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This site is hosted by Linda Ziemann. I was raised at Seney, Plymouth County, IA. My paternal grandparents and their parents were early pioneers in Elgin Township.

Plymouth Co. now has an assistant county coordinator, Mary Holub, of LeMars, Iowa.

      You are invited to contribute data
to this website.
Without your contributions
this website can't grow.

Email your submissions....Thanks, Plym. Co. Researchers are the BEST!

**Note from the County Coordinator, Linda Z.
Linda is the newly elected IA GenWeb Assistant State Coordinator beginning July 1, 2009 -- "Keeping Internet Geneaology Free"
 


Click for Le Mars, Iowa Forecast

Click on the Historical Societies link below. Plymouth County has some wonderful people who work diligently preserving the county history!

For Sale June 2009

Plymouth County Pictorial History Book

~check the above link for details

 

 


PLYMOUTH CO. COURTHOUSE



Photo above from Memorial Day 2008

Read more about the Memorial Day, Avenue of Flags ceremonies! Click on the index linked below. If you have any photos, memories, stories to share about this celebration, please share with us all. The last photo on this main page (scroll down) is Avenue of Flags, May 1988.

Avenue of Flags Year Index

County Seat: LeMars


Click on the above "What's New" words to read of the most recent additions to this website.


Work in Progress--need your help. History pages depicting the "rural, country schools" of Plymouth Co. are being uploaded now. If you have old photos and/or country school memories to share, that would be much appreciated. Thanks ahead of time! email Linda Ziemann

 

Feel free to visit Monona County and Sioux County IA GenWeb sites also coordinated by Linda Ziemann-the Plymouth County Coordinator.

Attention--Need Your Help

**Looking for descendants of the first settlers of Plymouth County. Otherwise known as Floyd Valley or Melbourne settlers from July 1856 until 1860. The families consisted of Helds--Schneiders--Winters--Schindels--Schmids--Emmerts. Would love to hear from you if you are a descendant of one of these families! Email Justin Herbst at either of these email addresses: nlherbst@aol.com or Justinboji@aol.com



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ON-SITE RESOURCES--The below headings are linked to pages that contain many county facts and history.

 

Click on the "Events and Reunions" icon above to read the news about events and happenings--there is so much family history in the news articles that chronicled the family reunion gatherings THEN and NOW. **From Yester-Year check out this link...Plymouth County Old Settler's Assoc.

(Click on "Look-ups" to find a volunteer)


(Click on the above QUILT and read about the Seney, Iowa, M.E. Church Quilt. This quilt was given to Sunday School teacher, R.A. Hawkins & his wife in 1923.)


Surnames [A-D] [E-K] [L-O] [P-Z] Submit your research name to connect with others. You might even find a long-lost cousin!! ***Be sure to email the county coordinator with any update to your email address--so that other researchers will have your correct email address to use to reach you.***

OFF-SITE RESOURCES

Chautauqua --Read all about it.

WPA Grave Records

The Price of Our Heritage

The Iowa History Project

IA GenWeb's Iowa State Census Project

Iowa In The Great War

Iowa In The Civil War

Iowa Family Group Sheet Project

Social Security Death Index

Family History Center

Orphan Trains to Iowa

Rootsweb.com -- RWGuide index

Iowa-LMailing List


The 22nd Barn Quilt
 in Plymouth County “QUILT RAISING” was held Friday, April 10, 2009

Name of quilt block:  “From There to Here”

Our barn quilt is celebrating our ties to rural life heritage. Click on the link and read more about this beautiful quilt. Please feel free to come by and view the quilt at any time. ~Vern & Karen Harrington & family

 

Grave Photo Project

Browse or Submit a Photo


Iowa Old Press



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Search or Post your Queries, Obituaries, Biographies, and other miscellaneous Documents such as vital records, military records, land records and news items by clicking on one of the four icons above.

Word of Explanation & Thanks -- the Darrell Easton Obituary Collection.

~click the above link to read all about this transcription work


 


Researcher Appreciation Comments in 2009

*Our Plymouth County site is the best around thanks to you...  I am looking at genwebs every day.. and none hold a candle. ~JH
*Great job has been done on the Phymouth site. It is one of the very best of all the county sites, and I go to a lot of them.~DK in Spokane, Wash.

 


I invite you and encourage you to check out the Plymouth County portion of the IA GenWeb Special Project, IowaOldPress. Here is the link....enjoy reading about the "life and times" of your early Plymouth County ancestors.

IowaOldPress, Plymouth County

See 'What's New" on IowaOldPress

You will also find this linked to the left under the heading of Offsite Resources.


If you have talents or information you would like to contribute on an ongoing basis,
please consider joining the GenWeb Project. Click on the Join Our Team logo above for more information.


 

 

   

 


Share your Plymouth County ancestor's stories here! Many of our relatives wrote out their memories for the next generation to read. These were probably never published, except into the hearts of their children and grandchildren. Perhaps your ancestor was interviewed. Email their bios or interviews to Linda and I will see that their stories are preserved for all Plymouth County researchers. Be sure to include the author's name and the date when written, if known. Thanks!

Plymouth County ...Read About Our Ancestors & Their Stories!

Bios & Interviews Index


 


 

NEIGHBORING COUNTIES:

Sioux County
..... Sioux County IAGenWeb

O'Brien County
..... O'Brien County, IAGenWeb
Union County, South Dakota
..... Union County, SDGenWeb
Cherokee County
.....
Cherokee County, IAGenWeb
Woodbury County
.....Woodbury County, IAGenWeb


PLYMOUTH COUNTY COURTHOUSE....CIRCA 1913,

LE MARS, IOWA


Avenue of Flags, Memorial Day 1988


This page was last revised 29 Jun 2009

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