I'm a little late sending out the 'whats new' update. After the long winter, springtime lured me outside & away from my computer! Many thanks to all of the April and May contributors! You'll find links to all of the new items on the 'What's New Journal' or browse the main index page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~iaclayto/journal.htm BIOGRAPHIES - 1882 *Brown, Emery, Everall, McClelland & Oathout (all from Chapter VII) - from S. Ferrall BIOGRAPHIES - 1894 *Fitzpatrick, Havens, Oathout, Olmsted, Rounds, Ruegnitz, Tucker & White - from S. Ferrall BIOGRAPHIES - 1916 *Benson, Clark (2), Geraghty (2), Hinsch, Houg (2), Klinkenberg, Kurdelmeier, Palas, Schumacher, Schurtzman, Thoma & Wilke - from Mary Cameron BIOGRAPHIES - misc. *Haering, Myers, Larson (2) & Nelson (2) - from S. Ferrall ----- BIRTH RECORDS *Register of Births, 1880 - from S. Ferrall & Constance Diamond ----- CENSUS RECORDS *1885 Iowa State census, Mendon twp. Clayton co. - from Todd Ehlers ----- COUNTY HISTORY *New! The table of contents of 'HISTORY OF CLAYTON CO. IOWA, 1882', linking to portions previously transcribed *Chapter VII - Educational, includes biographies not previously transcribed ----- DEATH RECORDS *1850 Mortality Schedule - from S. Ferrall *Death records, Volume I, 1881 - from S. Ferrall & Constance Diamond ----- DOCUMENTS - misc. *John Hagerty reports Indian attack, 1860 - from S. Ferrall *Train looting 1923 - from S. Ferrall ----- MARRIAGE RECORDS *Werges-Biederman marriage 1923 and Harker-Ingwersen marriage 1923 - from Mary Durr *Finley - Waalk marriage 1920 - from Susan Waalk *Wirkler - Overbeck marriage 1933 - from Georgia Bruns *McCloud - Campbell marriage 1848 - from S. Ferrall ----- OBITUARIES: *11 new obits were added in April & May 2006. Contributed by Susan Waalk, Mary Durr, Charlene Barnhart, S. Ferrall & a volunteer transcriber ----- PERSONAL WEBSITES *Hise & Parker Family - from Janet Hise ----- PHOTO ALBUM *Frank Ousley family photo - from Janet Hise ----- SURNAME REGISTRY *lots of new researchers for many surnames. Help me keep this registry up-to-date. Check to see that your email address is current on the registry! ----- I hope that you can take a little time out from your spring-time activities to pay a visit to Clayton co. IAGenWeb! Happy Ancestor Hunting! Sharyl Ferrall Clayton co. IAGenWeb coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~iaclayto/ [email protected]