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New ***4-2001...I was born and raised on a small farm near Ottumwa, Iowa. I recently discovered genealogy and have grown to love it. I have found that most of my ancestors were also farmers in the midwestern area of the United States.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/6746/
IA new IOWA CHAT room for those that are interested. I just received this email and thought that I would pass it on to those who would be interested. 7-8 pm Eastern; 6-7 pm Central; 5-6 pm Mt.; 4-5 Pm Pacific. If you can't make the chat, please feel free to post your surname queries or research question at our forum: We're also doing a different state every hour--please join us for any one or all of them:
Sunday schedule: (subtract 1 hr. for Central; 2 hrs. for Mt.; 3 for Pacific)
12:00 pm Eastern--VIRGINIA/WEST VIRGINIA chat
1:00 pm Eastern--KENTUCKY chat
2:00 pm Eastern--TEXAS chat
3:00 pm Eastern--FLORIDA chat
4:00 pm Eastern--NORTH & SOUTH CAROLINA chat
5:00 pm Eastern--PENNSYLVANIA chat
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9:00 pm Eastern--LOUISIANA/MISSISSIPPI chat
10:00 pm Eastern--ARKANSAS chat
11:00 pm Eastern--NEW ENGLAND/MID-ATLANTIC states chat
If you've never been in a chat room and need instructions, just email me and I'll help you. Jean Brandau huntsville2@earthlink.net
A website with a lot of my genealogy on it.-- Steve George
For information on available lists, other list options, and other generally useful information, visit http://php.indiana.edu/~stephenl/genealog.htm
I've put up some more pages on my Veterans Memorial site, listing the names that were sent to me (well, most of them.) If you don't find the name of your veteran there, you may need to re-send it to me...it got sort of confusing while I was working on it, and I think I may have lost a couple of names. Also, to the people who sent me the URL's for their own veterans pages, I am preparing a page of links to other veteran's sites. If you go to look at the name of your veteran, and find that the name of
his company, regiment, etc., is sort of scrambled...would you please let me know? In some cases I had to guess about what should go on what line, and it may not be correct. Thanks. Julie
http://www.NewportNH.com/Ancestors/index.htm
(Newport, N.H. genealogy site)
http://www.cyberportal.net/snowbird/home.htm
(Veterans Memorial pages)
It looks like the Iowa Pioneers Project has moved once again. For those of you with links to this web site, it is now located at http://www.ldyhawk.com/ipl/
Bride Index Project-Phase2
Although Phase 1 of my search for bride indexes ended in March, additional information continues to trickle in. For genealogical purposes, I am now defining a Bride Index as ANY marriage record indexes which can be accessed by the MAIDEN name of the bride. The results of Phase 1 are now posted on my website. You may visit this site simply by clicking the blue colored link to My Sixteen at the end of this message. The good news is that to date, I have been informed of the existence of bride indexes in more than 70 locations in 45 states, plus the District of Columbia. The response as to the importance of this type of information has been 100% positive.
What is so important about a bride index? How about this scenario? I can quote many others. You have tried, unsuccessfully, to discover the date you grandfather arrived in America in order to search for his passenger arrival records. You know that he came to America as a boy, along with his older sisters. The children were separated upon arrival, placed with different relatives and he lost contact with his sisters. The sisters later married and moved to other areas. No one any longer remembers the names of the men they married. Case closed? No! With the aid of a bride index you might be able to locate a marriage license which would provide the name of the groom. This in
turn could help you in tracing the groom’s naturalization papers which after 1906 usually listed the name of the wife and in some cases, the date and the name of the ship that she arrived on. Voila! This would tell you where to find the passenger list for your grandfather. Nothing is guaranteed, but it is at least a lead.
Phase 2 of this project will involve contacting 3,998 county governments, 50 state archives and an undetermined number of cities. Robert W. Marlin or RobMarlin@aol.com Web Site: My Sixteen
Ryan Jackson
I have added over 950 new listings to the 17th Century Residents Data Base and have increased the download speed. Take a look for your elusive ancestors. This is a FREE Data Base open to everyone.The Data Base is limited to postings on Colonial residents, of any name, who were here in this country during the 1600's.
You will also find listings of family lines that have been accepted by various societies and organizations
throughout the years. The 17th CENTURY RESIDENTS DATA BASE is located at: http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/
Dubuque County - Key City Genealogical Society has an information site, under construction.
Liz Boltz, PO Box 38,
Summerland, CA 93067, http://www.west.net/~lizboltz
While looking through some old photos in a junk store today I found several
pictures related to the PLUMB family. One of the pictures appeared to be a
copy of a tintype that was done in Independence, IA. If anyone is
interested I will get the pictures and sent them to you.
Letter was written from Waterloo by Elisabeth Slagle KITCHEN to her sister, Margaret Slagle, on February 8, 1855.
The Kitchen residence in Waterloo was a log house, standing on a corner lot at 227 Commercial Street. The Wyatt mentioned in the letter was Wyatt KITCHEN, Elisabeth's husband, and Solomon was Wyatt's son from a previous marriage. Solomon Bruce Welton Kitchen was my great grandfather. However, Solomon dropped his last two names and married under the name of Bruce, so his children (including my grandfather) were Bruce's.
Dear Sister:
Your kind letter came safe to hand near two weeks ago. We have had winter in good earnest for the past three weeks and some yet, but it has moderated enough to snow a little. There has been considerable snow-fall here this winter, but what becomes of it I can't imagine, unless it blows clear off to Indiana or some other thick-timbered region. Sometimes the young folks try to make believe they are sleigh riding, but they do not find much snow in the road; to be sure there is some just outside in the prairie grass, but that cannot be very smooth traveling.
The ice on the river is from twelve to eighteen inches thick and furnishes a first rate road for teams to draw down saw logs, fire wood, etc.
The river has been returned navigable some distance above Waterloo (for pike and fish of all descriptions and canoes I suppose) and consequently the islands are not included in the survey. They have or had considerable timber on them and considered public property. There is one up the river about one mile, containing about ten acres, and from which the folks here have been hauling constantly ever since the ice was sufficiently strong to venture on with teams. Wyatt and Solomon went up this week and cut considerable fire wood. We paid $2.50 per day for getting it hauled down and we have a great large pile of wood just in front of our cabin. To be sure not the best in the world, but first rate for Iowa, maple, ash, elm, and cottonwood; not much of the last mentioned for Wyatt despises it so heartily that he won't have it if he can help it. He has a good large oak log down on the bank which he designs splitting for posts to fence our lots. We must have a fence of some kind, for a garden we must have.
We will have a small yard all around our house and if you come to see us next summer you will, I think, find the porch 'with vines overgrown.' Shrubbery, currants, gooseberries, etc., are scarce here. All kinds of herbs are scarce except those which grow on the prairie. The babies, poor things, have to do without their catnip tea, because none grows here. Wyatt says nothing will every make him leave Waterloo but the scarcity of timber. A good chance to get wood land would be a great temptation. In other respects we are well enough suited here, but wood will be high and hard to get before many years. Lumber is too dear and scarce. They now ask $2. per hundred and none here now at that price.
Mr. Eggers has sold out to Miller & Elwell and they intend remodeling the present saw mill and putting up a flouring mill next spring, also another saw mill will be erected on the other side of the river. Miller & Elwell intend having two upright saws and a lath saw in operation in this mill in West Waterloo next spring. If we could get lumber we would weather-board our house on the outside and lath and plaster it inside next spring. At present we have only the large room (partitioned) with sheets, but Mr. Hudson's are building a log house in east Waterloo and will leave here the first of April. I shall be very glad for I have it very inconvenient now. Wyatt says he will not rent that part of the house again for $10. a month.
We can have an excellent cellar as there is no danger of water rising in it as at North Manchester, for the wells in West Waterloo are all, I believe, over twenty feet deep. Our lots descend very much from the house. The town plot is not level, but rolling, not abrupt and hilly, but gentle elevations, which adds greatly to the beauty of the place. Almost everyone who sees Waterloo likes the place. If we had more woodland this would undoubtedly be one of the best portions of the United States, as it is one of the handsomest. I feel at home here notwithstanding the many privations to which we are subject.
Connie Putnam ,Falls Church VA
I've done a little research on the 24th Iowa Infantry Regiment. It was called the "Iowa Temperance Regiment" and consisted of men pledged to abstain from the use of liquor in any shape. My ancestor, Gelon Jesse Hodges, fought in three expeditions but died before the Regiment fought in the famous 4 July 1863 battle at Vicksburg Mississippi. Glad to add a footnote to your more complete history of the 27th.
A special thank you to Carol for sharing this letter with me.
From: Carol Jo Bishop
This is a letter that I have that was written in 1929 from Waterloo,Ia. The receipent was from my great grandmother sister written to my great grandmother oldest daughter. March 28,1929 Waterloo,Ia. I copied the letter the way that it was written. It was kind of hard at first when I read it . The letter was written by Wilomena Dickerson Kelley. She married C.F.Kelley 12-6-1897. They lived at 204 Fisher Bldg. Waterloo,Ia. (1929). She wrote this letter to her sister (Nettie Dickerson Nurse,she died in 1911) oldest daughter, Ruth Alicia Nurse Kincheloe when Ruth was still living in Drynob,Laclede County,Missouri.Ruth still has 2 daughters living in Mineral Wells Texas. Carol Jo
Dear Ruth, and all the folks
I recive your dear letter a long time ago, and surely intended to ans-right away but just don't get at riting I don't rite to my sister in Cal.for 3 and 4 months at a time. We are the poorest letter riters in the world. I do believe.and I just love to get letters.I was so glad to hear you were almost well again and hope by now you are intireley well.it isn't I haven't thought about you hundreds of times I have wondered if you was still thinking of moving away from Mo. and wondering if the high waters came near where you live.Waterloo was almost flooded. it didn't bother us much only our fire was out for 3 days and nights the basements were full of water and the fires ate out,the town was completely flooded in lots of parts of the town that was in lowplace,one poor families had to be taken out in boats, Cedar River runs through the middle of Waterloo and the ice and snow caused it one flood in some places.it was quite a sight men worked night and day for a week or more building leevies with sand bags to stop the waters.it did million of dollars worth of damage.so I wondered if you folks had any of the flood. it seemed all over the world almost.Lein and I went oer to Ft.Dodge about 6 weeks ago to see my sister,Martha and Bro.John. My bro.George lives in Des Moines now,and I must tell you my neice Florence and your cousin that lived in Denver,Colorado died last November but I didn't no it until she was buried.she had an operation for appendicites and died in Hospital she is my Br.Harve's girl she was about 42 I think.she was a lovely Girl. she was married but had no children.Hare had 2 Girls and one boy the other girl lives in LongBeach Cal.and the boy in Sioux Falls South Dakota.I suppose it is like talking about stranger to you but they are your cousins and you may see them sometime you never can tell can you. I am so in hopes I can see you all some day.and I sure would love to see your children. I want you to keep on riting to me and tell me about the rest of the family. my oldest Bro John is getting quite old now and everytime I see him he asks me all about Netties children he know I hear from you and I no how he would love to see you.he just seems to have a longing to see some of Netties childrens.I think it is just to bad,we couldn't have live close. I had a letter from my sister quite a while ago.she was in Long Beach Cal nursing her Daughter Father in Law but he died since I heard he had cancer of some kind. Well Fern has gone to a Bridge Party tonite and I am alone. My husband works nights he has since last Aug-and Fern sleeps with me.she has an apt. in the same floor I live on so she sleeps with me for company Now Ruth rite me often as you can tell all about your folks and about your Father and about your children.What kind of a school do they go to is it a grade Country school you live on a farm don't you.they must be awfully bright to get a long so fast.I sure would like to you all-give my love to all the foks and yourself-
Love- you Aunt Mena
This was originally sent through the IA-NEB mailing list, and after contacting Elaine, she has allowed me to share this with Grundy County.
From: Elaine Johnson ejohnson@softdisk.com; Elaine Johnson, Bossier City, LA
My great grandfather was in the 27th Regiment of the Iowa Volunteer Infantry. I have done quite a bit of research on it, including the complete roster and regimental history. I finally have enough information gathered to set up a web site. It is not completely finished yet, but all the names are there. If you find a name you are interested in and the complete information is not there, I will look it up for you.
A lot of the soldiers were from Clayton and Allamakee Counties. However, I have not tried to determine all the counties involved yet. So if you have an ancester that might have fought during the Civil War for the State of Iowa, please check it out. I would be delighted to hear from anyone that has connections to the 27th Iowa Volunteer Infantry.
Bethany McFarland bethany@citilink.com
My great-grandfather's entire autobiography is now online at http://www.citilink.com/~beHe lived in Chickasaw County, Iowa, but other counties, including Winnesheik, Fayette, and others, are also mentioned. My grandmother's unfinished autobiography is also online at the same site. She was born and raised in Monona County, Iowa.
I have a copy of "Biographical History of Pottawattamie Co., Iowa" that I am transcribing into GEDCOM files and web pages to make the information available to others. The web page is at:http://www.genweb.net/~iapottco/
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