The above photo is the Grundy County Freedom Rock that was painted in 2016 by Ray "Bubba" Sorensen II. It is located at Gier Park in Conrad, Iowa.
More information on the artist and The Freedom Rock can be found here
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| Date Added | Content |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 - obituaries added in 2023. Search here or index is here |
| 2023 Oct 14 | Added 2021, 2022, 2023 Graduates - AGWSR BCLUW Dike-New Hartford |
| 2023 Oct 14 | Added 2022, 2023 Graduates - Grundy Center |
| 2023 Apr 16 |
Colfax No. 8 Country School Annual Reunion and History |
| 2023 Apr 2 |
Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1912-13 |
| 2022 | 311 obituaries added in 2022. Search here or index is here |
| 2022 Jun 28 |
8th Grade Graduates for Timothy Christian School |
| 2022 Mar | The newspaper holdings at the Dike Public Library are now online and can be accessed for FREE! Issues available are from 1910 through 1943 of The Dike New Era They can be accessed at http://dike.advantage-preservation.com/ |
| 2022 Mar 16 | Update of the History of Wellsburg, Iowa, 1976-1980 |
| 2022 Mar 11 | Added 2020 Graduates - BCLUW Dike-New Hartford Grundy Center |
| 2021 | 202 obituaries added in 2021. Search here or index is here |
| 2021 May 28 | St. Gabriel Catholic Church |
| 2021 May 28 | Queen of Heaven Catholic Church |
| 2021 May 18 | Map of Sheller Cemetery |
| 2021 May 16 | Updated
Sheller Cemetery with latest information |
| 2021 Jan 29 |
Added 8th Grade Graduates for 1897 |
| 2021 Jan 12 |
Graduates of Morrison 1898-1952 |
| 2021 Jan 10 |
History of Beaman Consolidated School |
| 2020 | 50 obituaries added in 2020. Search here or index is here |
| 2020 Oct 10 | Added 2020 Graduates - AGWSR Grundy Center |
| 2020 Sep 9 |
1911-12 Teachers |
| 2020 Feb 16 | History of Dike, Iowa from the 1911 Grundy Co. Atlas |
| 2020 Feb 15 | Medical and Surgical Directory - 1876 |
| 2019 | 1025 obituaries added in 2019. Search here or index is here CROSSED THE 10,000 MARK ON 15 MARCH 2019!! |
| 2019 Dec 11 | Teachers' Institute 1888 |
| 2019 Oct 10 | Added 2019 Graduates - AGWSR BCLUW Dike-New Hartford Grundy Center |
| 2019 Oct 9 |
2019 Century Farms 2019 Heritage Farms |
| 2019 Apr 7 | 1885 Ex-Soldiers, Sailors & Marines |
| 2019 Mar 31 |
Century Farms Heritage Farms BCLUW - Added 1911 Beaman Graduates |
| 2019 Feb 15 | Added 2017 Graduates - AGWSR |
| 2018 | 764 obituaries added in 2018. Search here or index is here |
| 2018 Sep 30 | Added 2018 Graduates - AGWSR BCLUW Dike-New Hartford Grundy Center |
| 2018 Jul 31 | Wellsburg Telephone Exchange Directory c.1918 |
| 2018 Mar 5 | Cemeteries Burial listings for all cemeteries are now online |
| 2018 Feb 17 | Grundy County in the Korean Conflict |
| 2018 Feb 2 | Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery burials |
| 2018 Jan 31 | Ackley CRC Cemetery burials - updated |
| 2018 Jan 12 | Grundy Center - Rose Hill Cemetery burials |
| 2018 Jan 12 | Alice Union Cemetery burials |
| 2018 Jan 05 | Grundy Center-Fairview Cemetery burials |
| 2018 Jan 05 | Reinbeck Cemetery burials |
| 2017 | 1155 obituaries added in 2017. Search here or index is here |
| 2017 Dec 31 | 1860 census The remaining census records (Felix and Palermo townships) for 1860 have been added. |
| 2017 Nov 17 | Photo Album The online photo album has been moved to Flickr. It is better organized and allows for better searching. Over 2,000 photos and counting! |
| 2017 Nov 10 | Country Schools - 8th grade graduation class rolls, teacher lists, histories, fate of the schools, and much more |
| 2017 Nov 4 | Gladbrook-Reinbeck Graduates 1886-2017 - some years missing |
| 2017 Nov 4 | Added 2016 and 2017 graduates -
Grundy Center |
| 2017 Nov 4 | Dike-New Hartford Graduates 1900-2017 - some years missing |
| 2017 Nov 3 | Beaman-Conrad-Liscomb-Union-Whitten Graduates 1899-2017 - some years missing |
| 2017 Oct 31 | Grants and Patents |
| 2017 Oct 30 | WWI Service Flags |
| 2017 Oct 30 | WWI Registration September 1918 |
| 2017 Oct 27 | WWI Registration June 1918 |
| 2017 Oct 27 | WWI Registration June 1917 |
| 2017 Oct 26 | Threshermen 1918 |
| 2017 Oct 7 | WWI Volunteers |
| 2017 Sep 11 |
SSDI Index Grundy Center |
| 2017 Sep 8 |
SSDI Index Reinbeck |
| 2017 Sep 7 | Who's Who 1917 |
| 2017 Sep 1 |
Grundy County Remembers Vol. I - published by the Grundy County Historical Society in 1977 Table of Contents Name Index |
| 2017 Aug 6 | Town Descriptions from 1911 Atlas: Beaman Conrad Grundy Center Holland Morrison Stout |
| 2017 Jun 11 | Reinbeck History |
| 2017 Jun 10 | Dike School History |
| 2017 Jun 10 | Dike History |
| 2017 Jun 10 | Wellsburg History |
| 2017 Jun 8 | Grundy Center Telephone Exchange 1902 |
| 2017 Jun 8 | 1934 Who's Who and Where in Grundy County. Business and Professional Directory |
| 2017 Jun 1 | Veteran Index I have been working on gathering and documenting information for Grundy Co. veterans. This will always be a work-in-progress, but I thought I would go ahead and publish what I have so far. If you have any corrections, information, or photos for any of the veterans that you would be willing to share, please contact me. This index would include veterans either entered service from Grundy County or buried in Grundy County. |
| 2017 Mar 24 | Holland Cemetery burials |
| 2017 Mar 17 | St. Peter's Church Cemetery burials Pleasant Valley Reformed Church Cemetery burials |
| 2017 Feb 13 | Teachers' Institute 1920 |
| 2017 Feb 12 |
Grundy County Institute 1892 Grundy County Institute 1907 |
| 2017 Feb 10 | Rural Teachers 1943-44 |
| 2017 Feb 10 |
Graduates of Reinbeck 1886-1986 3265 names |
| 2017 Feb 7 |
1895-6 Teachers 1912 Teachers |
| 2017 Feb 6 |
Teachers at County Institute 1932 |
| 2017 Jan 22 |
SR-WHS-WSR-AGWSR Graduates 1896-2016 3779 names |
| 2017 Jan 18 | Buck Grove Cemetery burials |
| 2017 Jan 16 | Melrose Cemetery burials |
| 2017 Jan 16 | 1876 - Grundy County-The First 25 Years |
| 2017 Jan 13 | Stout Cemetery burials |
| 2017 Jan 6 | Wellsburg Reformed Church Cemetery burials |
| 2017 Jan 1 |
Grundy Center Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery burials |
| 2016 | 2142 obituaries added in 2016. Search here or index is here |
| 2016 Sep 26 |
Civil War G.A.R. Post rosters WWI Roll of Honor WWII Registered Persons |
| 2016 Sep 24 |
What tale does your mail box tell? |
| 2016 Sep 19 | SSDI Index Beaman Conrad Dike Holland Morrison Stout Wellsburg |
| 2016 Sep 13 |
Grundy Center Graduates 1891-1994 4457 names |
| 2016 Feb | The Wellsburg Herald and Ostfriesische Nachrichten newspapers are online for FREE! Issues available are from 1884 through 1969 - with some years/issues missing. The following newspapers are available: Ostfriesen Zeitung (1957, 1968, 1969) Ostfriesische Nachrichten (1884-1940) Wellsburg Herald (1906-1935, 1946-1964) **Note that 1908 is incorrectly indexed as 1903 Wellsburg Herald And The Grundy County Spokesman (1935-1946) They can be accessed at http://ostfriesen.advantage-preservation.com/ |
| 2016 Jan 24 |
West Friesland Presbyterian Church Cemetery burials |
| 2015 | 2641 obituaries added in 2015. Search here or index is here |
| 2015 Sep 17 | 1878 Militia Register (1839 names) |
| 2015 Aug 19 | Holdings of Ostfriesen Heritage Society at the Wellsburg Library |
| 2015 Apr 30 | Obituary index to assist in locating desired obituary. |
| 2015 Feb 7 | Pioneer Stories transcribed from several issues of The Grundy Register in 1924 |
| 2015 Jan 20 |
St. Paul's Cemetery burials Compiled from burial and cemetery records of St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church. 'Thank you' to Burdette for the many hours spent on this project and translating the German records! |
| 2014 | 797 obituaries added in 2014. Search here |
| 2014 Oct 6 | 1918-1921 Record of Deaths, Book 4 (259 entries) |
| 2014 Apr | The newspaper holdings at the Kling Memorial Library in Grundy Center are now online and can be accessed for FREE! Issues available are from 1868 through 2008 - with some years/issues missing. The following newspapers are available: Grundy County Atlas (1868-1876) Argus (1877-1883) Grundy County Republican (1881-1894) The Grundy County Argus (1884-1887) Grundy County Herald (1893-1896) The Grundy Center Herald (1896-1898) Grundy County Democrat (1897-1911) Grundy Center Herald (1898) The Grundy Republican (1894-1923) The Grundy Democrat (1911-1918) Grundy County Dispatch (1918-1923) The Grundy Register (1923-2008) They can be accessed at http://grundycenter.advantage-preservation.com/ |
| 2014 Feb 24 | First Christian Reformed Church Cemetery burials |
| 2014 Feb 18 | Updated the GPP surname index |
| 2014 Feb 14 | 1910-1914 Record of Deaths, Book 3 (380 entries) |
| 2013 | 448 obituaries added in 2013. Search here |
| 2013 Oct 20 | Wellsburg Herald Index to 1940 Front Page Stories |
| 2013 Oct 20 | Wellsburg Herald 1939 Do You Remember column |
| 2013 Oct 20 | Wellsburg Herald Index to 1939 Front Page Stories |
| 2013 Oct 9 | 1917-1918, 1922-1936 Death Index (1577 entries). Reprinted with permission of SHSI. |
| 2013 Sep 12 | 1909-1917 Register of Births, Book 3 (2998 entries) |
| 2013 Aug 29 | There have been many requests for photos from the 1911 Atlas. In response to these I have photographed all of the photos (500+ of them!) from the atlas and am working on preparing these to upload. I posted several of the pages today on the photo album. I've also added an index to the available albums. Enjoy! |
| 2013 Feb 23 | Grundy County Veterans of the War of 1812 |
| 2013 Feb 3 | 1897-1908 Register of Births, Book 2 (2821 entries) |
| 2012 | 380 obituaries added in 2012. Search here |
| 2012 May 25 | Added Calendar page |
| 2012 May 2 | Grant Twp Cemetery burials Queen of Heaven Catholic (Reinbeck) Cemetery burials German M. E. Cemetery burials |
| 2012 Apr 30 | Petersen Cemetery burials Weiss Cemetery burials |
| 2012 Apr 26 | German Twp Cemetery burials Faith Presbyterian Church Cemetery burials Beaver Twp Cemetery burials |
| 2012 Apr 23 | Ackley CRC Cemetery burials PV Twp Cemetery burials Shiloh Cemetery burials Updated the GPP surname index |
| 2012 Apr 18 | Uploaded gravestone photos to GPP for Reinbeck cemeteryThis completes the project and all gravestones in Grundy Co. have been photographed and uploaded to Iowa Gravestones Photo Project |
| 2012 Mar 23 | Marriage Records, Book 2, 1885-1890 |
| 2012 Mar 19 | Divorce Records 1904-1946 |
| 2012 Mar 18 | Marriage Records, Book 3, 1890-1895 |
| 2012 Mar 15 | 1907-1940 Record of Coroner's Inquest and Verdict 1897-1910 Record of Deaths, Book 2 |
| 2011 | 412 obituaries added 2011. Search here |
| 2011 Dec 5 | 1880-1897 Register of Deaths, Book 1 |
| 2011 Dec 4 | 1880-1897 Register of Births, Book 1 *some are prior to 1880 |
| 2011 Nov 18 | 1894 Grundy County History Biographies |
| 2011 Nov 13 | History of Beaman-Conrad-Liscomb Schools, 1857-1993 History of Grundy Center Schools, 1859-1994 |
| 2011 Nov 13 | 1864 Orcutt Township Assessor's Book (Thank you to Arnie Luiken for sharing this!) |
| 2011 Nov 3 | Uploaded gravestone photos to GPP for Rose Hill cemetery |
| 2011 Oct 5 | Marriage Records, Book 1, 1881-1885 Register of Marriage Licenses 1856-1881 Released rewrite of website |
| 2011 Sep 16 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Fairview cemetery |
| 2011 Sep 11 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Sacred Heart Catholic cemetery Gravestone photos to GPP for Queen of Heaven Catholic (Reinbeck) cemetery |
| 2011 Sep 9 | Gravestone photos to GPP for German Township cemetery Gravestone photos to GPP for Fredsville cemetery |
| 2011 Aug 30 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Elmwood cemetery |
| 2011 Aug 28 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Conrad cemetery |
| 2011 Aug 24 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Pleasant Valley Reformed Church cemetery |
| 2011 Aug 23 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Stout cemetery |
| 2011 Jun 18 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Oakland cemetery |
| 2011 Jun 17 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Fairfield Twp cemetery |
| 2011 Jun 16 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Colfax Center Presbyterian Reformed Church cemetery |
| 2011 Jun 13 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Alice Union cemetery |
| 2011 Jun 11 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Lincoln Twp cemetery Gravestone photos to GPP for Holland cemetery |
| 2011 May 25 | New Photo Album |
| 2011 Mar 10 | Gravestone photos to GPP for East Friesland Presbyterian Church cemetery |
| 2011 Jan 17 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Hillcrest cemetery |
| 2011 Jan 14 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Pleasant Valley UMC cemetery |
| 2011 Jan 13 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Salem Lutheran cemetery |
| 2011 Jan 10 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Buck Grove cemetery |
| 2011 Jan 7 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Petersen cemetery |
| 2011 Jan 6 | Gravestone photos to GPP for St. Mary's Catholic cemetery Gravestone photos to GPP for Grant Twp cemetery |
| 2011 Jan 5 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Benson cemetery |
| 2011 Jan 3 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Sheller cemetery |
| 2011 Jan 2 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Faith Presbyterian |
| 2011 Jan 1 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Melrose cemetery |
| 2010 | 852 obituaries added in 2010. Search here |
| 2010 Dec 9 | Gravestone photos to GPP for St. Pau'ls church cemetery |
| 2010 Dec 5 | Gravestone photos to GPP for St. Peter's church cemetery Gravestone photos to GPP for Washington Twp cemetery |
| 2010 Dec 3 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Weiss cemetery |
| 2010 Dec 2 | Gravestone photos to GPP for West Freisland Presbyterian Church cemetery |
| 2010 Nov 30 | Gravestone photos to GPP for First Christian Reformed Church cemetery |
| 2010 Nov 22 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Wellsburg Reformed Church cemetery |
| 2010 Nov 19 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Shiloh cemetery |
| 2010 Oct 11 | GPP surname index |
| 2010 Oct 7 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Ackley Christian Reformed cemetery Gravestone photos to GPP for German M E Church cemetery |
| 2010 Sep 30 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Beaver Twp cemetery |
| 2010 Sep 22 | Gravestone photos to GPP for Pleasant Valley Twp cemetery |
| 2010 Sep 11 | School photos added to Docs |
| 2010 Sep 7 | WPA surname index |
| 2010 Sep 4 | 1884-5 Iowa State Gazetteer 1911 Farmer's Directory |
| 2010 Sep 1 | George Wells Estate Sketch of Grundy County Newspapers Historic Registries |
| 2010 Aug 24 | Completed Churches page |
| 2010 Aug 15 | 1884 Landowners Wellsburg School History Wellsburg Graduates |
| 2010 Aug 14 | Two new Volunteers! Thank you Rick and Jean! |
| 2010 Aug 13 | Notable Citizens page Funeral Homes page |
| 2010 Aug 11 | Completed all township histories Township Histories |
| 2010 Jul 26 | Shiloh Township by Claus Primus |
| 2010 Jul 25 | German Township by D. E. Aukes |
| 2010 May 5 | Grundy County was adopted by Tammy |
| 2009 | 113 obituaries to date. Search here |
| 2008 Dec 3 | 1860 Melrose Township Federal Census Transcription |
| 2008 May 4 | 1883 List of Pensioners |
| 2008 Apr 25 | 1860 Federal Census-Black Hawk, Beaver & Fairfield Twps complete |
| 2007 Nov 02 | Marriages |
| 2007 Nov | 1875 Andreas Atlas-Partial Abandoned Towns of Grundy County |
| 2006 Jul 3 | Land Owners of German Township 1875 |