I hope the Labor-Day weekend was enjoyable for all of you. As many of you may know, in addition to being the co-cc for Allamakee IAGenWeb, I also maintain a newspaper website for all of Iowa and actively transcribe many news articles for Allamakee county. I've recently updated the site and there are lots of new articles. I've also located several articles mentioning Allamakee people in other Iowa papers and have added links. If you haven't visited Allamakee NewspaperAbstracts -- I invite you to check it out! You might find out that your ggg-grandfather nearly died of a rattlesnake bite in the 1880's (I did). Sharyl Ferrall Allamakee Co. Iowa News Coordinator http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/IA/Allamakee/index.html