Clayton co IAGenWeb

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Journal of New Content added to the Clayton co. IAGenWeb website & Important Announcements

This page was updated May 2, 2024

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2024 Comments and Thank-you notes - Do you have something to say about this website?

* I really appreciate the history background I found here. It helps me appreciate what it was like in the 1870ish time frame when my ggg-grandparents and other relation lived there before heading west to the Dakotas and beyond ... Thomas L., Fargo, ND
* I found all of the information you have gathered to be very helpful as I work to put together all the pieces ... Ray
* The military records are an amazing resource! ... Kristy S.

May 2024

CEMETERY RECORDS (burial lists & related items and Iowa Gravestone Photo Project (IGPP) additions)
*The cemetery burial lists are updated frequently (often daily) by the coordinator. 5 cemeteries were updated in May, some more than once

COURT RECORDS
*New content - 1950 Oct petit jurors - from Reid R. Johnson (5/2/24)

DOCUMENTS (document board) (indexes to the documents posted on the board: index 1 * index 2)
*As new items are posted to the document board the indexes will be updated as time permits although some of the postings might be moved to other pages on this website if appropriate.

MARRIAGE RECORDS (marriage licenses, engagements, marriages & divorces)
*New content added to compiled marriages, 1950 - from Reid R. Johnson (5/2/24)

OBITUARY BOARD (we now have 20,435+ transcribed obituaries)
*Thank-you to the May obituary contributor - Reid R. Johnson

OBITUARY INDEX - last updated 05/02/2024

TAX RECORDS INDEX (just about any type of tax, lein, assessment, fee, etc.)
*New database! 1922 list of dog-owners who are deliquent in licensing their dogs (LOTS of names in this database) - from S.Ferrall (5/2/24)

April 2024

BIOGRAPHIES - 1940 Who's Who in Iowa
* Major Update! Added 27 additional transcribed biographies, surnamesC, D, E, H, K, M, N & O - from S. Ferrall (4/12/24)

CEMETERY RECORDS (burial lists & related items and Iowa Gravestone Photo Project (IGPP) additions)
*Maehl gravestone photos were shared on the IGPP for East Side cemetery - Maehl researcher (4/24/24)
*Recent burials added to Giard cemetery - from R.A. Meyer, cemetery secretary (4/23/24)
*The cemetery burial lists are updated frequently (often daily) by the coordinator. 48 cemeteries were updated in April, some more than once

COURT RECORDS
*New content - 1950 Grand, Feb & May jurors - from Reid R. Johnson (4/27/24)
*New content - Petit jurors, Dec 1942 - from Reid R. Johnson (4/16/24)
*New! District Court news, 1942 - from Reid R. Johnson (4/16/24)
*New content - Petit jurors, July 1942 - from Reid R. Johnson (4/1/24)
*New! District Court news, 1945 - from Reid R. Johnson (4/1/24)

DEATH RECORDS - index to the death records on this website
*New content added Mollman to Anatomical Gifts (Deeded Body Program) - coordinator (4/23/24)

DOCUMENTS (document board) (indexes to the documents posted on the board: index 1 * index 2)
*As new items are posted to the document board the indexes will be updated as time permits although some of the postings might be moved to other pages on this website if appropriate.

MARRIAGE RECORDS (marriage licenses, engagements, marriages & divorces)
*New content added to compiled marriages, 1950 - from Reid R. Johnson (4/16/24 & 4/27/24)
*New content added to compiled marriages, 1942 - from Reid R. Johnson (throughout April 2024)
*New content added to compiled marriages, 1861 - from S. Ferrall (April 2024)

MILITARY & OTHER SERVICE RECORDS
*Updated! World War II Honor Roll, adding J. Maehl - coordinator (4/25/24)

OBITUARY BOARD (we now have 20,425+ transcribed obituaries)
*Thank-you to the April obituary contributors - Reid R. Johnson & S. Ferrall

OBITUARY INDEX - last updated 04/27/2024

PHOTO ALBUM INDEX - lots of photos and misc. historical info. from around the county
*New Album! Clayton co. Railroad Depot photos, from the Iowa Heritage Collection - from Timothy Adams (4/5/2024)

February & March 2024

BIOGRAPHIES from misc. sources. A-J * K-Z
*New! Drips, Joseph H. & Hannah (Hawkins) - from S. Ferrall (3/24/24)

CEMETERY RECORDS (burial lists & related items)
*The cemetery burial lists are updated frequently (often daily) by the coordinator. To date in March, 31 cemeteries were updated, some more than once

COURT RECORDS
*New content - added Grand jurors, and Feb & May Petit jurors, 1942 - from Reid R. Johnson (3/22/24)
*New content - added Oct & Nov. Petit jurors, 1945 - from Reid R. Johnson (3/22/24)
*New Database! The Courts & Legal Profession, 1907 - historical data, biographies & photos - from S. Ferrall (02/26/24)
*New! District Court news, 1944 - from Reid R. Johnson (2/7/24)
*New content - added Grand jurors & Feb. Petit jurors, 1945 - from Reid R. Johnson (2/7/24)

DOCUMENTS (document board) (indexes to the documents posted on the board: index 1 * index 2)
*As new items are posted to the document board the indexes will be updated as time permits although some of the postings might be moved to other pages on this website if appropriate.

MARRIAGE RECORDS (marriage licenses, engagements, marriages & divorces)
*New content added to compiled marriages, 1942, 1944 & 1945 - from Reid R. Johnson (Feb & March '24)

MILITARY & OTHER SERVICE RECORDS
*Updated! Civil War Honor Roll, added misc. data to existing entries & several new entries (3/24/24)
*Updated! Civil War HR, adding J.B. Hawkins & L.F. Klingman - coordinator (2/26/24)
*Updated! Civil War HR, adding J.P. Carnahan - from Karen A. Flick (2/16/24)
*Updated! World War II Honor Roll, adding D.P. Burckart, A.A. Pillard, G. Knapp & O. Maker - coordinator (Feb '24)

OBITUARY BOARD (we now have 20,330+ transcribed obituaries)
*Thank-you to the February & March obituary contributors - Reid R. Johnson & S. Ferrall

OBITUARY INDEX - last updated 03/22/2024

ODDS & ENDS - a rummage bag of interesting items
* New content from 1942 added to Poor Farm/County Hospital page - from Reid R. Johnson (3/21/24)

PHOTO ALBUM INDEX - lots of photos and misc. historical info. from around the county
*New family album! Madden family album (Littleport) - from Kristy Sligar (2/12/24)
*New family album! Beckmann / Beckman family album (Littleport) - from Kristy Sligar (2/3/24)

SURNAME REGISTRY (making family connections with others)
*Cleone Cozine has updated her email address for surname Naescher. Thanks Cleone! (2/12/24)

January 2024

CEMETERY RECORDS (burial lists & related items)
*The cemetery burial lists are updated frequently (often daily) by the coordinator. 52 cemeteries have been updated to date in January. Some were updated more than once. (coordinator)

CHURCH RECORDS
*Sacred Heart Catholic church page was updated with a photo - from Kristy Sligar (1/4/24)

COURT RECORDS
*New content - added Grand jurors; Feb. & May Petit jurors, 1944 - from Reid R. Johnson (1/11/24 & 1/25/24)

DIRECTORIES & GAZETTEERS
*New content added to the Photographer Directory; added P. Bernhard +photo & info., and updated entries of Adams, Chase & Peavey - from S. Ferrall (1/3/24)

DOCUMENTS (document board) (indexes to the documents posted on the board: index 1 * index 2)
*As new items are posted to the document board the indexes will be updated as time permits although some of the postings might be moved to other pages on this website if appropriate.

MARRIAGE RECORDS (marriage licenses, engagements, marriages & divorces)
*New content added to compiled marriages, 1944 - from Reid R. Johnson (thru-out Jan)

MILITARY & OTHER SERVICE RECORDS
*Updated! Civil War Honor Roll, adding entries for J.Brown & J.W. Clements - coordinator (1/19/24)
*Updated! World War II Honor Roll, adding photos and/or add'l info. for Beyer, Glawe, Hakert, Hjelmrng, Huebsch, Henthorne, Kraus, Leonard, Russell & Wilke- coordinator (1/17- 1/28/2024)
*Updated! World War I Honor Roll, adding P. Kafer +photo and A.F. Fuelling - from Kristy Sligar (1/7/24 & 1/17/24)

OBITUARY BOARD (we now have 20,140+ transcribed obituaries)
*Thank-you to the January obituary contributors - J. Kevin Kitzman, Reid R. Johnson & S. Ferrall

OBITUARY INDEX - last updated 01/28/2024

PHOTO ALBUM INDEX - lots of photos and misc. historical info. from around the county
*New family album! Kafer family album (Littleport) - from Kristy Sligar (1/5/24 & 1/8/24)
*Updated the Littleport photos page with 4 pictures - from Kristy Sligar (1/5/24) and a bit of historical background added by S. Ferrall