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| 1 | Created a page for The Weekly Cherokean in "Cherokee County Clippings" Random News Articles about Cherokee County Residents | Transcription | 21 Jan 2025 | ||||
| 1 | History of Schools in Cherokee, Iowa 1858 - 2016 | Off-site link | 20 Jan 2025 | ||||
| 1 | Rural Churches & Cemeteries as published in the 1907 Cherokee County Atlas | Transcription | 20 Jan 2025 | ||||
| 1 | St. Pauls United Methodist Church | Images | 20 Jan 2025 | ||||
| 1 | Sketch of Cherokee's First Church in 1871 | Image | 20 Jan 2025 | ||||
| 3 | History of Afton Township Rural Schools including school house news, photos, maps & names of teachers | Transcription | 19 Jan 2025 | ||||
| 1 | New Township School House Section | Transcription | 19 Jan 2025 | ||||
| 1 | History of Mount Olive Baptist Church | Transcription | 19 Jan 2025 | ||||
| 1 | History of Epworth M. E. Church | Transcription | 11 Jan 2025 | ||||
| 1 | History of East Cedar Presbyterian Church | Transcription & Photos | 5 Jan 2025 | ||||
| 3 | New County Church Home Page Listing County Churches by Name, Denomination & Location | Transcription | 5 Jan 2025 | ||||
| 1 | Story of Mrs. Dell Whitney's Buggy Accident | Transcription | 5 Jan 2025 | ||||
| 13 | 40th, 50th, 60th & 64th Anniversary Announcements | Transcriptions & Photos | 1 Jan 2025 | ||||
| 1 | World War II Event The Battle & Bridge at Remagen | Transcription | 1 Jan 2025 | ||||
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| 1 | World War II Event Bataan's Surrender | Transcription | 31 Dec 2024 | ||||
| 1 | WAVES & SPARS During Word War II | Transcription | 31 Dec 2024 | ||||
| 1 | Letter from WWII nurse Lt. Marilyn Bunker | Transcription | 31 Dec 2024 | ||||
| 4 | World War II Stories McManus Brothers, Robert "Bob" McLaughlin, Leslie B Gilbert, Edward L Melott, | Transcription | 31 Dec 2024 | ||||
| 1 | World War II Stories W H Hatterman | Former Cherokee Historical Society WWII Special Edition publication | 29 Dec 2024 | ||||
| 1 | World War II Stories The story of Wlm "Bud" Cummins military service | Based on an interview by George Pettengill of Former Cherokee Historical Society | 29 Dec 2024 | ||||
| 1 | William James "Bud" Cummins Family Group Page | Transcription from Darlene Pettengill Scrapbook | 29 Dec 2024 | ||||
| 625 | Maryhill Cemetery Gravestone Transcriptions | Many thanks to Linda Linn who walked the cemetery and documented all of the gravestones. | 24 Nov 2024 | ||||
| 2 | Cherokee County Veteran Burials added to Iowa Veterans Cemetery Page Dusty R. Helmers, David L. Maselter | Connie McDaniel Hall Transcription (off-site link) | 29 Sep 2024 | ||||
| 19 | History of the Cherokee Mental Health Institute | Transcription County Coordinator | 28 Sep 2024 | ||||
| 1 | James Dela Smith, Jr MIA during Korean War | Transcription County Coordinator | 9 May 2024 | ||||
| 7 | Research & Resource Tools for Korean War Veterans | Off-site links | 9 May 2024 | ||||
| 1 | Death of Merlyn Johnson 1st County Casualty during Korean War | Transcription County Coordinator | 9 May 2024 | ||||
| 1 | Cherokee County Township Clerks Contact Info | Off-site link | 23 Apr 2024 | ||||
| 16 | Added township formation info to each of the township pages | Transcription County Coordinator | 23 Apr 2024 | ||||
| 1 | The Newberry Library | Off-site link | 23 Apr 2024 | ||||
| 1 | Story added to Louis Gund Family page - "Mrs. Gund an Area Victim of Airliner Tragedy" | Transcription County Coordinator | 23 Apr 2024 | ||||
| There are 4,685 Cherokee county gravestone photographs on the Iowa Gravestone Photo Project Volunteers are needed to photograph & submit Cherokee cemetery gravestones to preserve them for future generations. | Iowa Gravestone Photo Project | As of 14 Apr 2024 | |||||
| Obituaries - Total of 1961 posts | Obituary Board Volunteer contributions | As of 14 Apr 2024 | |||||
| 1 | Aurelia Graduation Class of 1918 & 1919 Photo | Transcription & Image | 14 Apr 2024 | ||||
| 1 | Cleghorn High School Class of 1939 Reunion | Transcription & image | 14 Apr 2024 | ||||
| 1 | Cleghorn High School Class of 1930 Reunion | Transcription & image | 14 Apr 2024 | ||||
| 6 | Photographs of Cherokee County Railroad Depots | Timothy Adams | 14 Jan 2024 | ||||
| 5 | The Railroad in Cherokee County A new section which highlights the history of the RR in Cherokee County "Chugging into Cherokee" - RR Maps - Accidents & more | Transcription & image County Coordinator | 14 Jan 2024 | ||||
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| Gold Star Veterans for Cherokee County and for the United States | Off-site links to HonorStates.org | Veterans Day 2023 | |||||
| There are 4,681 Cherokee county gravestone photographs on the Iowa Gravestone Photo Project Volunteers are needed to photograph & submit Cherokee cemetery gravestone to preserve them for future generations. | Iowa Gravestone Photo Project | As of 13 Oct 2023 | |||||
| Obituaries - Total of 1958 posts | Obituary Board Volunteer contributions | As of 13 Oct 2023 | |||||
| 1 | The Arthur Johnson Family | Coordinator transcription | 10 Sep 2023 | ||||
| 11 | Birth Notices | Coordinator transcription | 9 Sep 2023 | ||||
| 1 | History of the Quimby Methodist Episcopal Church | Volunteer transcription & image | 13 Aug 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Organization of the Diamond Center Methodist Episcopal Church | Volunteer transcription & image | 12 Aug 2023 | ||||
| 1 | 75 Year History of Aurelia Methodist Church | Volunteer transcription & image | 12 Aug 2023 | ||||
| 1 | History of the Washta Methodist Church | Volunteer transcription & image | 9 Aug 2023 | ||||
| 8 | Added 8 off-site links to free genealogy resources | Transcription | 31 July 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Added a Revolutionary War Timeline | Transcription | 6 July 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Sioux Valley Memorial Hospital's Ten Thousandth Birth | Transcription & image | 4 July 2023 | ||||
| 10 | Created a page dedicated to the K. A. Florine Family | Transcription & images | 1 July 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Veteran burial added to Iowa's Veteran Cemetery | Transcription | 27 Jun 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Veteran Hobe Johnson Receives Medals 55 Years Late | Transcription & image | 15 Jun 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Boettcher 50 Year Anniversary | Transcription & Image | 15 Jun 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Vietnam Casualty Ronald Means | Transcription & Image | 15 Jun 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Washington High School Class of 1953 Twenty Year Reunion | Transcription & Image | 11 Jun 2023 | ||||
| 2 | Pfalzgraf & Keller Wedding Anniversaries | Transcription & Images | 11 Jun 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Barr Ford Motor Company's First Model A | Transcription & Image | 11 Jun 2023 | ||||
| 1 | 1930's Photo of Leo Alquist, Sr. Riding the Range | Transcription & Image | 11 Jun 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Mr. & Mrs. Leo Alquist 60th Wedding Anniversary | Transcription & Image | 11 Jun 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Mr. & Mrs. John Julius 50th Wedding Anniversary | Transcription & Image | 11 Jun 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Elizabeth Ballantyne's Recollection of Pioneer Life | Transcription & Image | 11 Jun 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Page created for Washta School News | Transcription | 15 May 2023 | ||||
| 1 | News bits as reported in the Daily Times | Transcription (contributed by former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | 14 May 2023 | ||||
| 4 | Photos Added:
| Images (from one of the donated scrapbooks by the former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | 14 May 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Grand Meadow Twp. News | Transcription | 14 May 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Photo of James F. Weart | (contributed by former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | 14 May 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Liberty Twp. News | Transcription | 14 May 2023 | ||||
| 1 | 1910 Photo of Meriden Band | Image & Transcription (contributed by former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | 14 May 2023 | ||||
| 1 | The Scott family 5 sons who served their country | Transcription Content courtesy of Larry Scott | 13 May 2023 | ||||
| 1 | The Story of Delbert Scott's Great Adventure | Transcription | 13 May 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Service Member's News Letter 11 Mar 1944 | Transcription | 13 May 2023 | ||||
| 7 web pgs | New Cherokee County Veterans Memorial Page (includes lists of those who served and photos of the memorial monuments) | Images & Transcription | 13 May 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Civil War Soldiers & Sailors website | off-site link to National Parks Service | 12 May 2023 | ||||
| 1 | 1878 Farmer's Directory | Volunteer Transcription | 6 May 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Page created in honor of LeRoy Reinert who served and died during WWII | Transcription | 22 Apr 2023 | ||||
| There are 4,677 Cherokee county gravestone photographs on the Iowa Gravestone Photo Project Volunteers are needed to photograph & submit Cherokee cemetery gravestone to preserve them for future generations. | Iowa Gravestone Photo Project | As of 1 Apr 2023 | |||||
| Obituaries - Total of 1,870 posts | Obituary Board Volunteer contributions | As of 1 Apr 2023 | |||||
| 1 | Added photo of Steele State Bank | Image | 4 Apr 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Newly created page for Village of Marcus | Page creation & Transcriptions | 4 Apr 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Added link to United States Digital Map Library offered by USGenWeb Archives Project Collection includes maps for :
| USGenWeb Archives Project | 2 Apr 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Preface 1878 History of Cherokee County | Page Creation & Transcriptions (contributed by former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | 2 Apr 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Iowa Veterans Cemetery with Cherokee County Veteran burials | Connie McDaniel Hall Transcription | 2 Apr 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Organization of Cherokee County | Transcription from Thomas McCulla's History of Cherokee | Mar 2023 | ||||
| Added 3 burials to Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery | Transcription | Mar 2023 | |||||
| Added off-site link to Cherokee County Biographies at USGenWeb Archives | Mar 2023 | ||||||
| 2 | 1878 History of Northwestern Iowa and Cherokee County | Page Creation & Transcriptions (contributed by former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | Mar 2023 | ||||
| 1 | 1878 State of Courts, Finances & Mail Service in Cherokee County | Page Creation & Transcriptions (contributed by former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | Mar 2023 | ||||
| 1 | 1878 State of Lands, Mills & Railroads in Cherokee County | Page Creation & Transcriptions (contributed by former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | Mar 2023 | ||||
| 1 | 1878 State of Schools & Churches in Cherokee County | Page Creation & Transcriptions (contributed by former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | Mar 2023 | ||||
| 1 | 1878 State of Crops, Stock Raising & Fencing in Cherokee County | Page Creation & Transcriptions (contributed by former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | Mar 2023 | ||||
| 5 | 1878 State of Soil - Climate - Roads - Timber - Fruit in Cherokee County | Page Creation & Transcriptions (contributed by former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | Mar 2023 | ||||
| 4 | 1972 Photos of Schools for Aurelia Meriden-Cleghorn Marcus Quimby | Images (from former Cherokee County Genealogical Society scrapbook) | Mar 2023 | ||||
| 10 | Biographies of Area Artists | Transcription | Mar 2023 | ||||
| 5 | Family Group Sheets for the following families: Bull, Bruce, Burgess, Carver, Jensen, Molyneux, Nielsen | Page Creation & Transcriptions (family histories contributed by former Cherokee County Genealogical Society) | Mar 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Formation of Cherokee County's First V.F.W. Post | Volunteer Transcription | Feb 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Added off-site link to The Doughboy Center American Expeditionary Forces in WW I | County Coordinator | Feb 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Created new history page & transcription for Maryhill Visitation Catholic Church | Coordinator Transcription | Feb 2023 | ||||
| 4 | Washington High School Class of 1954 | Coordinator Transcription Includes numerous transcribed news articles about the school's first graduating class | Feb 2023 | ||||
| 5 | Washington High School Cherokee, Iowa | Coordinator Transcription Includes numerous transcribed news articles about the school and its students, including State Championships & All Stars | Feb 2023 | ||||
| 1 | Washington High School Commencement Brochure June 1, 1969 | County Coordinator Transcription & images | Feb 2023 | ||||
| 2 | Wedding Anniversaries for Mr. & Mrs. Robert Vanatta and Mr. & Mrs. Forrest Vicstrum | County Coordinator Scrapbook transcription & images | Feb 2023 | ||||
| Link to What's New 2011-2012 | Link to What's New 2013-2014 |
| Link to What's New 2015-2016 | Link to What's New 2017-2018 |
| Link to What's New 2019-2020 | Link to What's New 2021-2022 |