HISTORY...

CHURCH HISTORIES

• History of Roman Catholics-Monroe Co, Iowa

• History of Catholic Church-Crawford Co, Iowa

• History of Irish Catholic Church- Cedar Township, Johnson Co, IA

• History of Catholics in Dubuque Co, IA

• History of St. John's Parish-Gilmore City, Iowa

• History of St. Thomas Catholic Church-Calhoun Co, IA

• History of St. Patrick's Catholic Church-Estherville, IA

• History of St. James Catholic Church-Le Mars, Plymouth Co, IA

• History of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Graettinger, Palo Alto Co, IA

• History of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Ruthven, Palo Alto Co, IA

• History of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Ayrshire, Palo Alto Co, IA

• History of Holy Name Catholic Church, Marcus, Cherokee Co, IA

• History of St. Patrick's Church & School, Waukon, Allamakee Co, IA

• History of St. Patrick's Church Cedar, Churdan, Greene Co, IA

• N.E. Deanery Trivia

• Several Parishes of Central Deanery Have Closed

• Several Parishes of Northwest Deanery Have Closed

RELIGIOUS ORDERS

• History of Sisters of Mercy - Ireland to Iowa

• History of Sisters of Charity of the B.V.M. - Irish to Iowa

• New Melleray Abbey - Started by Trappist Monks of Ireland

EPIDEMICS

• Cholera 1848-1849

• Cholera 1873

• Yellow Fever - 1873

OTHER HISTORY

• First Murder Trial in Iowa - Patrick O'Connor (1834)

• John J Mahan's 1927 History of Palo Alto Co.

• Builders of the Hawkeye State

• Kate Shelley- Iowa Heroine

• Rules for homesteading

• The Fenian Movement in Iowa

• A Glimpse of Iowa in 1846

• 1846-Persons Best Selected to Emigrate

• Percentage of Iowa's Population Born in Ireland 1870-1950

• History of Irish Settlers (to the Midwest Region)

Book Excerpts 

• The Glories of Ireland-"Irish in the United States"

• The Glories of Ireland-"Irish Folklore"

• Joyce, P.W. A Concise History of Ireland. 1916 - "Penal Laws"