's Ten Thousandth Birth | Transcription & image | 4 July 2023 | ||||
| 10 | Created a page dedicated to the K. A. Florine Family | Transcription & images | 1 July 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Veteran burial added to Iowa's Veteran Cemetery | Transcription | 27 Jun 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Veteran Hobe Johnson Receives Medals 55 Years Late | Transcription & image | 15 Jun 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Boettcher 50 Year Anniversary | Transcription & Image | 15 Jun 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Vietnam Casualty Ronald Means | Transcription & Image | 15 Jun 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Washington High School Class of 1953 Twenty Year Reunion | Transcription & Image | 11 Jun 2023 | ||||
| 2 | Pfalzgraf & Keller Wedding Anniversaries | Transcription & Images | 11 Jun 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Barr Ford Motor Company's First Model A | Transcription & Image | 11 Jun 2023 | ||||
| 1 | 1930's Photo of Leo Alquist, Sr. Riding the Range | Transcription & Image | 11 Jun 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Mr. & Mrs. Leo Alquist 60th Wedding Anniversary | Transcription & Image | 11 Jun 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Mr. & Mrs. John Julius 50th Wedding Anniversary | Transcription & Image | 11 Jun 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Elizabeth Ballantyne's Recollection of Pioneer Life | Transcription & Image | 11 Jun 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Page created for Washta School News | Transcription | 15 May 2023 | ||||
| 1 | News bits as reported in the Daily Times | Transcription (contributed by former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | 14 May 2023 | ||||
| 4 | Photos Added:
| Images (from one of the donated scrapbooks by the former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | 14 May 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Grand Meadow Twp. News | Transcription | 14 May 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Photo of James F. Weart | (contributed by former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | 14 May 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Liberty Twp. News | Transcription | 14 May 2023 | ||||
| 1 | 1910 Photo of Meriden Band | Image & Transcription (contributed by former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | 14 May 2023 | ||||
| 1 | The Scott family 5 sons who served their country | Transcription Content courtesy of Larry Scott | 13 May 2023 | ||||
| 1 | The Story of Delbert Scott's Great Adventure | Transcription | 13 May 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Service Member's News Letter 11 Mar 1944 | Transcription | 13 May 2023 | ||||
| 7 web pgs | New Cherokee County Veterans Memorial Page (includes lists of those who served and photos of the memorial monuments) | Images & Transcription | 13 May 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Civil War Soldiers & Sailors website | off-site link to National Parks Service | 12 May 2023 | ||||
| 1 | 1878 Farmer's Directory | Volunteer Transcription | 6 May 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Page created in honor of LeRoy Reinert who served and died during WWII | Transcription | 22 Apr 2023 | ||||
| There are 4,677 Cherokee county gravestone photographs on the Iowa Gravestone Photo Project Volunteers are needed to photograph & submit Cherokee cemetery gravestone to preserve them for future generations. | Iowa Gravestone Photo Project | As of 1 Apr 2023 | |||||
| Obituaries - Total of 1,870 posts | Obituary Board Volunteer contributions | As of 1 Apr 2023 | |||||
| 1 | Added photo of Steele State Bank | Image | 4 Apr 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Newly created page for Village of Marcus | Page creation & Transcriptions | 4 Apr 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Added link to United States Digital Map Library offered by USGenWeb Archives Project Collection includes maps for :
| USGenWeb Archives Project | 2 Apr 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Preface 1878 History of Cherokee County | Page Creation & Transcriptions (contributed by former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | 2 Apr 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Iowa Veterans Cemetery with Cherokee County Veteran burials | Connie McDaniel Hall Transcription | 2 Apr 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Organization of Cherokee County | Transcription from Thomas McCulla's History of Cherokee | Mar 2023 | ||||
| Added 3 burials to Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery | Transcription | Mar 2023 | |||||
| Added off-site link to Cherokee County Biographies at USGenWeb Archives | Mar 2023 | ||||||
| 2 | 1878 History of Northwestern Iowa and Cherokee County | Page Creation & Transcriptions (contributed by former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | Mar 2023 | ||||
| 1 | 1878 State of Courts, Finances & Mail Service in Cherokee County | Page Creation & Transcriptions (contributed by former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | Mar 2023 | ||||
| 1 | 1878 State of Lands, Mills & Railroads in Cherokee County | Page Creation & Transcriptions (contributed by former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | Mar 2023 | ||||
| 1 | 1878 State of Schools & Churches in Cherokee County | Page Creation & Transcriptions (contributed by former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | Mar 2023 | ||||
| 1 | 1878 State of Crops, Stock Raising & Fencing in Cherokee County | Page Creation & Transcriptions (contributed by former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | Mar 2023 | ||||
| 5 | 1878 State of Soil - Climate - Roads - Timber - Fruit in Cherokee County | Page Creation & Transcriptions (contributed by former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | Mar 2023 | ||||
| 4 | 1972 Photos of Schools for Aurelia Meriden-Cleghorn Marcus Quimby | Images (from former Cherokee County Genealogical Society scrapbook) | Mar 2023 | ||||
| 10 | Biographies of Area Artists | Transcription | Mar 2023 | ||||
| 5 | Family Group Sheets for the following families: Bull, Bruce, Burgess, Carver, Jensen, Molyneux, Nielsen | Page Creation & Transcriptions (family histories contributed by former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | Mar 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Formation of Cherokee County's First V.F.W. Post | Volunteer Transcription | Feb 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Added off-site link to The Doughboy Center American Expeditionary Forces in WW I | County Coordinator | Feb 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Created new history page & transcription for Maryhill Visitation Catholic Church | Coordinator Transcription | Feb 2023 | ||||
| 4 | Washington High School Class of 1954 | Coordinator Transcription Includes numerous transcribed news articles about the school's first graduating class | Feb 2023 | ||||
| 5 | Washington High School Cherokee, Iowa | Coordinator Transcription Includes numerous transcribed news articles about the school and its students, including State Championships & All Stars | Feb 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Washington High School Commencement Brochure June 1, 1969 | County Coordinator Transcription & images | Feb 2023 | ||||
| 2 | Wedding Anniversaries for Mr. & Mrs. Robert Vanatta and Mr. & Mrs. Forrest Vicstrum | County Coordinator Scrapbook transcription & images | Feb 2023 | ||||
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| Heroes Remembered Pvt. Lynn A. Morrow | Coordinator Transcription | Dec 2022 | |||||
| Signifigance of the Gold Star Symbol | Coordinator Transcription | Dec 2022 | |||||
| Men & Women of Cherokee County Lost During WW I | Eric & Marcia Driggs Transcription | ||||||
| Heroes Remembered 2LT Wayne Buck | Transcription & images Photos are courtesy of James Schumacher Story creation by Cindy Booth Maher | Dec 2022 | |||||
| Family History & Photos for A. G. Chapman Family | Barbara Unger Transcription | Dec 2022 | |||||
| Family Group Sheet & Photos for Phineas P Churchill Family | Barbara Unger Transcription | Dec 2022 | |||||
| Family History & Photos for Joseph Chapman & A. C. M. Chapman Families | Barbara Unger Transcription | Dec 2022 | |||||
| Obituaries - Total of 1,845 posts | Obituary Board | As of 15 Oct 2022 | |||||
| There are 4,621 Cherokee county gravestone photographs on the Iowa Gravestone Photo Project Volunteers are needed to photograph & submit Cherokee cemetery gravestone to preserve them for future generations. | Iowa Gravestone Photo Project | As of 15 Oct 2022 | |||||
| Family History for Hugh F Warren & Noah Sargent Warren Families | Barbara Unger Transcription | October 2022 | |||||
| A lot! | Iowa Gazetteer 1912-1913 Cherokee County Towns & Businesses | Transcription | Aug 2022 | ||||
| 17 | Last Wills & Testaments for Cherokee County residents | Volunteer Transcription | July 2022 | ||||
| Grand Meadow Cemetery records organized by block #. This is a file that was posted on the site in 1999 but part of it mysteriously disappeared. I was able to restore those pages recently. | Arlene Hollenbeck Transcription | July 2022 | |||||
| A lot! | Births 1909 - June 1921 | Nettie Mae Lucas Transcription | Apr 2022 | ||||
| Obituaries - Total of 1,821 posts | Obituary Board | As of Apr 1, 2022 | |||||
| There are 4,621 Cherokee county gravestone photographs on the Iowa Gravestone Photo Project Volunteers are needed to photograph & submit Cherokee cemetery gravestone to preserve them for future generations. | Iowa Gravestone Photo Project | As of Apr 1, 2022 | |||||
| 15 | Biographies of Area Artists | Transcription | Mar 2022 | ||||
| "Art
Window of the Year 1967" A book dedicated to the Arts of Cherokee County | Transcription | Mar 2022 | |||||
| 33 | Grand Meadow Bus Drivers 1920-1929 and 1940-1949 | Transcription (contributed by the former Cherokee County Historical Society) | Mar 2022 | ||||
| 1 | Created new page for 1907 Atlas plat maps | Images | Feb 2022 | ||||
| 1 | Created new page for Township maps | Images | Feb 2022 | ||||
| 15 | Medical & Surgical Directory 1886-87 | Transcription | Feb 2022 | ||||
| 7 | Medical & Surgical Directory 1880-81 | Transcription | Feb 2022 | ||||
| 7 | Medical & Surgical Directory 1878-79 | Transcription | Feb 2022 | ||||
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| 12 | Added December 1919 Births to Births Record | Transcription | Sep 2021 | ||||
| 12 | 1920 U.S. Census for Cherokee County Almshouse | Transcription | Aug 2021 | ||||
| 4 | 1910 U.S. Census for Cherokee County Almshouse | Transcription | Aug 2021 | ||||
| 23 | Marriage records added to 1886 Marriage list | Transcription | Aug 2021 | ||||
| 10 | Added photos of Polson family and friends | Images & Transcription | Jul 2021 | ||||
| Obituaries - New Total of 1,821 posts | Obituary Board | As of April 15, 2021 | |||||
| There are 4,637 Cherokee county gravestone photographs on the Iowa Gravestone Photo Project Volunteers are needed to photograph & submit Cherokee cemetery gravestone to preserve them for future generations. | Iowa Gravestone Photo Project | As of April 15, 2021 | |||||
| 1 | WWII Vet Paul C Polson | Image & Transcription | Mar 2021 | ||||
| 6 | Polson Family Photos | Images | Mar 2021 | ||||
| 2 | Cleghorn High School Class of 1949 | Images | Feb 2021 | ||||
| 1 | Thomas McCulla, Pioneer Attorney | Transcription | Feb 2021 | ||||
| 1 | 1957 Peace Time Draftees | Image & Transcription | Feb 2021 | ||||
| 1 | Washington High School Thirty Year Reunion 1954 - 1984 | Image & Transcription | Jan 2021 | ||||
| 1 | Eva M. Johnson Funeral Card | Image | Jan 2021 | ||||
| 28 | 1894 Cherokee County Union Fair Premium Book | Images & Transcription | Jan 2021 | ||||
| 3 | New page created for town of Aurelia includes 1878 History, Vintage Postcard & Centennial Logo | Images & Transcription | Jan 2021 | ||||
| 1 | Story of Death of Homer W. Green, Attorney - 1914 | Transcription | Jan 2021 | ||||
| 2 | New "Homes" Photo page created | Images | Jan 2021 | ||||
| 1 | Family Photo Additions Includes Maffin child, Esther Cummins | Images | Jan 2021 | ||||
| 2 | Photos of Booth Electric Station Wagon - 1961 | Images | Jan 2021 | ||||
| 1 | Funeral card added for Walter William Matzdorf | Image | Jan 2021 | ||||
| 1 | J. W. "Jack" & Lillie (Ruebsam) Gradenthen Golden Anniversary, Photo & Bible Page | Image & Transcription | Jan 2021 | ||||
| 1 | Photo - Booth Electric Sponsored Bowling Team - 1964 | Image | Jan 2021 | ||||
| 6 | Historic Photos including Fife's Store & Downtown Cherokee | Images | Jan 2021 | ||||
| 1 | Ideal Laundry & Drycleaning Company | Image & Transcription | Jan 2021 | ||||
| 5 | Lampe Family Photos | Images | Jan 2021 | ||||
| 17 | Historic Postcards From the David Shedlock Collection | Images | Jan 2021 | ||||
| 96 | Cherokee County Homesteads | Transcription | Jan 2021 | ||||
| Link to What's New 2011-2012 | Link to What's New 2013-2014 |
| Link to What's New 2015-2016 | Link to What's New 2017-2018 |
| Link to What's New 2019-2020 |