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What's New 2016


October 2016
Added Lage family tree and 1883 biography of Jochim Lage contributed by Virginia Altaffer Stuhr. Thank you, Virginia! (10/22/16)

September 2016
Added Poplar Cemetery list of burials, transcribed from the 1985 Poplar history book. Also added transcriptions of the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church records, as recorded in the 1985 Poplar history book: Baptisms, Marriages, and Funerals. (9/9/2016)

August 2016
Added Danway Cemetery list of burials, compiled by Marthann Kohl-Fuhs. Many thanks to Marthann for this wonderful new contribution! Also updated the Harlan Area Obituary Collection to add transcriptions of several dozen mostly older obituaries, contributed by Ray and Alice Buman. Thanks again to Ray and Alice! (8/27/2016)

June 2016
Updates to Section F of the Doonan family tree provided by Kelly Doonan. Thank you, Kelly! (6/29/16)

Added an Index to Family Histories published in the 1985 Poplar History Book. (6/28/16)

May 2016
The identity of the unknown Shelby couple among our unknown photos since 2013 is finally known! The identity of the couple was recently confirmed to be Edward and Caroline Elder. (5/25/16)

Updates to the Harlan Cemetery Index, Boettger entries, courtesy of Marthann Kohl Fuhs. Many thanks to Marthann! (5/15/2016)

April 2016
Updated the Harlan Area Obituary Collection to add and link the "G" thru "P" surname entries and obits for the years 2014-2015. The Harlan Area Obituary Collection is now complete for the years 2014-15. Thanks again to Ray and Alice Buman! (4/2/2016)

Updated the Harlan Area Obituary Collection to add and link "R" and "S" surname entries and obits for the years 2014-2015. (4/1/2016)

March 2016
Updated the Harlan Area Obituary Collection to add and link "T" surname entries and obits for the years 2014-2015. (3/30/2016)

Updated the Harlan Area Obituary Collection to add and link "F" surname entries and obits for the years 2014-2015. (3/29/2016)

Updated the Harlan Area Obituary Collection to add and link all "D" and "E" surname entries and obits for the years 2014-2015. (3/28/2016)

Updated the Harlan Area Obituary Collection to add and link all "C" surname entries and obits for the years 2014-2015. (3/26/2016)

Updated the Harlan Area Obituary Collection to add and link all "V" and "W" surname entries and obits for the years 2014-2015. (3/25/2016)

Updated the Harlan Area Obituary Collection to add and link all "A", "B" and "Z" surname entries and obits for the years 2014-2015. Thanks again to Ray and Alice Buman for their continuing contributions! (3/20/2016)

Updated the Harlan Area Obituary Collection "S" Index to link all remaining entries for the years 1997-2013. All "S" surname obituaries are now available online for the years 1987-2013. The collection is now complete for all surnames through 2013. Rootsweb Update: Rootsweb mailing lists, boards and genealogy sites remain unavailable, and Rootsweb now indicates they expect their site to be back up and running on or around March 15. (3/4/2016)

Updated the Harlan Area Obituary Collection "S" Index to link over 400 entries for the years 1997-2013. Keep checking back - the remaining "S" obit entries will be linked soon! (3/1/2016)

February 2016
PLEASE BE ADVISED: Rootsweb has been experiencing a service outage since last Wednesday afternoon, February 24. All Rootsweb Mailing Lists and Boards are currently unavailable, as well as all family history/genealogy sites hosted by Rootsweb. No additional info is currently available. Links to Rootsweb are found on multiple Shelby IAGenWeb pages but may or may not be working due to the outage. (2/29/2016)

Updated the Harlan Area Obituary Collection "P" Index to link all remaining entries for the years 1997-2013. All "P" surname obituaries are now available online for the years 1987-2013. (2/27/2016)

Updated the Harlan Area Obituary Collection "S" Index to add entries for the years 1997-2013. Keep checking back - all remaining "P" and "S" entries will be linked soon! (2/22/2016)

Updated the Harlan Area Obituary Collection "W" Index to link all remaining "W" entries for the years 1997-2013. All "W" surname obituaries are now available online for the years 1987-2013. Also updated the Harlan Area Obituary Collection "P" Index to add entries for the years 1997-2013. (2/21/2016)

Updated the Harlan Area Obituary Collection "R" Index to link all remaining "R" entries for the years 1997-2013. All "R" surname obituaries are now available online for the years 1987-2013. (2/17/2016)

Updated the Harlan Area Obituary Collection "R" and "W" Indexes to add entries for the years 1997-2013. Keep checking back - these new "R" and "W" surname obit entries will be linked soon! (2/15/2016)

Updated the Harlan Area Obituary Collection "M" Index to link all remaining "M" entries. All "M" surname obituaries are now available online for the years 1987-2013. (2/7/2016)

January 2016
Updated the Harlan Area Obituary Collection "M" Index to link all "Ma" and "Mu"-"My" entries for the years 1997-2013. The remaining "M" surname obits will be linked soon! (1/14/2016)

Updated the Harlan Area Obituary Collection "T" Index to add and link all "T" entries for the years 1997-2013. All "T" surname obituaries are now available online for the years 1987-2013. Keep checking back! The remaining "M" surname obits will be linked soon, and "P", "R", "S" and "W" 1987-2013 obits are also coming soon to complete the collection through 2013! (1/12/2016)

Updated the Harlan Area Obituary Collection "Y" and "Z" Indexes to add and link all "Y" and "Z" entries for the years 1997-2013. All "Y" and "Z" surname obituaries are now available online for the years 1987-2013.(1/11/2016)

Linked the remaining 160 obituaries in the Harlan Area Obituary Collection "L" Index for the years 1997-2013. All "L" surname obituaries are now available online for the years 1987-2013.(1/10/2016)

Updated the Harlan Area Obituary Collection "L" Index to link the "Lu" thru "Ly" entries for the years 1997-2013. The remaining "L" obits and "M" obits will be linked very soon. Also added and linked entries to the Harlan Area Obituary Collection "U" and "V" Indexes for the years 1997-2013. All "U" and "V" surname obituaries are now available online for the years 1987-2013.(1/1/2016)

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