Stanton still has their coffee pot watertower along with another water tower that looks like a coffee cup or creamer. My daughter lives in Stanton. Also the town is known for its white houses. Almost all the homes are painted white. There are a few non conformists. Nancy ****************************************************************** Policy for Life Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming WOW --- WHAT A RIDE ******************************************

You can download free blank forms at: http://www.familytreemagazine.com/forms/download.html Or I have them (from my genealogy program) in pdf format. You would need Adobe Reader to open them but you can print them out once you have the file open. Janet State Coordinator for INGenExchange http://www.genexchange.org/state.php?state=in County Coordinator for Lawrence County INGenExchange http://www.genexchange.org/county.php?state=xx&county=Lawrence ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Thompson" <jtwe@netins.net> To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 8:02 AM Subject: [IOWA] genealogy information form > Does anyone have a "form" that I could reprint to send to a relative to fill out for genealogy? I could make one up, but thought maybe someone already has one. It would include a place to put birth, death dates, marriage, children, place of birth, etc. > Jane > > > ==== 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 > > ============================== > 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 > > >

Here are some Genealogy forms you can download. Hope this helps. Click here: About Genealogy - The Family Tree and Genealogy Research Guide http://genealogy.about.com/?once=true&pid=2804&cob=home Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/

Thanks to everyone for their suggestions - and they were emailed so quickly!!!!! I have plenty of choices! I appreciate this list - you are the best! Jane

This fall marks the 150th anniversary of one of the least known but most significant social experiments in American history. In September, 1854, the first "orphan train" carried 46 homeless children from New York City to far off homes to become laborers in the pioneer West. It was the first step in what was to become the emigration of as many as 250,000 orphan children to new homes throughout the entire United States. 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

And I'd like to add that Humboldt County: Journalist Harry Reasoner was born in Dakota City in 1923 and is buried in Union Cemetery in Humboldt. Dakota City was the home of Frank Gotch who was world heavyweight wrestling champion from 1908 to 1915. Livermore is the hometown of the Dallas Clark, Indianapolis Colts tight end. -----Original Message----- From: Kaye [mailto:jkstraus@bellsouth.net] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 4:21 AM To: IOWA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [IOWA] Iowa Facts As this pertains to Iowa, and I found it very interesting, I thought I others would too. Now if anyone ever asks you what's in Iowa you have an answer for them. IOWA ADAIR, IOWA - Jesse James and his gang robbed their first train near here on July 21, 1873. They killed the engineer. ADEL, IOWA - Nile Kinnick, famous Iowa football player and war hero was born here. AMES, IOWA - Sports star and evangelist, Billy Sunday was born here in 1862. BOONE, IOWA - Mamie Dowd Eisenhower was born here in 1896 at 709 Carroll.. BURLINGTON, IOWA - Indian Chief Black Hawk died in 1832 and was buried on James Jordan's farm near Iowaville. On July 3, 1839, James Turner, a local dentist, stole the corpse, fled to Quincy, Illinois, cooked off the flesh in a hog-scalding kettle, and prepared to exhibit the skeleton. The Iowa governor insisted on its return, then gave the skeleton to a physician friend, who kept it here in his Burlington office. A fire destroyed both office and bones in 1855. * Actor William Frawley was born here in 1887. He is better known as Fred Mertz on the "I Love Lucy" show. CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA - An explosion in a food plant here on May 22, 1919, killed 44 people. * The Quaker Oats plant on 3rd Street was the largest cereal plant in the world in 1950. CLARINDA, IOWA - Glenn Miller was born here on March 1, 1904 at 601 So.16th . His family moved to Nebraska in 1909. CLEAR LAKE, IOWA - Rock Star Buddy Holly made his last appearance here at the Surf Ballroom on February 2, 1959. He was killed in a plane crash the next day. CORNING, IOWA - Johnny Carson was born here in 1925. CORYDON, IOWA - Jesse and Frank James, and Cole Younger, robbed the bank here of $10,000 on June 3, 1871. COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA - Amelia Jenks Bloomer is buried here in the Fairview Cemetery at the end of Lafayette St. A pioneer in women's rights, and an advocate of dress reforms, one of which the public dubbed "bloomers" after her. She died here on December 30, 1894. * Also buried here in Fairview is Anna B. Dodge. Her monument, the bronze "Angel of Death," was erected on her grave by her daughters in 1918. The inspiration for the monument came from a constantly recurring dream about which Mrs. Dodge told her children before her death. American sculptor, Daniel Chester French executed the monument, which he considered his masterpiece. * In 1864, Jesse and Frank James robbed a train near here. On a curving stretch of the Rock Island line's tracks, the gang pulled a rail out of the tracks. Just as a train approached, the engineer, John Rafferty, spotted the sabotage and tried to stop, but the engine and coaches toppled off the tracks. Rafferty was crushed to death and a dozen passengers were injured. * Virgil Earp was a stage coach driver here after the Civil War. DAVENPORT, IOWA - William "Buffalo Bill" Cody was born here in 1846. * Musician Bix Beiderbecke was born and raised here at 1934 Grand Ave. He is buried in Oakdale Cemetery at 25th and Eastern. * Kate "Big Nose" Elder's parents, Michael and Katherine Harony died here in Davenport. Katherine died in 1865. Big Nose Kate was the girlfriend of the infamous Doc Holliday. DENISON, IOWA - Actress Donna Reed was born here in 1921. She starred in the films, "It's a Wonderful Life," and "From Here to Eternity." DES MOINES, IOWA - Harriet Nelson, wife of Ozzie was born here in 1914. DEXTER, IOWA - Bonnie and Clyde had a gunfight here with police on July 19, 1933. DUBUQUE, IOWA - Actor Don Ameche is buried here in Resurrection Catholic Cemetery (Formerly St. Philomina's) on Asbury Rd. He starred in the film "Cocoon" DYERSVILLE, IOWA - The movie "Field of Dreams" was filmed here in a cornfield 3.3 miles outside town. EARLHAM, IOWA - Four-year-old John Wayne and his family lived here in 1910, at 320 Ohio St. near the depot. FAIRFAX, IOWA - When Wyatt Earp's second wife, Mattie Blaylock died in Arizona, her effects were sent here to her mother Mrs. Sarah Blaylock. Mattie was with Wyatt during the shootout at the O.K. Corral. FORT DODGE, IOWA - Actress Lily Damita (Loomis) and former wife of Errol Flynn is buried here in Oakland Cemetery on 15th Street. * In 1907, the city council passed a law requiring everyone between the age of 25 and 45 to get married - or else. GREENFIELD, IOWA - Dick Van Dyke made the movie "Cold Turkey" here. The whole town quit smoking for 30 days during that time. GREEN MOUNTAIN, IOWA - A train wreck here on March 21, 1910, killed 55 people. JEFFERSON, IOWA - George Gallup of Gallup Poll fame was born here in 1901. KEOKUK, IOWA - Mark Twain worked here in a print ship when a young man. He gave his first after-dinner speech at the Hawkeye Hotel at 2nd and Main. * Six-year-old John Wayne lived here with his father in 1912, at 11 So. Ninth St. KNOXVILE, IOWA - Virgil Earp married Ellen Rysdam here on September 21, 1861. The names on the marriage license were Walter Earp and Eleanor Donahoo. LECLAIRE, IOWA - "Buffalo Bill" Cody grew up here, two miles outside town on Route 61. LINEVILLE, IOWA - Gunfighter Ben Cravens was born here in 1868 on his father's farm. While still in his teens he ran away to the Indian country where in a few years he became a train robber, horse thief, whiskey runner, and killer. LUCAS, IOWA - Labor leader John L. Lewis was born here in 1880. MASON CITY, IOWA - John Dillinger and "Baby Face" Nelson robbed the First National Bank here of $50,000 on March 13, 1934. * Rock stars Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the "Big Bopper," were killed in a plane crash four to five miles northwest of the runway of the Mason City airport, on February 3, 1959. The plane crashed five minutes after takeoff on Albert Juhl's farm near the Reeve Eldridge farm. The death plane was buried secretly in the wilderness by Jerry Dwyer. * Composer Meredith Willson was born here in 1902. He wrote the music for "The Music Man," and the Iowa U. fight song. Mason City is immortalized as the fictional 1912 town of River City in he film "The Music man." MOINGONA, IOWA - On a dark and stormy night on July 6, 1881, fourteen-year-old Kate Shelley, who lived with her family near the bridge across Honey Creek, lay awake listening to the storm. Just after midnight, she heard a tremendous crash: the bridge had given way and a locomotive had plunged into the torrent below. Shelley knew immediately what she had to do - get to the railroad station and stop the approaching passenger express. She headed out into the storm. By the time she reached a nearby bridge over the flooded Des Moines River, her lamp had gone out. In pitch darkness, crawling on her hands and knees, she inched across the 673-foot span, terrorized with fear. Finally she made it to the far side and ran the last half mile to the station in time for the agent to telegraph ahead and stop the train. Shelley was rewarded with nation-wide attention, as well as a gold medal and $200. In later years Shelley was given the job of station agent at Moingona. MUSCATINE, IOWA - Mark Twain lived here with his mother at 109 Walnut in 1853.. NEWTON, IOWA - Boxing champ Rocky Marciano was killed in a plane crash near here on August 31, 1969. * Elmer and Fred Maytag, founders of the Maytag Washing Machine Co. are buried here in the Newton Union Cemetery at 1600 W. 4th St. N. NEVADA, IOWA - Sports star and evangelist, Billy Sunday went to high school here in the late 1870s. PELLA, IOWA - Wyatt and Virgil Earp grew up here at 507 Franklin Street. They lived here from 1850 to 1865. Morgan Earp was born here on April 4, 1851. Their father Nicholas was the Provost Marshall here in 1865., * Martha Earp, sister of Wyatt is buried here in Pella. She died in 1861. Another younger sister is also buried here. * Pella was once called the cleanest city in Iowa. RIVERTON, IOWA - The Jesse James gang robbed the Sexton bank here of $5,000 on July 10, 1881. ROCHESTER, IOWA - Actress Sarah Bernhart was born here in 1845. Her mother, Mrs. King, is buried in the Rochester Cemetery. SALEM, IOWA - Horticulturist Henderson Lewelling discovered the Bing Cherry here. He lived on West Main St. SIOUX CITY, IOWA - In 1922, James Capone, brother of Al, was a special officer for the U.S. Indian service here when he was arrested for the murder of an Indian brave. He was acquitted but the relatives of the victim waylaid him and knocked out one of his eyes. * The tallest tombstone in the west is located here. It belongs to Sergeant Charles Floyd. He died of a perforated appendix on August 20, 1804 while with the Lewis and Clark expedition. * The grave of Chief War Eagle is located here in War Eagle Park. SPRINGVILLE, IOWA - Mrs. Winans, a survivor of the Fort Dearborn Massacre in Chicago in 1812, is buried here in Springville Cemetery on Dubuque Rd. STANTON, IOWA - Actress Virginia Christine was born here in 1920. She was best known for her role as Folger Coffee's Mrs. Olsen. Stanton once converted its water tower to look like a coffee pot in her honor. VAN METER, IOWA - Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Feller was born (1918) and raised here. WATERLOO, IOWA - John Wayne Gacy had a long record of sexual abuse, sodomy and other acts of perversion. In 1968, at age 26 while married and operating a fast food store here, he lured a youth into a back room, handcuffed him and attempted to sodomize him. Gacy was arrested and sentenced to ten years in prison, but because his past indicated no serious crime and because he proved to be a model prisoner, he was released in 18 months. He then moved to Chicago where he was arrested several years later for killing over 20 young boys. * Tommy Carroll, a member of the John Dillinger gang, was shot and killed here by police on June 7, 1934. WEST BRANCH, IOWA - President Herbert Hoover was born and raised here. His> home was on the west side of Downey St. He is buried here at the Hoover National Historic site. WINTERSET, IOWA - John Wayne was born here in 1907 at 216 S. Second St.. Winterset is the county seat of Madison County. The county is famous for its bridges. Kaye ==== 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 ============================== 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

Does anyone have a "form" that I could reprint to send to a relative to fill out for genealogy? I could make one up, but thought maybe someone already has one. It would include a place to put birth, death dates, marriage, children, place of birth, etc. Jane

The following is from the new booklet. The whole section is on the Iowa History site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MODERN CONVENIENCES FOR THE FARM HOUSE THE HOUSE LOCATION In selecting a location for a house there are certain points that should be held in mind. A slight elevation, having proper surface drainage, with protecting hills or woods on the north, is greatly preferable to a narrow valley, a low meadow, or the north side of a hill. The house should face so as to get sunlight into all the rooms, if possible, for "where sunlight does not enter the doctor must." This may be accomplished by facing the house southeast, for example, instead of directly east or south. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/

As this pertains to Iowa, and I found it very interesting, I thought I others would too. Now if anyone ever asks you what's in Iowa you have an answer for them. IOWA ADAIR, IOWA - Jesse James and his gang robbed their first train near here on July 21, 1873. They killed the engineer. ADEL, IOWA - Nile Kinnick, famous Iowa football player and war hero was born here. AMES, IOWA - Sports star and evangelist, Billy Sunday was born here in 1862. BOONE, IOWA - Mamie Dowd Eisenhower was born here in 1896 at 709 Carroll.. BURLINGTON, IOWA - Indian Chief Black Hawk died in 1832 and was buried on James Jordan's farm near Iowaville. On July 3, 1839, James Turner, a local dentist, stole the corpse, fled to Quincy, Illinois, cooked off the flesh in a hog-scalding kettle, and prepared to exhibit the skeleton. The Iowa governor insisted on its return, then gave the skeleton to a physician friend, who kept it here in his Burlington office. A fire destroyed both office and bones in 1855. * Actor William Frawley was born here in 1887. He is better known as Fred Mertz on the "I Love Lucy" show. CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA - An explosion in a food plant here on May 22, 1919, killed 44 people. * The Quaker Oats plant on 3rd Street was the largest cereal plant in the world in 1950. CLARINDA, IOWA - Glenn Miller was born here on March 1, 1904 at 601 So.16th . His family moved to Nebraska in 1909. CLEAR LAKE, IOWA - Rock Star Buddy Holly made his last appearance here at the Surf Ballroom on February 2, 1959. He was killed in a plane crash the next day. CORNING, IOWA - Johnny Carson was born here in 1925. CORYDON, IOWA - Jesse and Frank James, and Cole Younger, robbed the bank here of $10,000 on June 3, 1871. COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA - Amelia Jenks Bloomer is buried here in the Fairview Cemetery at the end of Lafayette St. A pioneer in women's rights, and an advocate of dress reforms, one of which the public dubbed "bloomers" after her. She died here on December 30, 1894. * Also buried here in Fairview is Anna B. Dodge. Her monument, the bronze "Angel of Death," was erected on her grave by her daughters in 1918. The inspiration for the monument came from a constantly recurring dream about which Mrs. Dodge told her children before her death. American sculptor, Daniel Chester French executed the monument, which he considered his masterpiece. * In 1864, Jesse and Frank James robbed a train near here. On a curving stretch of the Rock Island line's tracks, the gang pulled a rail out of the tracks. Just as a train approached, the engineer, John Rafferty, spotted the sabotage and tried to stop, but the engine and coaches toppled off the tracks. Rafferty was crushed to death and a dozen passengers were injured. * Virgil Earp was a stage coach driver here after the Civil War. DAVENPORT, IOWA - William "Buffalo Bill" Cody was born here in 1846. * Musician Bix Beiderbecke was born and raised here at 1934 Grand Ave. He is buried in Oakdale Cemetery at 25th and Eastern. * Kate "Big Nose" Elder's parents, Michael and Katherine Harony died here in Davenport. Katherine died in 1865. Big Nose Kate was the girlfriend of the infamous Doc Holliday. DENISON, IOWA - Actress Donna Reed was born here in 1921. She starred in the films, "It's a Wonderful Life," and "From Here to Eternity." DES MOINES, IOWA - Harriet Nelson, wife of Ozzie was born here in 1914. DEXTER, IOWA - Bonnie and Clyde had a gunfight here with police on July 19, 1933. DUBUQUE, IOWA - Actor Don Ameche is buried here in Resurrection Catholic Cemetery (Formerly St. Philomina's) on Asbury Rd. He starred in the film "Cocoon" DYERSVILLE, IOWA - The movie "Field of Dreams" was filmed here in a cornfield 3.3 miles outside town. EARLHAM, IOWA - Four-year-old John Wayne and his family lived here in 1910, at 320 Ohio St. near the depot. FAIRFAX, IOWA - When Wyatt Earp's second wife, Mattie Blaylock died in Arizona, her effects were sent here to her mother Mrs. Sarah Blaylock. Mattie was with Wyatt during the shootout at the O.K. Corral. FORT DODGE, IOWA - Actress Lily Damita (Loomis) and former wife of Errol Flynn is buried here in Oakland Cemetery on 15th Street. * In 1907, the city council passed a law requiring everyone between the age of 25 and 45 to get married - or else. GREENFIELD, IOWA - Dick Van Dyke made the movie "Cold Turkey" here. The whole town quit smoking for 30 days during that time. GREEN MOUNTAIN, IOWA - A train wreck here on March 21, 1910, killed 55 people. JEFFERSON, IOWA - George Gallup of Gallup Poll fame was born here in 1901. KEOKUK, IOWA - Mark Twain worked here in a print ship when a young man. He gave his first after-dinner speech at the Hawkeye Hotel at 2nd and Main. * Six-year-old John Wayne lived here with his father in 1912, at 11 So. Ninth St. KNOXVILE, IOWA - Virgil Earp married Ellen Rysdam here on September 21, 1861. The names on the marriage license were Walter Earp and Eleanor Donahoo. LECLAIRE, IOWA - "Buffalo Bill" Cody grew up here, two miles outside town on Route 61. LINEVILLE, IOWA - Gunfighter Ben Cravens was born here in 1868 on his father's farm. While still in his teens he ran away to the Indian country where in a few years he became a train robber, horse thief, whiskey runner, and killer. LUCAS, IOWA - Labor leader John L. Lewis was born here in 1880. MASON CITY, IOWA - John Dillinger and "Baby Face" Nelson robbed the First National Bank here of $50,000 on March 13, 1934. * Rock stars Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the "Big Bopper," were killed in a plane crash four to five miles northwest of the runway of the Mason City airport, on February 3, 1959. The plane crashed five minutes after takeoff on Albert Juhl's farm near the Reeve Eldridge farm. The death plane was buried secretly in the wilderness by Jerry Dwyer. * Composer Meredith Willson was born here in 1902. He wrote the music for "The Music Man," and the Iowa U. fight song. Mason City is immortalized as the fictional 1912 town of River City in he film "The Music man." MOINGONA, IOWA - On a dark and stormy night on July 6, 1881, fourteen-year-old Kate Shelley, who lived with her family near the bridge across Honey Creek, lay awake listening to the storm. Just after midnight, she heard a tremendous crash: the bridge had given way and a locomotive had plunged into the torrent below. Shelley knew immediately what she had to do - get to the railroad station and stop the approaching passenger express. She headed out into the storm. By the time she reached a nearby bridge over the flooded Des Moines River, her lamp had gone out. In pitch darkness, crawling on her hands and knees, she inched across the 673-foot span, terrorized with fear. Finally she made it to the far side and ran the last half mile to the station in time for the agent to telegraph ahead and stop the train. Shelley was rewarded with nation-wide attention, as well as a gold medal and $200. In later years Shelley was given the job of station agent at Moingona. MUSCATINE, IOWA - Mark Twain lived here with his mother at 109 Walnut in 1853.. NEWTON, IOWA - Boxing champ Rocky Marciano was killed in a plane crash near here on August 31, 1969. * Elmer and Fred Maytag, founders of the Maytag Washing Machine Co. are buried here in the Newton Union Cemetery at 1600 W. 4th St. N. NEVADA, IOWA - Sports star and evangelist, Billy Sunday went to high school here in the late 1870s. PELLA, IOWA - Wyatt and Virgil Earp grew up here at 507 Franklin Street. They lived here from 1850 to 1865. Morgan Earp was born here on April 4, 1851. Their father Nicholas was the Provost Marshall here in 1865., * Martha Earp, sister of Wyatt is buried here in Pella. She died in 1861. Another younger sister is also buried here. * Pella was once called the cleanest city in Iowa. RIVERTON, IOWA - The Jesse James gang robbed the Sexton bank here of $5,000 on July 10, 1881. ROCHESTER, IOWA - Actress Sarah Bernhart was born here in 1845. Her mother, Mrs. King, is buried in the Rochester Cemetery. SALEM, IOWA - Horticulturist Henderson Lewelling discovered the Bing Cherry here. He lived on West Main St. SIOUX CITY, IOWA - In 1922, James Capone, brother of Al, was a special officer for the U.S. Indian service here when he was arrested for the murder of an Indian brave. He was acquitted but the relatives of the victim waylaid him and knocked out one of his eyes. * The tallest tombstone in the west is located here. It belongs to Sergeant Charles Floyd. He died of a perforated appendix on August 20, 1804 while with the Lewis and Clark expedition. * The grave of Chief War Eagle is located here in War Eagle Park. SPRINGVILLE, IOWA - Mrs. Winans, a survivor of the Fort Dearborn Massacre in Chicago in 1812, is buried here in Springville Cemetery on Dubuque Rd. STANTON, IOWA - Actress Virginia Christine was born here in 1920. She was best known for her role as Folger Coffee's Mrs. Olsen. Stanton once converted its water tower to look like a coffee pot in her honor. VAN METER, IOWA - Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Feller was born (1918) and raised here. WATERLOO, IOWA - John Wayne Gacy had a long record of sexual abuse, sodomy and other acts of perversion. In 1968, at age 26 while married and operating a fast food store here, he lured a youth into a back room, handcuffed him and attempted to sodomize him. Gacy was arrested and sentenced to ten years in prison, but because his past indicated no serious crime and because he proved to be a model prisoner, he was released in 18 months. He then moved to Chicago where he was arrested several years later for killing over 20 young boys. * Tommy Carroll, a member of the John Dillinger gang, was shot and killed here by police on June 7, 1934. WEST BRANCH, IOWA - President Herbert Hoover was born and raised here. His> home was on the west side of Downey St. He is buried here at the Hoover National Historic site. WINTERSET, IOWA - John Wayne was born here in 1907 at 216 S. Second St.. Winterset is the county seat of Madison County. The county is famous for its bridges. Kaye

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From the "Story of The Storm" written by F. W. Sprague in 1893. On the evening of July 6, 1893, there passed through one of the most beautiful and productive sections of fair and fertile Iowa a tornado which destroyed more lives and property than any other like visitation of which western history contains any record. The Pomeroy tornado--- so-called from the fact that its greatest work of destruction was wrought at the town of Pomeroy - swept over a strip of country about fifty-five miles in length, starting at a point some three miles northwest of Quimby, in Cherokee county, traveling in a course a little south of east, and ending a short distance east of Pomeroy, in Calhoun county, and the main track of the storm averaging only about one thousand feet in width. I have added the first half of this book to the Calhoun county web site. I was not able to get the whole book copied before sending it back to the library, so if you have the book and would like to contribute to the web site, please let me know. http://www.rootsweb.com/~iacalhou/story.html Cyndi Hailey Vertrees CC Calhoun County hailey4053@bak.rr.com

To the list.... Actually doing look ups on the site is easy...... Do as one of the Iowa Members said; looking for a specific Item, just do a quick check for the type of date base information you need. Or use the more advanced Information; I have things I never could believe I would fine on my family. As to the Civil War one, Illinois is one of the best to do any look ups for Civil War Information, if you're Family Member served out of that state. Keep on Hunting.... And passing on information to all of us. Patty in Iowa

Dexter, Iowa is in Dallas County. The county seat is Adel. Dexter had a population of 689 in the 2000 census. Adel City Hall is located at 301 S. 10th Street, 50003. Phone: (515)993-4525 Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: <Robinsews@aol.com> To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 10:32 AM Subject: [IOWA] Dexter > Does anyone know the county that Dexter, Iowa is in?? My brother & I were > both born in Dexter, Iowa and are trying to get copies of our birth > certificates and can not figure out what county Dexter is in...And if there is an > address to write to for birth certificates for that county, I'd really appreciate > the help!! Thanks so much in advance! Robin Miller > > > ==== 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 > > ============================== > 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 >

Does anyone know the county that Dexter, Iowa is in?? My brother & I were both born in Dexter, Iowa and are trying to get copies of our birth certificates and can not figure out what county Dexter is in...And if there is an address to write to for birth certificates for that county, I'd really appreciate the help!! Thanks so much in advance! Robin Miller

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I have an obit for my gr grandmother that says she was buried in Dobson cemetery. I know that she lived in Montour, so I figured that the Dobson cemetery is near there. But, her death certificate says she is buried in Carleton Cemetery. Are they the same cemetery? Does someone know where the cemetery is located? I think I asked this question once before, but cant find the notes that I thought I wrote down. Thanks, Cheryl

Thanks for sharing the "Recipe of Old".....I loved it. I watched my great-grandma, Emma, many a time doing this very thing in her back yard on the farm, and she made her own soft lie soap. My job at 5 & 6 was making the starch and then dipping the left over water up and throwing it on the flowers, & vegetable plants. (I was too young to just dump it out of the tub). This was in the early 1940s in California. While she never would let one of those new-fangled electric things with the wringers onto her property, she was right proud of her grandson's wife (my Mom) having one. Have to tell you, though, Mama never used her wringer washer in the house. It sat in the back yard under an old canvas 'til washday. Then it was moved to the edge of the garden, filled with hot water boiled in a tub on the kitchen stove, had the soft soap put in it.......plugged in to the electric outlet via a long extension cord run from the house, turned on, and the wash day began....ending with the water being drained via hose into the flower & vege gardens. Mama had an old Philco with two wash tubs separated by the wringers. She was still using a wringer washer when I left home in 1959. I don't know how any of these women did what they did in the old days. I thought it bad enough I had to use a laundr-o-mat for years raising my 6 children. Now I have a nice laundry room in my home with a state of the art washer & dryer. Marlene P.S. Thanks again. The posting brought back many happy memories. ===== ===== In a message dated 9/20/04 4:25:59 PM Central Daylight Time, lin.ziemann@verizon.net writes: This is something from ME to all of YOU..read this and smile! A cousin sent this to me..and we both are in awe of how our GREAT Grandmothers had to do things. Just a little tidbit of history for us to think about...and you know what just dawned on me? My husband is the Maytag Man...he would not have anything to do back in those days, would he? He sure does stay busy now, though.....Linda Years ago an Alabama grandmother gave the new bride the following recipe. This is an exact copy as written and found in an old scrapbook - with spelling errors and all. (imagine having a recipe for this ! ! !) WASHING CLOTHES Build fire in backyard to heat kettle of rain water. Set tubs so smoke wont blow in eyes if wind is pert. Shave one hole cake of lie soap in boilin water. Sort things, make 3 piles 1 pile white, 1 pile colored, 1 pile work britches and rags. To make starch, stir flour in cool water to smooth, then thin down with boiling water. Take white things, rub dirty spots on board, scrub hard, and boil, then rub colored don't boil just wrench and starch. Take things out of kettle with broom stick handle, then wrench, and starch. Hang old rags on fence. Spread tea towels on grass. Pore wrench water in flower bed. Scrub porch with hot soapy water. Turn tubs upside down. Go put on clean dress, smooth hair with hair combs. Brew cup of tea, sit and rock a spell and count your blessings. ================================================ Paste this over your washer and dryer. Next time when you think things are bleak, read it again, kiss that washing machine and dryer, and give thanks. First thing each morning you should run and hug your washer and dryer. (For you non-southerners -wrench means rinse )

Thanks to all who responded. I found the record for James F. Miller by clicking on the right hand side of Ancestry Home Page on All Databases, then going to Civil War Pension Records. Found the picture of the record needed. Ancestry is making it more difficult to find records but it can be done with persistence.

Hi all, is there such a web-site that wiil give me Marriage licences and or divorce decree's.from the State of Minnesota?. Have seen my Grandfather in the 1910-20and 30 census's and each time without a spouse. Haven't a clue as to when he and Grandmother might have married or when they got divorced. Any help appreciated. Don Johnson

Can anyone tell me what HEZAN is short for. I find it in census records under place of birth. Thanks, 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