NOTE: Some of the older links on this page may be broken as I continue to update, reformat, and reorganize the pages. The content is still here, however. If you can't find something, please write to ButlerCoIARoots@gmail.com

July 2009

The family name LOGAN has been added to the surname page. SURNAMES

Several marriages have been added. Surnames include CANON, DEMOSS, STRONG, HASS, WEEDMAN, HARLAN, WIEGMANN, and SEARS. Submitted by Jo Gruenwald. MARRIAGES

May 2009

Surnames beginning with M-Z have been posted for the WWI Draft Registrations. This completes the registrations for Butler County. If you have a male ancestor that was born between 1872-1900, these records are a great resource. WWI Draft

A photo of the Zenas Thomas family has been added to the photo gallery page. Photo Gallery

Two of our generous visitors have contributed class photos and names from Cold Water Township School No. 1. Please take a look at these wonderful examples of Iowa rural school children. Cold Water School Photos

April 2009

A new volunteer has been added to the lookup page. Mr. Woodley has graciously volunteered to do various genealogical lookups in and around Butler County. Lookups

The surname SPAWR has been added to the surname page. Surnames

March 2009

Several Obituaries have been added to the obituary message board. Surnames include Allen, Appleby, Barton, Beadle, Brooks, Bunker, Burma, Busma, Claassen, Conger, Finke, Goddard, Gove, Hawver, Hoover, Jones, Jorges, Keller, King, Kramer, Lang, Lantz, Mallory, McEwen, McKee, Minert, Moorhouse, Needham, Peck, Pitcher, Reeve, Richards, Rose, Roush, Sears, Sidmore, Soper, Sproul, Steeley, Sufferlein, Surfas, and Weiss. Obituary Message Board

Thanks to one of this sites visitors, the obituary links are all fixed. Please take a few minutes to look at this wonderful resource. Obituary Center

WWI Draft registration cards are in the process of being transcribed. Surnames F-L have now been added. WWI Draft Cards

1930 Federal Census, Iowa, Butler County, Washington Township (Includes Town of Allison) transcription can be found at Census Center

February 2009

WWI Draft Registration Cards are in the process of being transcribed. Surnames A-E have been added. WWI Draft Cards

January 2009

Thanks to one of this sites visitors, the cemetery links are now all up and running. There is a wealth of information there. Please take a few minutes to check it out. Cemetery Center

Descendent charts have been added for the O'Brien family. Family Center

A contributor note has been added to an Overacker marriage. Marriage Center

A wonderful Teacher's Classification Register has been added to the Education Center. It contains class lists and ages for students of an unknown rural Butler County school during the time period of 1886-1893.

December 2008

Hello! Butler County has a new coordinator! I hope to organize, change, and add some new content. If you have any comments or suggestions, please email me at the address above.

 A new biography for Oscar PERRIN has been submitted on the biography message board. Check it out at http://iagenweb.org/boards/butler/biographies/

1930 Federal Census, Iowa, Butler County, West Point Township transcription can be found in the census center at http://www.iagenweb.org/butler/census_center.htm

May 2008

Identify this young man and the photo is yours.
Index to Butler County Gravestone Photo Project: Surnames A - F | G - L | M - R | S - Z
Some Butler County Marriages (Grooms' Surnames: J - Z)

April 2008

1925 Bristow Census has been added, thanks to Donna Deebach
Some Butler County Marriages (Grooms' Surnames A through I) - more to come
Surname: Mike Appleby researching Appleby, Everett, Minert, and Rose

March 2008

Surname: Need new email address for Eugene F. Gray, researching Colby family | Forney and Ebersold added by Virginia Forney Majewski

January 2008

Surname: Rowray

December 2007

Added Benjamin Baltzer Witter to the Civil War Roll of Honor. Information about his service and death provided by his great great granddaughter Betty A. Casey.

November 2007

A Claim to Fame for Butler County
Surnames: Bennett; Miller and Karsjens, Allen and Pfaltzgraff

September 2007

Gallery: photo of Adrian Ingalls and children submitted by Laverna and Hubert K. Peal
2005-2006 Obituary Indexes

August 2007

1925 Iowa State Census for Beaver Township and Bennezette Township (thanks to Donna Deebach!)
Aredale History from the Aredale Centennial Book, 2000.
Surnames: Benage and Royer

July 2007

Photos of Warren Bolton, age 7 months, and an unidentified family, possibly from Shell Rock, in Gallery, submitted
by Hubert K. Peal (11 and 15 July)

June 2007

1924 New Hartford postcard in Gallery submitted by Laverna and Hubert K. Peal (18 June 2007)
Photo of Fred Dorman and others in Gallery submitted by Laverna and Hubert K. Peal (18 June 2007)
Photo of Gyneth Case in Gallery submitted by Laverna and Hubert K. Peal (9 June 2007)

April 2007

Photo of "Mom's Aunt Isabelle" in Gallery submitted by Hubert K. Peal (12 April 2007)

March 2007

Photo of Hubert and Clarinda Cain Bigsby in Gallery submitted by Hubert K. Peal (9 March 2007)
Photo of Hubert B. "Bert" Bigsby in Gallery submitted by Hubert K. Peal (7 March 2007)
Photo of Julia Cain in Gallery submitted by Hubert K. Peal (5 March 2007)

February 2007

A Quartet of Butler County Photos submitted by Linda Frey Bayliss (12 Feb 2007)
Lola Bernice Trindle's 8th Grade Graduation 1924 submitted by her son Don Woodley (9 Feb 2007)

January 2007

1925 Butler County State Census: Aredale Town, Pittsford Township thanks to Donna Deebach

November 2006

New photos in Gallery: Benson Case and his wife Jennie Bartles Case submitted by Hubert K. Peal (7 Nov 2006); Clarinda Bigsby submitted by Hubert K. Peal (8 Nov 2006)
Surnames: new address for Darlene Ninko searching for Niece family | Valentine brothers marrying into two different Taylor families in Butler Co (6 Nov 2006) | Younker, Fabel, Wemple, Kemmerer (23 Nov 2006)
Many thanks and best wishes to Linda McCann and the new Shell Rock Historical Society!
Shell Rock Service Men and Women (5 Nov 2006)
1905 Shell Rock Telephone Directory (4 Nov 2006)
Shell Rock High School Graduates, 1931-1960 (2 Nov 2006)
Shell Rock High School Graduates, 1895-1930 (1 Nov 2006)

October 2006

New photos in Gallery: John A. Shannon and wife; William Henry Bonwell and Family (6 Oct 2006)
Obituaries: Catherine Doyle-McGee, John Gillespie McGee
Continuing to update and reformat pages.

September 2006

Fixed broken link/updated pages in Directory Center (21 Sep 2006)
Some Butler County Marriages (19-20 Sep 2006)
Some Butler County Deaths (19, 21 Sep 2006)
Updated, reformatted Chapter X (Newspaper Press) from the 1883 History (19 Sep 2006)
Obituaries: Vera A. Williams, Addie Brown, Mathias Feyereisen, Philip Wirth, Matilda Smith Valentine (19 Sep 2006) | James B. Shaw, Nellie B. Smith Pruitt (20 Sep 2006)
Updated, reformatted military records (17-18 Sep 2006)
Obituary Center: added missing surnames Hartman to Hites to obituary index (14 Sep 2006)
SSDI for people born between 1870-1879 whose last known address was in Butler County (9 Sep 2006)
New Surnames: McClintock, Yost

 

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