From: Patricia Date: 11/13/05 08:27:57 To: MOCOLE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MOCOLE] Old Time Diseases Have you ever wondered what those old time diseases were? Anyone who has done genealogy research and obtained copies of death certificates has seen comments like Bloody Flux, chilblains, whooping cough, etc. Below is a listing of various old time diseases that may make reading that death certificate a little easier. Old Time Diseases ...Submitted by Libby Preston Ablepsy Blindness Ague Malarial Fever American plague Yellow Fever Anasarca Generalized massive edema Aphonia Laryngitis Aphtha The infant disease thrush Apoplexy Paralysis due to stroke Asphycsia/Asphicsia Cyanotic and lack of oxygen Bad Blood Syphilis Bilious fever Typhoid, malaria, hepatitis or elevated temperature and bile emesis Black plague or death Bubonic plague Black fever Acute infection with high temperature and dark red skin lesions and high mortality rate Black pox Black Small pox Black vomit Vomiting old black blood due to ulcers or Yellow Fever Blackwater fever Dark urine associated with high temperature Bladder in the throat Diphtheria Bloody flux Bloody stools Bloody sweat Sweating sickness Bone shave Sciatica Bronze John Yellow Fever Bule Boil, tumor or swelling Cachexy Malnutrition Cacospysy Irregular pulse Caduceus Subject to falling sickness or epilepsy Camp fever Typhus; aka Camp diarrhea Canine madness Rabies, hydrophobia Cerebritis Inflammation of cerebrum or lead poisoning Chilblain Swelling of extremities caused by exposure to cold Chin cough Whooping cough - Chlorosis Iron deficiency anemia Cholera Acute severe contagious diarrhea with intestinal lining sloughing Cholera morbus Characterized by nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, elevated temperature, etc. Could be appendicitis Chorea Disease characterized by convulsions, contortions and dancing Cold plague Ague which is characterized by chills Congestive chills Malaria Consumption Tuberculosis Congestive chills Malaria with diarrhea Congestive fever Malaria Coryza A cold Costiveness Constipation Cramp colic Appendicitis Crop sickness Overextended stomach Cynanche Throat Disease Debility Lack of movement or staying in bed Decrepitude Feebleness due to old age Deplumation Tumor of the eyelids which causes hair loss Diary fever A fever that lasts one day Diphtheria Contagious disease of the throat Dock Fever Yellow Fever Dropsy Edema (swelling), often caused by kidney or heart disease Dry Bellyache Lead poisoning Dysentery Inflammation of colon with frequent passage of mucous and blood Dysorexy Reduced appetite Dysury Difficulty in urination Ecstasy A form of catalepsy characterized by loss of reason Eel thing Erysipelas Edema Nephrosis; swelling of tissues & Edema of lungs is Congestive heart failure, a form of dropsy Elephantiasis A form of leprosy Enteric fever Typhoid Fever Enterocolitis Inflammation of the intestines Enteritis Inflations of the bowels Epitaxis Nose bleed Erysipelas Contagious skin disease, due to Streptococci with vesicular & bulbous lesions Extravasted blood Rupture of a blood vessel Falling sickness Epilepsy Fits Sudden attack or seizure of muscle activity Flux An excessive flow or discharge of fluid like hemorrhage or diarrhea French pox Syphilis Gravel Kidney or Gallstones Great pox Syphilis Green fever or sickness Anemia Grippe Influenza like symptoms Grocer's itch Skin disease caused by mites in sugar or flour Heart sickness Condition caused by loss of salt from body Hectical complaint Recurrent fever Hip gout Osteomylitis Horrors Delirium tremens Hydrocephalus Enlarged head, water on the brain Hydropericardium Heart dropsy Hydrophobia Rabies Hydrothroax Dropsy in chest Hypertrophic Enlargement of organ, like the heart Impetigo Contagious skin disease characterized by pustules Inanition Physical condition resulting from lack of food Jail fever Typhus Jaundice Condition caused by blockage of intestines King's Evil Tuberculosis of neck and lymph glands Kruchhusten Whooping cough Lagrippe Influenza Lockjaw Tetanus or infectious disease affecting the muscles of the neck and jaw if untreated, it is fatal in 8 days Long sickness Tuberculosis Syphilis Lues disease or Venereal disease venera Lumbago Back pain Lung fever Pneumonia Lung sickness Tuberculosis Lying in Time of delivery of infant Malignant sore throat Diphtheria Marasmus Progressive wasting away of body, like malnutrition Membranous Croup Diphtheria Meningitis Inflammation of brain or spinal cord Metritis Inflammation of uterus or purulent vaginal discharge Miasma Poisonous vapors thought to infect the air Milk Fever, undulant fever Disease from drinking contaminated milk or brucellosis Milk leg Post partum thrombophlebitis Milk sickness Disease caused by drinking milk from cows which had eaten poisonous weeds Mormal Gangrene Morphew Scurvy blisters on the body Mortification Gangrene of necrotic tissue Myelitis Inflammation of the spine Myocarditis Inflammation of heart muscles Necrosis Mortification of bones or tissue Nephrosis Kidney degeneration Nephritis Inflammation of kidneys Nervous prostration Extreme exhaustion from inability to control physical and mental activities Pemphigus Skin disease of watery blisters Pericarditis Inflammation of heart Peripneumonia Inflammation of lungs Peritonotis Inflammation of abdominal area Petechial Fever Fever characterized by skin spotting Phthiriasis Lice infestation Plague An acute febrile highly infectious disease with a high fatality rate Pleurisy Any pain in the chest area with each breath Podagra Gout Polio Potter's Asthma Fibroid Pthisis (Chronic wasting away or another name for tuberculosis) Pott's Disease Tuberculosis of the Spine Puerperal Exhaustion Death due to childbirth Puerperal Fever Elevated temperature after giving birth Puking Fever Milk Sickness Putrid Fever Diphtheria Quinsy Tonsillitis Remitting Fever Malaria Rheumatism Pain in the joints Rose cold Hay fever Rottany Fever A form of child's fever Rubeola German Measles Sanguineous crust Scab Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever A disease characterized by a red rash Scarlet Rash Roseola Scirrhus Cancerous tumors Scotomy Dizziness, nausea & dimness of sight Scrivener's Palsy Writer's cramp Screws Rheumatism Scrofula Tuberculosis of the neck lymph glands Scrumpox Skin disease or impetigo Scurvy Lack of vitamin C Septicemia Blood poisoning Shakes Delirium tremens (DT's) Shaking Chills or ague Siriasis Inflammation of the brain caused by sun exposure Ship fever Typhus Sloes Milk sickness Smallpox Contagious disease with fever & blisters Softening of the brain Stroke or hemorrhage in the brain resulting in softening of the tissue in that area Sore throat distemper Diphtheria or quinsy Spanish influenza Spotted fever Typhus or meningitis Sprue Tropical disease characterized by intestinal disorders and sore throat St. Anthony's fire or Named because the affected areas of the skin are bright red in Erysipelas appearance St. Vitas or Viper's Dance Involuntary rapid jerking movements that don't cease Stomatitis Inflammation of the mouth Stranger's fever Yellow Fever Strangery Rupture Sudor anglicus Sweating sickness (see below) Summer complaint Diarrhea, usually caused by spoiled milk Swamp sickness Malaria, typhoid or encephalitis Sweating sickness Infectious & fatal disease common to United Kingdom in the 15th century Tussis Convulsiva Whooping Cough Typhus (Typhoid Fever) Infectious fever characterized by high fever, headache & dizziness Variola Smallpox White swelling Tuberculosis of the bone Winter fever Pneumonia Womb fever Infection of the uterus Worm fit Convulsions associated with teething, worms, elevated temperature or diarrhea Yellowjacket Yellow fever Old Time Diseases ...Submitted by Libby Preston. Have you ever wondered what those old time diseases were? Anyone who has done genealogy research and obtained copies of death certificates has seen comments like Bloody Flux, chilblains, whooping cough, etc. Below is a listing of various old time diseases that may make reading that death certificate a little easier. Ablepsy Blindness Ague Malarial Fever American plague Yellow Fever Anasarca Generalized massive edema Aphonia Laryngitis Aphtha The infant disease thrush Apoplexy Paralysis due to stroke Asphycsia/Asphicsia Cyanotic and lack of oxygen Bad Blood Syphilis Bilious fever Typhoid, malaria, hepatitis or elevated temperature and bile emesis Black plague or death Bubonic plague Black fever Acute infection with high temperature and dark red skin lesions and high mortality rate Black pox Black Small pox Black vomit Vomiting old black blood due to ulcers or Yellow Fever Blackwater fever Dark urine associated with high temperature Bladder in the throat Diphtheria Bloody flux Bloody stools Bloody sweat Sweating sickness Bone shave Sciatica Bronze John Yellow Fever Bule Boil, tumor or swelling Cachexy Malnutrition Cacospysy Irregular pulse Caduceus Subject to falling sickness or epilepsy Camp fever Typhus; aka Camp diarrhea Canine madness Rabies, hydrophobia Cerebritis Inflammation of cerebrum or lead poisoning Chilblain Swelling of extremities caused by exposure to cold Chin cough Whooping cough - Chlorosis Iron deficiency anemia Cholera Acute severe contagious diarrhea with intestinal lining sloughing Cholera morbus Characterized by nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, elevated temperature, etc. Could be appendicitis Chorea Disease characterized by convulsions, contortions and dancing Cold plague Ague which is characterized by chills Congestive chills Malaria Consumption Tuberculosis Congestive chills Malaria with diarrhea Congestive fever Malaria Coryza A cold Costiveness Constipation Cramp colic Appendicitis Crop sickness Overextended stomach Cynanche Throat Disease Debility Lack of movement or staying in bed Decrepitude Feebleness due to old age Deplumation Tumor of the eyelids which causes hair loss Diary fever A fever that lasts one day Diphtheria Contagious disease of the throat Dock Fever Yellow Fever Dropsy Edema (swelling), often caused by kidney or heart disease Dry Bellyache Lead poisoning Dysentery Inflammation of colon with frequent passage of mucous and blood Dysorexy Reduced appetite Dysury Difficulty in urination Ecstasy A form of catalepsy characterized by loss of reason Eel thing Erysipelas Edema Nephrosis; swelling of tissues & Edema of lungs is Congestive heart failure, a form of dropsy Elephantiasis A form of leprosy Enteric fever Typhoid Fever Enterocolitis Inflammation of the intestines Enteritis Inflations of the bowels Epitaxis Nose bleed Erysipelas Contagious skin disease, due to Streptococci with vesicular & bulbous lesions Extravasted blood Rupture of a blood vessel Falling sickness Epilepsy Fits Sudden attack or seizure of muscle activity Flux An excessive flow or discharge of fluid like hemorrhage or diarrhea French pox Syphilis Gravel Kidney or Gallstones Great pox Syphilis Green fever or sickness Anemia Grippe Influenza like symptoms Grocer's itch Skin disease caused by mites in sugar or flour Heart sickness Condition caused by loss of salt from body Hectical complaint Recurrent fever Hip gout Osteomylitis Horrors Delirium tremens Hydrocephalus Enlarged head, water on the brain Hydropericardium Heart dropsy Hydrophobia Rabies Hydrothroax Dropsy in chest Hypertrophic Enlargement of organ, like the heart Impetigo Contagious skin disease characterized by pustules Inanition Physical condition resulting from lack of food Jail fever Typhus Jaundice Condition caused by blockage of intestines King's Evil Tuberculosis of neck and lymph glands Kruchhusten Whooping cough Lagrippe Influenza Lockjaw Tetanus or infectious disease affecting the muscles of the neck and jaw if untreated, it is fatal in 8 days Long sickness Tuberculosis Syphilis Lues disease or Venereal disease venera Lumbago Back pain Lung fever Pneumonia Lung sickness Tuberculosis Lying in Time of delivery of infant Malignant sore throat Diphtheria Marasmus Progressive wasting away of body, like malnutrition Membranous Croup Diphtheria Meningitis Inflammation of brain or spinal cord Metritis Inflammation of uterus or purulent vaginal discharge Miasma Poisonous vapors thought to infect the air Milk Fever, undulant fever Disease from drinking contaminated milk or brucellosis Milk leg Post partum thrombophlebitis Milk sickness Disease caused by drinking milk from cows which had eaten poisonous weeds Mormal Gangrene Morphew Scurvy blisters on the body Mortification Gangrene of necrotic tissue Myelitis Inflammation of the spine Myocarditis Inflammation of heart muscles Necrosis Mortification of bones or tissue Nephrosis Kidney degeneration Nephritis Inflammation of kidneys Nervous prostration Extreme exhaustion from inability to control physical and mental activities Pemphigus Skin disease of watery blisters Pericarditis Inflammation of heart Peripneumonia Inflammation of lungs Peritonotis Inflammation of abdominal area Petechial Fever Fever characterized by skin spotting Phthiriasis Lice infestation Plague An acute febrile highly infectious disease with a high fatality rate Pleurisy Any pain in the chest area with each breath Podagra Gout Polio Potter's Asthma Fibroid Pthisis (Chronic wasting away or another name for tuberculosis) Pott's Disease Tuberculosis of the Spine Puerperal Exhaustion Death due to childbirth Puerperal Fever Elevated temperature after giving birth Puking Fever Milk Sickness Putrid Fever Diphtheria Quinsy Tonsillitis Remitting Fever Malaria Rheumatism Pain in the joints Rose cold Hay fever Rottany Fever A form of child's fever Rubeola German Measles Sanguineous crust Scab Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever A disease characterized by a red rash Scarlet Rash Roseola Scirrhus Cancerous tumors Scotomy Dizziness, nausea & dimness of sight Scrivener's Palsy Writer's cramp Screws Rheumatism Scrofula Tuberculosis of the neck lymph glands Scrumpox Skin disease or impetigo Scurvy Lack of vitamin C Septicemia Blood poisoning Shakes Delirium tremens (DT's) Shaking Chills or ague Siriasis Inflammation of the brain caused by sun exposure Ship fever Typhus Sloes Milk sickness Smallpox Contagious disease with fever & blisters Softening of the brain Stroke or hemorrhage in the brain resulting in softening of the tissue in that area Sore throat distemper Diphtheria or quinsy Spanish influenza Spotted fever Typhus or meningitis Sprue Tropical disease characterized by intestinal disorders and sore throat St. Anthony's fire or Named because the affected areas of the skin are bright red in Erysipelas appearance St. Vitas or Viper's Dance Involuntary rapid jerking movements that don't cease Stomatitis Inflammation of the mouth Stranger's fever Yellow Fever Strangery Rupture Sudor anglicus Sweating sickness (see below) Summer complaint Diarrhea, usually caused by spoiled milk Swamp sickness Malaria, typhoid or encephalitis Sweating sickness Infectious & fatal disease common to United Kingdom in the 15th century Tussis Convulsiva Whooping Cough Typhus (Typhoid Fever) Infectious fever characterized by high fever, headache & dizziness Variola Smallpox White swelling Tuberculosis of the bone Winter fever Pneumonia Womb fever Infection of the uterus Worm fit Convulsions associated with teething, worms, elevated temperature or diarrhea Yellowjacket Yellow fever

From: Shelley Cardiel Date: 11/11/05 23:20:42 To: IAPOLK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: ROUSH Family Photograph I've "rescued" an old photograph of Merl & Harold ROUSH which was taken at the Kramer's Audio Studio in Des Moines, Iowa. The photograph was likely taken in the 1890's with the oldest boy about 3 years old and the youngest likely only 1-2 years old at the time. Based on limited research I was able to find Merl Daniel ROUSH b. 9 May 1893 in West Bend, IA to parents Gavin or Guy ROUSH and Clara EERNISSE. Merl married Mable FINCH in Le Mars, IA in 1914, and died 29 April 1939. Merl's brother Harold Elgar ROUSH was b. 14 Jun 1894 at Manson, IA. Harold married Pearl HEALES or HEALIS in IA in April 1917, and died 29 Mar 1985 in Seal Beach, CA. I'm hoping to locate someone from this family so that this wonderful old photograph can be returned to their family. If you are a member of this family, or know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

I think this is very interesting -- Nancee.. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lanita Sconce Smith Date: 11/12/05 11:10:14 To: MODAVIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MODAVIES] Epidemics in the US Epidemics in U.S. - 1657 - 1918 If you ever wondered why a large number of your ancestors seemed to disappear during a certain period in history, it may have been due to an epidemic. Epidemics have always had a great influence on people and therefore the genealogists trying to trace them. Many cases of people disappearing from records can be attributed to people dying during an epidemic or moving away from the affected area. Some of the major epidemics in the United States are listed below 1657 Boston: Measles 1687 Boston: Measles 1690 New York: Yellow Fever 1713 Boston: Measles 1729 Boston: Measles 1732-33 Worldwide: Influenza 1738 South Carolina: Smallpox 1739-40 Boston: Measles 1747 Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania & South Carolina: Measles 1759 North America (areas inhabited by white people): Measles 1761-61 North America & West Indies: Influenza 1772 North America: Measles 1775 North America (especially hard in New England): Epidemic (unknown) 1775-76 Worldwide: Influenza 1781-82 Worldwide: Influenza (one of worst flu epidemics) 1788 Philadelphia & New York: Measles 1793 Vermont: Influenza and a "putrid fever" 1793 Virginia: Influenza (kills 500 people in 5 counties in 4 weeks) 1793 Philadelphia: Yellow fever (one of worst) 1783 Delaware (Dover): "extremely fatal" bilious disorder 1793 Pennsylvania (Harrisburg & Middletown): many unexplained deaths 1794 Philadelphia: Yellow fever 1796-97 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever 1798 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever (one of worst) 1803 New York: Yellow Fever 1820-23 Nationwide: "fever" (starts on Schuylkill River, PA & spreads 1831-32 Nationwide: Asiatic Cholera (brought by English emigrants) 1832 New York & other major cities: Cholera 1837 Philadelphia: Typhus 1841 Nationwide: Yellow Fever (especially severe in South) 1847 New Orleans: Yellow Fever 1847-48 Worldwide: Influenza 1848-49 North America: Cholera 1850 Nationwide: Yellow Fever 1850-51 North America: Influenza 1852 Nationwide: Yellow Fever (New Orleans: 8,000 die in summer) 1855 Nationwide (many parts): Yellow Fever 1857-59 Worldwide: Influenza (one of disease's greatest epidemics) 1860-61 Pennsylvania: Smallpox 1865-73 Philadelphia, New York, Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore, Memphis, & Washington D.C.: a series of recurring epidemics of Smallpox, Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever & Yellow Fever 1873-75 North America & Europe: Influenza 1878 New Orleans: Yellow Fever (last great epidemic of disease) 1885 Plymouth, PA: Typhoid 1886: Jacksonville, Fl: Yellow Fever 1918 Worldwide: Influenza (high point year) More people hospitalized in World War I more died from Influenza than wounds. US Army training camps became death camps --with 80 percent death rate in some camps ---------------- Finally, these specific instances of cholera were mentioned: 1833 Columbus, Ohio 1834 New York City 1849 New York 1851 Coles Co., Illinois 1851 The Great Plains 1851 Missouri Other epidemics in the US - mostly in "big" east coast cities: 1813: "spotted fever" which we know as cerebral spinal meningitis--6,000 died. 1813 to ?: tuberculosis also called "consumption" was on the rise. 1842-3: erysipelas [strep infection of skin and mucous membranes Hope this helps! Lanita I think my family tree is a few branches short of full bloom.

Deaths Carroll, William Turner "Bill", 75, of Weldon, Iowa, died May 25, 2005 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral services were held at the Kale Funeral Home in Osceola with Rev. Judd Stover, Methodist Town & Country Parish, officiating. Military Rites were conducted by Davis-Pence Post #69 American Legion. Burial was in Mapel Hill Cemetery, Osceola. picture in paper/Korean War Vet Wilder, Esther Mae, 90, of Lineville, Iowa, died May 25, 2005 at Mercy Medical center in Des Moines. Graveside services and burial were held Tuesday, May 31, at the Evergreen Cemetery in Lineville with Rev. Max Carmichael officiating. Services were under the direction of Greenlee-Middleton Funeral Service of Lineville. Grant Charles Boy born to my cousin Warren Lee and Cindy Boyd and Aunt Nadine Boyd of Leon. Audra Robins 90th birthday Sunday, May 22. (under Weldon headline)

I received this from another list: I thought that the list might like to see this message I got from another list I subscribe to. I went to the site and there are definitely digitized books there. Just how long they've been there, I have no clue, but it just might help someone. Penni The LDS Family History Library has announced that it has begun the process of digitizing and making available on the Internet all of the Family History books in their collection. About 5000 books have been digitized and are available, and they have announced that they are adding about 100 titles a week to the on-line collection. Go to the web site of the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU, http://www.lib.byu.edu/ From the list of collections that are displayed, choose: "Find Other Materials" "Electronic" "On Line Collections at BYU" Choose the TAB "Text Collections" And, finally, "Family History Archive"

First I want to note the following IowaGenWeb special project which has added even more records and transcriptions recently and is an excellent source of information on the Civil War: _http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/_ (http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/) Also our own Civil War Page for Decatur County: _www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu/civilwar.html_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu/civilwar.html) And the Military Page for Decatur County which has lists from Old Soldiers' Days Celebrations: _www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu/military.html_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu/military.html) Most of you probably know that Friday is Veterans' Day. I want to give my own personal thanks to our veterans and the families of veterans and those currently fighting in Iraq and especially the families of those who have given their lives recently and in the past. There was an article in our last weekends' local news magazine on Leavenworth National Cemetery. For someone who loves cemeteries like I do the photos were beautiful. There was a poem included and I'd like to quote it here in honor of our veterans who gave their lives.: The Little Green Tents The little green tents where the soldiers sleep, and the sunbeams play and the women weep, are covered with flowers today; and between the tents walk the weary few, who were young and stalwart in 'sixty-two, when they went to the war away. The little green tents are built of sod, and they are not long, and they are not broad, but the soldiers have lots of room; and the sod is part of the land they saved, when the flag of the enemy darkly waved, the symbol of dole and doom, The little green tent is a thing divine; The little green tent is a country's shrine, where patriots kneel and pray; and the brave men left, so old, so few, were young and stalwart in 'sixty-two, when they went to the war away! -By Walt Mason, a newspaperman and poet from Emporia, Kan., 1916 Stacey Dietiker momdit@aol.com Decatur Co IA List Administrator Decatur Co IA Website Coordinator

Nine more biographies have been added to the 1915 History of Decatur County, Iowa Biographies Page today at: _www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu/bioDocs/BIO1915.html_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu/bioDocs/BIO1915.html) James H. Martin, President Samuel A. Burgess, Harry G. Arnold, S. P. Wiley, Samuel A. Gates, James Kindred, Oscar L. Peck, David Dancer and John N. Brown. Stacey Dietiker momdit@aol.com Decatur Co IA List Administrator Decatur Co IA Website Coordinator

This is something I received from Dick Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter. Ten Commandments of Genealogy In the course of writing this newsletter, I get to see a lot of genealogy information. Most of what I see is on the Web, although some information is in books or in e-mail. Some of what I see is high-quality research. However, much of it is much less than that. Even the shoddiest genealogy work could be so much more if the compiler had simply spent a bit of time thinking about what he or she was doing. Creating a first-class genealogy work is not difficult. In fact, it is expected. It should be the norm. Please consider the following "rules." If you follow these guidelines, you, too, can produce high-quality genealogy reports that will be useful to others: 1. Never accept someone else's opinion as "fact." Be suspicious. Always check for yourself! 2. Always verify primary sources; never accept a secondary source as factual until you have personally verified the information. 3. Cite your sources! Every time you refer to a person's name, date and/or place of an event, always tell where you found the information. If you are not certain how to do this, get yourself a copy of "Evidence! Citation and Analysis for the Family Historian" by Elizabeth Shown Mills. This excellent book shows both the correct form of source citation and the sound analysis of evidence. 4. If you use the works of others, always give credit. Never claim someone else's research as your own. 5. Assumptions and "educated guesses" are acceptable in genealogy as long as they are clearly labeled as such. Never offer your theories as facts. 6. Be open to corrections. The greatest genealogy experts of all time made occasional errors. So will you. Accept this as fact. When someone points out a possible error in your work, always thank that person for his or her assistance and then seek to re-verify your original statement(s). Again, check primary sources. 7. Respect the privacy of living individuals. Never reveal personal details about living individuals without their permission. Do not reveal their names or any dates or locations. 8. Keep "family secrets." Not everyone wants the information about a court record or a birth out of wedlock to be posted on the Internet or written in books. The family historian records "family secrets" as facts but does not publish them publicly. 9. Protect original documents. Handle all documents with care, and always return them to their rightful storage locations. 10. Be prepared to reimburse others for reasonable expenses incurred on your behalf. If someone travels to a records repository and makes photocopies for you, always offer to reimburse the expenses. The above "commandments" apply to online data as well as to printed information. Following the above "commandments" will increase the value of your work and make it valuable to others. Posted by Dick Eastman on November 09, 2005

clever ... jack The Family Tree They think that I should cook and clean and be a model wife. I tell them it's more interesting to study Grandpa's life. They simply do not understand why I hate to go to bed. I'd rather do two hundred years of research work instead. Why waste the time we have on earth just snoring and asleep? When we can learn of ancestors that sailed upon the deep? We have Priests, Rabbis, lawmen, soldiers, more than just a few. And yes, there's many scoundrels, and a bootlegger or two. How can a person find this life an awful drudge or bore? When we can live the lives of all those folks who came before? A hundred years from now of course, no one will ever know Whether I did laundry, but they'll see our Tree and glow. Cause their dear old granny left for them, for all posterity, not clean hankies and the like, but a finished family tree. My home may be untidy, 'cause I've better things to do. I'm checking all the records to provide us with a clue. Old great granny's pulling roots out with glee, Her clothes ain't hanging out to dry, she's hung up on the Tree.

That is great thanks for sharing. Margaret in WA -------Original Message------- From: jscott@parkspringscommunities.com Date: 11/09/05 09:48:39 To: IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [IADECATU] The Family Tree (poem) clever ... jack The Family Tree They think that I should cook and clean and be a model wife. I tell them it's more interesting to study Grandpa's life. They simply do not understand why I hate to go to bed. I'd rather do two hundred years of research work instead. Why waste the time we have on earth just snoring and asleep? When we can learn of ancestors that sailed upon the deep? We have Priests, Rabbis, lawmen, soldiers, more than just a few. And yes, there's many scoundrels, and a bootlegger or two. How can a person find this life an awful drudge or bore? When we can live the lives of all those folks who came before? A hundred years from now of course, no one will ever know Whether I did laundry, but they'll see our Tree and glow. Cause their dear old granny left for them, for all posterity, not clean hankies and the like, but a finished family tree. My home may be untidy, 'cause I've better things to do. I'm checking all the records to provide us with a clue. Old great granny's pulling roots out with glee, Her clothes ain't hanging out to dry, she's hung up on the Tree. ==== IADECATU Mailing List ==== Stacey Dietiker, Momdit@aol.com: Decatur County List Administrator, Website Coordinator, Decatur County IA Genweb - http://www.rootsweb com/~iadecatu ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- Text inserted by Panda Platinum 2005 Internet Security: This message has NOT been classified as spam. If it is unsolicited mail (spam), click on the following link to reclassify it: http://127.0.0 1:6083/Panda?ID=pav_1541&SPAM=true ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------

Good morning, I apologize for the misunderstanding, am interested in Robert Teeters and Alice Clark. Is anyone connected to this couple? Thank you, Deborah > Leon Reporter, Leon, Iowa > Thursday, September 2, l897 > > The following marriage licenses have been issued the past week: > > > ROBERT TEETERS, 25 to ALICE CLARK, l6. > > > Copied by Cordelia Suzann > "With permission from the Leon Journal Reporter" > November 23, 2002 > >

Good morning, Is there anyone connected to either one of these people? Please contact me if you are. Thank you, Deborah Leon Reporter, Leon, Iowa Thursday, September 2, l897 The following marriage licenses have been issued the past week: EDWARD PARR, 25 to LAURA BENSON, l7. GEORGE PRIEST, 22 to MARIA WEIRS, 24. G.W. BAKER, 3l to MARY G. EVANS, 24. A.O. WILLS, 38 to EMMA J. LITTLE, 32. EUGENE H. KEHLER, 25 to SADIE MCCULLOUGH, 20. JESSE LEE PHELPS, 2l to ELIZA MEDA DOOLEY, l6. WM. SCHMELTZ, 25 to MARIE HEATH, 22. ROBERT TEETERS, 25 to ALICE CLARK, l6. W.T. STOUTE, 24 to MINNIE ANN BOWMAN, 20. Copied by Cordelia Suzann "With permission from the Leon Journal Reporter" November 23, 2002

Deaths Shields, Marvin Dean, 80, of Mount Ayr, Iowa, died June 10, 2005 at Clearview Home in Mt. Ayr. Funeral services were held at the Wilson-Watson and Armstroung Funeral home in Mt. Ayr June 14, with Rev Edward Shields officiating. Military Rites by Ringgold Post #172 American Legion with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery in Mount Ayr. (Born Dec. 26, 1924 at home near Watterson, Iowa to Willie Vern and Ida Melissa (Triggs) Shields. School at Lotts Creek #5 riding his horse Billy. US Army from Sept. 15, 1944 to NOv. 24. 1946. Married Lucille Wicker on October 7, 1946 and had three daughters.) Jones, Hazel Marcine, 73, of Leon, Iowa, died Sunday, June 12, 2005 at the Decatur County Hospital. Funeral services were held at the Slade-O'Donnell Funeral home in Leon June 15 with Rev. Max Carmichael officiating. Burial was in the Leon Cemetery. (daughter of Charles Franklin and Minnie LaVerna (McLaughlin) Green, Was born Feb. 6, 1932 in Decatur County, Iowa. Married Billy Richard Jones on Oct. 13, 1948 at Leon, Iowa. Lived entire life in Leon. Seven children were born to the union, Bill, Tom, JIm, Patricia, Kenny, Carolllyn and Patrick. Worked as a ward clerk at the Decatur County Hospital for 15 years. Fowler, Don, 60, of Mercer, Missouri died June 17, 2005 at the Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton, Mo. Graveside services were June 20 at the Evergreen Cemetery in Lineville, Iowa with Rev. Max Carmichael officiating. Arrangements were made by Greenlee-Middleton funeral chapel of Lineville. (son of Clarence and Vernice lucille (Wright) Fowler, was born on Jan. 24, 1945, in Lake City, Iowa. Rockwdell City, Iowa Community High School in 1963. Worked for the Somers Elevator in Somers, Iowa. He, father, and brother showed "Wagon Hitch Teams" at local fairs. 1971 moved to Princeton and cattle farmed and raised horses. Married Linda Helwig in 1994. 65th Wedding Anniversary, Guy and Loouella Hess 50th Anniversary Earl and Elvalena Hayton 50th Anniversary Robert and Darlene Bowers Picture of the Class of 1955 with names.

Lynnea, They've changed the webpage navigation, but you can still order on-line. I just checked it now. On the main page, in the lower right side there is a dark blue area and almost to the bottom of the page you can see it says "Order Online", so click on that link. It's straightforward from there. Sandy in Cheyenne ----- Original Message ----- From: <LDickin628@aol.com> To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 6:25 PM Subject: Off Topic: Accessing Civil War records from NARA > Hi all - > > I just went to the NARA site to order a Civil War pension file for a > family > member - can you no longer order via the Internet with a credit card? It > sounds as though you must fill out a 3 page form and mail it to the NARA. > Is > this correct? Or am I reading it wrong! > > Lynnea >

Hi all - I just went to the NARA site to order a Civil War pension file for a family member - can you no longer order via the Internet with a credit card? It sounds as though you must fill out a 3 page form and mail it to the NARA. Is this correct? Or am I reading it wrong! Lynnea

I don't seem to be receiving my mail.

Website Additions Today Include: 1915 History Biographies - Captain John D. Brown, Elmer L. Shira, Charles Thorp, Robert Turner and William Hamilton Young. _www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu/bioDocs/BIO1915.html_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu/bioDocs/BIO1915.html) Pages 11-21 of Fayette township, Decatur County, Iowa 1885 Iowa State Census: _www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu/CensusDocs/1885StateCensus.html_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu/CensusDocs/1885StateCensus.html) Including the following surnames: McCormick Cooper Keown Williams Vanderflugt Spurrier Curwin Lester Bennet Wood Clum Stafford Bailey Gillen Gaulter Lawhorn Moore Raub Hollen Anderson Ennis Hutton Thomas Oltrlge Smith Oliver Bryant Green Frances Bulling Young Robinson Kerney Brand Woods Richey Scott Gallop Newberry Davis Church Stoddard Drake Brantwait Dillen Frink Adams Bell Webster Barrell Lucky Wymer Truiman White Foreman Walker Lyons Everard Derry Coons Wicks Ward Cunningham Cochran Bullig Bass Rowen Mitchel Buckingham Krucker Fowler Harding Tyrrell Johnson Stacey Dietiker momdit@aol.com Decatur Co IA List Administrator Decatur Co IA Website Coordinator

I know that at least one other person here is researching the family of Floyd Shelton of Decatur IA by wives Florence Hale and Sylvia McDowell: I ran across an obituary posted on the recent death of their daughter Tinsie Cooper. Here is the link http://www.isanticountynews.com/2005/June/TinsieCooper.html I am still trying to find the exact date and location for the death of Floyd's mother Tinsie Shelton as well as the deaths for her other children Richard, George, Lloyd and Willis. Thanks Pam Shelton-Anderson

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL  TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR,  INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A.  M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of  Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New  York 1931 GRACELAND COLLEGE, of Lamoni, is an Iowa educational institution founded  and supported by the Reorganized church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  The benevolent spirit and zeal for education that prompted its establishment under the auspices of the church came primarily from Mrs. Marietta  Walker, who donated the original twenty acres of ground now comprised in the  campus as a site for the school. Mrs. Walker has been called the "Mother of  Graceland," and long before her death, on April 12, 1930, she saw the wisdom of  her early benefaction and the realization of her dreams for a school that would fulfill at once the purposes of a standard educational institution and one in which the ideals of her church would be fostered. Graceland College was established in 1895.  It has been doing its work for thirty-five years. While it has its special merits and its own  traditions, Graceland has also developed on broad lines that have secured to it the recognition of accrediting organizations both in the home state and in the Middle West.  Graceland has the distinction of being the first accredited junior college in the State of Iowa.  It is fully standardized and  officially accredited by the Intercollegiate Standing Committee of Iowa for three years of college work, and also by the North Central Association of  Colleges and Secondary Schools, and by the American Association of Junior  Colleges. Thus its graduates are granted the title of Associate in Arts by  authority of charter from the State of Iowa. The physical plant and facilities of Graceland offer opportunities such  as can be obtained only in standardized junior college in a wholesome small community.  The land owned by the college comprises 358 acres. On the campus are fourteen buildings, including several cottages.  The endowment  is $270,000. The annual enrollment of three hundred students is derived  from all over the United States and some from Canada and other foreign  countries.  Wholesome athletics have been encouraged and there is also an  industrial, self help department, through which many students earn their  tuition.  Besides the regular academic courses Graceland College offers  preprofessional training in law, medicine, dentistry, engineering and business  administration. The college has been fortunate in having as its president since 1915  Dr. George N. Briggs, a man of splendid attainments, broad experience and  influence. http://www.iagenweb.org.history/index.htm posted at this site with Debbie's permission

Good morning, Roberta Shondel has a question about this article: Would this John Lee be from Appanoose County, Cincinnati, Ia and would his wife be Phoebe? Leon Reporter, Leon, Iowa Thursday, January 2, l902 JOHN LEE and wife and all their children and grandchildren, except two from Blythedale, RICHARD and wife and ARLYNE TURNER. MR. W.W. PEASLEY and wife and five daughters, MR. W.E. LEE and wife and one daughter, MR. H.E. PERKINS and wife, all met Christmas Eve at the pleasant home of their daughter, MR. and MRS. C.F. SMITH, at Lamoni. A Christmas tree heavily loaded with presents for all there, and a bounteous dinner the next day, made the occasion one to be long remembered. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert "With permission from the Leon Journal Reporter" January 30, 2003 http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu