----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Nan Brennan <nan.brennan@mindspring.com> To: nir-down@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:11:39 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [NIR-DOWN] County Down to Ireland John Rutherford Thanks to Lisa Johnson Iowa Biographies Project RUTHERFORD, JOHN —Pleasant Twp—pg 784-5. Farmer and stock-raiser, section 18, P.O. Ewart. Was born in County Down, Ireland, July 4, 1830; was there raised and educated; came to this country in 1857, and resided in Rock Island county, Illinois, for a number of years, engaged in agricultural pursuits. From Illinois he came direct to Poweshiek county, and located on section 19, Pleasant township, where he resided for five years, and then moved to his present location. Mr. Rutherford married, in 1863, Miss Sarah White, of Rock Island county, Illinois. Mrs. Rutherford is a lady of untiring industry, and through her instrumentality has assisted her husband in securing a competency. Their family consists of four children: Jennie, William, Annie and Clara. Mr. Rutherford came to this countypoor in pocket, but with success imprinted on his character. As a result of his indomitable energy, economy and attention to his legitimate pursuits he is now numbered among the successful farmers. He owns 300 cares of choice land, well stocked. ---------------------------------------- 479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good place to ask your questions! ---------------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

An Iowa Bio fwd with permission. ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Nan Brennan <nan.brennan@mindspring.com> To: nir-down@rootsweb.com, mcevoy@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:04:00 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [NIR-DOWN] County Down to Iowa James McAvoy Thanks to Lois G C McMillin of the Iowa Biographies Project McAvoy, James, Deceased; was born January 9, 18009, in County Down, Ireland. His father was a sea-faring man, and gave his son a thorough education. At the age of 18 he came to America, and went to Washington, D. C., and soon after secured a contract on the national pike; but lost his earnings by the failure of the chief contractors. He then went to Greencastle, Indiana, and then to Stilesville, Indiana, still working on public works, canals and railroads. During the Mexican war he enlisted in Capt. Crawford's company, Second Indiana Volunteers, and served till the regiment was disbanded. He came to this county in 1850, and located where the family homestead now is; consisting of 327 acres of improved land. He was married December 2, 1833, to Miss Jane Cunningham, a native of North Carolina, born May 19, 1811; the marriage taking place at Stilesville, Indiana. Mr. McAvoy after living an active and useful life, passed away September 27, 1872, much regretted by all. A man of brilliant education, ready wit, and thorough knowledge of the world. He was a war democrat and visited the army several times during the rebellion. He left a family of four children, Charles J., Larissa A., and Lewis C., living at home, and Christopher C., married, and John F., deceased in 1858, aged 19. Charles J. served during the war, enlisting in August 1862, in Company G, Second Iowa Infantry, and was in the battles of Bear Creek, Buzzard's Roost, Kenesaw Mountain, and was with Sherman through Atlanta and Savannah; and then to Washington, being in the grand review, and mustered out June 14, 1865. Since which time he has been engaged in farming. ---------------------------------------- 479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good place to ask your questions! ---------------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 Part 4 Bio of the Hon. Millard Fillmore Rohrer "One month after the lodge was organized Col. J. D. Test was elected secretary, and was long one of the most active members. He was city alderman in 1856. He was a partner of Judge J. P. Cassady, forming the real estate and law firm of Cassady & Test. He was an able lawyer, and when he died, with one or two exceptions, received the largest testimonial of respect at his funeral of any of our citizens. "Cornelius Voorhis, the second white gentile settler, was a merchant and was the first mayor of Council Bluffs in 1853 and lived to a ripe old age, always prominent and always respected. "Rev. Moses F. Shinn, a Methodist minister, joined the lodge. He was a good man, but he knew he was living in a somewhat wild and new country and deemed it best to be friendly where he could not convert. He collected money from all sources to maintain the Gospel in the great western wilds, and Judge Walter I. Smith said in his address at the sixtieth anniversary that a prominent citizen told him that a prominent citizen told him that he was present at the Ocean Wave, the leading gambling house and saloon which occupied the present site of the First Methodist Church, and heard the proprietor say: 'Here comes Elder Shinn, I suppose I must give him something.' "N. T. Spoor was the first city marshal in 1853, fourth postmaster of this city and captain of a battery of artillery in the Civil war, commonly known as Dodge's Battery, to which Judge J. R. Reed belonged as first lieutenant. In 1872 to say 1880, he was general agent of the Union Pacific Railroad at the freight transfer. "Dr. J. D. Honn was a well-known physician and early druggist. "George Doughty was a pioneer furniture dealer. He was mayor in 1859 and sheriff in the early '70s. I was well acquainted with him, having served under him as deputy sheriff, during which time I rode on horseback over the entire county serving papers on jurers and court witnesses. At the time, in the year 1872, none of the few farms were enclosed with fences and on defined north and south roads in the country through the high prairie grass. Farm lands were selling at $5 to $10 per acre which now command $150 to $250 per acre. "In the year following the institution of this lodge of during the year 1854, the majority of the founders or first inhabitants of what is now known as the metropolitan City of Omaha went over from Council Bluffs, where they had resided one, two, or three or more years. Many of the citizens of Council Bluffs afterwards went to Omaha and permanently remained there. "A substantial ferry boat, the General Marion, was purchased in Alton, Illinois, by Doctor Lowe, and it reached Council Bluffs in September, 1853, but did not begin running regularly across the Missouri River from Council Bluffs until May, 1854. "In reading The Story of Omaha, written by my esteemed friend, Alfred Sorenson, who settled in Omaha the same year that I did in Council Bluffs, 1871 - I learn that in November, 1853, A. D. Jones, a member of this lodge, in company with Thomas Allen and William Allen, all of Council Bluffs, borrowed a leaky scow of Mr. Brown. One rowed, one steered and the other had all he could do to bail out the water as it came in. They landed a short distance below the place where the Union Pacific Railroad bridge now stands. There they staked out their claims, the north line of A. D. Jones' claim being marked out on the north side of the former residence of the late Herman Kountze, which was converted some years ago into Saint Catherin's Hospital. A. D. Jones maintained that this was the first claim, and that he was entitled to the honor of being called the pioneer squatter and first settler in Omaha. "The Indians, however, became uneasy over the encroachments being made by A. D. Jones and others, and they accordingly requested Mr. Hepner, the Indian agent, to order him to vacate "Park Wild," as he called his claim. Other claimants were served with the same notice and the command was obeyed. "A. D. Jones then applied for the establishment of a postoffice, a piece of strategy to enable him to hold his claim. The application was made through Col. J. D. Test, of Council Bluffs, the secretary of this lodge, which resulted in A. D. Jones being appointed first postmaster of Omaha on May 6, 1854, and he also, the same year, surveyed and laid out 320 blocks of Omaha with streets 100 feet wide, which in turn made him the first surveyor - jones Street bearing his name. "F. T. C. Johnson was a brother-in-law of Col. Lysander W. Babbitt and a member of the contracting firm of Johnson and Orr, who built the brick courthouse on the site of the present stone one. He was a member of the city council during the years 1866, 1867 and 1868, and for many years afterwards a prominent farmer. I know him well. "Milton Rogers was a prominent hardware merchant, who moved to Omaha and became the largest retail dealer in the same line in that city. He was city alderman in 1856 and from 1858 to 1861. He has been dead for many years. However, his family still continues the business under the firm name of Milton Rogers and Sons Company, Omaha. To be continued. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! 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A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 Part 3 Bio of the Hon. Millard Fillmore Rohrer On October 23, 1928, at the seventy-fifth anniversary banquet and program of Council Bluffs Lodge No. 49, I. O. O. F., Mr. Rohrer made a memorable address, extracts from which are quoted below: "This lodge was established by the pioneers of Knaesville-later named Council Bluffs and hence is the pioneer fraternal order established in this city. "In order that our members may grasp the lapse of time, a few short years before the lodge was founded this state was occupied by the tribe of Pottawattamie Indians, from which tribe our county takes its name. By a treaty dated June 5, 1846, the Pottawattamies were required to move to a new reservation in Kansas, and during that year and the following their removal took place. "The following month - July, 1846, about 5,000 Mormons, headed by Brigham Young, from Nauvoo, Illinois, arrived here en route to Salt Lake City, Utah. The Mormons named this locality Kanesville in honor of Thomas L. Kane, a friend of Brigham Young. Thomas L. Kane was a younger brother of the great arctic navigator, Elisha Kent Kane. "Now, after a short lapse of seven years, an act of General Assembly of Iowa, on January 19, 1853, changed the name of the town from Kanesville to Council Bluffs, being the name selected for this locality, recorded in the diary of Lewis and Clark, who explored the Missouri River in 1804 and camped in the vicinity of Mynster Springs and held council with the Indians in the vicinity of Rainbow Point. For the information of our members I will state that in the year 1804 the main channel of the Missouri River was undoubtedly what is now known as Big Lake, and Mynster Springs emptied into the river, making it an ideal place for the Lewis and Clark expedition to camp. "Now you see, Council Bluffs Lodge No. 49 was founded only nine short months after our beloved city was christened its present name Council Bluffs, or on October 26, 1853. "The men who petitioned to establish this lodge were: Hadley D. Johnson, John T. Baldwin, J. P. Cassady, H. R. Hall, B. R. Pegram and Anson Belden. Hadley D. Johnson came here from Indiana. He was admitted to the bar of his district on the first day of the first term the district court convened in this county. He subsequently became the first senator from this district in the Legislature, and was largely instrumental in securing the passage of the special charter of this city on January 24, 1853. "John T. Balwin was always a prominent and conspicuous citizen. He was city alderman in 1856 and 1857, and mayor during the year 1877. In the year 1856 he and Gen. G. M. Dodge established the banking firm of Baldwin & Dodge, which was succeeded by our present Council Bluffs Savings Bank. He was half owner of the City Flouring Mills, which was on the site now occupied by our city auditorium. "In 1867 the Ogden House, at a cost of $85,000, was erected on the southeast corner of Broadway and Park Avenue. This was the finest hotel at that time west of Chicago, and at once took a commanding position with the traveling public. A misfortune occurred by its being burned in October, 1874. John T. Balwin was the only citizen with money and enterprise to rebuild the same, which he did in the year 1876, and for many years it was the principal hotel in Iowa and Nebraska." Later on in his speech he said: "Judge J. P. Cassady was of sturdy Scotch-Irish stock. He came to Iowa from Indiana, was admitted to the bar at Des Moines, came here and formed a partnership with Sen. Hadley T. Johnson. In 1858 he was, as an independent, elected county judge. In 1861 he was chosen a director of the Council Bluffs & Saint Joseph Railroad, and was afterward elected its president. In 1867 he was elected to the State Senate and secured the first appropriation for the erection of buildings for what was then known as the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and now known as the Iowa School for the Deaf. "B. R. Pegram was an extensive merchant on the north side of Broadway, west of First Street. He was also a banker. He was at one time a partner of Gen. G. M. Dodge in the flour milling and freighting business, and they delivered the first train load of flour in the city of Denver. He went from here to Saint Louis and was later captain of the first steamer running between Saint Louis and New Orleans. He was city treasurer in 1855. "J. B. Stutsman was a prominent merchant, member of the first city council in the year 1853 and served with the first mayor of the city, Cornelius Voorhis. He was also a member of the city council in 1854. He was forman of the first grand jury ever convened in this county. He was the first white gentile settler in this entire settlement. In later years he removed to Harlan, Iowa, continued to the retail dry goods business, and became one of the most respected citizens, and died full of years and honor. To be continued. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! 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A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 Part 2 Bio of the Hon. Millard Fillmore Rohrer When Hon. William Groneweg was elected state senator Mr. Rohrer was elected to fill out his unexpired term as mayor of Council Bluffs; and in March, 1888, he was reelected for a full term on the Democratic ticket, and held that office until March 17, 1890. While in office the steamer M. F. Rohrer was launched at Lake Manawa, July 11, 1888; another incident of note was the opening of the wagon and street railway bridge between Council Bluffs and Omaha, in October, 1888, both Iowa and Nebraska participating in the ceremonies. The Iowa delegation led by Mayor and Mrs. Rohrer and Governor and Mrs. Larrabee, met that from Nebraska, led by Mayor and Mrs. W. J. Broatch of Omaha, and General and Mrs. Thayer, in the middle of the bridge, where appropriate and impressive ceremonies were held in honor of the occasion. In keeping with the time of that day two bottles of wine, furnished by a prominent citizen of Mills County, Iowa, were used at the celebration in commemorating the now historic event, a bottle being broken by each of the mayors' wives (Mrs. Rohrer and Mrs. Broatch). As the ladies broke the bottles the wines slowly trickled over the bridge and into the Missouri River. When Mayor Rohrer made his last address to the council he urged the improvement of what is now East Omaha, a part of Council Bluffs, and his advice, acted upon, has resulted in a prosperous community. Three streets of Council Bluffs, Millard Street, Fillmore Avenue and Rohrer Avenue, have been named after him, and he is the only resident of Council Bluffs to be so honored. Mr. Rohrer is a Mason, an Odd Fellow, Elk and Rotarian, and he also is a member of the Council Bluffs Real Estate Board, which recently voted him its most popular member, of the Omaha Club, to which he has belonged since 1899, and a first year member of the Knights of AK-Sar-Ben in Omaha. In addition to the above he is a member of the American Institute of Park Executives, and attends all of the national and international meetings. The institute has a society known as "Yellow Dog," and at all of the conventions Mr. Rohrer is official musician as well as at all of the annual initiations, playing on his "magic flute." On September 11, 1877, Mr. Rohrer was married to Miss Sarah Beach Beers, who died December 23, 1925. They had three children: John Beach Beers Rohrer, born December 31, 1878, died February 8, 1880, at Council Bluffs, Iowa; Isaac Beers Rohrer, born in August, 1881, at Council Bluffs; and Caroline Test Rohrer Theinhardt, born April 4, 1884, at Council Bluffs. There are two grandchildren, Caroline Rohrer Theinhardt and Pauline Mears Rohrer. Since Mr. Rohrer was elected a member of the Council Bluffs park board many improvements have been made, as well as scenic drives and boulevard systems, and the more than 1,000 acres owned by the board are well improved, and many acres beautifully laid out. The parks comprise Baylis, Cochran, Cook, Fairmount, Graham, Greenwood, Graham Avenue Parkway, Houston, Island, Illinois Central Railroad, Kimball, Lake View, Lincoln, Nathan P. Dodge Memorial Park, Susanna Lockwood Dodge Memorial Park, Prospect Park, Park Circle; and Sarah Beech Beers Rohrer Memorial Point, Rainbow Memorial, Rotary Point, Riverside, South Side, Sunset and Sloan parks. When asked how he preserves his health and strength Mr. Rohrer declares that the following are his rules: "Be yourself. "Speak ill of no person. If you cannot speak well of him, speak not at all. "Avoid worry and anger as you would pestilence. They bring wrinkles and shorten life. "Strive to do right and see the bright side of things. Be cheerful and radiate sunshine. A kind word turneth away wrath. It leaves a good impression. It may mean your fortune. "Avoid argument. Express your opinion and let that suffice. An argument has lost many a friendship. "Live right. It means happiness and longevity. "Always keep your word. "Live by the Golden Rule. That is the whole groundwork of Christianity." To be Continued Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219671244x1201345076/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62)

Is there someone out there who has wireless service? I wonder because my letters never show up on the screen but now know they are in the ALL MAIL spot which I think is wrong but I do get answers so someone is reading them. Thanks June

A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 HON. MILLARD FILLMORE ROHRER, president of the Rohrer Park Improvement Company, district agent of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia, president of the board of park commissioners of Council Bluffs, former mayor of the city, is a man whose kindly sympathy and cheerfulness under all circumstances have won for him the title of the "City's Sunshine Man." He was born on the old family farm at Rohrersville, Washington County, Maryland, August 30, 1850. This homestead lies near the battlefield of Atietam, where one of the bitterest conflicts of the war between the states was waged, September 17, 1862, when he was twelve years old. However, he had come into contact with public events through the exciting incidents relative to the visit of John Brown to Harper's Ferry, and the subsequent capture and execution of that unwisely advised resident of Kansas. The little nine-year-old lad knew more of the matter than would have been likely because of the fact that his home was only eight miles away from Harper's Ferry, then in Virginia, now West Virginia. In fact the location was such as to bring the family into much of the contested ground over which the great armies of the North and South fought their way during the more than four years of conflict, and in a way these momentous events developed the boy named for one of the presidents of the United States. They developed his mental faculties, but they did not overshadow them, for he has ever moved through life a man who never speaks ill of anyone, and who looks at life through his own cherry interpretation of it. The atmosphere of his childhood home was such as to lead him to adopt such a policy, for he has said of himself: "Whatever reputation I may have established thus far by looking only on the bright side of everything in the work and thinking only of the best in every man, woman and child, is due to my father and mother, who taught me the philosophy of sunshine." A beautiful recollection for a man to carry through life of those who gave him being! As the battle of Antietam was raging stretcher bearers began to carry the wounded and dying from the field of carnage, and the Rohrer house, barn, woodshed, and even grounds were utilized for hospital purposes, and little twelve-year-old Millard Fillmore began his work for humanity by ministering to the soldiers, no difference being made to the color of the uniform they wore. While the lad was taught cheerfulness and kindness to others, he was also instructed in the necessity of being useful, and the first money ever earned by him was gained by selling the daily newspapers and pictorials to the wounded soldiers and attendants of the two large army hospitals known as the Smoketown and Locust Spring ones. Remaining at home until he was twenty years old, as the '70s began their decade, he felt that he must seek a broader field for his expanding abilities, and so went on the road as a commercial traveler, but in that occupation did not find the calling he could enjoy. Therefore, in the fall of 1870, he went to Avalon, Livingston County, Missouri, and that winter taught school. In the spring he established what later became the family homestead for his family, a tract of 280 acres, which he helped to plant for the summer season. It was not his intention to become a farmer, simply to found a substantial home, and in 1871 he began representing the milling company of Snively & Hedges at Wathena, Kansas, the first railway station west of Saint Joseph, Missouri. The atmosphere of the then rapidly growing town and the enterprise of its people led him to resign his position, settle permanently in their midst, and become clerk of the Biggs House. Later he held positions with the post-office and bookstore of Brackett & Goulden, and still later he was deputy sheriff under Sheriff George Doughty. Still later, when J. M. Palmer opened the first frame hotel and depot on the present site of the assistant, and the manner in which he discharged his duties and his diligent ways and unfailing courtesy attracted the attention of railroad officials and he was appointed agent for the Burlington & Missouri Railroad in Nebraska, and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad's bill clerk in Council Bluffs, and in his dual capacity his time was fully occupied until 1875, when he and former Congressman Thomas Bowman established a fire insurance agency. During the period he was connected with the railroad service he acted for The Nonpareil as railroad reporter, and because of his work and the high regard in which he was held, in 1888 he was elected an honorary member of the Council Bluffs Press Club, and highly prizes his card, which he still holds. So interested did he become in the insurance business that after January 1, 1878, he was the sole proprietor, and in 1881 he branched out and became a member of the commercial storage and agricultural implement firm of Bowman, Rohrer & Company, and continued with it until the business was sold January 1, 1885. About that time Mr. Rohrer accepted the general agency for the Mutual life Insurance Company of New York, and later became district agent for the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia. He is also one of the leading realtors of Council Bluffs, and a stockholder and director of the Council Bluffs Savings Bank. In 1908 he laid out the residential district known as Rohrer Park, and about the same time Council Bluffs received a magnificent gift from Mrs. Rohrer, who bestowed upon the city and it's people Lincoln Park. To Be Continued. 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I have my grandmother's mangle. I never used it, and I never saw it being used, but I can tell you it is very heavy. My husband wasn't too happy when he had to move it here. My other grandmother ironed everything - sheets, towels, underwear - you name it, she ironed it. She was born & raised in RI, so this is not just an Iowa thing. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "LoisKleinhennLanier" <loislanier@comcast.net> > My mother, raised in Iowa, also ironed the sheets. We had a big > 'mangler' (yeah, we really called it that), which was a steam roller > machine. She sat at the machine and rolled the sheets through it. I > agree. There's nothing like sheets that have been freshly washed, hung > on the line and dried. > > Jamie Cheyney wrote: >> I don't know about ironing underwear but my grandmother (she's 88) still >> irons her bed sheets. I lived with her while I was going to high school >> and I can tell you there is nothing like slipping into freshly washed, >> line dried and ironed sheets. >> A few months ago she gave me the little white cotton shirts (they look >> like long sleeved night gowns) that my dad and uncle wore as infants. My >> dad was born in 46 and my uncle in 39 or 40. She said she "warshed" and >> ironed them every day and they look brand spanking new. >>

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Personally I have lost all confidence in the accuracy of the data that is on the LDS site. They will not post who submitted the information. Instead they include the statement "Messages: Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. No additional information is available. Ancestral File may list the same family and the submitter." and "Source Information: No source information is available." Without a contact name or source how can one verify the information? ____________________________________________________________ Digital Photography - Click Now. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTDvmPqMqsGwSnOdnO7lCczVluUZXchRXb13LMTEGC0K5avYodapgc/

I, too, have seen bad information there. All you should do with it is use it as a guide to verify that info from more reliable sources. Have you looked at their record search-pilot? They have digitized images from many sources, including Cook county Illinois marriages that the Cook County Clerk's website doesn't even have. I had given up hope of ever finding my grandmother's marriage record until I found this site. It's absolutely wonderful and I keep checking back to see what else has been added Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martha Blocker" <mdbb1@juno.com> To: <iowa-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [IOWA] LDS > Personally I have lost all confidence in the accuracy of the data that is > on the LDS site. They will not post who submitted the information. > Instead they include the statement "Messages: Record submitted after > 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. No additional information is > available. Ancestral File may list the same family and the submitter." > and "Source Information: No source information is available." Without a > contact name or source how can one verify the information? > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Digital Photography - Click Now. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTDvmPqMqsGwSnOdnO7lCczVluUZXchRXb13LMTEGC0K5avYodapgc/ > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

I have received several requests to send "all the bios" to a county. Unfortunately, since this book has 1,361 pages that is not possible, in addition to the fact that it was published in 1940 and is still under active copyright laws. The "fair use" allows me to be a look up volunteer and send individual bios to folks. Kind regards, Mona ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allamakee co IAGenWeb" <allamakee@sharylscabin.com> To: "Iowa List" <Iowa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 10:10 PM Subject: Re: [IOWA] Who's Who in Iowa > Phil, > Look on the various IAGenWeb county websites (very few are still on > Rootsweb). Choose the county from the drop-down list or from the county > map: > http://iagenweb.org > > I don't know which of the coordinators requested Mona's list of names for > their counties, but I have her indexes on the Allamakee & Clayton co. > websites: > http://www.sharylscabin.com/Allamakee/history4/whoswho_1940.htm > http://www.sharylscabin.com/Clayton/whoswho_1940.htm > > and on Winnebago co., I have Mona's index and have transcribed several of > the biographies: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iawinneb/1940Bios/whoswho_1940.htm > > Regards, > Sharyl Ferrall > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phillipp Steffon" <bstevens27@verizon.net> > To: "Mona Knight" <mknight5@ctc.net>; <IOWA@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 1:01 PM > Subject: Re: [IOWA] Who's Who in Iowa > > > Hello Folks , Please tell me this : Where is this place " Hidden "" ?? > , > I see nothing on Iowas page OR am I not looking in right place ??? Is > there > a URL fot it ? , Phil > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mona Knight" <mknight5@ctc.net> > To: <IOWA@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 4:06 AM > Subject: [IOWA] Who's Who in Iowa > > >>I have a 1940 Who's Who in Iowa book with thousands of family and >>individual names if anyone wants a look up. It has a nice index and is >>sorted by County. >> >> Typically gives name, where born, occupation, who they married, parents' >> names, children, description of community activities. >> >> I have contributed the county indexes to many of the Rootsweb Iowa pages; >> did that a couple of years ago when the county coordinators asked me. >> Not >> all counties asked for it. >> >> Regards, >> >> Mona >> _____________________________________________ >> >> For additional information concerning how the list >> works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit >> http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ >> _____________________________________________ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in > the subject and the body of the message > > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

That is LDS policy June, Only the submitter can alter or delete their submission. I had a similar situation. My parents on the IGI are indicated as having only one child. The submitter was a "kissin' cuzzin" of my sister-in-law and he only knew of my brother Sparky. I contacted the individual and asked him to correct it. He refused to do so. It was hard to convince my other brothers and sister that we didn't exist. The IRS didn't buy it either. Dick May you live to be a hundred, with an extra year to repent! (Irish proverb) ----- Original Message ----- From: "June Hebert" <junefh@gmail.com> To: <iowa-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 8:42 AM Subject: [IOWA] LDS >I don't know if anyone is looking up relatives in the records in Utah. > Mine is all wrong and I tried to get the correct ones on with no luck. > If > I could put it on a disk and send I was told they would put it on but not > toss out the old. Has anyone else had that problem? Thanks

Top o' Grace, You and the others are what make this list "outstanding". The Iowa-L volunteers are proof that it takes more than one genealogist to change a light bulb. Somebody has to turn the ladder. Dick May you live to be a hundred, with an extra year to repent! (Irish proverb) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grace Keir" <gkeir@hickorytech.net> To: "'Dick Tague'" <dicktague@devtex.net>; <iowa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 10:41 PM Subject: RE: [IOWA] 1900 CENCUS Hi Dick, Thanks for the kudo's. I appreciate all your research and I often learn from some of your replies to those on the Iowa list. Isn't it fun to help others? Grace in MN, but born in Iowa

For those of you who do research in Warren County, Iowa you need to check out this new website http://www.warrencountyhistory.org/  Remember to check it often as there is new information added about every other week.

I don't know if anyone is looking up relatives in the records in Utah. Mine is all wrong and I tried to get the correct ones on with no luck. If I could put it on a disk and send I was told they would put it on but not toss out the old. Has anyone else had that problem? Thanks

My mother, raised in Iowa, also ironed the sheets. We had a big 'mangler' (yeah, we really called it that), which was a steam roller machine. She sat at the machine and rolled the sheets through it. I agree. There's nothing like sheets that have been freshly washed, hung on the line and dried. Jamie Cheyney wrote: > I don't know about ironing underwear but my grandmother (she's 88) still irons her bed sheets. I lived with her while I was going to high school and I can tell you there is nothing like slipping into freshly washed, line dried and ironed sheets. > A few months ago she gave me the little white cotton shirts (they look like long sleeved night gowns) that my dad and uncle wore as infants. My dad was born in 46 and my uncle in 39 or 40. She said she "warshed" and ironed them every day and they look brand spanking new. > > > > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

My mother ironed everything, sheets, towels, all underwear, anything that was washable she ironed. She never understood that the perma press sheets and pillow cases did not need ironing. She also never owned a dryer. She used the clothes line outside or hung them all in the basement in the winter. Nancy M. Boyd