Social Updates – LeMars Herzberg

Source: “Johnson Twp” LeMars Globe-Post, LeMars, Iowa, Thursday, 28 July 1927, p.2, Society section, available through Access Newspaper Archive, http://ezproxy.ahml.info:3155/lemars-globe-post/1927-07-28/page-2?tag=August+Herzberg, accessed 26 January...

Dealings in Dirt

Source: “Dealings in Dirt” LeMars Globe-Post, LeMars, Iowa, Monday, 2 April 1928, available through Access Newspaper Archive, http://ezproxy.ahml.info:3155/le-mars-globe-post-lemars-iowa/1928-04-02, accessed 25 January 2014.   Also: Real Estate...

Funeral Services for August Herzberg

Information learned: Funeral Sunday afternoon, January 26, 1947 Burial in Johnson township Lutheran cemetery. Residence near Merrill Died at Sacred Heart hospital in LeMars on Thurs. Jan 23, 1947. Was ill for one month before death. Birth 15 Mar 1875 in Germany...

Soundex Codes

The Soundex system is used to index census names, but can also be a help to find variations of names. Dailey falls under D400, which includes all of the following names: DAHL, DAHLE, DAILEY, DAILY, DALE, DALEY, DALLY, DALY, DAWLEY, DEAL, DEALY, DEEL, DEIHL, DELL,...

Some Things Never Change

The old fogies, to be sure, were opposed to this as to every other project for the public weal, likely to cost themselves a nickel… [From the History of Greene County, Missouri 1883, referring to railroad issues…]