Records

• Obituaries
• 1883 Pensioners
• World War II Casualties

Cemeteries

Amherst
Battle Hill
Bender Hill
Blooming Grove
Bunker Hill
Colony

Cross Plains
Dorrance
Dubuque Lutheran
Dunkards
Ebenezer
Fairport

Hyde Park
Immanuel Church
Lucas
Luray
Michaelis
Milberger

Mt. Hermon
Prairie Lawn
St. Joseph
St. Mary
Trinity
Winterset

Looking for a maiden name?

Deeds - In the lower left hand corner of most deeds, you will find signatures of two to four witnesses. The first is always from the husband's side. The next is almost always from the wife's side, and that is to protect her one-third dower right under law.

Mortgages - In the 1800s and before, it was traditional when the daughter married, as part of her dowry, for the father to either cover their mortgage or carry a note for his son-in-law. If you can find to whom their mortgage payments were made, 70% of the time it will be the bride's father.

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