Good morning Iowa listers, I ran across an S.A.E. fraternity directory while researching a brother of my g-grandfather and noticed there were several other men with ties to Iowa so I typed them all up. I've just finished posting a few dozen of the little bio's on the various Iowa county Biography boards. http://iagenweb.org/state/countygrid.htm Perhaps one of your ancestors was an S.A.E. member and had a bio in this 1912 directory. It's also possible that your ancestors may have joined one of the hundreds of college, social or professional fraternities that were so popular in the late 1800's and early 1900's (some still today). Many of these fraternities published directories, so don't overlook this valuable source of information in your research. In the case of my g-uncle, I found the maiden name of his wife in the S.A.E. biography! Not even my grandmother, who knew her uncle quite well, knew her maiden name. Now I have another family to work on. Merry Christmas, Sharyl Ferrall Chickaloon, Alaska ~coordinator, Allamakee co. IAGenWeb Visit the 'Friends of IAGenWeb' gift store .... 100% of the profits from sales are used to financially support the IAGenWeb project. http://www.cafepress.com/iagenweb/ To find out more about 'Friends of IAGenWeb' visit their website: http://iagenweb.org/state/friends_of_iagenweb/

Your comment about the directory brings to mind that I finally unearthed my Who's Who in Iowa book which had been packed since I moved to North Carolina about 9 months ago. If anyone wants a look-up from the biographies in this book, it appears to be average citizens in every county in Iowa and your ancestor might be included. Some of these I donated indexes for at several GenWeb Iowa county pages, but not nearly all. Just let me know, folks, if you want me to check for your ancestors. The book was published by the Iowa Press Assn. in 1940. Sincerely, Mona Sarratt Knight Researching Surratt, Sarratt, Major, Majors, Magers and related lines ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allamakee co IAGenWeb" <allamakee@sharylscabin.com> To: "Iowa List" <Iowa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 2:01 PM Subject: [IOWA] S.A.E. biographies > Good morning Iowa listers, > I ran across an S.A.E. fraternity directory while researching a brother of > my g-grandfather and noticed there were several other men with ties to > Iowa > so I typed them all up. I've just finished posting a few dozen of the > little bio's on the various Iowa county Biography boards. > http://iagenweb.org/state/countygrid.htm > > Perhaps one of your ancestors was an S.A.E. member and had a bio in this > 1912 directory. It's also possible that your ancestors may have joined > one > of the hundreds of college, social or professional fraternities that were > so > popular in the late 1800's and early 1900's (some still today). > > Many of these fraternities published directories, so don't overlook this > valuable source of information in your research. In the case of my > g-uncle, > I found the maiden name of his wife in the S.A.E. biography! Not even my > grandmother, who knew her uncle quite well, knew her maiden name. Now I > have another family to work on. > > Merry Christmas, > Sharyl Ferrall > Chickaloon, Alaska > ~coordinator, Allamakee co. IAGenWeb > > Visit the 'Friends of IAGenWeb' gift store .... 100% of the profits from > sales are used to financially support the IAGenWeb project. > http://www.cafepress.com/iagenweb/ > To find out more about 'Friends of IAGenWeb' visit their website: > http://iagenweb.org/state/friends_of_iagenweb/ > > > > _____________________________________________ > > 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 >