Guidelines area available to help you decide if you would like to volunteer for one of these projects.

If you do not see a project here you can participate in, try something small-go through your research and post your Muscatine Co obituaries, biographies and submit supplimental information you may have on burials!
 
 

PROJECT	VOLUNTEER	PROJECT STATUS
CEMETERY LOCATION/MAPPING PROJECT: PERSON OR PERSONS WITH ACCESS TO ATLASES, OLD AND NEW PLAT MAPS OR IN THE MUSCATINE AREA WHO CAN COMPILE A LIST OF ACCURATE DIRECTIONS TO EACH KNOWN CEMETERY LOCATION AND PLOT THEM ON A MAP WE CAN POST ON THE WEBSITE	Susie Martin-Rott	list of known cemeteries completed- some mapping done need volunteer to help with directions, etc.
CEMETERY TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTIONS: WE NEED PEOPLE TO WALK THE CEMETERIES AND NOTE THE NAMES AND DATES FROM THE STONES YOU MAY USE OUR LISTS AND DOUBLE-CHECK ADD INFORMATION TO THEM OR START FROM SCRATCH.  IN SOME CASES, VOLUNTEERS ARE ALSO BE NEEDED TO RESEARCH OLD BIOGRAPHIES, OBITUARIES OR OTHER ITEMS TO RECONSTRUCT LIST FOR LOCATIONS WHICH ARE NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE.
Ardon Cemetery (aka St Malachy)  Section 15 Seventy Six Twp
Bersie Family Cemetery
Bloomington  (now the Bloomington Section of Greenwood)
Bloomington Friends Cemetery  Bloomington Twp Section 14
Brockway Cemetery  Orono Twp, Sec 9	Susie Martin-Rott and Mary Singleton	rewalked 10 Jul 2000 in process of being transcribed
Bluff Private Burials Seventy Six Twp, Section 22
Camp Strong  Civil War Confederate Prisoners burial plot
Conesville Cemetery  Orono Twp Section 17, Conesville	Susie Martin-Rott and Mary Singleton	rewalked 10-11 Jul 2000 complete thru 10 Jul 2000 and online!
Cranston Cemetery  Seventy Six Twp, Section 18
Muscatine County Farm (aka County Home) -  Bloomington Twp Section 33	Eleanor McCleary	Index online book available for purchase
Dodge Family Plot Montpelier Twp Sec 17
Doran Family Wilton Twp Section 16
Duffee Cemetery aka Duff, aka Kaufmann,  Moscow Twp, Sect. 3	Dr. Jeff Kaufmann	records and history now online
Edginton Family Burial Cedar Twp Section 27
Fairport Cemetery  Sweetland Twp, Section 25
Furlong Farm Seventy Six Twp, Section 9
Funck Family Cemetery Seventy Six Twp, Section 14
Gatton Family Moscow Twp, Section 8
Gilbert  Family Cemetery  Sweetland Twp, Sec. 19
Goshen Twp Cemetery- research to see if this is Oakdale
Greenwood  Muscatine, Bloomington Twp Sec 3	Susie Martin-Rott	listing obtained partially online database is missing most birth and death dates-gives burial dates only will need research 702 "lost burials" listing completed by Lynn McCreary and online!
Harker Cemetery Sweetland Twp, Section 9
Healy Cemetery- Moscow Twp
High Prairie Cemetery Lake Twp Section 35
Holliday Family Burial Plot Seventy Six Twp, Sec. 22
Island Cemetery  aka Fruitland Cemetery  Fruitland Twp Sec 29
Houtz Cemetery (aka Vanetta)   Seventy Six Twp, Section 4
Jewish Cemetery Sweetland Twp, Section 19
Jesse Cemetery (aka Harrof Cem)   Seventy Six Twp, Sec. 4
Kiser Cemetery (aka Eisele Cem),  Seventy Six Twp, Sec. 12
Klein Cemetery Moscow Twp, Section 28	Dr. Jeff Kaufmann will help catalog if another volunteer  to help can be found-
Krell Cemetery  Sweetland Twp, Section 14	Susie Martin-Rott	rewalked Jul 1999 online now
Lamp Cemetery Wilton Twp Section 9
Lenz Cemetery West Liberty, Lake Twp
Lutheran Home Cemetery   Fruitland Twp, Section 4
Melpine Cemetery  Wilton Twp, Section 26
Memorial Park Cemetery   Bloomington Twp Section 27	Beverly S. Gerdts	now online through Jul 2000 corrections/additions received currently being added
Miller Cemetery  Lake Twp; private burials
Montpelier Cemetery  Montpelier Twp Section 23
Mount Calvary Cemetery   Wapsinonoc Twp Section 14	West Liberty Public Library Staff and Volunteers	updated through Sep 2000  and online
Moscow Cemetery	Janette Proctor McMahon	has located partial record and will be rewalking
Muscatine Cemetery		same as Greenwood
Nichols Cemetery  Pike Twp Section 14  Nichols	Dixie Smalley-Brewer Eleanor McCleary	rewalked June, 2000 currently being transcribed
North Prairie Cemetery West Liberty, Wapsinonoc Section 1	West Liberty Public Library Staff and Volunteers	updated through Sep 2000  and online
Nye Cemetery-Montpelier Twp Section 20
Nyenhuis Cemetery  Muscatine Bloomington Twp, Sec. 3  now part of Greenwood Cemetery	Mark S. Nyenhuis	Provided history and photos Now part of Greenwood
Oakdale Cemetery  (aka Wilton Cem) Wilton Twp, Section 1
Oak Grove Cemetery  Cedar Twp Section 14
Oak Ridge Cemetery  West Liberty, Wapsinonoc Twp Section 13	West Liberty Public Library Staff and Volunteers	updated through Aug 2000 online placement in progress
Old County Burial Seventy Six Twp, Section 2
Old Potter's Field Lake Twp, Sec. 1
Old St. Mary's Cemetery   Bloomington Twp Section 27
Overman Cemetery, Atalissa, Sec. 24, Twp 78N, Range 3W. Goshen Twp
Parr Cemetery New Era/Pleasant Prairie- Fulton Twp  Highway 61 adjacent to Hawkeye Speedway	Susie Martin-Rott	rewalked Jul 1999 needs updated to include burials after that date
Patterson Cemetery Montpelier Twp
Potter's Field Bloomington Twp, Section 14
Rogers Cemetery Nichols
Saint Johns Cemetery Muscatine NW
Saint Mary's Cemetery Muscatine, Bloomington Twp Sec 34
St. Mary's Cemetery  Pike Twp Section 8 near Nichols	Eleanor McCleary
Saint Marys Cemetery Wilton Twp, Section 12
Schmeltzer Orono Twp, Section 28
South Prairie Cemetery West Liberty, Wapsinonoc Twp Section 17	West Liberty Public Library Staff and Volunteers	updated through Aug 2000 online
Teeters Burial Plot Cedar Twp, Section 22
Timberlake Cemetery, Atalissa , Goshen Twp Sec 22
Watkins Cemetery Nichols, Pike Twp Section 27	Eleanor McCleary	rewalked 2000 updated version now online
Wayland - Pike Twp, Section 6	Eleanor McCleary
Weiss Private Burial Plot Goshen Twp Section 22
Wesson Family Cemetery  Pike Twp Section 23, Nichols
Whitmer- Wilton Twp
Wildasan Cemetery Wilton
CEMETERY LISTINGS UPDATE/ENHANCEMENT: PERSONS TO COLLECT INFORMATION VIA CENSUS, SSDI, or ONLINE OBITUARY SOURCES TO FILL IN BLANKS ON CEMETERY LISTINGS.
WPA Cemetery Listings  Iowa Cemeteries (LDS Film 1023608) Muscatine Co cemetery records (LDS 1023107)	Susie Martin-Rott	completed and online  under each individual cemetery
CENSUS TRANSCRIPTION PROJECT: TRANSCRIBE ALL KNOWN CENSUS RECORDS FOR MUSCATINE COUNTY INCLUDING FEDERAL, STATE, VETERANS AND MORTALITY SCHEDULES.  YOU MAY VOLUNTEER TO DO ONE TOWNSHIP WITHIN THE COUNTY IF YOU LIKE DUE TO THE SIZE OF THIS PROJECT
1840 Federal Census Film M704-102
1850 Federal Census Film M432-187
1860 Federal Census Film M653-337
1870 Federal Census Film M593-413
1880 Federal Census Film T9-358
1900 Federal Census Film T623-450
1910 Federal Census Film T624-415		index available for lookups
1920 Federal Census Film T625-504
1850 Mortality Schedule (LDS Film 1421006)
1860 Mortality Schedule (LDS Film 1421007)
1870 Mortality Schedule (LDS Film 1550790)
1880 Mortality Schedule (LDS Film 1550794)
1883 Veteran's Pension Roll	Susie Martin-Rott	in progress
1895 State Census (LDS Film 1022088)
1905 State Census  (LDS Films 1430551-1430554)
1915 State Census  (LDS Films 1462652-1462657)
1925 State Census  (LDS Films 1429473-1429477)
MARRIAGE RECORDS PROJECT: TRANSCRIBE RECORDS OF MARRIAGES FROM COURT HOUSE IN MUSCATINE; SUPPLIMENT RECORDS WITH NEWSPAPER ANNOUNCEMENTS OR OTHER SOURCE MATERIALS.
Marriages 1837-1850	Susie Martin-Rott	completed and online minus Aug 19-Dec 1838-court house cannot locate records for that period
Marriages 1851-1860	Susie Martin-Rott	1851 completed - rest being transcribed
CIVIL WAR ROSTERS		copies available from Susie Martin-Rott need volunteer to transcribe
MISCELLANEOUS COUNTY RECORDS		If you have any other records to contribute, contact Susie Martin-Rott