The State organization Iowa GenWeb web site is now located on our new server and can be found at: http://iagenweb.org In addition, you can now quickly go to the web site of any county in the state of iowa by using the same address and simply adding the county name after it like in the following examples. http://iagenweb.org/vanburen/ http://iagenweb.org/scott/ http://iagenweb.org/lee/ http://iagenweb.org/cedar/ . . . and so forth. «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤» Rich Lowe IAVanBuren@web-iowa.com Van Buren Co. IA GenWeb Coordinator http://iagenweb.org/vanburen/

Sounds great, Rich! Thanks! :-) Dotte ----- Original Message ----- From: Rich Lowe <richlowe@web-iowa.com> To: <IAVANBUR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 9:56 AM Subject: [IAVANBUR] New Boards for Van Buren Co. > As you may have read on the Van Buren Co GenWeb site, the IAGenWeb > organization is working hard to develop a proprietary set of boards for > posting Queries, Obituaries, Bios and other Documents. This set of boards > will be our own and not subject to control by any outside organizations. > > Just wanted to let you know that we are getting verrrrry close to having > these available to us. In fact, I have been part of the team working on > their development these past several weeks and Van Buren Co. has been the > prototype set of boards that we have been working on. Ours should be the > first up and running. You will find some new features that we think you > will like very much. > > I will encourage you in advance to post your obits, bios, etc. to these new > boards as these will be the set of boards folks visiting the Van Buren Co. > site will see featured. And if you have posted to the old Rootweb Boards, > we would encourage you to resubmit your info to the new boards as soon as > they are up and running. > > More info will be coming soon. > > Rich > Van Buren Co. GenWeb > > > ==== IAVANBUR Mailing List ==== > Visit the Van Buren Co. GenConnect Boards > Queries - Obits - Bios - Wills - Bible - Pensions - Deeds > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/ > >

As you may have read on the Van Buren Co GenWeb site, the IAGenWeb organization is working hard to develop a proprietary set of boards for posting Queries, Obituaries, Bios and other Documents. This set of boards will be our own and not subject to control by any outside organizations. Just wanted to let you know that we are getting verrrrry close to having these available to us. In fact, I have been part of the team working on their development these past several weeks and Van Buren Co. has been the prototype set of boards that we have been working on. Ours should be the first up and running. You will find some new features that we think you will like very much. I will encourage you in advance to post your obits, bios, etc. to these new boards as these will be the set of boards folks visiting the Van Buren Co. site will see featured. And if you have posted to the old Rootweb Boards, we would encourage you to resubmit your info to the new boards as soon as they are up and running. More info will be coming soon. Rich Van Buren Co. GenWeb

Sometime early yesterday something went afoul at Ancestry and much of the county has not been able to access either Ancestry.Com or the Rootsweb Boards since that time. That is the situation with me as well and since I use a census index from Ancestry.Com as one of several tools in proofreading the 1870 census, I'm out of business for the present. If you are unable to reach either site, you may be able to do so by going to an alternative address with is their IP number. Here's a recent announcement that came through early this morning. "The connection problem for ancestry.com has been fixed. Ancestry expects it will be another day maybe two before the corrected information is globally propagated. You can connect use http://216.10.103.21/ to connect to ancestry.com http://63.92.86.187 to connect to boards.ancestry.com" I don't believe either will allow you to log in, however, but you should be able to browse. Sounds like all links should be back to normal for everyone within a couple of days. Rich

Seeking Catcott Descendants. Haven't found any yet. Samuel Valentine Catcott/Elizabeth Donaldson were my maternal ggg grandparents! Susan Catcott and Charles Crane were my gg grandparents. Descendants of Samuel Valentine Catcott 1 Samuel Valentine Catcott b: Feb 14, 1817 in England src1: W.P.A. Records at Ancestry, src2: Death Record-of Dau., Susan d: Mar 23, 1898 src: W.P.A. Records at Ancestry Burial: Kilbourne Cemetery/ Van Buren Co, Iowa Source: W.P.A. Records of Van Buren Co, IA . +Elizabeth Donaldson b: Dec 17, 1819 in Ohio src: W.P.A. Records at Ancestry m: Feb 6, 1845 in Van Buren County, Iowa src: Early Iowa Marriages-Van Buren Co, IA Web Page d: Aug 5, 1868 src: W.P.A. Records at Ancestry Burial: Kilbourne Cemetery/ Van Buren Co, Iowa Source: W.P.A. Records at Ancestry ........... 2 Susan Catcott b: Dec 13, 1849 in Kilbourne, Iowa src: Jefferson Co. Ia Cemetaries Vol. II d: Jan 27, 1910 in Glasgow, Iowa src: Jefferson Co. Ia Cemetaries Vol. II Burial: Glasgow Cemetery ............... +Charles Benjamin Crane b: Mar 9, 1842 in near Marietta, Ohio src: est from Jefferson Co. Ia Cemetaries Vol 2 m: Nov 15, 1866 in Van Buren County, Iowa src: Marriage Certificate d: Mar 11, 1929 in Glasgow, Iowa src: est from Jefferson Co. Ia Cemetaries Vol 2 Burial: Glasgow Cemetery/Glasgow, Iowa Source: Iowa WPA Grave Records ........... 2 Ann Catcott b: Abt. 1850 src: 1860 Van Buren Co, IA Census-Lick Creek Twp ........... 2 William Catcott b: 1857 in Iowa src1: W.P.A. Records at Ancestry, src2: 1870 Census-Van Buren Co, IA d: 1930 src: W.P.A. Records at Ancestry Burial: Kilbourne Cemetery/ Van Buren Co, Iowa Source: W.P.A. Records at Ancestry ............... +Margaret Nedrow b: Jun 8, 1858 in Iowa src: W.P.A. Records at Ancestry m: Jan 14, 1880 in Van Buren County, Iowa src: Early Iowa Marriages-Van Buren Co, IA Web Page d: Oct 2, 1905 src: W.P.A. Records at Ancestry Burial: Kilbourne Cemetery/ Van Buren Co, Iowa Source: W.P.A. Records at Ancestry *2nd Wife of Samuel Valentine Catcott: . +Mary Nedrow b: Bet. 1839 - 1840 in Ohio src: 1870 Census-Van Buren Co, IA m: Jan 27, 1869 ........... 2 Robert Catcott b: Oct 1869 src: 1870 Census-Van Buren Co, IA ........... 2 David Catcott Cathy Joynt Labath

Transcriber Sharon Franklin has completed the 1870 census for Village Twp. It has now been proofread and is now on line in its entirety. Thanks, Sharon! Completed 1870 transcriptions are now on line for these townships: Chequest Harrisburg Jackson Vernon Village Partial transcriptions are on line for: Bonaparte Cedar Farmington Van Buren You can find all at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/1870census.htm «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤» Rich Lowe IAVanBuren@web-iowa.com Van Buren Co. IA GenWeb Coordinator http://iagenweb.org/vanburen/ IAVANBUR-L Mail List http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/how-to-subscribe.html

Looking for a death date on Dorothy Lucille Boley McFarland, born 23 January 1916, died in 2001 at Van Buren co. hospital..... sherri

I just ran across this interesting Timeline site. You can custom design printable timelines for your ancestors. http://www.ourtimelines.com/create_tl_2.html Enjoy! «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤» Rich Lowe IAVanBuren@web-iowa.com Van Buren Co. IA GenWeb Coordinator http://iagenweb.org/vanburen/ IAVANBUR-L Mail List http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/how-to-subscribe.html

For those awaiting the release of the 1930 Federal Census, your wait is getting shorter as it will be released to the public on April 1, 2002. By federal law, the government must wait 72 years. I personally am keeping my fingers crossed that it will turn up some useful info that will help me find the roots of my granddad Lowe, the ornery cuss. I'll be particularly interested in what it says for his place of birth, his parent's place of birth, and his military service. It has been reported previously he was born in both NY and IN and that he was in the Spanish American War and the Boer War which were going on at the same time in different parts of the world. <g> If you are interested in what the 1930 census will furnish in the way of information, a copy of the enumerator's instructions can be found at: http://www.ipums.umn.edu/~pipums/voliii/inst1930.html «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤» Rich Lowe IAVanBuren@web-iowa.com Van Buren Co. IA GenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/ IAVANBUR-L Mail List http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/how-to-subscribe.html Villages of Van Buren http://www.800-tourvbc.com

Dear listers, Seeking ANY information about Isaac Newton Thompson. It is known that in 1892 he and his father had a dry-goods store in Keosauqua, and that "Newt" was courting a girl that lived near Mt. Sterling. Would like to know when and where he was married, and the name of his bride -- and if there are any living descendants of his family. Newt's parents were Joseph G. and Phoebe (Haines) Thompson -- formerly of Bonaparte. Thank you! Dotte Schneider Lake of the Ozarks

Transcriber Marian Cox has now completed the 1870 Vernon Twp. federal census. Our thanks go out to Marian for another job very well done. Marian has volunteered to do both Washington and Des Moines townships as well . . so keep watching. That makes four townships completed and on-line in addition to three other townships partially transcribed. All can be found with an alphabetical index for each township at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/1870census.htm For those new to this list, don't forget that the 1860 census transcription is 100% complete and can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/1860census.htm Rich «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤» Rich Lowe IAVanBuren@web-iowa.com Van Buren Co. IA GenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/ IAVANBUR-L Mail List http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/how-to-subscribe.html Villages of Van Buren http://www.800-tourvbc.com

At 08:07 PM 8/12/01 -0700, you wrote: >THANK YOU, what a nice way to welcome people to your site! >My gg grandparents, Mary Ann SMITH and James WICKERSHAM were married in >Birmingham, Van Buren Co., 18 Oct. 1855. James brother John married >Christina ALBERTSON 9 Oct. 1856 and Sister Jane WICKERSHAM married Joseph >FOSTER 20 April 1861 there also. >I know that my 3rd greatgrandparents, Mary A. HAWKINS and John C. SMITH >were land owners there also. I believe Reuben HAWKINS and a Benjamin SMITH. > other relatives were there also. >I had the wonderful good fortune of visiting your courthouse last summer >and running into a retired auto dealer and county historian there that >helped me find some land records from 1856 and guiding me to where John C. >Smith lived and where the marriage of my gg grandparents took place. It >is a corn field now, but huge trees remain east of Birmingham near a >bridge and cemetery. So of course I'm on the trail of John C. Smith, >parents unknown, but John born in PA in 1802 and married Mary A. HAWKINS >Dec. 1825 the dau of Benjamin and Mary Hawkins, place unknown. >The other SMITH people are: Benjamin H. SMITH married Alcestus NEWELL 27 >Dec. 1854 and sister Rebecca Sarah SMITH married H.C. FISHEL 12 Nov. 1857 >in Birmingham, Van Buren Co. >Marilyn, Lewiston, Idaho Glad to have you with us, Marilyn. Hopefully someone out there is also researching these surnames and will contact you. Be sure to check the various resources on our GenWeb site as well if you haven't already done so. ___________________________________________________________ «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤» Rich Lowe IAVanBuren@web-iowa.com Van Buren Co. IA GenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/ IAVANBUR-L Mail List http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/how-to-subscribe.html Villages of Van Buren http://www.800-tourvbc.com

THANK YOU, what a nice way to welcome people to your site! My gg grandparents, Mary Ann SMITH and James WICKERSHAM were married in Birmingham, Van Buren Co., 18 Oct. 1855. James brother John married Christina ALBERTSON 9 Oct. 1856 and Sister Jane WICKERSHAM married Joseph FOSTER 20 April 1861 there also. I know that my 3rd greatgrandparents, Mary A. HAWKINS and John C. SMITH were land owners there also. I believe Reuben HAWKINS and a Benjamin SMITH. other relatives were there also. I had the wonderful good fortune of visiting your courthouse last summer and running into a retired auto dealer and county historian there that helped me find some land records from 1856 and guiding me to where John C. Smith lived and where the marriage of my gg grandparents took place. It is a corn field now, but huge trees remain east of Birmingham near a bridge and cemetery. So of course I'm on the trail of John C. Smith, parents unknown, but John born in PA in 1802 and married Mary A. HAWKINS Dec. 1825 the dau of Benjamin and Mary Hawkins, place unknown. The other SMITH people are: Benjamin H. SMITH married Alcestus NEWELL 27 Dec. 1854 and sister Rebecca Sarah SMITH married H.C. FISHEL 12 Nov. 1857 in Birmingham, Van Buren Co. Marilyn, Lewiston, Idaho

My great grandfather was George SNARE, but on the 1870 census all references & indexes list him as George SWARE. Sometimes that handwriting is hard to read. Delores

Thanks to volunteer transcriber, Don Detwiler, we now have the complete 1870 Federal Census for Harrisburg township on line. This makes three full townships completed. Partial transcriptions are completed on three other townships. The 1870 Van Buren Co. Census can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/1870census.htm Rich ___________________________________________________________ «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»§«¤» Rich Lowe IAVanBuren@web-iowa.com Van Buren Co. IA GenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/ IAVANBUR-L Mail List http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/how-to-subscribe.html Villages of Van Buren http://www.800-tourvbc.com

Thought I'd share with you another example of how we must always be sure to check for variations in spelling when looking for our ancestors. While proof reading the 1870 Village Twp census, the transcriber thought she saw "Daily". The AIS index says "Duly" so I did some further checking. I found this family in 1860 as "Dooley". Then found them again in 1880 as "Duley". So three consecutive census listings, three different spellings. FWIW Rich ___________________________________________________________ «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»§«¤» Rich Lowe IAVanBuren@web-iowa.com Van Buren Co. IA GenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/ IAVANBUR-L Mail List http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/how-to-subscribe.html Villages of Van Buren http://www.800-tourvbc.com

The 1870 Census transcription for Chequest township is now complete, and has been uploaded. Fran Hunt did the transcribing work and I proof read. We use several sources for proof reading, including referring back to 1860 and ahead to 1880 census for not only VBCo but when necessary we chase a family down who left the area to make sure we have it right. We also consult the AIS indexes, also another 1870 index I have on CD. At times, such things as marriage records, obits., etc. are also checked, so the process can be slow. However, I can tell you with confidence that our final transcription is **far superior** to the indexes that currently exist, as they contain many, many errors. Thanks again go to Fran Hunt for her work on Chequest Twp. She has just adopted her third 1870 township and is beginning work on Cedar township. You can find 1870 census links on all townships at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/1870census.htm Rich ___________________________________________________________ «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»§«¤» Rich Lowe IAVanBuren@web-iowa.com Van Buren Co. IA GenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/ IAVANBUR-L Mail List http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/how-to-subscribe.html Villages of Van Buren http://www.800-tourvbc.com

The complete 1870 Federal census for Jackson Twp. is now online. Our thanks go out to volunteer Fran Hunt for her excellent work on transcribing Jackson township. Eight other townships have been adopted and partial transcriptions are online for 4 of those townships. http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/1870census.htm Rich ___________________________________________________________ «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»§«¤» Rich Lowe IAVanBuren@web-iowa.com Van Buren Co. IA GenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/ IAVANBUR-L Mail List http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/how-to-subscribe.html Villages of Van Buren http://www.800-tourvbc.com

This is very cool! Is there going to be a time arranged soon that we can get some people in it to try it out? I'd like to participate. Thanks Rich! > Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 18:16:06 -0500 > From: Rich Lowe <richlowe@web-iowa.com> > To: IAVANBUR-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [IAVANBUR] Testing VBCo Chat Room > > I have placed online a new experimental "VBCo GenWeb > Chat Room" for use > by those with Van Buren Co. genealogical interests > who wish to discuss > the subject "live". > > If two individuals wish to meet each other in the > Chat Room, they will > need to arrange a time with each other in advance. > Others, who have no > specific meeting arranged, may want to join the Chat > Room just for > general discussion with anyone who happens to be > there. Private chats > may be held as well by following some simple > instructions. > > I don't know if this is a tool that will be found > useful, or not. > However, being the computer geek that I am, thought > I would toss it out > for those on this list to experiment with. > > For the present, there is not a link from the main > VBCo. page to this > Chat Room feature, so you may want to add the > following link to your > favorites or save this message for future reference. > > See: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/livechat.htm > > You will note it is supported by advertising, which > while not especially > welcome, does make the service free. > > I'll be interested in hearing from anyone who finds > this tool useful. > > Rich > ___________________________________________________________ > ��������������������������������������������������������������� > Rich Lowe IAVanBuren@web-iowa.com > Van Buren Co. IA GenWeb Coordinator > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/ > IAVANBUR-L Mail List > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/how-to-subscribe.html > ===== ____0- /\_ |\ \ /_ |_ \_0 ______________________ BEWARE OF THE PENGUINS __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

I have placed online a new experimental "VBCo GenWeb Chat Room" for use by those with Van Buren Co. genealogical interests who wish to discuss the subject "live". If two individuals wish to meet each other in the Chat Room, they will need to arrange a time with each other in advance. Others, who have no specific meeting arranged, may want to join the Chat Room just for general discussion with anyone who happens to be there. Private chats may be held as well by following some simple instructions. I don't know if this is a tool that will be found useful, or not. However, being the computer geek that I am, thought I would toss it out for those on this list to experiment with. For the present, there is not a link from the main VBCo. page to this Chat Room feature, so you may want to add the following link to your favorites or save this message for future reference. See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/livechat.htm You will note it is supported by advertising, which while not especially welcome, does make the service free. I'll be interested in hearing from anyone who finds this tool useful. Rich ___________________________________________________________ «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»§«¤» Rich Lowe IAVanBuren@web-iowa.com Van Buren Co. IA GenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/ IAVANBUR-L Mail List http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/how-to-subscribe.html