Hello! I am new to using the Internet for geneological purposes. I have been interested for some time in Louisa County, since my mother is from there and I have visited there many times in my lifetime. My name is Lucinda Lee (Koch) King, the daughter of Marylee Lucille (Paris) Koch. My grandparents were Charles and Josephine (Torbert) Paris, who lived in and around Wapello. My uncle was Jim Paris, his son is Steve Paris, who still lives in Wapello. I know that all your research is done voluntarily, but I was surprised not to find any mention of Harrison Cemetary on the country road to Grandview. There are many very old tombstones of the early settler/farmers in that cemetary, going back to at least the 1860's. The earliest Paris grave is of Jemimah Parris, who I believe died in the 1860's, and there are 4 more generations of her line buried there. In addition to the Paris family, my mother tells me there are McDill's and Wiederrecht's also, as well as a few others. These families were some of the foundation stones of Louisa County, as well as Iowa. I saw elsewhere on the web that names of pioneers are being listed for the state of Iowa, and I was wondering what the parameters were for a name to be added to the list. If you would like some dates and names of the Paris family, I can get that to you as my mother and I have some rather good records. It would be wonderful to have my ancestors acknowledged as some of the founding fathers of Louisa County, as I believe they contributed as much as many of the other families who lived and still live there. Also, is Oakland Cemetary in Louisa County, the old one out on the Five Mile Lane? If so, does that qualify as a Pioneer Cemetary? Some of the Bates family is buried out there, who were some predecessors of Charles Paris (his mother was Laura Olive Bates Paris). Thanks for your attention and interest. Its nice to know that history is not being forgotten. Most sincerely, Lucinda L. King