I have to take the time to say to Emma - THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for posting this info on our mailing list. I have "burst" through one of my biggest "brick walls", thanks to this info. For the last several years, I have been trying to find out where my husband's great grandparents died and were buried in Iowa. They moved across the state from east to west over a 20 year period, which, of course, included the missing 1890 census time frame, and could have died in any one of many counties. In every research library I visit, I always check any Iowa cemetery books they have, but have never had any luck. I went to this ancestry.com site, plugged in the name, and found them both - in a county I would have never thought to check. I think posting this type of information on our mailing list so that everyone on the list has access to it is a great way to utilize the list. A second bit of info for those interested in the Draper Manuscripts - while I was at the Tacoma Public Library today, I found that they do have a copy of The Guide to the Draper Manuscripts referred to by Laura Sparr in her presentation at last Saturday's meeting, but they do not have copies of the Calendars that she also referred to. Colleen Rockwell

There is a copy of the book "Guide to the Draper Manuscripts" by Josephine Harper in the collection at Auburn Library, too. Call number is R978.02/HAR Barbara

My thanks to Emma, also!!!! I finally found my great-great grandparents and 2 of their sons! They were buried in a town that isn't on the Iowa map. Thanks for letting us know about the Iowa cemetery records on Ancestry.com. Tracy ----- Original Message ----- From: <Coanrock@aol.com> To: <WA-SKGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 9:09 PM Subject: Re: [WASKCGS-L] IOWA CEMETERY RECORDS > I have to take the time to say to Emma - THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for > posting this info on our mailing list. I have "burst" through one of my > biggest "brick walls", thanks to this info. For the last several years, I > have been trying to find out where my husband's great grandparents died and > were buried in Iowa. They moved across the state from east to west over a 20 > year period, which, of course, included the missing 1890 census time frame, > and could have died in any one of many counties. In every research library I > visit, I always check any Iowa cemetery books they have, but have never had > any luck. I went to this ancestry.com site, plugged in the name, and found > them both - in a county I would have never thought to check. I think posting > this type of information on our mailing list so that everyone on the list has > access to it is a great way to utilize the list. > > A second bit of info for those interested in the Draper Manuscripts - while I > was at the Tacoma Public Library today, I found that they do have a copy of > The Guide to the Draper Manuscripts referred to by Laura Sparr in her > presentation at last Saturday's meeting, but they do not have copies of the > Calendars that she also referred to. > > Colleen Rockwell >