KEO-MAH
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

 

KEO-MAH TRACERS NEWSLETTER

Officers:

President: Mark DeGeest
Vice-President/Webmaster: Don DeBoef
Secretary/Treasurer: Mabel Daniels
Trustee: James Thayer
Trustee: Lucinda Jo Glenn
Trustee: Alan Neve
Trustee: Helen Sagar
Librarian & Newsletter Editor: Mabel Daniels

Web address: http://www.Keo-Mah.com/
E-mail: keomahgenealogy@mahaska.org

Hours:
MONDAY, TUESDAY & THURSDAY 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Closed Sundays

Meetings: Last Friday of month, 1:00 PM at Keo-Mah Library November on 3rd Friday

Telephone: 641-673-9373

Website: www.keo-mah.com


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HIGHLIGHTS OF 2nd QUARTER 2010 NEWSLETTER
VOLUME XXIX  ISSUE #2


April, May, June 2010



Membership 

$20.00 yr
$25.00 Couple, $30.00 outside U.S.
Jan-Dec (4 Newsletters per year)

Life Memberships:

$400.00 under age 55
$200.00 over age 55

All memberships are for a full year. Your membership card will indicate the month your membership expires.

Mailing Address

Keo-Mah Genealogical Society, Inc
209 A Av East
Oskaloosa, IA 52577-2807

Funding Request

We are still seeking funding to help with the downpayment on the building. All donations, over $25, are tax-deductible.


FAMILY REUNIONS MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW!

Delta Alumni

Saturday June 5, 2010
5:00 p.m., Serving at 6:00 p.m.

Delta Junction Restaurant
Junction of Highway 21 & 92
Delta, IA

Will not be held in the Delta Gym as in the past.

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CHAPMAN Family Association
10th Annual Reunion

Friday June 11 & Saturday June 12, 2010

Hilton St Louis Airport Hotel
10330 Natural Bridge Rd
St Louis, MO

For further information contact:
CFA Website: www.chapmanfamilies.org

or contact:
Liz Codding
LCodding@aol.com

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74th DOUGLAS Reunion

Descendats of William PASACAEL and Middy BEARD DOUGLAS

Saturday June 19, 2010

Lagoon Pavilion
Noelridge Park
4900 Council St NE
Cedar Rapids, IA

Potluck meal served at noon.  Please bring a covered dish to share.

For further information please contact:

Janet Miller
319-294-2260

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McMAINS / LOCKARD Reunion

Sunday August 1, 2010
Noon

Pizza Ranch
Oskaloosa, IA

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BUNNELL Reunion

Saturday September 11, 2010

Shelter near baseball field
on 11th Av
Edmondson Park
Oskaloosa, IA

Potluck meal served at noon.  Please bring a covered dish to share.

Come one, come all!

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Send your upcoming family reunions to:

Keo-Mah Genealogical Society, Inc.
209 A Av East
Oskaloosa, IA 52577-2807

OTHER ITEMS IN THE CURRENT NEWSLETTER:

New Life members are:
Michael J Carr 
David K Ankeney


The Keo-Mah Library will be closed for:
Memorial Day on Monday May 31, 2010
Flag Day on Monday June 14, 2010
Independence Day on Saturday July 3, 2010


Remember to notify us when you have an address change or plan to have one.
We need to know a month before the newsletter is due to be sent in Feb, May, July, Oct.
Be sure your loved ones know you are a member, so they can notify us, in case you are unable to do so.
Especially Life members.


The 1880 Mahaska County Census has been completed.  It is all in one book, for now, with soft cover
and will sell for $35.00.  Any paid up member may purchase for $30.00 and the deadline is June 30, 2010.
As an added bonus, it has 1877-1880 marriages listed.

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Donations:
Donated by Donald Visser: Families of VISSER, VAN GORKUM, WORTHY, BAWDEN and many other
surnames.

Donated by Carl Nollen: Families of Wonder VANDONSELAAR and allied families.

Donated by: Roger Knott: Nine volumes of the CURRIER Family Records of the U.S.A. and Canada.
These are hard back covers.

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An article from the Fort Dodge (IA)  The Messenger from Monday Sep 19, 2005 about Pioneer life not as some
people imagine by Carol Ashby Brees.

A list of State Censuses Available for Research, courtesy of Los Banos (CA) Genealogical Society.

Some news items from the 1910 Keokuk County News.

A Memorial Day salute honoring the role of soldiers.

A listing of outdated medical terminology.

Some news items from the 1910 Saturday Globe in Oskaloosa, IA.

OTHER COMING EVENTS:

Yard Sale
Saturday June 5, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. a fund-raising yard sale will be held in the parking area north of our library. 
Donations are still needed.  Even cash would be appreciated.  This is one of our fund raisers to the doors open for researching.
Everyone is an unpaid volunteer, but we do need funds to pay the bills.  Please help!!!

2011 Election

President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and four Trustees.

Deadline for your name to be on the ballot is July 15, 2010.  Ballot will be mailed in the next newsletter, Issue 3, in order for the returns
to be back for counting as the election is in October. 

Please e-mail, telephone, or send by U.S. Mail if you are willing to serve in 2011.  Trustees may live anywhere, not necessary to live in the
local area, as long as they have e-mail for corresponding.  The officers must live close enough to attend the meetings or at least a majority
of them.  The society needs YOUR support.

Membership Dues are Due if your newsletter label reads any month in 2009, then it's time to renew.

Check our website for current and new publications available for sale.

You can also check for some updates on happenings at www.twitter.com/keomah


QUERIES:

Wish to contact descendants of James BOYD and Anna Mariah POSTLE BOYD family.

James and Anna are buried in the Appel Cemetery in Mahaska county.
James BOYD 14 Aug 1783 - 20 Nov 1854
Anna Mariah POSTLE BOYD 8 Nov 1807 - 23 Jul 1882
The 1856 Mahaska county census shows Anna M BOYD, age 52 years, born in Maryland and a widow.
Her son, David BOYD, age 22, born Ohio and his wife, Margaret, nee PETTY, age 19 born Ohio.  Also
in Anna's household was a son, Marion, age 19 born Indiana, a daughter Naomie age 11 born Ohio and a
son Jasper age 9 born Ohio.  A daughter, Nancy, who married Alexander PETTY 1 Jan 1854.

Contact:
Hellen Johnson
401 E King St
Moravia, IA 52571-9708
e-mail: hjohnson@iowatelecom.net

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Need an obit for Charlotte EDMON who died 16 Apr 1887 buried in Old White Cemetery.  Her 3 month
old son, Charles V EDMON died 7 Jul 1887.

Contact:
Robin Pardus
11010 N Old Mill Road
McConnell, IL 61050
e-mail: robin59@aeroinc.net

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Looking for information and pictures of the Alanson RIDPATH family; his daughter is Sarah Ann who married
Amos RANDELS and died before 1870.  Wish to known the cause of her death and place of her burial.
Sarah Ann and Amos RANDELS had three children who lived in the area and I am looking for relatives of her
daughter, Cecilia who married a STOUT.  Also looking for any picturesof Emma RIDPATH who lived in the
area until her death in 1944.  Would welcome any information.

Contact:
Shirley Johnson
7075 Lincolnshire Rd
Lincoln, NE 68506
e-mail: HJH10408@aol.com

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Does anyone know where West Center Cemetery in Mahaska county is/was located.  A Civil War veteran is
buried there as his military papers say he was buried in this cemetery located two miles north of Oskaloosa.
Could this have been the Center Grove Cemetery and since the neighborhood was referred to West Center, the
family thought it was West Center Cemetery?  Any information about this please contact us.

Contact:
Mabel
Keo-Mah Genealogical Society
209 A Av East
Oskaloosa, IA 52577-2807
e-mail: keomahgenealogy@mahaska.org

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You must include a valid address and an optional e-mail address.  E-mail queries from members only.


Mail queries to: 

Keo-Mah Genealogical Society, Inc.
209 A Av East
Oskaloosa, IA 52577-2807