What's New...Scroll to the bottom of this page to see the MOST RECENT POSTS. THANKS!
What's New...Scroll to the bottom of this page to see the MOST RECENT POSTS. THANKS!
The third week of March 2008 the Plymouth County website was moved in its entirety from the Rootsweb server to the IA GenWeb server. I want to say a HUGE THANKYOU to Rootsweb for providing the free webspace and great support through the years. IA GenWeb is now able to supply the server space. Thanks to a generous organization called "The Friends of IA GenWeb." Visit their home web page for more details.--Each month check out the Country School Update page for all the additional items and photos posted regarding the rural and town schools of Plymouth County, Iowa. |
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MAY 2009 "NEW" Newly posted Early Death Records 1880-1887 ~Transcription for posting online done by Linda Ziemann "NEW" LeMars Memorial Cemetery Block 17 burials has now been uploaded. Soon the names will be linked to the posted online corresponding obituary. Thanks again to Mary Holub in LeMars for her dedication to this huge cemetery project!! With each new Block Mary submits, she is also posting the tombstone photos on the Plymouth Co. GPP web pages. Awesome! "NEW" St. George's Episcopal Church photograph and history page is now on this website. Thanks to Iris Hemmingson for writing such a great church history article! "NEW" Thanks to Mary Holub for volunteering to take photos the Memorial Day Avenue of Flags grounds to share on this website. Check out the 2009 page now posted. If anyone else has photos taken of this 2009 event, please feel free to submit your photos for posting to the county coordinator, Linda Ewin Ziemann. "NEW" A new Brunsville town history page has been posted. Thanks to Vernon & Karen Harrington for the loan of their copy of the Golden Jubilee, The Brunsville Story 1911-1961 book. "NEW" Another idea is being promoted--As obituary photographs are available and scanned those pictures will be linked to posted obituaries on this website. Anyone wanting to submit jpgs for this project, please do so to the county coordinator, Linda Ziemann. "NEW" The month of May 2009 yielded an additional 65 obituaries posted to the OBITS board and 2 additional documents posted to the DOCS board. JUNE 2009 "NEW" Leading Business & Professional Men of Plymouth County--now is posted. Source: The Atlas of Plymouth County, 1921. Thanks to Linda Ziemann for transcribing these three pages from the Atlas to share with the website. "NEW" A new database -- Militarily Speaking -- News of the Boys in the Service, LeMars Sentinel newspaper column has been uploaded. As articles are transcribed and submitted they will be posted on the corresponding year pages: 1942 ** 1943 ** 1944 ** 1945. Check out the links. Thanks to Linda Ziemann for the first articles posted to the year 1942. More to come ------ "NEW" In June 2009, 162 additional OBITS were posted and also two additional DOCS. Thanks to the contributors! JULY 2009 "NEW" Added a J.D. Tindall family reunion newspaper article (LeMars Sentinel, Sept. 18, 1945) to the TINDALL family reunion page. Check out the family information as it was published in the early newspaper. "NEW" Another church history, including some newspaper articles, has been posted. Check out the Trinity Lutheran Church, Hinton, Lincoln Township. "NEW" The Marriage Record scan of Gottlieb Haas & Catherina Meier from 09 Nov 1882 has now been posted on this website. Also, Marriage Record scan of Francis "Frank" Sutton & Edith Haas, from 26 Mar 1905, now posted. Thanks to researcher, Kathy Henderson, for this image to post. Also, thanks for your patience, Kathy, as I am getting the May/June submission postings caught up. What wonderful history! "NEW" The Harmon & Anna Bakker family photograph circa 1912 has been posted to the Family Photos pages. Thanks to researcher, Jeann, for this marvelous family group photo. It is beautiful! "NEW" The Wesley Burrill family photo page is now created. Thanks to volunteer, Viv Reeves, for submitting several images that include this family. "NEW" Mary Holub has just submitted the Block 18 burial list for LeMars Memorial Cemetery. Thanks, Mary!! Mary and her helpers have been diligently working on the burial transcriptions for LeMars Memorial by walking the cemetery, researching and comparing the burials to the official city burial list, and photographing the existing tombstones for GPP in each block that they transcribe. There are just a few more left to do, with Block 25 being at present empty. We cannot thank Mary enough for her persistence and attention to detail with this project!! As obituaries and/or bios become available those will be posted on this website and linked to the corresponding name on the burial lists. "NEW" Mary Holub transcribed a plane crash near Craig, IA, news item found in the LeMars Globe-Post, August 9, 1937. The article reporting the accident with two photos is now posted on this website on the following link: http://www.iagenweb.org/plymouth/newssnippets_2.html Thanks, Mary, for sharing with us all. The article can also be found on the Plymouth County 1937 pages of the iowaoldpress.com website. "NEW" Month of JULY 2009 additional items were posted on the IA GenWeb boards for this county. Check them out as listed here: OBITS board (140 more posted) and the DOCS board (one additional posted.) Thanks to all who have labored to make this possible for the Plymouth County website researchers. "NEW" Country School Project -- New Items for the month of July 2009 August 2009 "NEW" Another Civil War veteran obituary has been found and posted to the Civil War news page on this website. The veteran was Oliver L. King, 1843-1932. This was posted by the Plymouth County coordinator, Linda Ziemann. Oliver King was my maternal grandmother's grandfather. "NEW" Another cemetery has been transcribed by some great volunteers, Vernon & Karen Harrington of Plymouth County, Brunsville, Iowa. Thanks so much to these wonderful friends for their time and diligence in walking the cemetery, documenting the tombstone detail. See the Aug. 2009 complete list on the St. Peter Cemetery page. "NEW" Two more WEDDING PHOTOS have been submitted for posting on this website. Thanks to Bruce "NEW" Two very nice photographs of St. Joseph Catholic Church Ellendale, Merrill, IA, are now posted. Thanks to Bruce Atkinson for sharing his photos of the church. "NEW" A new page has been added featuring the history of the First Baptist Church, Akron, Iowa. Enjoy! "NEW" Don't miss these pages!! Gift of Memories From Grandma is now posted. This is 13 pages of memories from my maternal Grandmother, Mrs. E. Ferne (nee' King) Jones Tindall, of LeMars, Iowa. Grandma died over six years ago now, just three months shy to the day of her 97th Birthday. She was a great lady, knew lots of people in Plymouth County and loved FAMILY HISTORY! Do enjoy reading the memories that Grandma wrote for me and all of her grandchildren. ~Linda Ewin Ziemann, eldest grandchild of Ferne Jones Tindall & the Plymouth County Coordinator "NEW" Bruce Atkinson has been busy scanning for the website. 14 additional Funeral Programs are now posted. Thanks, Bruce, for sharing with us from your Mother's family history treasures! Check the Funeral Card Index page for these additional surnames: Brown, Cosgrove, Gabel, Jelken, Lucken, Ransom, Ream, Strub, Taylor, Tooker, and Wendt. "NEW" 71 additional OBITS were posted during August, along with 4 additional DOCS. Keep up the goodwork! And also check out the recent postings in August to the Country School pages of this site! SEP 2009 "NEW" Several Family Reunion news articles have been posted--LeMars Sentinel, July 7, 1939 surname, Edinger ; LeMars Sentinel, Sept. 20, 1935 surnames, Bullington and Ruedy. "NEW" LeMars Memorial Cemetery, Block 22, is now posted for viewing. You will see the deceased name linked to the corresponding posted obituary in the days ahead. Block 22 has close to 280 names on the list. Continued THANKS to Mary Holub for her diligence with this huge cemetery project!! "NEW" The WWII Project is building on this website. Don't miss this and watch it in the days ahead for additional postings! Find your family/friend Plymouth County soldier's name in the LeMars newspaper items that are posted for the War II Years. Here is the link to the Military Index and also the most recent postings from 1943and postings from 1944. ~Transcribed and posted by Linda Ziemann, Plymouth County Coordinator (your emails of war news items of interest are more than welcome) "NEW" More THANKS go to Mary Holub, Assist. County Coordinator, for her continued work on the Grave Photo Project for Plymouth Co. Mary has uploaded more tombstone photographs and also spent many man-hours linking the posted Tombstone Photos into the corresponding Obituary that is posted on this website. What an awesome job!! "NEW" During the month of September, 63 additional obituaries were posted to the Plymouth County IAGenWeb OBITS board. Much thanks to all who contributed! "NEW" Baseball in Northwest Iowa -- LeMars, Iowa (and other town photos as they become available) ~Photos were contributed by researchers, Sheryl Morace-Mikel and Linda Ewin Ziemann. "NEW" A fabulous LeMars photograph was contributed by Sheryl Morace-Mikel. Check out the link for Melchoir Miller Auto Repairing, LeMars, Iowa. Thanks, Sheryl. Oct 2009 "NEW" WWII HISTORY PROJECT—Enjoy the news items telling about the lives & happenings with NW Iowa WWII soldiers. The stories cover mostly Plymouth County boys, but from time to time other military personnel from other counties appear in the issues. During this month, pages and pages of text and soldier photos were posted on the following links. **News of the Boys in the Service, LeMars Sentinel newspaper column: 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945 **War Service News, LeMars Globe-Post newspaper column: 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945 "NEW" An INDEX of the soldier names appearing in the newspaper articles has been created to help the researchers find their ancestor's surname. Hope you enjoy the INDEX. ~Thanks to Linda Ziemann for the typing and the index! INDEX of Soldier Names appearing in the issues of the above local newspapers "NEW" During the month of October 108 additional obituaries were posted to the OBITS board, along with 3 additional docs of information to the DOCS board. Nov 2009 "NEW" On the World War II military menu page there is now a link featuring the news story about a WWII POW from Merrill, Iowa. Read the article titled: Merton Jessen Is Liberated. "NEW" Check the box below for LeMars Sentinel added issues of the WWII Soldier News. Keep checking back for more news issues to post.
"NEW" Mary Holub is in the finishing stages of the LeMars Memorial Cemetery (formerly known as City Cemetery) burial transcriptions. Mary has just submitted the final block--Block 19. Corresponding obituaries will be linked the deceased names on the list as the obit becomes available. Also check for the Block 19 tombstone photos on the Plymouth Co. Grave Photo Project pages. Mary and her helpers did a fabulous job with LeMars Memorial Cemetery!!!
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