We are a small group of genealogical enthusiasts who concentrate on researching the Dubuque County, Iowa area. We are not associated with any local chapter or society. We identify local area records that may be of interest to the family researcher; abstract them (or transcribe them verbatim when possible) and make them available for publication. Many times the records are not well known and are not easily accessible to researchers.

On this site you will find many sources of information including a list of all known cemeteries in the county with stone readings, all the known research efforts into reading the cemeteries and transcriptions of various Dubuque County area relevant historical documents.

Latest News:

Aug 11, 2012
Mt Calvary
Section 5N is now proofed and posted.
July 1, 2012
Center Grove Methodist
I was back in town recently and we finished up Center Grove Methodist and Section 7 of Mt Calvary. Both are now available.
May 31, 2012
Newspapers
Posted the rest of the marriage and death notices found in the 1866 Dubuque Daily Herald.
May 15, 2012
Newspapers
Posted some Divorce notice extracts that appears in the 1837 and 1838 Iowa News.
Apr 20, 2012
Newspapers
Posted Death/Funeral and Marriage notice extracts for the 1856 and 1857 Dubuque Weekly Express and Herald.
Mar 25, 2012
Newspapers
Posted Death/Funeral and Marriage notice extracts for the 1862 Dubuque Herald and the 1837 Iowa News.
Feb 6, 2012
1861 Dubuque Herald
Posted Death/Funeral and Marriage notice extracts for the Dubuque Herald in 1861. All of these can be found at Google News Archive.
Nov 19, 2011
1860 Dubuque Herald
Posted Death/Funeral and Marriage notice extracts for the Dubuque Herald in 1860. All of these can be found at Google News Archive.
Oct 10, 2011
Mt Calvary
Section 4 has been posted.
July 30, 2011
Epworth Rural
We checked the entries in Epworth Rural against the readings in 1939 and added new entries as necessary. We also checked dated when there was a question on the birth or death dates. We resolved several of them but there are a couple of them that are still questionable.
July 25, 2011
Fairview and St Joeseph's Catholic
We finished and posted the rest of Fairview. We also posted the last section of St. Joseph's Cemetery in Farley. We also included references to stones found in the 1939 DAR records, not found in later readings, included references to various census records and obituaries when a name or a date came into question. As we have time we'll go back and do this to other cemetery sections as needed.
July 4, 2011
Cherry Hill Cemetery
A short write-up on the Cherry Hill cemetery (now under the parking lot of Bunker Hill Golf Course) is posted. Thanks to J. Biays Bowerman for his research and materials that comprised most of the write-up.