What's New 2005-2011

What's New Archives

January 22, 2005

• Finally got my FrontPage program back.  So now we are back in business.  Sorry about the adjustments. 
• Redid the index page so things are more organized
• Added to Cemetery Page: Calvary Post Interments, Maps
• Added to Maps: 1950 Trolley Route
• Surnames updated
• Obituaries were added
• Photos added
• School records added new photos of Crocker School
• Finished L,M,N to the directory page
• Added 1875 Patrons Atlas (more to come)

February 1, 2005

• 1870 Poor House Census, Saylor Twp.
• 1880 Poor House/Insane Asylum Census Twp.
• 1900 Insane Asylum Census, Saylor Twp.
• Fixed Obituary page: Link to Des Moines Library and Added Brevities

February 26, 2005

• Added to the Resources pages including collections of what some libraries and archives have.
• Added to Directories page
• Updated surname page
• Uploaded 200+ names to Polk County Gravestone Photo Project thanks to Kaye Sanchez.  She had sent me in the mail a box of tombstone photos.  Thanks again Kaye!
• Added the Views of Des Moines to the photo page. 

March 1, 2005

• Early deaths listed in various newspapers - Added to the Obits & Death Notice page
• Added Madison & Washington twps to the 1875 Atlas

March 2, 2005

• Added Lincoln, Saylor, Grant, Allen, Four Mile, Jefferson, Walnut, Crocker, Valley and Camp Twps to 1875 Atlas

March 3, 2005

• New page added: Mention of Wills
• Real Estate Transfers added
• Added 1871 marriages
• 1895 census for the Iowa Industrial School (Hardin County) Persons who lived in Polk County between 1875-1890

April 16, 2005

• Added Cathy Clouse Armstrong to the Lookup page.  She is willing to do lookups at the courthouse and tombstone photos - Thanks Cathy
• Added Kaye Sanchez for lookups in the Woodland Cemetery
• On Lil Bits page added link to National Register of Historic Places
• Updated Surname pages

June 2, 2005

• 1850 Mortality Schedule for Polk County

October 18, 2005

• Updates to Surname List - Beth Perona, I need a new address for you!  Thanks
• Updated Links to Volunteers Page
• Added 2 Polk County Connections websites
• Added directions to the Brethren Cemetery
• Added new Look up volunteers
• Added link to the Civil War homepage explaining GAR

April 15, 2006

Hello all! I hope that Spring has Sprung wherever you are.

• Added Archives link.  Do visit!!!  New information is sure to be uncovered. (Sorry, this link had to be deleted due to it not conforming with the IaGenWeb By-laws.)
• Added link to Des Moines Irving School in 1888

July 27, 2006

Looks like I had a good time off.  Not to worry, its back to work time.

• Added 3 obituaries
• A new link added to Schools - a link to North Des Moines High  1893 onward.  Some pics and locations of alumni.
• Surname pages updated.
• Added another family to the Polk County Connections. 
• Added 2 new links to the Obit  page

Sept 14, 2006

• Updated Surname page
• Add photo of Garret Grove school students -1935
• Added family photos of the Cooksey, Day, Hogeboom, Rodenbaugh family.  Go to Faces and Places page to see

November 9, 2006

• Fixed photos on the Pioneers pages
• Fixed photos for Lucas County unidentified pics
• Fixed broken links - Let me know if any are left. 
• Added Family Bibles index page with a couple of new links
• Added 1882 Business directory for Rising Sun link on Directory page
• 1875 Atlas - added Elkhart and Franklin townships
• Added more URLs to the search button for more results

December 12, 2006

Added a thumbnail life sketch to Cooksey, Day, Hogeboom, Rodenbaugh photo page under Faces and Places. 

January (2007?)

• I have redone the Obituary page and am now putting all obituaries together regardless of date.  I still have death notices and small snippets of deaths separate.
• Made the Boards (Obit, Query, etc) on the index page more noticeable.

January 16, 2007

• Starting off a new year.
• -Added new photo to front page
• -Updated surnames
• -Working on a couple of special projects for the site.

February 2, 2007

• - Brevities pg - added: Berry, Rambo, McDonald, Orwig
• - Added Juon family on Polk County Connections
• - Added photo of students are the Garnett Grove School abt. 1923
• - Added obit for Wishart also newspaper articles addressing his murder by Pierce

February 15, 2007

• - Updated Death index
• - Added Ricord, Wishart to Brevities
• -One more Volunteer added to list
• - Welcome to my Public Safety pages: Photos of past Fireman(coming), Policemen and Health officials from early 1900s
• - obit for Detective Arcus Brunnemer in Public Safety
• - Marriages index page updated and added 1872 marriages
• - rearranged school listings into Lists and Photos September 22,2007 I have update a couple of times but have not logged all of it here. Sorry!
• Today, I updated the Surnames, added to the Polk County Connections, changed a email addy for the Richard Sharp diary, and added a notation for the Wishart Murder

October 10, 2010

• GPP project:  Approved over 500 new photos for White Oak Cemetery.

December 13, 2010

• Added over 20+ links for the areas histories, historical museums
• Fixed home link on the Lucas Co. Photos page
• Updated the index page
• Fixed graphic on the West High Alumni page
• Background on the school index is different
• fixed all links on the Obit, Death & Funeral notices page
• added a home button to the Marriage Index page
• Still cleaning up broken links.
• SURNAMES added or fixed: Evans, Yates, Horning, Ash, Stewart, Lenox, Piva, Boganwright
• LOOKUPS: added Diane Conway as a lookup for Madison twp information.

2011

April 29, 2011

• Fixed many broken links
• GPP is at over 16,000+ entries for Polk County alone.