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Publication |
Title and Description |
No. of Pages |
Price |
Member Price |
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#0001 |
Atlas for Genealogists, Dubuque County, Iowa 1830 + County and township maps with town locations. Includes place names of crossroads, towns, and villages that have been abandoned or are still thriving. Indexed. |
29 |
$4.00 |
$3.50 |
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#0002 |
A Guide to the Microfilmed Records at Carnegie-Stout Public Library, Dubuque, Iowa Listing of state and federal census 1836-1925, with a guide to information found on each. Listing of Dubuque City Directories 1856-1983, newspapers, general genealogical helps including county maps, obituary file, probate index, and marriage record information. |
41 |
$5.50 |
$5.00 |
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#0003 |
Index of Churches and Cemeteries of Dubuque County, Iowa Alphabetical, religious, and township listings of churches, cemeteries, and funeral homes. |
33 |
$4.50 |
$4.00 |
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#GR4 |
Probate Records Index, Dubuque County, Iowa We transcribed and proofed the index of names of the probate records at the Clerk of Court office in the Dubuque County Courthouse. Entries are from the early 1830s through 1937, but the earliest records are undated. This is a helpful tool for determining the names of just some of the individuals who died during the period preceding 1880 when the official registration of deaths began in Iowa. |
360 |
$28.00 |
$25.00 |
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#GR5 |
Prairie Farmer's Home and County Directory of Dubuque County, Iowa With approval of the original publisher, we have reprinted a compilation of farm families who answered a 1924 survey by the Prairie Farmer magazine. It includes the names of all members of the family and which children were living at home as well as the wife's maiden name. One of our members indexed the women's maiden names and we have included that index. It is very interesting to search for the names of women who were sisters and who they married. Additional information and sections in the book include ownership of land, radios, automobiles, animal stock, and so forth. An overall demographic and historical picture of the farm families in 1924. |
140 |
$15.00 |
$12.00 |
The Society holds monthly meetings on topics of interest to family historians and genealogists. The meeting may be an informal discussion among the attendees or a presentation given by a member or there may be a guest speaker. Occasionally, the Society will meet at another location, such as a local library or historical museum. For example, we have visited the Dyersville Area Historical Society’s library to learn about the collection there. All monthly meetings are open to the public. Guests and new members are welcome.
Please consult the calendar below or the Society’s current Newsletter issue for a list of the upcoming program topics and whether a monthly meeting will be held at a location other than the Family History Center or e-mail us at dckcgs@hotmail.com to confirm it. Meetings are held usually the second Tuesday of the month.
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Tuesday, Dec. 13, 6 pm |
Holiday Gathering. Location: Bishops |
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Calendar - 2012 |
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January |
No Meetings |
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Tuesday, Feb. 14, 6 pm |
Executive Committee. Location: FHC. |
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Tuesday, Feb. 14, 7 pm |
Annual
Membership Meeting. |
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FHC: Family History Center, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 685 Fremont Avenue, Dubuque, Iowa 52001, (563) 583-6851 |
The library collection was donated to the Dubuque Family History Center in 2009 and is currently being digitized. Items already digitized may be viewed on the Family History Center computers. Family History Center, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 685 Fremont Avenue, Dubuque, Iowa 52001. Phone (563) 583-6851. Hours: Tuesday 9 am to 3 pm, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Wednesday 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Saturday 9 am to noon.
The Dubuque County-Key City Genealogical Society Newsletter is published quarterly and is a benefit of membership. Back issues are not available.
Queries from Society members are printed at no cost. Non-members are charged $2.00 per query. There is a limit of two queries per issue per submitter.
● All members
receive a subscription to the Dubuque County-Key City Genealogical
Society Newsletter, which is published quarterly.
● A
member may submit, at no cost, two queries per issue for publication
in the Newsletter.
● Publication prices are discounted to
members.
● Membership dues are $15.00 per year. Dues are
payable annually on or before March 1 of each year, and are
delinquent March 31. Dues received from new members after January 1
will be applicable to the coming year.
● U.S. Mail:
P.O. Box 13, Dubuque, IA 52004-0013
● Email:
dckcgs@hotmail.com
● February 17,
1976: Founded as The Key City Genealogical Society.
● August
7, 1976: Accepted as the 27th
affiliate
chapter of the Iowa Genealogical Society.
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March 6, 1985: Name changed to the Dubuque County-Key City
Genealogical Society.
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July 1, 1986: Society incorporated.
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May 19, 1994: Granted non-profit status or 501 (c) (3).2 by
the Internal Revenue Service.
The Dubuque County-Key City Genealogical Society is organized exclusively for genealogical, educational, and historical purposes. More particularly, the purposes for which the Society is organized are as follows:
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To create and foster an interest in genealogy.
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To foster and encourage individuals in their private
genealogical pursuits.
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To foster and encourage preservation of genealogical and
historical data in said City and County of Dubuque, Iowa.
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To foster and encourage in existing facilities an increase in
resources and public access to genealogical data.
For private research, you may contact Norbert J. Steger. Email: genenorb@yahoo.com. Phone: (563) 588-4761 or (563) 663-2272.