March 2008
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from web-site users: |
- Thank
you for all the wonderful work you do..
Our site is the best so far of all the
states I have visited on line...... Janet
- I
really love having the township maps from
the 1875 Atlas..... Lisa
- Thank
you again for all you do -- your work
benefits so many of us..... Kathleen
- Thank
you for your knowledge and information!!!
..... Krisene
- Love
the work you are doing on the web
site..... Carolyn
- Congratulations
on your county website. Both my paternal
and maternal ancestry have multiple
generations of Allamakee County roots,
and I have extensively used your website
in my family history research...... Steve
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Our sharing & generous
contributors in March 2008
were Sue Kenyon, Steve May, Matthew Whalen, Errin Wilker,
Kathleen Huff, Patricia Hamarstrom, Janet Koozer, Grace
(Benjegerdes) Keir, Helen Houlihan, Mary Durr, Henry
Brainard, Carol Harris, Kathleen Hash, Ann Krumme,
Carolyn Clark, Constance Diamond and 'LA'
"ALLAMAKEE ALBUM"
*Brooks family album
*Methodist church ladies, Waukon. More of the ladies in
the photo have been identified
*Allamakee co. Church album, added Norwegian Lutheran
church, Waterville, 1929
"BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources"
*William & Annie (Hirth) May
"CEMETERY RECORDS"
*Woodmansee notes have been added for St. Marys Lycurgus
(surname Connor/Connors)
*Woodmansee notes have been added for Oak Hill (surname
Haines)
*Round Prairie cemetery plot map, selected graves
"CEMETERY RECORDS - Gravestone Photo Project
(GPP)"
*Gravestone photos were contributed for the IOOF, Old
West Paint Creek & Round Prairie cemeteries
"CHURCH RECORDS"
*Added a brief history of the Old East Paint Creek church
*'A Modern Circuit Rider' article added to Mt. Hope
Presbyterian church history
*Map showing the Norwegian Lutheran churches
"HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc."
*Postville photos page 1 & 2 updated with: Armstrong
& Holter advertising card, Skelton & Tangeman
1893 advertising calender, 1917 Postville street scene
and an undated photo of the construction of the brick
kiln
*Photo mis-identified as a Postville scene was spotted by
an alert researcher, it was moved to Waukon photos pg 1
(Fire in the Top Floor, 1910)
*Newspaper blurb about the Toll House on the Black Hawk
bridge
*1865 Allamakee co. Shipping Guide
*Allamakee co. Peace Officers, added a photo of
'Postville Marshall', likely the photo of John Huffy
*Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus in
Postville, photos & history
"LI'L BITS"
*Newspaper articles added for 1885 & 1942
"MARRIAGE RECORDS"
*Added to Compiled Marriages: Hanson-Scully and
Meier-Hinsch (bride ID'ed)
*Added to Marriage Licenses: Phalen-Willman, Stone-Stone,
Spaulding-Rowe, Rapp-Maser, Larson-Stevenson,
Gerber-Whitney, Heiser-Clark
"OBITUARIES"
*54 new obits were posted to our Obit Boards in March.
Several photos added to these & previously posted
obits
"SCHOOL RECORDS"
*PHS Class of 1914 Commencement Program
"TAX RECORDS"
*1866 Tax bill for Francis Burke
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February 2008
| Thank-you notes
from web-site users: |
- Thank
you for being so wonderful! I just
started researching my family a month ago
and find myself obsessed with it. You
have made my family search come alive and
so amazing. I thank you all from the
bottom of my heart for volunteering your
time....... Tanya
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Thanks go out to these wonderful people who have taken the time to contribute so that
others may benefit: Mary Durr, Larry
Cool, Karen Muchow, Janet Koozer, Anne Krumme, Errin
Wilker, Patricia Hamarstrom, Patricia Morehouse, &
'LA'
"ALLAMAKEE ALBUM"
*Adolph Hagemeier family photo added to Dee Family album
*Muchow family album updated with new photos
*Feuerhelm family album
"BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources"
*Samuel Steadman
"CEMETERY RECORDS - Gravestone Photo Project
(GPP)"
*14 gravestone photos from the Iowa River cemetery
"CHURCH RECORDS"
*1928 confirmation class photo St. Paul's Lutheran, names
updated/corrected
"HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc."
*Allamakee co. people - Jury lists - added 1876, 1878,
1909, 1926, 1930 Grand Jurors & Trial Jurors
"LI'L BITS"
*Added 1898, 1943, 1951, 1965 & 1975 news bits
"MARRIAGE RECORDS"
*The marriage records have been completely reorganized
& updated .... I think you will like the changes
made.
*Added to 'compiled marriages': Beucher - Harris, Bollman
- Beedle, Candee - Clawson, Chase - Wood, Crawford -
Leer, Ellis - Olson, Flage - Klepper, Gurnett - Knapp,
Grotegut - Herman, Groth - Ruckdaschel, Hoth - Olson,
Hoth - Nygaard, Halverson - Warnholz, Heins - Kotzbach,
Hanson - Larson, Hangartner - Platt, Harvey - Brouillett,
Krebs - Dayton, Meyer - Fangmeier, Miller - Harnack, Leui
- Wells, Richmond - Shortreed, Rolly - Fisher, Thoma -
Senholz, Webb - Webster
*Added to 'licenses & announcements':
Englehorn-Wendle, Klama-Snitker, Doughty-Reed,
Perkins-Lang, Neath-Stevens, Thompson-Wemerslager,
Klinkel-Todd, Patterson-Robbins, Letchford-Sebastian,
Fiet - Blum
"OBITUARIES"
*54 new obits were posted to our Obit Boards in February.
Several photos added to these & previously posted
obits.
"PERSONAL WEBSITES"
*Personal websites page was updated, all URL's checked to
see if they are current
"SCHOOL RECORDS"
*Photo of Harmony school, Union City twp. &
schoolchildren, ca1910
*Photo of Church school, schoolmates, ca 1915
"SURNAME REGISTRY"
*Researchers have registered the surnames Carver &
Stull
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December 1, 2007
- January 29, 2008
| Thank-you notes
from web-site users: |
- I
want you to know how grateful I am for
the terrific job you and other volunteers
are doing. Among all the USGenWeb county
sites I use for my family research,
Allamakee is by far the best. If only ALL
the county sites were this good! Calvin
Augustus Robey and William Stinson Dunn
of Paint Creek were two of my
great-grandfathers, and though I have
never even been to Iowa, I feel sometimes
as if I'd visited Allamakee often--partly
because of my grandmother's and mother's
fond memories told to me in childhood,
and partly because of my family
research....... from Barbara in
Massachusetts
- Having
been through many many websites over the
course of seeking information, I can tell
you that the Allamakee County site
sparkles because of the work done by
people who are already passed and by
people who nurture the present. You guys
are doing a fantastic job.........Harold
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Thanks go out to these
volunteers: Errin Wilker, Kathy Maurer, Matthew Whalen,
Ann Krumme, an anonymous gravestone photo contributor,
'LA', Mary Durr, Kathleen Hash, Guy Steinmetz, Harold G.
Kaeser, S.
Ferrall & "obit volunteer(s)".
"ALLAMAKEE ALBUM"
*Ashbacher children
*John Hirth & his team
"BIOGRAPHIES - misc. sources"
*George W. Morgan
"CEMETERY RECORDS"
*The Cemetery Record index page was updated in January
*Woodmansee Notes, pg. 1, St. Mary's Lycurgus, notes
*Woodmansee Notes, pg. 2, St. Mary's Dorchester, notes
Gravestone Photo Project (GPP)"
*200+ gravestone photos were contributed for Oakland,
Iowa River, Mt. Hope & Ebenezer cemeteries
"CHURCH RECORDS"
*Updated Grace United Methodist, New Albin, with vintage
photo postcard
*Updated St. Peter's UCC, New Albin, with vintage
postcard invitation to the 75 church anniversary
"HISTORICAL ITEMS - misc."
*Added new photos to New Albin pages 1 & 2
*Allamakee County Peace Officers, adding Marshal Lennon
& Sheriff Bulman news articles & photos
*Postville photos - page 1 updated, page 2 all new
*Allamakee co. Sports, adding Postville's Famous First
Nine
"LI'L BITS"
*Added 1983 news items from the Postville Herald
*News Clippings from the Postville newspaper, August 7,
1957
*News Clippings from the Postville newspaper, May 13,
1959
"MILITARY RECORDS"
*Photo of the 1918 soldiers was updated, adding the name
of Eli Ellis Baily
*Wampler-Pierce CW soldier photos, additional info. added
"OBITUARIES"
*190 new obits were posted to our Obit Boards in December
2007 & January 2008!! Lots of photos added to these
& previously posted obits!!
"SCHOOL RECORDS"
*Vintage photo of French Creek school & children
"SURNAME REGISTRY"
*Researchers have registered the surnames Burgess,
Neudeck, Oprecht, Robey/Roby, Brennan, Dunlevy /
Dunleavy, Roggensack, Abel, Shuff, Gruber & Lageson
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