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From: "marge" <>
Subject: Re: [AHGP IALINN] 1850/Linn/Wissore or Diarmoor
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 06:23:45 -0700


We have a subscription at Ancestry.com, it's indexed and available
thru one of their databases. Also, I did a google search and see
that the index is available online with Rootsweb at this link:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~iabiog/linn/hl1878/hl1878.htm

Here's what it says on Ancestry.com about it:
Linn County, Iowa, History to 1878
Description:
Linn County is located in eastern Iowa. It was formed in 1837 from
Dubuque and Jackson counties. This database is an early history of
the county. Many biographical sketches are included, which detail
prominent individuals in the community. Researchers will also find
statistical details, history of the Northwest, and other
miscellaneous matters. This database will be useful to those
researching early Iowa settlers.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com, comp. Linn County, Iowa, History to 1878. [database
online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: The History of
Linn County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, its Cities,
Town, &t., a Biographical Directory of its Citizens, War Record of
its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local
Statistics...History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Linn
County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, &c.
Chicago, IL: Western Historical Company, 1878.



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Subject: Re: [AHGP IALINN] 1850/Linn/Wissore or Diarmoor
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:13:52 -0600

>What form is the "Linn County, Iowa, History" tht you refer
>to? Is it a web site or is a book that you own or is it a book
>that you found in the library or ?????????.
>
>Most of my immediate ancestors lived in Linn County and
>I was born there and I still know many families that live
>there.
>
>Thank you.
>
>Don Elias
>
>On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 19:58:50 -0700 "marge" <>
>writes:
>> Kimberly,
>> I found this in the Linn County, Iowa, History to 1878:
>>
>> Locality: Franklin Township
>> Name: D. G. Ziegenfus
>> blacksmith, Lisbon; born in Pennsylvania in 1811; came to this
>county
>> in 1850; has worked at his trade over forty-eight years. He married
>> Miss Rebecca Wissor in 1837; she was born in Pennsylvania and died
>in
>> 1858. He afterward married Mrs. Nancy E. Easterly, in 1860; she was
>> born in Pennsylvania and died in 1870. Has one child by first
>> marriage--Lewis E.; lost four--Susan, David H., Mary, J. Wesley. J.
>> Wesley enlisted in the army during the rebellion, and served nearly
>> four years. Lewis E. enlisted first in the three months service and
>> afterward in the 13th Iowa and served three years.
>
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