The "Wahkaw" is the
quarterly publication of the Woodbury County (Iowa) Genealogical Society. If
you are interested in a copy with the topics below, please send the date below
along with $2.50 (US$) for a single issue, add $1.25 (US$) for postage and
handling to: Woodbury County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 624 Sioux City, IA
51102-0624.
There is also available:
THE WAHKAW Surname Index,
1981-1989 in a single bound volume, 272 pages for $20.00 (US$), add $3.50
(US$) for postage and handling.
THE WAHKAW Surname Index,
1990-1999 in a single bound volume, 150 pages for $17.00 (US$), add $2.50
(US$) for postage and handling.
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- THE WAHKAW TABLE OF CONTENTS
- VOLUME XVII #1
- SPRING 1998
- PAGE SUBJECT
- 2
Table of Contents
- 3
President's message by Janet Jolin---Dealing with loss.
- 4.
The April--May--June General Meeting program Calendar
- 5
"Edward II and the Minstrel" from the March 1878 issue of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly
- 6-7
What's New at the Sioux City Public Library - New Acquisitions - from Nancy Newman
"Testing Her Innocence" from the march 1878
issue of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly
- 8
Obituaries of Rosemary G. (Letellier) Socknat, Rose M. (Hadden) Duval, &
Dorothy C Ryan
- 9-15 "Narrative of
Urieh Cross in the Revolutionary War" From James C. French Sr.
- 16-17 Pedigree Chart for
James C. French Sr.
- 18 "Special area at
cemetery holds 'forgotten' soldiers" by Paul Struck of the S.C. Journal
- 19 How Tombstones Started
- Old rural cemeteries take work-taken from the S.C. Journal
- 20 Cemeteries - Dress
right for exploring - taken from the May 27, 1984 Minneapolis Tribune.
- 21 Collector's hobby is
past
- 22 "Youth looks at
old art" taken from S.C. Journal
- 23 "I climbed my Family
Tree" - from the Jackson Co. Gen Soc.of Columbus, Mississippi "Crowds Flock to First Cremation" - from Gen.
Newsletter of Scott County IA on Sep 1994 Vol 18 #3 issue.
- 24-25 "Beware of witches' Graveyard" by
Dave Bakke of the S.C. Journal
- 26-27 "Unwanted
Tombstones get new Life" - taken from the S. C. Journal "Pollution
threatens Historic Cemetery" - taken from the July 2, 1997 S.C. Journal
"Epitaph on a Miser" from Low's Almanac of 1794
and taken from the 1847 - Vol 1 issue of the New England Historical & Genealogical Register.
- 28 "That Old
House" by Jerry Nelson and taken from the February issue of Successful Farming
- 29 "Checklist of
items to be Included in Obituaries" - March 17 1996 S.C. Journal
- 30-31 "Territory
Museum enlivens Dakotas" by Loretta Sorenson of the S.C. Journal Feb 2, 1998
"Abbie shares St. Pat's Day History with her
Readers" - March 17 1996, S.C. Journal
- 32 List of 1998 Officers
and Committees---Membership form
- 33 NOTICE: THE NEW SALES
PAGE
- 34 1853 Iowa map with the
County of Woodbury as it was originally named: WAHKAW.
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