Looking for help on Flora Belle Haskett and William Henry Thompson both are found to have been in Cherokee, Cherokee, Iowa in 1900. On the Census, William is listed as Henry Thompson. William is the son of Henry E Thompson from Norway. William Henry was born 9 Apr, 1863 Dane County Wisconsin. Died 30 Jan 1939 Sioux City, Woodburn, Iowa ? I have very little on Flora and I am not sure how much is true. Flora Belle Haskett born Oct, 1863 Indiana ?? Parents unknown. Died 26 Mar. 1920 Spokane, Spokane, Washington ?? I have not been able to find William or Flora in any other census. I do not know if William and Flora may of divorced as Flora died in Washington, and William in Iowa. Thanks for the help in advance Don Kelley Southern Oregon

I'm looking for any relatives of my great grandmother (Elizabeth Louise Gauger Kober) who resided in Wheaton Illinois. I have a few postcards mailed from Charles City and many pictures of people, and of course the pictures have no names, from Charles City, Iowa City, and Vinton Iowa. Would anyone have information on this family. Thank you Larry --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term'

----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Potter" <spotter@forbin.net> To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 11:20 PM Subject: [IOWA] Re: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sharon Potter > To: IOWA-L-request@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 10:52 PM > > > I am Looking for info on Vance W. Cox. B. 6-6-1892 D.1-25-1973. Has > lived in Des Moines the last 47 years of his life. His wifes name was > Flossie. I am Looking for info on his Sons Vance Jr. of Polk City &Ray E. > of Des Moines. Sharon Potter > spotter@forbin.net > Thanks for what ever you can find. > > > ==== IOWA Mailing List ==== > The IOWA Lists now have their own website with unsub > instructions, list rules and other useful information. > Visit & Bookmark http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist > > ============================== > 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 > >

This is for whoever it was that was requesting info on Vance Cox. I emailed my cousin in Iowa(her surname is Cox)and asked her if she knew of a Vance Cox. This is what she replied: Don't know any Vance Cox, but there is a Flossie Cox buried at Bretheren Cemetery in Dallas County.

I remember a request(s) for information about the Ide/Ihde surname. Just can't rember which list. Think it was this one. If you are searching for this surname, please contact me off list at kdka@forbin.net. Thanks.

Thank you, list. I'll give each a try. Patrick

Try the website: www.TheShipsList.com as it is a great tool for researching ships of all kinds in this time period. Also I believe there is a Rootsweb mailing list that allows you, just as you are on this list, pose a query and see what it brings from experienced researchers. Also called The Ships List. It is a fun and fast email group with a world of knowledge and information being passed at lightening speed by you. Great fun. Been there, done that. Sandy Childs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Sullivan" <sfps484@sio.midco.net> To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 8:32 AM Subject: [IOWA] Ships > Has anyone seen a ship with the name of "Chaos" in your research? Word has > it came from Liverpool in 1847 and landed in NY. Why anyone would board a > ship with this name in those days is beyond me, but my ggrandpa did and made > it. Thanks. > Patrick > sfps484@sio.midco.net > > > ==== IOWA Mailing List ==== > The IOWA Lists now have their own website with unsub > instructions, list rules and other useful information. > Visit & Bookmark http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Has anyone seen a ship with the name of "Chaos" in your research? Word has it came from Liverpool in 1847 and landed in NY. Why anyone would board a ship with this name in those days is beyond me, but my ggrandpa did and made it. Thanks. Patrick sfps484@sio.midco.net

Patrick Sullivan wrote: > Has anyone seen a ship with the name of "Chaos" in your research? Word has > it came from Liverpool in 1847 and landed in NY. Why anyone would board a > ship with this name in those days is beyond me, but my ggrandpa did and made > it. Thanks. > Patrick > sfps484@sio.midco.net > Patrick -- The name is from Greek mythology: "CHAOS - in one ancient Greek myth of creation, the dark, silent abyss from which all things came into existence. According to the Theogony of Hesiod, Chaos generated the solid mass of Earth, from which arose the starry, cloud-filled Heaven. Mother Earth and Father Heaven, personified respectively as Gaea and her offspring Uranus, were the parents of the Titans. In a later theory, Chaos is the formless matter from which the cosmos, or harmonious order, was created. " (Doesn't sound like a good name for a ship to me especially from a marketing standpoint!) This is probably the 1847 ship you are looking for but no passenger list was given: but maybe you can find one by Googling the Master's and ship name, date & ports. (found at http://www.grimshaworigin.org/WebPages/CalebShip.htm) (1847) Chaos (tons 771) Master: J. L. Wilson This was a Liverpool to New York run. -- No passenger list given nor exact date. ============ Here's a passenger list for an earlier voyage of the Chaos to New Orleans, in case it has any interest for you. There was a different Master two years earlier. (probably a partial list, as I notice they are mostly "B" names. Odd. Found this at http://www.genesearch.com/neworleans/neworleans1845j.html 1845 January 29 Ship Chaos (Ship's Master: Larkin) Liverpool Wm Larkin (25, U. States) James Swift (30, laborer, Ireland) Mary A Swift (34, Ireland) Mary Creighton (48, England) Mary Creighton (22, England) Thos Wason (36, laborer, England) Geo Barker (63, laborer, England) Sarah Barker (60, laborer, England) Jane Barker (36, laborer, England) Jas. Barker (34, laborer, England) George Barker (27, laborer, England) Isabella Barker (25, laborer, England) Ralph Barker (21, laborer, England) Emma Barker (18, laborer, England) Sarah Barker (17, laborer, England) Jeanne Surber surberj@earthlink.net

January was a busy month in Delaware County IAGenWeb http://iagenweb.org/delaware/ ! New and exciting things are taking place and there has been a great response to the new site. I have added divorce registers, County and state officials, Civil War units, and Civil War information on a least on soldier, and two new "centers". For a complete list of what is going on at Delaware County, IAGenWeb stop by the "What's New" directory. We have a new 'Special Project' at IAGenWeb! It is the Iowa Old Press http://iowaoldpress.com/ . This IAGenWeb Special Project is dedicated to the scores of newspapers that are printed chronicles of the lives and times of Iowa and Iowans. Join us as we step back in time and learn how the Press reported the news & influenced our Iowa ancestors in the 1800's and early 1900's.. There is also a section for scrapbooks that were kept by our ancestors! I hope when you visit the Iowa old Press you will contribute your Delaware County news articles. When you are visiting Delaware County IAGenWeb stop by and visit our message boards. They are a great place to post your documents, bios, queries, and obituaries! From the Bio board you can access all of the other boards http://iagenweb.org/boards/delaware/biographies/ . Here is a sampling of the new information that has been added to Delaware County IAGenWeb http://iagenweb.org/delaware/ : ~ Two new "centers" 'Courthouse Inventory', which will hold all types of court records, everything from divorce to lawsuits; 'Government Center' which will hold all things to do with the government (political parties, politicians, laws, anything to do with the formation of and the people who ran the government in and from Delaware county. http://iagenweb.org/delaware/courthouseinventory.htm http://iagenweb.org/delaware/goventmentcenter.htm ~ Divorce Index 1888-1954 http://iagenweb.org/delaware/court/divorce1888-1954.htm At this time I have place a cut off date of 100 years (age) as of 2005 on this index. I will add more as the ages allow. ~ Delaware County Members of the Iowa General Assembly from 1846-1928 Transcribed and contributed by Sharyl Ferrall http://iagenweb.org/delaware/government/genassembly1846-1928.htm ~ County Officials of 1927-1928 http://iagenweb.org/delaware/government/officials1927-28.htm ~ County Officials of 1901 http://iagenweb.org/delaware/government/officials1901.htm ~ County Officials of 1904 Transcribed and contributed by Sharyl Ferrall http://iagenweb.org/delaware/government/officials1927-28.htm ~ Iowa State and Federal Census Microfilm Information http://iagenweb.org/delaware/censuscenter.htm ~ Company K, 21st Iowa Volunteer Infantry http://iagenweb.org/delaware/military/cok2.htm February has promise of bringing many more new items of interest to Delaware County IAGenWeb. I hope you will stop, by take a tour, take a minute to let me know how you think Delaware County IAGenWeb is doing. And hopefully you will find something to help you with your research. Till February's update .... Constance http://iagenweb.org/delaware/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.7 - Release Date: 2/10/2005

----- Original Message ----- From: Sharon Potter To: IOWA-L-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 10:52 PM I am Looking for info on Vance W. Cox. B. 6-6-1892 D.1-25-1973. Has lived in Des Moines the last 47 years of his life. His wifes name was Flossie. I am Looking for info on his Sons Vance Jr. of Polk City &Ray E. of Des Moines. Sharon Potter spotter@forbin.net Thanks for what ever you can find.

I'm looking for a photo of J. T. French (1823-1903), a doctor in Marion County, Iowa in the second half of the 19th century. He also owned a drug store in Knoxville and served as the county coroner. If you have or know of a photo of him, please email me. Thanks. Greta Thompson IAGenWeb Marion County Coordinator bluebear@new.rr.com

I think that I remember someone was asking about Iowa Poor Houses. I found this web site that may be of interest, both to the person looking for the information, and the rest of our subscribers. http://www.poorhousestory.com/index.htm Susan Coleman Co- County Coordinator - IAGenWeb Humboldt County Personal web site Iowa Reunion - Humboldt County, Iowa County Coordinator IAGenWeb Dallas County Coordinator IAGenWeb Osceola Everything works out in the end. If it hasn't worked out, it's not the end. --Unknown

My great-grandmother was adopted around 1900 and died in the flu epidemics about 10 years later. The family appears on the census records before and after in Jefferson County and Muscatine county, respectively. We suspect she may have been a Native American orphan. Does anyone have experience locating adoption records (the first step) and then petitioning to open them under Iowa law? Also, is there any movement afoot to alter the law to make it easier to locate and open such records in cases where all parties are long since deceased as in this case?

Malinda, I have printmaster 15 (not the latest) which also does PDF files. Just FYI Mel www.iowaghosttowns.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Malinda Louise Funk" <funkm@msu.edu> To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 9:00 PM Subject: [IOWA] re: creating pdf's > > Hi > Regarding the creating of PDF formatted files, it will require the > installation of some software (free) on your computer and a couple of > steps each time you want to create one. Adobe offers an online service, > but it is only free for the 1st 5 PDF files. A good one is Go2Pdf. It can > be downloaded from http://www.go2pdf.com/product.html . > Once you have installed both pieces of software, you can begin creating > PDFs. First you will need to copy your census image into memory. This is > accomplished by touching the 'Alt' and 'PrintScrn' keys at the same time. > You will then need copy it back to display; either Paintbrush or Wordpad > will be good for this. After launching one of these applications, touch > 'E' for Edit and 'P' for Paste to copy the image back to the screen. To > create your PDF, select 'F' for File and 'P' for Print; Go2Pdf with be > available as the Virtual PDF Printer. You will be printing to a file. > If you have further questions, just ask. > Malinda Funk > > > ==== IOWA Mailing List ==== > The IOWA Lists now have their own website with unsub > instructions, list rules and other useful information. > Visit & Bookmark http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

There is also a free suite of programs (not a trial version) similar to Microsoft Office's Excel and Word and more that both allow you to export in PDF format. I have used it for PDFs with the "Word-like" program called "Writer" with good results. These programs open and save to Microsoft formats incidentally and state it is compatible with all major office suites. There is also an html editor that on first glance looks a bit like Front Page. http://www.openoffice.org/ Rich You can find a free downloadAt 07:11 AM 2/10/2005, you wrote: >I agree with Malinda. Use the free trial software and see if you like it. >You can also purchase the Adobe Acrobat software (often at a big discount) >and make PDF files even more simply. Right click on the census image. >Choose "save as." Save to your chosen file. Open the saved image. Select >print from the drop down menu. On the printer window select "Acrobat >Distiller" as your printer. Nothing actually prints but you will be >prompted to select where you save your PDF file. If I am emailing >something, I usually just save it temporarily to my desktop and file it >appropriately later. > >I use mine to email newsletters, send documents that my college-age >offspring need to fill-out and mail and anything else that should go in >its original form for printing or viewing without all thoses email >headings. I'm really glad I spent the money for the full program. > >Sue

I agree with Malinda. Use the free trial software and see if you like it. You can also purchase the Adobe Acrobat software (often at a big discount) and make PDF files even more simply. Right click on the census image. Choose "save as." Save to your chosen file. Open the saved image. Select print from the drop down menu. On the printer window select "Acrobat Distiller" as your printer. Nothing actually prints but you will be prompted to select where you save your PDF file. If I am emailing something, I usually just save it temporarily to my desktop and file it appropriately later. I use mine to email newsletters, send documents that my college-age offspring need to fill-out and mail and anything else that should go in its original form for printing or viewing without all thoses email headings. I'm really glad I spent the money for the full program. Sue

I have posted a similar question to the Ships-list group, but I think I will now spread it a little farther. My ancestors came to America from Orscholz (now Saarland) in 1855. They don't show up on any records in Orscholz after 1842, so what they did or where they went for those 13 years in another mystery. They are named Nicholas Gross and Anna Marie Kiefer Gross. They left La Havre on the North Wind and arrived in NY on April 26, 1855. By May 28 of that year Nicholas purchased land in Keokuk County, Iowa. This Voyage was the only packet trip with immigrant passengers that this ship ever took. My questions are these: 1) Does anyone on these lists have ancestors that took this voyage? 2) How would so many people from one area in Germany end up in the same place. (The township they settled in became known as German township) and many were from the Mettlach area. 3) Is a month a reasonable time to get from NY to the great plains of the USA in 1855. It seems fast to me. Dave Gross

Hi Regarding the creating of PDF formatted files, it will require the installation of some software (free) on your computer and a couple of steps each time you want to create one. Adobe offers an online service, but it is only free for the 1st 5 PDF files. A good one is Go2Pdf. It can be downloaded from http://www.go2pdf.com/product.html . Once you have installed both pieces of software, you can begin creating PDFs. First you will need to copy your census image into memory. This is accomplished by touching the 'Alt' and 'PrintScrn' keys at the same time. You will then need copy it back to display; either Paintbrush or Wordpad will be good for this. After launching one of these applications, touch 'E' for Edit and 'P' for Paste to copy the image back to the screen. To create your PDF, select 'F' for File and 'P' for Print; Go2Pdf with be available as the Virtual PDF Printer. You will be printing to a file. If you have further questions, just ask. Malinda Funk

Shirley, 1880 Clay twp, Marion co has a widower, M. McCarty, with children Anna 15, Mary 12, James 10, Thomas 7, & John 4. 1870 Swan twp, Marion co has family of Michael & Mgt. McCarty, with children (daughters) E.A. 6, M.A. 4, (son) J.M. 5/12. Might not the Anna/E.A. be your Elizabeth Ann? Dick May you live to be a hundred, with an extra year to repent! Irish proverb > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Al Pfeifle" <alpfeifle@charter.net> > To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 10:40 AM > Subject: [IOWA] 1884 Wedding > > Looking for informatiuon on an O. J. McFadden who officiated at my > maternal > > grandparents (William Gullion and Elizabeth Ann McCarty) wedding 20 Mar > 1884 > > at Bethel (no longer a town and is located 2+ miles west of Tracy), Clay > > Township, Marion County, IA. > > > > The two letters in the title line below his name on the Certificate of > > Marriage are M. and the other letter is illegible. > > > > I am at a real deadend on the McCartys and am looking for any possible > > thread. > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.5 - Release Date: 2/3/05