Dubuque County Cemetery Reading Efforts
(by Area)

There have been several organized efforts in collecting and publishing the grave marker readings for the Dubuque County area. We have organized this page by the areas where a particular city or cities are. In this way, if you knew what area a person lived in, you can zone in on specific cemeteries in the area. Please keep in mind, that each area may include cemeteries from multiple townships and even a county outside of Dubuque.

Some of the efforts include:

• The Daughters of the American Revolution (1939) - incomplete

• The Dubuque County Historical Society (1976) - incomplete

• Dubuque County-Key City Genealogical Society (DC-KCGS) (1986-current). This is still an on going project which helps fund their other endeavors. If you are interested in their publications you should contact them directly to purchase a copy or visit the Carnegie-Stout Public Library to look at a copy in the reference area. The Center for Dubuque History also may have copies of their publications. Their books may contain valuable research materials in addition to stone readings. Their publications which contain readings are listed on this page.

• The Phoenix Project (2001-current). Started in early October 2001, The Phoenix Group is dedicated to providing free materials for the Dubuque County Iowa area researcher.  Cemetery readings and research is all published free of charge on the Internet. Other materials may be published through the Center for Dubuque History. 100% of the sale of items published through the Center for Dubuque History stay in the CDH. Our readings and research can be found on hyperlinks on this page.

The tables below list the cemeteries and the groups who read that cemetery. A publication name is provided where one exists. Hopefully the information on this page will help the researcher track down what readings they would like to use in their research.

Where can I find these readings or publications?
1939 readings - Dubuque County Grave Records, Volume 56, compiled by Myrtle Hardenbergh Miller for the Daughters of the American Revolution -- 1939.
1976 readings - Dubuque County Cemeteries. A paper-bound copy is available for reference at the Iowa State Historical Society. A microfilm copy is available from the LDS church (Salt Lake City, UT) and at the DC-KCGS (donated by Nancy Lepsch).
DC-KCGS readings - Their readings are published by township, generally. See the reading efforts by township page for the name of the publication where readings for a particular cemetery are at.  Write them and order a book or visit the Carnegie-Stout Public Library and look in the reference area or at the Center for Dubuque History.
Phoenix Project readings - Follow the hyperlinks on the cemetery name. :-)

Notes:

• The colors in the tables below are only separators to make the list (somewhat) easier to read. They do not indicate anything special about the cemetery.

• If a township name is hyperlinked, following that link will take you to a page that may contain other materials relating to that township.

 

Balltown Area	1939	1976	DC-KCGS	Phoenix
Balltown Methodist				X
St. Francis of Assisi		X		X
St. Paul Lutheran Balltown Lutheran St. Paul of Waupeton Lutheran Church		X		X

 

Bankston/Tivoli Area	1939	1976	DC-KCGS	Phoenix
Bethel-McGee Cemetery McGee Cemetery Methodist Cemetery	X	X		X
Congregational Cemetery E. Fagan Property				X
St. Clement Catholic Cemetery		X		X
Methodist-Episcopal Cemetery Tivoli Cemetery		X

 

Cascade/Fillmore Area	1939	1976	DC-KCGS	Phoenix
Cascade Protestant Cemetery Cascade City Cemetery	X
Alfred White Property		X
Sacred Heart Cemetery		X	X	X
St. Martin Catholic Cemetery Calvary Cemetery Cascade City Cemetery St. Mathias Catholic Cemetery
St. Mary Catholic Cemetery Cascade City Cemetery
Zion Reformed Cemetery Ray Even Property Cemetery	X	X		X

 

Centralia/Peosta Area	1939	1976	DC-KCGS	Phoenix
German Presbyterian Centralia Presbyterian	X	X		X
St. John the Baptist Cemetery German Catholic Society Cemetery	X	X		X
Peosta Union C. Robert Kennedy Hodgeville Cemetery Peosta Protestant Cemetery	X	X		X
Johnson School Methodist Cemetery	X	X		X
Michael Schmitt Property
Lattnerville  Annunciation Cemetery	X	X		X

 

Cottage Hill Area	1939	1976	DC-KCGS	Phoenix
Concord Congregational Cemetery			X (Read: Summer 1991)	X
Cottage Hill Christian Cemetery Cottage Hill Cemetery Cottage Hill Protestant Cottage Hill Christian		X	X
Cottage Hill Methodist-Episcopal Cemetery	X	X	X (Read: Summer 1991)	X
Cook Private Cemetery				X
Spring Mills Cemetery Bankston Park Cemetery		X	X (Read: Summer 1991)	X

 

 

Dubuque Area	1939	1976	DC-KCGS	Phoenix
Asbury Methodist Cemetery Asbury Methodist Episcopalian Cemetery	X	X		X
Center Grove Methodist Cemetery Center Grove Methodist Episcopalian Cemetery	X	X
Cherry Hill Cemetery Union Place Cemetery
Christ the King Chapel				X
City Graveyard (1833-1853) City Cemetery (1853-1875) Jackson Park Cemetery (1857+) Old Graveyard Jackson St. Cemetery Main St. Cemetery			Published (1988): Burial Records of Dubuque City Cemetery
Dr. Finley's City Cemetery City Cemetery Hospital Cemetery
Dubuque Memorial Gardens Cemetery		X	X (Read: July 1992)
Linwood Cemetery Benei Jechurum Cemetery
Julien Dubuque Monument				X
Mortuary Chapel Crypt	X			X
Mt. Calvary St. Mary Cemetery German Catholic Cemetery				/
Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery Key West Cemetery	X	X	X (Read: Aug-Oct 1992)
Preston Family Cemetery		X	X	X
Resurrection Cemetery St. Philomena Catholic Cemetery	X	X
Reeds Chapel Methodist Cemetery	X	X	X (Read: Mar 1994)	X
Rockdale Methodist Cemetery	X	X	X (Read: June 1992)
Simpson St. Gravesite		X		X
Sisters of Charity BVM Mt. Carmel				/
Sisters of Presentation Cemetery			X
J. H. Sniffen Gravesite Sniffea Private		X		X
St. John Lutheran		X	Published (1996): St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Dubuque IA (Read: 1993)
Third St. Catholic Cemetery Bishop's Cemetery Bluff Cemetery Catholic Cemetery Graveyard Cemetery Kelly Cemetery Old Cemetery St. Raphael Cemetery	X
Thomas Kelly Gravesite				X

 

Durango Area	1939	1976	DC-KCGS	Phoenix
Congregational Cemetery Methodist Cemetery Old Rock Church Cemetery	X	X		X
Durango Congregational Cemetery		X		X
St. John Lutheran Cemetery Lore Lutheran Cemetery	X	X		X
Ewing Private Cemetery VanDeusen Cemetery Durango Abandoned	X	X (Listed in Jefferson Twp)	X	X

 

Dyersville/New Vienna Area	1939	1976	DC-KCGS	Phoenix
Mt. Hope Protestant Cemetery Dyersville Cemetery Methodist Cemetery	X	X	X	X
St. Boniface Catholic		X	X
St. Francis Xavier Catholic		X	X

 

Farley/Epworth Area	1939	1976	DC-KCGS	Phoenix
Ralph Boge Property
Epworth Rural Cemetery	X	X	X	X
Highview Cemetery	X	X
Hogan Property				/
St. John Catholic Placid	X	X
St. Joseph Catholic	X
St. Patrick Catholic Epworth Catholic		X
Fairview Cemetery Fairview Protestant	X	X	X

 

Holy Cross Area	1939	1976	DC-KCGS	Phoenix
Floyd Private Cemetery		X	X (Read: Summer 1991)	X
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery		X	X (Read: May 1992)

 

Laudeville/Swiss Valley Area	1939	1976	DC-KCGS	Phoenix
Baehler Gravesite		X	X (Read: Jun 1992)	X
French Cemetery Laudeville Cemetery	X	X	X (Read: Mar 1994)	X
Quade Private		X	X (Read: Mar 1993)

 

Luxemburg Area	1939	1976	DC-KCGS	Phoenix
Holy Trinity Cemetery		X	X	X
Myer Pioneer Cemetery		X	X	X

 

New Melleray/Prairie Area	1939	1976	DC-KCGS	Phoenix
Holy Family Catholic	X	X		X
New Melleray Abbey Cemetery Trappist Brothers Cemetery				X
Sisters of Charity Catholic Cemetery			X (Moved to Mt. Carmel)
St. Joseph of the Prairie	X	X	X	X

 

Rickardsville Area	1939	1976	DC-KCGS	Phoenix
East Rickardsville Methodist-Episcopalian	X	X		X
Old St. Joseph Calasanctius Cemetery French Settlement George Barth Property	X	X (no remains found)		X
St. Joseph Calasanctius Catholic				X

 

St. Catherine Area	1939	1976	DC-KCGS	Phoenix
Andrew Jackson Green Gravesite Echo Hills Cemetery		X	X	X
Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey
St. Catherine Catholic Cemetery		X	X	X

 

Sherrill Area	1939	1976	DC-KCGS	Phoenix
Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF)		X		X
Indian Mound Burials
Indian Mound Burials
Sherrill Presbyterian	X	X	X	X
Sherrill United Church of Christ Sherrill's Mound Congregational Cemetery	X	X (Listed in Jefferson Twp)		X
Sherrill Methodist German Methodist Methodist Cemetery	X	X		X
St. Mathew Lutheran	X	X		X
Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery		X		X

 

Worthington Area	1939	1976	DC-KCGS	Phoenix
St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery		X	X
Worthington Baptist Dumpditch Cemetery Worthington Dumpditch Cemetery		X	X	X
John's Creek Cemetery Rock Creek Methodist Cemetery Old Methodist Near Cascade	X	X		X

 

Zwingle Area	1939	1976	DC-KCGS	Phoenix
Associated Presbyterian Congregation of Otter Creek Church Cemetery LaMotte Bethel Zwingle Presbyterian Zwingle Bethel United Presbyterian	X	X	X	X
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Sylva Switch Sylvia Switch		X	X	X
Zwingle United Church of Christ Zwingle Reform Church Cemetery (1855) German Reform Church (1856) Harmony Cemetery Harmony Reformed Cemetery	X	X	X
Buncombe Presbyterian Cemetery Presley Presbyterian Prairie Presbyterian	X	X	X	X
Holy Family Catholic Cemetery, Section 33, Jackson County
St. Theresa Catholic Cemetery, Section 19, Jackson County		X	X

Last Updated: 23 May 2007

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