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A Little Bit of Ireland

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The Irish in Iowa

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  Joint/Joynt Family Chronicles

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Palo Alto Co, Iowa USGENWEB Project

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Scott Co, Iowa USGenWeb Project

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Other FAmily surnames

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My name is Cathy Joynt Labath and I am responsible for Palo Alto County, Iowa. My father was born in Emmetsburg, Palo Alto County, Iowa. His father was born there also and his grandparents settled there after immigrating from Beagh Parish, County Galway, Ireland. His great grandfather never made it as far as Emmetsburg. He died somewhere around the Dyersville, Iowa area. Although I was not born and raised in Emmetsburg, I spent plenty of summers on my grandparents' farm (now a century farm or a farm that has been in the family for over 100 years) playing and enjoying the small town way of life where it seemed anyone of Irish descent was a cousin of mine.

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History Files

• A Glimpse of Iowa, 1846

• Names of Early Settlers to Palo Alto County

• Names of Pioneers Who Petitioned for Protection from the Indians - 1862

• Iowa's Worst Blizzard - 1864

• More Settlers by township 1869-1871

• Incorporation of towns

• Pioneer Life In Palo Alto County

• History of Palo Alto County by J.L. Martin as prepared for the Celebration at Emmetsburg, July 4, 1876.

• Orphan Train Information - 1880

• History of Palo Alto County from 1895 Democrat Souvenir

• Palo Alto County by Co. T.W. Harrison as it appeared in Emmetsburg Democrat, Wednesday, July 11, 1906

• 1906-Pioneers in County More Than Forty Years

• Semi-Centennial Celebration - 1906

• The First Irish Settlement in Palo Alto County, Iowa as Remembered by J.J. Mahan, 1927

• 1929-Pioneers in County More than Fifty Years

• A Short Sketch of St. Mary's Academy

• The Dedication of St. Mary's Gymnasium - 1931

• Old Settlers Picnic - 1931

• An Immigrant's View of Early Iowa

• History of the Catholic Church in Palo Alto, Iowa

Schools-Graduates

• Emmetsburg High School Graduates 1895-1918

• St. Mary's Graduates, Emmetsburg 1891-1910

• Ruthven Graduates 1891-1923

• Graettinger Graduates 1898-1923

Census

• 1860 Palo Alto Census

• 1870 Palo Alto Census

• 1870 Mortality Index

• 1880 Palo Alto Census

• 1880 Mortality Index

• 1891 Emmetsburg Town Census

• 1895 Iowa State Census-Partial

• 1900 Palo Alto Co Census-Partial

Lookups

Military

• Palo Alto Co. Men Who Fought in Co A Against the Sioux 1862-1863

• 1873 Militia Register

• Civil War Soldiers Residing in Palo Alto Co.-1885

• Roster of Company K 1898

• Members of North Iowa Brigade Drawing Pensions - 1917

• County's 1543 Patriots - 1917

• Men from Palo Alto County, Iowa Who Served in the World War 1917-1918

• In Honor of Those Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country Before May 1919

• Letters Home from WW1

• WW II Draft Registrations of Men with Palo Alto Co, Iowa Connections

• Daughters of the American Revolution Members with Palo Alto Co, Iowa Connections

• Sons of the American Revolution Members with Palo Alto Co, Iowa Connections

• Graettinger WWII Vets

• VFW Auxiliary-1940s

Pictures

• People (Page One)

• People (Page Two)

• People (Page Three)

• People (Page Four)

• Places

• Postcard (no pic, but handwriting)

Directories

• 1875 Patron's Directory from Illustrated Historical Atlas of Iowa 1875 by A.T. Andreas

• 1882 Iowa State Gazeteer and Business Directory

• 1883 Iowa State Gazeteer Business Directory - Emmetsburg

• 1892 - Palo Alto County Farmers

• 1908-1909 Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory

• 1922 Iowa State Gazeteer and Business Directory

• 1938-1939 Iowa State Commercial Directory

• Items from Iowa's Official Register

Surname Registry

Engagements, Marriages, Wedding Celebrations

Cemeteries

• In This Neglected Spot - Story of what has become of one of the county's first burial grounds.

• St. Jacob's Cemetery, Graettinger, Iowa

• St. John's Cemetery, Emmetsburg, Iowa (Rows 1 thru 6)

• St. John's Cemetery, Emmetsburg, Iowa (Rows 7 thru 14)

• St. John's Cemetery, Emmetsburg, Iowa (Rows 15 thru 20)

• St. John's Cemetery, Emmetsburg, Iowa (Rows 21 thru 29)

Tombstone Photos

• St. John's Cemetery Photos (page 1)

• St. John's Cemetery Photos (page 2)

• St. John's Cemetery Photos (page 3)

Obits

• READ Obituaries Submitted to these Pages

• ADD YOUR OWN obits to the Palo Alto USGenWeb Obit Pages

• Obits on the ROOTSWEB Boards for Palo Alto Co

Descendant/Ancestor Charts

Newspaper Clippings

• ?? to 1905

• 1906-1908

• 1909-1910

• 1911

• 1912

• 1913

• 1914

• 1915-??

Reminiscing

• "Keep it in The Middle"

• The Brennan Story

Maps

• Palo Alto Co 1875 Map

• Palo Alto Co 1895 Map

  Links to Other Palo Alto Information

• Palo Alto County History

• Palo Alto County Genealogical Society

• Lyman Barringer Diary

• Promotion of the 200th Anniversary of Robert Emmet's Death

• How to obtain Iowa Vital Records

• ROOTSWEB/ANCESTRY Palo Alto Co, IA Message Boards

Palo Alto Mail List

• To subscribe to the Palo Alto County mailing list, send an e-mail to either:
  [email protected] (Single messages)
  [email protected] (Several messages sent as one)
  In message body, type only the word subscribe and no other text.
• SEARCH the Palo Alto List Archives
• BROWSE the Palo Alto List Messages
  

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