And now that all these fine suggestions have been given, the real tuff question is . . . . . . how many of the suggestion givers are willing to volunteer to be data gatherers/compilers to get all this on the web site??

I live about 125 miles SW of Maquoketa but am willing to do whatever I can. My mother's side of the family is from there. Donna GeneSteyne@aol.com wrote: > And now that all these fine suggestions have been given, the real tuff > question is . . . . . . how many of the suggestion givers are willing to volunteer > to be data gatherers/compilers to get all this on the web site?? > > ==== IAJACKSO Mailing List ==== > Check out Charlotte Meyer's IAGenWeb site!! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajackso/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

> And now that all these fine suggestions have been given, the real tuff > question is . . . . . . how many of the suggestion givers are willing to volunteer > to be data gatherers/compilers to get all this on the web site?? <BIG GRIN> Thank you so much for saying that for me! Charlotte M. Meyer - coordinator Jackson County, IAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajackso/

> And now that all these fine suggestions have been given, the real tuff > question is . . . . . . how many of the suggestion givers are willing to > volunteer to be data gatherers/compilers to get all this on the web site?? <BIG GRIN> Thank you so much for saying that for me! If anyone has access to any of that type of data, my computer can read Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel (for tables). If it is text, just type it without formatting. Fancy formatting cannot be easily transferred to an HTML format. I can format it myself with HTML code (I do all my code from scratch). If it is data in tables, just put it in the cells in Excel and don't worry about changing the size of the cells or formatting it to look "pretty". Again, that kind of formatting will make it harder for me to turn it into an HTML page. Here is what is already available on/from the web site in cold, hard data: Biographies - currently 175 biographies are posted on the biography board Courthouse - address & phone number for the courthouse and the clerk's office, plus the start date of records and the fee ($10) Cemeteries - Barnholdt/Dorr Cemetery is indexed Other cemeteries have quasi-indexes based on submissions to the Gravestone Photo Project. I list the names from each headstone photo sent to the project. You will need to click on the Project link to see the actual headstone and related data Census - Link to 1850 census done by the U.S. GenWeb Project Orphan Census, 1895, for Andrew Orphanage in Perry Township Deeds, Wills, and Other Documents - 14 submissions to this board Family Histories - 10 people have submitted links to their family history pages Marriages - 40 pages of marriages transcribed from History of Jackson County Iowa, Vol. II Obituaries - Currently 97 obituaries have been posted to the obituary board 1880 Mortality Schedule transcribed 1893 Obituary Index transcribed 1896 Obituary Index transcribed 1897 Obituary Index transcribed 1898 Obituary Index transcribed Queries - currently 129 queries have been posted to the query board. That does not include what is posted to the Rootsweb query board to which I have a link. Towns - all towns past and present of Jackson County are listed Charlotte M. Meyer - coordinator Jackson County, IAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajackso/