Hi to all the Mills County researchers, I have been away from my computer most of this summer and am just home(in St. George, UT) for a week or so before leaving for Minnesota again till about October 1st. A lot of the material which is on the USGenWeb site for Mills County was collected by me and I am anxious to get more helpful information online for Mills researchers. Margaret Hougland has done a great job of putting the information I send her on the Mills pages - I don't know how to do that. Joan DeBella is keeping the query pages going, I don't know how to do that either. How about giving me some input as to what kind of material would be helpful. Would it be more census indexing? or would it be more helpful to have the complete census record? I have easy access to the census records for 1856, 1860, 1880 and maybe others.Are all of you aware that there is a 1925 State Census available? It gives a ton of information. I don't have access to this now but might get it if enough people are interested. I would be glad to look up the complete census record for those years which are available, if you find the surname in the index and let me know year and township. Right now I have the marriage records for Mills County from January 1, 1886 to December 31, 1899. These were copied by Beverly Boileau in 1982/83 and I have her permission to put them on our web site. The people at the Glenwood Public Library have been very helpful to me as far as giving me access to many records, especially Denise Crawford, the director of the library, and Rachel Carlile, who looks up numerous requests for me. If there is anything I can do to help, please let me know. I have answered queries about Mills County from many states and even England, and I have also corresponded with a number of you who are on the mailing list. Thanks Gail Kilgore for your part in this effort. Someday maybe we will have lots of researchers using the mailing list. My ancestors in Rawles Twp., Mills County were few and far between. My grandparents, Thomas and Sarah Catherine (Riggs)Brading, my great grandfather, James Warren Riggs, and my parents are all buried in Tabor Cemetery. A great, great aunt, Elizabeth Harrison, married Richard Estes and there are Estes and Delavan distant relatives still in Mills. Another great, great aunt, Rebecca Harrison m. Evan Shelby and they lived in Lyons Twp. and probably have descendants living in the area. A great great uncle was Samuel Harrison who lived in Rawles Twp. early, before moving to the Whiting, Iowa area. When I come back home in October I hope I am flooded with requests for lookups. In addition to the census records, I have the 1985 Mills History and the cemetery book with the newer complete index. Most everything else is on the web site. I also have a cemetery book and the 1996 Fremont County History. Information I can give from all of these is somewhat limited because of copyright laws. Good hunting! Cay Merryman [email protected] http://www.rootsweb.com/~iamills

Sorry to those getting this more than once: George Washington REEDER, b.26 Jul 1858, IL, d.3 Sept.1918, Elmwood, Cass, NE, m. Minnie M. HOPKINS 12 Sept.1891. Mt Ayr, Ringgold, IA. They had 5 children: Ella b.1893, Mt Ayr, IA; Walter b.1894, Pottawattamie Co. IA; Maude Bell b. 1896, Mills Co., IA; Hazel Dell b.1899, Elmwood, Cass, NE; Ralph b.1901 Elmwood, NE; The death cert. of George lists his father as Isaac REEDER b. Helms, Mis. I'm guessing MO not MS. Added info for George Washington REEDER: He had a sister, Mary m.? COFFMAN living in Shelbville, IL in 1918. This information from the obit. of George. Any help appreciated Norma Paul in CA Other surnames I'm researching: HOPKINS/BOYD/HINDMAN/COFFEY/CLEVELAND/REEDER

Hello Constance, I see you are searching Douglas and Kilgore. Are these people from York Co. PA? If so, we are related!! Gail Kilgore's husband is a cousin. I am from Thomas Kilgore b in MD. his son, Joshua and Ellen Boone Kilgore. Their daughter, Rebekah, married David McGee Douglass. Their daughter, Sarah (Sally) Amanda Douglass, married W. Franklin Hannah. Their son Newton married Lula Mae McGinnis , they are my parents. It's so exciting to be in touch with a new cousin! Hoping to hear from you. Fran Reno

Hi! Just wanted to pass the word about the new website the town of Glenwood has started. On this website, you might find mention or advertisements of the families you are mentioning. The URL is: http://www.glenwoodnet.com/ Ramonyca Howard http://members.aol.com/Ramonyca/index.html

Hi, Cay is in MN now, at last I heard from her and she can also do cemetery lookup so looks like we have that area covered. Now for the obits, are the excessable? Bill Kerber, Fran Lewis, Constance Diamond and myself all have info for input on our lines but we're all open for any new material that may be out there. BTW, Bill Kerber, are you all right?? Were the fires close to you? Keep us posted, we care!! Always, Searching Gail Meyer-Kilgore Casa Grande,AZ Searching: Kilgore, Alexander, Boone, Lassley, Douglass Searching: Meyer, Kruger, Groen, Nottelmann, DeVries, Remmers, Reints, Hayenga, Frerichs ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* List Hostess of [email protected] List Hostess of [email protected] List Hostess of [email protected] List Hostess of [email protected] List Hostess of [email protected]

I'm researching Biggs, Edie, Gustin, Alexander, Douglas, and Kilgore. Constance Diamond

Hello, I am searching the following names: Woody, Bryant, DuPuis, Kinsey,Ahrens, Larin, and McIntyre. Will share any information I have and any information shared with me would be deeply appreciated. Thanks, Ernie Woody

Hi! I'm researching Hyde, Horstmeyer, Hempel, and Lee in Mills County, Iowa. Thanks, Patty Rich

BOMAR COLLINS Barbara Roup [email protected]

Hi! My name is Ramonyca Howard and I live here in Glenwood, Iowa. I am searching for the Howard, Mintle, Benedict, and Evernham families in Mills County. [email protected]

Hello Cousins, These are the names I'm searching in Mill Co. Iowa: Hannah, Douglass and Kilgore. Fran in Reno

Hi, I would like to do a roll call of who you are and who you are searching in Mills Co. Always, Searching Gail Meyer-Kilgore Casa Grande,AZ Searching: Kilgore, Alexander, Boone, Lassley, Douglass Searching: Meyer, Kruger, Groen, Nottelmann, DeVries, Remmers, Reints, Hayenga, Frerichs ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* List Host of [email protected] Visit the Mills Co. IA Web Page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~iamills/ ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~* List Host of [email protected] Visit the Butler Co., NE Web page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nebutler/index.html ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ List Host of [email protected] ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

For your info: Copyright laws are a confusing web all by themselves. No one's work may be published in any form in it's entirety without permission, regardless where it is published. Gary B. Hoffman, legal expert for Broderbund Fair Use. "Fair use" allows non-infringing copying of a copyrighted work for such purposes as comment, criticism, news reporting, teaching, scholarship or research. In determining whether such use is fair, courts consider 1.whether the purpose is commercial or non-commercial, 2.the nature of the work, 3.the amount used in relation to the whole work, 4.the effect of the use on the market or value of the work. In general, copying a small amount of a work is considered fair unless it is the heart of the work. You, Genealogy, and Copyright The copyright laws affect both the research and the publication of your genealogy, either a narrative family history or a simple pedigree family line. First, though, consider that the basic facts about your ancestor's life (such as name, birth date and place, marriage partner, date and place, and death date and place) do not receive copyright protection, no matter their source. Whether you went to the county courthouse, rented a microfilm of the relevant records, or found the data in a commercial CD-ROM, the basic facts of a person's life may be freely copied; they are in the public domain. But adding any kind of narration to these basic facts gives rise to a copyright in the creative portion of the work. The more narrative, the stronger the copyright. If you are the author, you should take care to mark your work to give the proper notice. If it is a large or major work, consider registering it and depositing a copy in the Library of Congress. On the other hand, if you find narrative material in a good family source, you should take care not to violate the rights of the author. Remember the idea of "Fair Use," mentioned above, before using more than a sentence or two, seek out the author and get permission. Do not assume that just because you have a copy of a story, you can copy it again or incorporate it into your family's history. If the author is dead, genealogists -- of all researchers -- are unable to use the excuse that they couldn't locate the heirs to seek copyright clearance! Simple pedigree charts are not copyrightable, despite their markings, even when filled in with facts. But add a "modicum of creativity" and you can claim copyright protection in a pedigree chart. The same goes for computerized pedigree data, either in disk form or in a GEDCOM file.

Dear Friends, James was 19 on the 1880 US census in Michigan. A family letter states he came back from Iowa for his brother's funeral sometime in the early part of this century. Is someone researching this surname in Iowa perhaps or have a referral/recommedation? Best regards, Dennis Lyon

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Cay, Before you head to the "Land of many Lakes" would you, if you have the time, see if in your cemetery records any Alexander's or Kilgore's are buried in Mills Co. I think Bill got the records on the Douglass'. If you are stretched for time we will get it later. Always, Searching Gail Kilgore Casa Grande,AZ Searching: Kilgore, Alexander, Boone, Lassley ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* List Host of [email protected] Visit the Mills Co. IA Web Page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~iamills/ ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~* List Host of [email protected] Visit the Butler Co., NE Web page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nebutler/index.html