Clayton co IAGenWeb

March 1 - April 27, 2008

The following thank-you notes are for all of the wonderful people who volunteer their time to transcribe the various records for the website, or who contribute photos and other types of data. Each of you has helped to make the Clayton co. IAGenWeb a great research destination for on-line researchers around the world. There is no way I could do it myself.
Sharyl Ferrall, Clayton co. IAGenWeb coordinator

You can be proud of your website. Through your efforts and encouragement, Clayton has more information than most counties. Keep up the good work ..... Judy

Contributors in March & April 2008: Constance Diamond, Helen Jennings, Phyllis Peterson, Errin Wilker, Carol Powell, Naida Combs. J. Kohl, Cheron Gibson-Frazier, Jennifer Pazour, Mary Durr, Judy Holthaus, Ken Wright, Patricia Hamarstrom, an 'IAGenWeb Obituary Volunteer' and Sharyl Ferrall, the Clayton co. IAGenWeb coordinator.

BIOGRAPHIES - misc.
*Peet, Fuelling, Hunt & Sharp bios, some with photos
*Howard (2 bios) & S.B. Olmstead bio updated

CHURCH RECORDS
*Photos of St. Patrick's Catholic and the German Lutheran churches, Monona, 1909

GRAVESTONE PHOTO PROJECT
*Over 400 gravestone photos for Bethel cemetery
*Gravestone photos for Brown, Mt. Harmony, Pleasant Grove & St. Paula's cemeteries

CENSUS RECORDS
*Important correction to the 1850 Lodomillo census

DEATH RECORDS
*Register of Deaths Book I, added pages 50-59

DIRECTORIES & GAZETTEERS
*1865 Shippers Guide & P.O. Directory

DOCUMENTS - misc.
*Panncke's are 1st family connected to REC, 1940

MARRIAGE RECORDS
*Added to compiled marriages: Richards-Shipton, Bishop-Hooker, Harrington-Pelley, Cole-Quetmeyer, Houseman-Jones, Evert-Balluff, Gibson-Peck, Rice-Barron, Smith-Hansel, Troup-Smith, Durham, Richmond, Snow-Lane, Hosier-Donahe, Eaton-Mullen, Gartz-Curler, Tilton-Winsor, Elliot-Steele and Moyle-Nichols

MILITARY RECORDS
*Civil War Memorial, Pleasant Grove cemetery

OBITUARIES
*42 new obits (some with photos) were contributed in March & April.

PERSONAL WEBSITES
*Barry Zbornik's 'Iowaz' photos of the 1882 and 1916 Clayton Co. Histories, and the 1886 Clayton co. plat map; plus lots more!

PHOTO ALBUM
*Vintage photos of Edgewood & Strawberry Point

SCHOOL RECORDS
*McGregor, Mendon twp. schoolchildren photo, 1919 & souvenir booklet, 1920

SURNAME REGISTRY
*Surnames Donath, Aukshun, Fliehler, Neunkirch, and Buckholz where added to the registry

February 29, 2008

Thanks to all that help with the Clayton CO. web-site and list. It's been a great help for all of who don't live there..... Iris

The Clayton Co. page is definitely the one best one I've seen for counties all over the U.S.! ... Raven

Thank you for such an excellent site. I have just found my g-g-grandfather's (James Mcguire) farm in the 1866 and 1886 maps of Grand Meadow township's NW Quarter. Most exciting. Thank you all for your hard work ..... Sharon

Contributors in February 2008: Phyllis Peterson, Errin Wilker, Mary Durr, Judy Holthaus, Ken Wright, Patricia Hamarstrom, Mary Lanigan, M. Niceswanger, LeRoy Bolsinger, Constance Diamond, a volunteer obituary transcriber & Sharyl Ferrall, the Clayton co. IAGenWeb coordinator.

BIOGRAPHIES - 1882
*Biographies added in February: Adams, Armstrong, Chapin, Cook, Corlett, Crosby, Douglas, Garber, Granger, Hatch, Hunt, Larkin, Leffingwell, Lewis, Murdock, Noble, Odell, Peet, Preston, Price, Quigley, Remick, Rogers, Stevens, Stoneman, Williams & Woodward
BIOGRAPHIES - MISC.
*James A.D. Milne, Elbridge L. Gilbert, William T. Holman & Thomas C. Moore
CEMETERY RECORDS
*Bolsinger cemetery burials updated
GRAVESTONE PHOTO PROJECT
*Nearly 200 gravestone photos were contributed for Bethel cemetery
COURT RECORDS
*General Index, District Court, added A, B, C, D, E & F
DOCUMENTS - MISC.
*1940 McGregor & Marquette news blurbs
HISTORY OF CLAYTON CO. IOWA, 1882
*Full text of Chapter VI: The Bar of Clayton County
OBITUARIES
*47 new obits, some with photos, were contributed in February. Photos were added to previously posted obits as well.
PERSONAL WEBSITES
*Personal website: 'From Emperors to Peasants' containing genealogical information on surnames Alitz, Aulerich, Freitag, Grinnell, Homan, Hulbert, Kelpin, Kluth, Kruse, Rohn, Schmill, Siege, Stade, and Vogelsang.
SURNAME REGISTRY
*Surnames registered in February: Sherman, Green, Bouhart, Bohart, Moon, Feay, Fay, Jennings, Blackwell, Hulse, MacDonald, Dull, O'Brien, Luce, Reinhardt, Walsh/Welch, Peters, Finnegan, Broderick & Stull

December 1, 2007 thru January 28, 2008

Please pass my sincerest gratitude to everyone involved in this project including yourself. You have provided some wonderful information and much needed information on my family starting with John Patterson & Jane Graham. I never knew about my great great grandfather Ezra Sr., John & Jane's youngest son (I think) was married for just a few months before his beloved wife Susana got ran over by a team of horses and died. It's little nuggets like that, that you have provided on your site that make it easy to experience their lives. My father's mother died when he was 7 and he wasn't even sure about her name. So now since he is 72, I have made it my mission to try to find out as much as I possibly can. You and the others have made this dream possible. So in a very long-winded way, Thank you so much. You have made it possible for me to fulfill part of my goal and this gift of information for my father - who has also been very excited about what I have found so far. ..... from a researcher in Arizona

Contributors in December 2007 & January 2008: Joel Tracy, Loras Gassmann, Phyllis Peterson, Julie Hornung, Errin Wilker, Mary Durr, John McCartney, Kristy Wirkler, Adam Lange, Judy Holthaus, Gary Sheffert, Mary Cameron, Jennifer Williams, Don Clausing, DiAnn Reindl, Helen Jennings, Ann Marie Rock, Pastor Andrea Mericle, a volunteer obituary transcriber & Sharyl Ferrall, the Clayton co. IAGenWeb coordinator.

BIOGRAPHIES - misc.
*Walter D. Tracy & Daniel Schaefer
CEMETERY RECORDS
*Bierer cemetery updated
*Goshen cemetery burials
*Friedlein cemetery interments
*Immaculate Conception cemetery updated
GRAVESTONE PHOTO PROJECT
Over 600 photos were contributed in December & January! WOW!
*Hansel cemetery gravestone photos
*Bethel cemetery gravestone photos
*Bolsinger cemetery gravestone photos
CHURCH RECORDS
*Added a link to the Peace United Church of Christ (Elkader) website
DIRECTORIES & GAZETTEERS
*1965 Farm Directory, added 'K-Z' surnames
*1965 Farm Directory Advertisers
DOCUMENTS - misc.
*Old Soldiers Ignored, 1889 news article
*McGregor, Guttenberg & Garnavillo news blurbs, 1910, 1918 & 1947
*Grinnell shoots Cornell, 1890
*Luana News bits, 1983, 4 parts
*Jennie E. Tracy, 93rd birthday, 1948
LAND RECORDS
*1965 Farm Directory, added 'K-Q' surnames
MARRIAGE, ANNIVERSARY & DIVORCE RECORDS
*Mr. & Mrs. Jake Fenchel, 50th Anniversary, 1956
OBITUARIES
*155 new obits were added to the Obituary Board
PERSONAL WEBSITES
*Helen Jenning's 'Garber Iowa' website
*Note! All of the websites listed on the personal sites page were checked in January -- a couple no longer have valid
URL's. If they are your personal site, please contact the Clayton co. Coordinator with the new web address!
PHOTO ALBUM
*Clayton, Guttenberg & McGregor views
*Luana bank, 1908
*New! Tracy family Album
*Jennings family Album updated
*New! Abel family Album
SCHOOL RECORDS
*1927 & 1929 issues of the Elkader H.S. 'Tatler'
SURNAME REGISTRY
*Researchers have registered the surnames Arndt, Tracy, Wagner & Sindorf