What's New

2024

February	6th - St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church/Mother Cabrini Pamphlet, 1977, Index and Membership Lists

January	22nd - Early French Explorations in the Mississippi Valley from 1880 History of Keokuk County, Iowa
	11th - St. Mary's First Communion Class, Boys, 1965 or 1966, Keota
	5th - St. Mary's First Communion Class, Girls, 1962, Keota

2023

December	26th - Postcard - C. M. & St. P. Depot, Engine 757, 1910, Sigourney

November	14th - Letters B through Z Biographies from "A Genealogical and Biographical History of Keokuk County, Illustrated" 1903

October	2nd - Civil War Army Correspondence to the Sigourney News, L. M. Morrison, September 1861

September	6th - Legal Notices from The Keokuk County News, October 4, 1861

August	15th - Capt. Sampson's Company, 1861
	4th - Unclaimed Letters, October 1861, Sigourney

July	10th - Mexican-American War, Cause, War, Resolution

June	22nd - Adams County Persons Liable to do Military Duty, 1885 - 1910

May	7th - 1875 Business Directory

April	1st - Sigourney School Pamphlet, 1903 and 1904

March	17th - 1929 Brochure and Directory, Methodist Episcopal Church, Richland

February	15th - Baptisms, St. Paul Episcopal Church, What Cheer, 1887-1919
	1st - Civil War - Army Correspondence from P. L. Eckley, 1861

January	13th - Medical Directory, Instituions, Societies and Laws, 1880

2022

December	2nd - Claims Submitted to the Board of Supervisors, April 19, 1861

November	8th - 1882 Keota Business Directory

September	11th - Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1912

August	10th - Sigourney Class of 1961

July	23rd - Daughters of the American Revolution, Sigourney, 1909-1910

May	14th - Keokuk County Veterans Buried at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery in Van Meter

April	12th - Added 41 Names to 1903 Postal Employees

March	7th - 1882 Richland Business Directory

February	18th - Sigourney Jurors 1861

2021

December	6th - Postmasters, Clerks in Post-Offices, Rural Free Delivery, Railway Postal Clerk, 1903

November	30th - Iowa Medical Institutions and Medical Laws 1880

October	29th - War of 1812 Veterans Living in the County

August	21st - Who's Who 1920
	12th - Underground Railroad Roles
	9th - 1904 School Essay Competition by Township

June	29th - Unknown photos contributed by John Bruns
	7th - Courts and the Legal Profession 1907

May	10th - Iowa Population Report

March	4th - One Hundred Years of Iowa Medicine, 1850-1950

February	23rd - Marriage License of Bruce C. Jones and Lola E. Gray, 1915

January	8th - Booklet - 100 Years of Methodism, Thornburg

2020

November	10th - Letter A Biographies from "A Genealogical and Biographical History of Keokuk County, Illustrated" 1903

October	24th - restored Thornburg Consolidated Schools Yearbook Photos 1954, renovated and moved to Schools Page
	23rd - Restored Saints Peter and Paul Parish Centennial Book, renovated and moved to the Photos Page
	9th - renovated 1880 History Index and Pages
	9th - Photo of Melvina Whitson
	8th - renovated Photos Index

September	12th - renovated Cemeteries Index (except Pleasant Grove additions), with many new transcriptions, including Conner, East, Humes
	2nd - Patents 1853-1959

August	12th - Gibson Girls' Basketball Team 1907

July	19th - Burials at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, North Plank Township
	16th - Burials, Porter Cemetery, Adams Township

June	4th - Postmasters, 1889-1915 (Contributed by Lynn McCleary)
	1st - Partial List of Census Surnames
	1st - Partial Federal Census 1870 - Richland Township

May	22nd - Gibson Alumni 1928-1937
	17th - 1880 History - The Skunk River War 1863
	14th - 1880 History - Township Organization - Van Buren and Washington

April	18th - War of 1812 Land Grants
	16th - Delayed Births, Sigourney Township, 1862-1940
	14th - your new Keokuk County Coordinator is Lynn Diemer-Mathews

2019

August	21st - GLO Land Warrant Index, 1844-1859 for surnames beginning A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H (contributed by Constance)
	19th - New Topic - Land & Property (contributed by Constance)
	12th - Postcards contributed by David Shedlock

February	Mining Deaths (contributed by Frank)

2018	Minor Civil Division Censuses, Number of Residents 1890, 1900, 1910

2017	Federal Census 1880, German Township, Poor Farm

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