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2 April 2024 Added Polk County Still birth records 1880.

2 March 2024 Updated Polk Co. Veterans Buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery (Dallas Co.) to add 36 additional burials.

14 February 2024 Updated Polk Co. Veterans Buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery (Dallas Co.) to add 56 additional burials.

27 November 2023 Updated Polk Co. Veterans Buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery (Dallas Co.) to add 54 additional burials.

17 November 2023 Added short history of Polk County from the 1875 Andreas Atlas, transcribed by Kathy Dozler. Thank you, Kathy!

2 November 2023 Updated Polk Co. Veterans Buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery (Dallas Co.) to add 135 additional burials.

29 October 2023 Added Polk County Business Directory from the 1875 Andreas Atlas, transcribed by Kathy Dozler. Thank you, Kathy!

27 August 2023 Added transcription for Glendale Cemetery, contributed by the Charter Pierce Memorial Internet Genealogical (CPMIGS).

15 August 2023 Added 1903 Octogenarians' Society Annual Meeting. Many thanks to Becke Dawson for transcribing!

13 August 2023 Updated Polk Co. Veterans Buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery (Dallas Co.) to add 92 additional burials.

19 May 2023 Updated Polk Co. Veterans Buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery (Dallas Co.) to add 35 additional burials.

30 March 2023 Added Benjamin F. Jesse Pioneer Cemetery, including 1906 Des Moines Daily News article about this long forgotten private burial ground.

25 March 2023 Added transcription for Saint Ambrose Cemetery, contributed by the Charter Pierce Memorial Internet Genealogical (CPMIGS), and informational page for Emanuel Cemetery.

24 March 2023 Added transcription for: 1) Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery, contributed by the Charter Pierce Memorial Internet Genealogical (CPMIGS).

22 March 2023 Added transcriptionS for: 1) Beth El Jacob Cemetery, aka Jewish Glendale, and 2) Des Moines Masonic Cemetery, contributed by the Charter Pierce Memorial Internet Genealogical (CPMIGS).

21 March 2023 Added transcription for: 1) Laurel Hill Cemetery, contributed by the Charter Pierce Memorial Internet Genealogical (CPMIGS).

11 March 2023 Added transcriptions for: 1) Rising Sun Cemetery, 2) Sunset Memorial Cemetery, contributed by the Charter Pierce Memorial Internet Genealogical (CPMIGS). Also added short paragraph on the Soldiers' Cemetery from the 1876 Centennial History.

10 March 2023 Added transcriptions for: 1) Ridgedale Cemetery, 2) Oakwood Cemetery, 3) Oralabor Cemetery, and 4) United Brethren (U.B.) Cemetery, all contributed by the Charter Pierce Memorial Internet Genealogical (CPMIGS).

9 March 2023 Added transcription for: 1) Scott Memorial Cemetery, contributed by the Charter Pierce Memorial Internet Genealogical (CPMIGS). Scott Memorial Cemetery is little known single burial on the grounds of the Iowa State Capitol. Also added transcription of a short selection from the 1876 Centennial History of Polk County, Cemeteries.

8 March 2023 Added transcriptions for: 1) Sheldahl Cemetery and 2) Resthaven Cemetery, contributed by the Charter Pierce Memorial Internet Genealogical (CPMIGS).

7 March 2023 Added Polk County Cemetery Burials 1916-1920 (FHL films 102902982, #102902983) and Polk County Cemetery Burials 1920-1928 (FHL films 101784586, 101784589, #101784590). Thanks again to Patrick Walters!

6 March 2023 Added Polk County Cemetery Burials 1888-1907 (FHL film 007590309) and Polk County Cemetery Burials 1904-1915 (FHL films 102902979, 102902980, 102902981). Many thanks to Patrick for these wonderful contributions! More coming soon! Also added transcriptions for: 1) Stuart Cemetery and 2) Warren-Powers Cemetery

3 March 2023 Added Polk County Cemetery, A Brief History, contributed by Patrick Walters, Patrick has researched the history of the defunct Polk County Cemetery, where many early residents of the Polk County Home and Insane Asylum were buried. Patrick has compiled and transcribed burial lists from multiple sources, the first of which has also been added: Polk County Cemetery Burials 1880-1888 (from FHL film #004341388). Many thanks to Patrick for these wonderful contributions! More coming soon!

1 March 2023 Added transcriptions for: 1) Mt. Zion Cemetery at Loring, 2) Peoria Cemetery, and 3) Lowman Cemetery, all contributed by the Charter Pierce Memorial Internet Genealogical (CPMIGS). Peoria Cemetery is partially in Polk County and partially in Story County.

28 February 2023 Added transcription for: 1) Pine Hill Cemetery, contributed by the Charter Pierce Memorial Internet Genealogical (CPMIGS). Reformatted multiple other cemetery pages to add GPS coordinates and sign photos etc.

25 February 2023 Added transcriptions for 3 additional cemeteries: 1) Rittgers Cemetery; 2) Gillfillan/Waterworks/Maffit Cemetery, and 3) Farrar Cemetery, all contributed by the Charter Pierce Memorial Internet Genealogical (CPMIGS).

23 February 2023 Added transcriptions for 3 additional cemeteries: 1) Spry Cemetery; 2) Union Cemetery, and 3) White Oak Cemetery, all contributed by the Charter Pierce Memorial Internet Genealogical (CPMIGS).

21 February 2023 Added transcriptions for 3 additional cemeteries: 1) De Votie Cemetery; 2) Willie Coons Farm/Lincoln Church Cemetery; and 3) Valley View Cemetery. These 3 transcriptions were contributed by the Charter Pierce Memorial Internet Genealogical Society in 2017-18, and now are finally online.

19 February 2023 Updated Polk Co. Veterans Buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery (Dallas Co.) to add 50 additional burials.

7 November 2022 Updated Polk Co. Veterans Buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery (Dallas Co.) to add 70 additional burials.

6 October 2022 Added photo postcards of DSM Home for Sightless Women and George Iltis Residence.

3 October 2022 Restored P, Q, R, S and T Surnames from Part III Index & Record,American Patriotism. Part III Index and Record is complete.

26 September 2022 A number of CPMIGS number of cemetery transcriptions, contributed to Polk IAGenWeb back in 2017-18, will gradually be coming online this fall. Glendale Cemetery A, U, V, W, X, Y and Z Surnames CPMIGS transcriptinos are now online.

20 September 2022 Restored K, L, M and N Surnames from Part III Index & Record,American Patriotism.

19 September 2022 Restored H, I-J, O and U-V Surnames from Part III Index & Record,American Patriotism.

15 September 2022 Restored C, D, E, F and G Surnames from Part III Index & Record,American Patriotism.

13 September 2022 Restored Part III Conclusion and Part III Index & Record, A and B Surnames from American Patriotism, offline since 2017.

1 September 2022 Updated Polk Co. Veterans Buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery (Dallas Co.) to add 31 additional burials.

25 August 2022 Continuing work on restoring individual pages and images from the 1895 Des Moines Illustrated Souvenir. Approximately 50 additional pages have been restored recently.

9 August 2022 Updated Polk Co. Veterans Buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery (Dallas Co.) to add 72 additional burials.

7 July 2022 Updated Polk Co. Veterans Buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery (Dallas Co.) to add approximately 40 additional burials.

15 June 2022 Updated Polk County Veterans Buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery (Dallas Co.) to add 1 additional entry recently identified as having a Polk Co. connection. (Boo)

14 June 2022 Updated Polk County Veterans Buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery (Dallas Co.) to add 5 additional entries, all recently identified as having a Polk Co. connection. (Adamson, McDorman, McDonald, Oliphant, Stebbins)

17 May 2022 Added Polk County Veterans Buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery (Dallas Co.). Many thanks to Conni McDaniel Hall for contributing!

24 March 2022 Added transcriptions of the Polk County County entries from The Blue Book of Optometrists and Opticians for 1914, 1920 and 1922, including the Key to Abbreviations

25 January 2022 Updated the 1866 Des Moines City Directory, restoring all the B Surname entries and first page of V Surname entries, which have been offine since at least 2017. Transcribed and added Additions, Corrections and Removals (pp. 145-146).

15 January 2022 Added 19 additional lithographs from the 1875 Andreas Atlas: Residences/Businesses Part 4 and Residences/Businesses Part 5.

14 January 2022 Restored the Beaver Twp. Patrons Directory from the 1875 Andreas Atlas, originally added to this site in August 2013 but offline since at least 2017.

7 January 2022 Reorganized the Maps section. Added 1875 Andreas Atlas maps of Des Moines and Mitchellville.

6 January 2022 News & Newspapers section has been updated and reorganized.

5 January 2022 Military section has been updated and various errors/omissions corrected.

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