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This page was updated on May 14, 2013

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May 2013

CEMETERY RECORDS - work is in progress to update the burials in Clayton co. cemeteries, but it will take a long time! If you've walked a cemetery in Clayton county or have access to a plot map or other burial records please contact the coordinator.
*Clayton Center / Zion, Council Hill, East Clermont, Farmersburg/Wagner, First Evangelical, Grand Meadow, Highland, Monona City, Norway, Pleasant Grove, St. Paul, St. Patrick, Strawberry Point, St. Joseph's Catholic and Wagner twp./UB cemeteries have been recently updated from obits, gravestone inscriptions & Allamakee county Death Records

CHURCH RECORDS
*New! Photo of the Emerson church, Mallory twp. - from Helen Jennings (5/14/13)

DOCUMENTS - misc.
*Col. Dale Walters, Auctioneer, Retires, 1983 news article & photo - from Helen Jennings (5/13/13)

GRAVESTONE PHOTO PROJECT
*Help us preserve Clayton county cemeteries by photographing them!

MARRIAGE RECORDS - What do you have to share?
*Added to compiled marriages: Burnham-Burdick, 1915; Folsom-David, 1915; Jacobia-Munger, 1914; Krambeer-Eggert, 1915; Kuhse-Sauessig, 1915 & Folsom-David, 1915 - contributed Reid R. Johnson (May 1, 12 & 14)

MILITARY & OTHER SERVICE RECORDS
*What do you have to share?

OBITUARIES - Please share obits you have with us! Obits are posted frequently & some have photos. Obits posted in May have been contributed by Roger Lembke, Joy Moore, Reid R. Johnson, Sharyl Ferrall, Mary Durr & Richard O'Brien

PHOTO ALBUM - A way to share family & Clayton co. area photographic treasures!
*Updated - Fenchel Family Album, added 2 family photos - from Bob Fenchel (05/13/13)
*Updated - Walters Family Album, added 2 family photos - from Helen Jennings (05/13/13)

OFF-SITE DATA that will be of interest to Clayton co. researchers (all links open in a new browser window)
*Be sure to check the Allamakee co. Obit board, the Delaware co. Obit board, the Dubuque co. Obit board and Fayette co. Obit board Many families in these neighboring counties had connections to Clayton county.

April 2013

BIOGRAPHIES "Who's Who in Iowa" 1940
*Added the biography of Msgr. James Patrick Taken - from S. Ferrall (04/29/13)

CEMETERY RECORDS - work is in progress to update the burials in Clayton co. cemeteries, but it will take a long time!
*The burial list for Houg / Mork cemetery has been updated with additional burials & corrections to the previous records - from 'Gemini' (04/17/13)
*Council Hill, Farmersburg-Wagner, Grand Meadow, Highland Lutheran, Luana City, Monona City, Pleasant Grove, Sacred Heart (Volga), St. John's (Luana), St. Patrick's (Monona), St. Paul's (Monona), Strawberry Point, St. Wenceslaus, United Brethren/Wagner twp. cemeteries have been updated from obits, gravestone inscriptions & Allamakee county Death Records (updated throughout April)

GRAVESTONE PHOTO PROJECT
*Existing gravestones in the Houg / Mork cemetery have been photographed by 'Gemini' (4/17/13)
*Gravestone photos for St. Wenceslaus (St. Vincent's) cemetery have been contributed by Jym Montgomery

MARRIAGE RECORDS
*Added to compiled marriages: Aanes-Nelson, 1912; Gunderson-Nelson, 1912; Hoffa-Clark, 1910; Kinsel-Meyer, 1919; Knuth-Becker, 1912; Looney-Dunn, 1912; Snyder-Schroeder, 1899 & Somerville-Mumby, 1868 - contributed by Bill Waters & Reid R. Johnson (4/15, 4/21 & 4/29/2013)

OBITUARIES - Obits posted in April were contributed by Constance Diamond, Reid R. Johnson, Sharyl Ferrall, Judy Holthaus and Mary Durr & Richard O'Brien

PHOTO ALBUM
*The Elkader Photos page has been updated with 2 vintage photos from the Florine Hansel estate: view of Elkader, 1852 & the original Turkey river bridge in 1867 - contributed by Helen Jennings (4/15/13)

March 2013

CEMETERY RECORDS - work is in progress to update the burials in Clayton co. cemeteries, but it will take a long time!
*Apostolic, Council Hill, Farmersburg/Wagner, Giard, Highland Lutheran; Luana City, Marion Lutheran, Monona City, Moody, Norway, Pleasant Grove, St. Johns Lutheran, St. Patrick, St. Paul Lutheran, St. Paula & Zion cemeteries have been updated from obits, gravestone inscriptions & Allamakee county Death Records - from S. Ferrall & Richard O'Brien (on-going March 2013)

DIRECTORIES & GAZETTERS
*New! Clayton co. Mills - photos of the Osterdock Milling Company & the Mederville Mill - from Helen Jennings (3/29/13)

GRAVESTONE PHOTO PROJECT
*Marovet's gravestone photos have been contributed for St. Patrick's cemetery, Monona - from Jym Montgomery (3/12/13)

MARRIAGE RECORDS
*Added to compiled marriages: Bunt-McNally, 1894, Morrison-Sheehy, 1890 & Willman-Lytle, 1894 - from Reid R. Johnson (3/7/13 & 3/13/13)

MILITARY & OTHER SERVICE RECORDS
*WWI Honor Roll updated with additional info. & photos for Edgar Asmus - contributed by Terry Sargent (3/22/13)
*New! A page honoring Clayton county Vietnam War veterans has been created! Compiled by Reid R. Johnson, the casualty list is now online with names, misc. info. and obituaries. The page will be expanded to include names of all who served - researchers are encouraged to submit names, photos & other information for the veteran they'd like to have included. (03/6/13)

OBITUARIES - Obits posted in March were contributed by: volunteers Sherri, Mary Durr, Bill Waters, Reid Johnson & S. Ferrall.
*Additional information has been added to the previously posted obit of Edna C. Spiker- from Richard O'Brien (3/11/13)

PHOTO ALBUM
*New! Harbaugh family album - contributed by Helen Jennings (03/19/13)
*Updated! Vintage Elkport & Garber photos, new photos were added to each page - contributed by Helen Jennings (03/11/13)
*Moyna Family album was updated with family info. - from Judy Moyna (03/09/13)
*Fenchel Family album, added a photo of Fred John Fenchel - from Bob Fenchel (03/06/13)
*Updated! Osterdock photos, three new photos were contributed by Helen Jennings (03/03/13)

SURNAME REGISTRY
-Robert 'Bob' Fenchel has registered his surname interest Fenchel. Be sure to also check out his new Fenchel Family Album in the photo section.

February 2013

BIOGRAPHIES - misc (surnames A-J * K-Z)
*Biography of Benjamin Franklin Spalding / Spaulding - contributed by Ron Harris (02/26/13)

CEMETERY RECORDS - work is in progress to update the burials in Clayton co. cemeteries, but it will take a long time!
*Apostolic, Clayton Center, Council Hill, East Clermont Lutheran, Giard, Grand Meadow, Guttenburg City, Luana City, Monona City, National, Norway, Pleasant Grove, St. Johns Lutheran, St. Patrick, St. Paul Lutheran, St. Vincent's & Zion Lutheran cemeteries were updated from obits, gravestone inscriptions & Allamakee county Death Records - from S. Ferrall & Richard O'Brien (throughout Feb. 2013)

MARRIAGE RECORDS
*Added to compiled marriages: Arnold-Foley, 1898; Bayless-Harris, 1900; Proudfoot-Hofer, 1893; Randall-Zimmerman, 1875; Sebastian-McNeil, 1920; Shrody-Kister, 1898; Sutcliffe-Welsh, 1896; Weihe-Zieman, 1912 - from Reid R. Johnson (02/17/13 & 02/25/13)

MILITARY & OTHER SERVICE RECORDS
*New! A page honoring Clayton county Korean War veterans has been created! Suggested by Reid R. Johnson, the casualty list is now online with names, misc. info., obits and some photos. The page will be expanded to include names of all who served - researchers are encouraged to submit names, photos & other information for the veteran they'd like to have included. (02/25/13)

OBITUARIES - Obits posted in February were contributed by: Erlene Best, Mary Durr, Helen Jennings, S. Ferrall, Reid Johnson, K. L. Kittleson, Ken Wright & Richard O'Brien.
*A photo was added to the previously posted obituary of Larry D. Welch - by Reid R. Johnson (2/22/13)

PHOTO ALBUM
*Updated! Hansel family, Thein family, Jennings (pg 1) family albums - from Helen Jennings (02/11/2013 & 02/17/13)
*New! Northeast Iowa Hills, A Pictorial Guide to Clayton county - from Errin Wilker (02/05/2013)

SURNAME REGISTRY
-Elizabeth Drake Wilson is researching the Drake family in Clayton county.

January 2013

CEMETERY RECORDS - work is in progress to update the burials in Clayton co. cemeteries, but it will take a long time!
*Updated in January: Council Hill, Clayton Center, East Clermont, Eno, Farmersburg-Wagner, Guttenburg City, Hillcrest, Immaculate Conception, Monona City, National, Sacred Heart (Volga), St. John's (Luana) & St. Paul's (Monona) - many of the updates are from Richard O'Brien from Allamakee county Death Records

DOCUMENTS - misc.
*1959 News Tidbits and 1959 Music Festival Winners - contributed by Errin Wilker (1/29/13)

GRAVESTONE PHOTO PROJECT
*Gravestone photos from East Side, Elkader and Garnavillo (new) cemeteries were contributed by a researcher (01/22/13)
*Several photos of gravestones in Eastman cemetery have been contributed by Ron Harris (01/01/2013)

MARRIAGE RECORDS
*Added to compiled marriages: Walter-Brandt, 1908 - from Reid R. Johnson (01/29/13)

MILITARY & OTHER SERVICE RECORDS
*A photo & info. for Martin P. Stearns has been added to his entry on the Civil War Honor Roll - from his gg-granddaughter Wanda Huisman (1/22/13)
*Project completed! All of the WWI discharges from Misc. 1 group have been transcribed - from Constance Diamond (project complete 01/08/13)
*Added a photo of Harrison Whitlock to his entry on the Civil War Honor Roll - from his g-granddaughter Paula Whitlock O'Donnell (01/08/13)

OBITUARIES - Obits posted in January were contributed by: Errin Wilker, S. Ferrall, Mary Durr, Richard O'Brien & Kermit Kittleson.
-Additional info. was added to the obituary of Ellen M. Diamond - from Connie Ellis (01/31/13)
-A more complete obituary of Basil J. Douglas was added to a previously posted death notice - from S. Ferrall (01/30/13)

PHOTO ALBUM
*New! Fenchel family album - from Bob Fenchel