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2022 Big Pigeon Website Log
  • 31 Jan: Finished adding WWII dead with Cass County connections. Now have 65 names, four of whom died after separation from service. Recent additions are listed below.
 Most Recent Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster Additions: - (vet.) means died after separation from service
  • 25 Feb 2022: Comley, George K., Montgomery Co.
  • 24 Feb 2022: Ross, William Thomas, Union & Montgomery Cos.
  • 24 Feb 2022: Linder, Gerald Edward, Montgomery Co.
  • 23 Feb 2022: Anderson, Elmer Dean, Montgomery Co.
  • 21 Feb 2022: Tinkham, Darl Morgan, Montgomery Co.
  • 19 Feb 2022: Swift, Lelean Carl, Montgomery Co.
  • 19 Feb 2022: Vanderhoof, George Duane, Montgomery Co.
  • 18 Feb 2022: Wagaman, James Mitchel, Montgomery Co.
  • 17 Feb 2022: Woods, Duane Lavern, Montgomery Co.
  • 16 Feb 2022: LaVars, Kenneth Charles, Montgomery Co.
  • 14 Feb 2022: Bryson, Robert D., Montgomery Co.
  • 14 Feb 2022: Baker, Delmar Eugene, Montgomery Co.
  • 13 Feb 2022: Baker, Everett Ernest, Montgomery Co.
  • 13 Feb 2022: Baker, Donald Hugh, Cass Co.
  • 13 Feb 2022: Baker, John Llewellyn, Montgomery Co.
  • 12 Feb 2022: Bailey, Edwin Clark, Montgomery Co.
  • 12 Feb 2022: Butts, Amos Albert, Fremont Co.
  • 10 Feb 2022: Bull, Lester Orville, Montgomery Co.
  • 8 Feb 2022: Ash, Lawrence Edward, Marshall & Montgomery Cos.
  • 7 Feb 2022: Heckman, Fred Herman, Audubon Co.
  • 7 Feb 2022: Heckman, John Phillip, Audubon Co.
  • 7 Feb 2022: Peterson, Harlan Howard Luther, Montgomery Co.
  • 6 Feb 2022: Koenemann, Howard Oscar, Montgomery Co.
  • 4 Feb 2022: Briley, Harold Vinton, Fremont Co.
  • 3 Feb 2022: Huffman, Cecil: Douglas Co., MO & Cass Co.
  • 2 Feb 2022: Loustanau, Charles Bernard, US Navy, Carroll Co.
  • 2 Feb 2022: Keat, Harry Martin, US Navy, Carroll Co.
  • 1 Feb 2022: Bales, Paul Edgar, US Navy, Adair Co.
  • ​​31 Jan 2022: Smith, Edgar Clifton, Cass Co.
  • 29 Jan 2022: Widden, Leroy, Lackawanna Co., PA & Cass Co.
  • 28 Jan 2022: Heckman, Gail Wayne, Cass Co.
  • 27 Jan 2022: Jester, Myron Edgar, Cass Co. & Marshall Co., KS
  • 27 Jan 2022: Crawford, Williiam Frank Jr., Cass Co.
  • 26 Jan 2022: Brown, Gerald Keith, Cass Co.
  • 24 Jan 2022: Jenkins, Clair Raymond, Cass Co.
  • 24 Jan 2022: (vet) Falconer, Max Clyde, Cass Co.
  • 22 Jan 2022: Lynch, Archie Dale, Cass Co.
  • 22 Jan 2022: Holshuh, Charles Lewis, Cass Co.
  • 22 Jan 2022: Mallette, Richard Earl, Cass & Decatur Cos.
  • 21 Jan 2022: Johnston, Stanford Samuel, Cass Co.
  • 21 Jan 2022: Hunter, Gaiil Ray, Cass Co.
  • 20 Jan 2022: Janss, Alfred Henry, Cass Co.
  • 20 Jan 2022: Kennedy, Clair Eugene, Cass Co.
  • 19 Jan 2022: Kuehn, Russell Dale, Cass Co.
  • 19 Jan 2022: Landon, Arnold Dale, Cass Co.
  • 17 Jan 2022: Nord, Carl Arthur, Cass Co.
  • 17 Jan 2022: Smith, Howard Myron, Shelby & Cass Cos.
  • 17 Jan 2022: Snyder, Charles Williiam, Cass Co.
  • 17 Jan 2022: Summerville, George Stanley, Union & Cass Cos.
  • 15 Jan 2022: Turner, Floyd Vernon, Cass Co.
  • 15 Jan 2022: Bjorn, Paul Bartlett, Audubon & Cass Cos. (Oakfield Twp., Audubon Co. resident)
  • 15 Jan 2022: Winther, Lawrence, Cass & Audubon Cos.
  • 14 Jan 2022: Viether, Earl Edward, Cass Co. & Rock Island Co., IL
  • 14 Jan 2022: Viether, Orville Otto, Cass Co. &  Rock Island Co., IL
  • 10 Jan 2022: Heilig, Kenneth Otto, Pierce Co., WA. (wife from Pottawattamie area)
  • 8 Jan 2022: Hemsted, John, Cass Co. & Bannock Co., ID (incomplete, complete after redoing Rhineland 1945 webarea)
  • 7 Jan 2022: Hartkopf, Paul Otto, Cass Co.
  • 7 Jan 2022: Hansen, Maurice Edward, Audubon & Cass Cos.
  • 6 Jan 2022: Franklin, Milburn Martin, Lewis Co., WA
  • 6 Jan 2022: Drake, Eldon C., Cass Co.
  • 5 Jan 2022: Anderson, Roy Haywood, Cass Co.
  • 1 Jan 2022: Kelley, Oren H., Cass Co.
  • 15 Dec 2021: Karnes, Howard Leroy, Cass Co.
  • 15 Dec 2021: Lee, Delbert Donald, Cass Co.
  • 15 Dec 2021: Denison, Paul Marsh, Cass Co.
  • 13 Dec 2021: Anderson, Leon Edward, Cass Co.
  • 10 Dec 2021: Odem, Dale Raymond, Cass Co.
  • 29 Nov 2021: (vet.) Rannells, Charles Henry Jr., Crawford Co.
  • 26 Nov 2021: Smith, Garland Forsythe, Cass Co.
  • 25 Nov 2021: Baylor, Charles William, Cass Co.
  • 25 Nov 2021: Good, John Harold, Davis & Cass Cos.

2021 Big Pigeon Website Log
  • 11 Dec: Added WWII Dead > Roster Central > Other In-Service Deaths webpage.
  • 26 Jun: Finished 50-person Post-Separation Deaths Roster Central appendix.
  • 12 Jun: Moved post-service WW II Dead Roster records from 16 lists in Roster Central to new webpage, Roster Central > Post Separation Deaths, and deleted Members Deaths > Post-Service Deaths.
  • 7 Jun: Reorganized the 11 area WW II Dead Roster lists into 16 lists in Roster Central.
  • 21 May: Deleted Roster Usage and Roster Background, moving content to WW II Dead & The Roster.
  • 5 May: Replaced WW II Dead > Roster Links and World Wars > WW II - Links by Home > Resources - WW II.
  • Apr: Checked Resources links.
  • Feb & Mar: Added 22 members to WW II Dead > The Roster that were found in Iowa Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries​.
  • 26 Jan: Backed up and printed WW II Dead roster files and the Where They Lived and Where They Died files.
June-August 2021 WW II Area Dead Roster Additions: - (vet.) means died after separation from service
  • 21 Aug 2021: Muller, Harland Max, SN 37-478-022, US Army, Cass Co.
  • ​21 Aug 2021: Muller, Newton Bruce, SN 321-03-84, US Navy, Cass Co.
  • 20 Aug 2021: (vet.) Jobe, John Arthur, SN 154-62-79, US Navy, Cass Co.
  • 20 Aug 2021: Gaddis, Harold Wilson, SN 6-563-917, US Army, Pott. & Cass Cos.
  • 19 Aug 2021: Donahoe, Joseph Robert​, SN 6-553-362, USAAF, Cass Co.
  • 18 Aug 2021: O'Connell, John Francis, SN 20-706-814, US Army, Cass Co.​
  • 18 Aug 2021: (vet.) Cary, Harry Keith, SN 37-763-588, US Army, Pott. & Cass Cos.
  • 17 Aug 2021: (vet.) Philson, James Harold​, SN 37-035-976, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • 17 Aug 2021: Reynolds, Wayne Calbert, SN 564-07-41, US Navy, Cass Co.
  • 16 Aug 2021: Rasmussen, Clarence Frank, SN 321-561, USMC, Carroll Co. & Charleston Co., SC.
  • 14 Aug 2021:  Brown, Cecil LeRoy, SN 37-697-684, US Army, Cass Co.
  • 3 Aug 2021: Baier, Arnold Leroy, SN 37-684-308, US Army, Cass Co.
  • 2 Aug 2021: Kaiser, Bernard Richard, SN 603-02-37, US Navy, Cass Co.
  • 2 Aug '21: Lawton, Kenneth Burdette, SN O-738191, USAAF, Cass Co.
  • 1 Aug '21: Sampson, Lester Alan, SN 37-685-019, US Army, Polk Co.
  • 31 Jul '21: Mickelsen, Howard Keith​, SN 37-768-739, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • 31 Jul '21:  (vet.) Burkhalter, John Winfield, SN  37-447-802, US Army, Cass Co.
  • 30 Jul '21: Hopley, George Peter, SN O-526650, US Army, Cass Co.
  • 30 Jul '21: Hopley, Thomas, SN O-312195, US Navy, Cass Co.
  • 24 Jul '21: Reed, Lawrence Elmo, SN 37-194-285, USAAF, Cass Co.
  • 24 Jul '21: Wiseman, Russell Forest​, SN 20-706-850, US Army, Montgomery Co​​
  • 24 Jul '21: Carlson, Robert Andrew, SN 39-128-015, US Army, Montgomery Co.
  • 22 Jul '21: Braden, Grant Nathaniel, SN O-690177, USAAF, Montgomery Co.
  • 22 Jul '21: Braden, William Court, SN 37-465-735, US Army, Montgomery Co. & Adams Co., NE
  • 21 Jul '21: Braden, Clyde Edward, SN 37-656-928, US Army, Montgomery Co. & Adams Co., NE
  • 12 Jul '21: Halbert, Dean Warren, SN 20-706-778, Montgomery Co.
  • 1 Jul '21: (vet.) Marsh, Ben Adrian, SN 860-27-66, Montgomery Co.
  • 29 Jun '21: Cadwell, Newell Lewis, SN 37-194-793, USAAF, Montgomery & Marshall Cos.
  • 29 Jun '21: Kendle, Ross LaVar, SN 17-193-984, US Army, Audubon Co. & Morris Co., KS
  • 29 Jun '21: (vet.) Fagan, Burnett Cross, SN 37-260-687, US Army, Montgomery Co.
May - June 2021 WW II Area Dead Roster Additions: (most died after separation from service)
  • 25 Jun 2021: Combs, Richard Aaron, Mills Co.
  • 24 Jun 2021: Miner, Frank John, Pott. Co.
  • 24 Jun 2021: Spidell, George William, Fremont Co.
  • 23 Jun 2021: Fedor, James Joseph, Pott. Co.
  • 23 Jun 2021: Jacobsen, William Claus "Bill", Shelby Co.
  • 23 Jun 2021: Klinkefus, Harold Emerson, Shelby Co.
  • 22 Jun 2021: Blackwell, Kenneth Chester, Shelby Co.
  • 22 Jun 2021: Messinger, Jack, Mills Co.
  • 22 Jun 2021: Pitt, Sidney Bird, Pott. Co.
  • 21 Jun 2021: Parks, Ward Merritt, US Navy, Harrison Co.
  • 20 Jun 2001: Lovejoy, Harry Wayne, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • 18 Jun 2001: Joy, Gene Raymond, US Navy, Harrison Co.
  • 18 Jun 2001: Curran, Walter Francis, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • 16 Jun 2001: Bird, John Henry Jr., US Army, Shelby Co.
  • 16 Jun 2021: Casson, John Raymond Jr., USAAF, Pott. Co.
  • 16 Jun 2021: Hanfeld, Leo Henry, US Army, Mills Co.
  • 16 Jun 2021: Bichel, Edward Henry, USAAF, Mills Co.
  • 14 Jun 2021: Barritt, Glen Hough, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • 10 Jun 2021: Aylesworth, James Franklin, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • 6 Jun 2021: Donahoe, John "Jack", Plymouth Co.
  • 5 Jun 2021: Adams, David Jackson, Harrison Co.
  • 2 Jun 2021: Smith, Jack F., US Army, Mills Co.
  • 31 May 2021: From, Glen Ferdinand, USAAF, Pott. Co.
  • 30 May 2021: Thompson, Oral Ray, US Army, Pott. Co..
  • 30 May 2021: Brooks, Newell Harvey, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co.
  • 29 May 2021: Desmond, Bernard Patrick, US Army, Cass Co.
  • 28 May 2021: Champlin, Harold Joy, ​US Army, Pott. Co.
  • 27 May 2021: Baxter, Robert Dale, Mills & Pott. Cos.
  • 19 May 2021: Gerdts, Luther Charles, Clinton & Shelby Cos.
  • 19 May 2021: Smith, Norman Franklin, O'Brien & Shelby Cos.
  • 11 May 2021: Fulk, Paul H., Page Co.
February & March 2021 Roster Additions:
  • 8 Mar 2021: Curnes, Alvin Hezekiah, Pott. Co. (d. after separation from service)
  • 7 Mar 2021: Aid, Alvin Eldred, Page & Taylor Cos.
  • 6 Mar 2021: Garrett, Elmer Earl "Bud", Fremont Co.
  • 6 Mar 2021: Moore, Devore Franklin, Harrison Co.
  • 5 Mar 2021: Gustafson, Carl Lynn, Emmet Co.
  • 2 Mar 2021: Windle, Fay Richard, Fremont Co.
  • 2 Mar 2021: Keuter, Ambrose J., Crawford Co.
  • 1 Mar 2021: Firebaugh,Gordon Dale, Audubon Co.
  • 28 Feb 2021: Rethmeier, William F. "Jack", Crawford Co.
  • 28 Feb 2021: Seitz, Charles Raymond Jr., Mills Co.
  • 28 Feb 2021: Eggers, Edward, Crawford Co.
  • 27 Feb 2021: Thomsen, Walter Peter Henry, Crawford Co.
  • 25 Feb 2021: Lesch, Joseph Ferdinand, Harrison Co.
  • 23 Feb 2021: Simpson, Harold Elwood, Montgomery Co.
  • 22 Feb 2021: Cargill, Lawrence Elroy, Fremont Co.
  • 21 Feb 2021: Andersen/Anderson, Harold Martin, Shelby Co.
  • 20 Feb 2021: Wright, David Frederick, Crawford Co.
  • 19 Feb 2021: Briggs, Orval Pershing, Montgomery Co.
  • 18 Feb 2021: Kitson, Donald Edgar, Audubon Co.
  • 17 Feb 2021: Holiday, Albert Henry, Harrison & Ringgold Cos.
  • 14 Feb 2021: Gallup, Eugene Maxwell, Harrison Co.
  • ​3 Feb 2021: Bray, Gordon Lee, Rt 1, Underwood, Pott. Co. (d. after separation from service)
January 2021 WW II Dead Additions:
  • 25 Jan '21: Harper, Paul Maurice of rural Malvern, Mills Co.
  • 25 Jan '21: Ring, Clinton Ross of rural Modale, Harrison Co.
  • 24 Jan '21: Hull, Edwin George of rural Dunlap, Monona & Harrison Cos.
  • 24 Jan '21: Grett, Gerald LaVern of Harlan, Shelby Co.
  • 23 Jan '21: McGee, Victor Howard of Kirkman, Shelby Co.
  • 23 Jan '21: Paulsen, Vernon Nels of Jacksonville & Harlan, Shelby Co.
  • 22 Jan '21: Findley, Everett Arthur of Hastings, Mills Co.
  • 22 Jan '21: Kidwell, Harold Eldin of Hastings, Mills Co.
  • 21 Jan '21: Benedict, George Junior or George Leslie of Hastings, Mills Co.
  • 19 Jan '21: Carley, Albert Boyd of Audubon & Shelby Cos.
  • 18 Jan '21: Brown, Bernard Christian of Audubon & Shelby Cos.
  • 17 Jan '21: Pedersen, Silas Clyde of Audubon & Shelby Cos.
  • 16 Jan '21: Jorgensen, Everett of Shelby Co.
  • 15 Jan '21: Jensen, Waldo Chris of Harlan, Shelby Co.
  • 11 Jan '21: Thoreson, Vernon Charles of River Sioux, Harrison Co.
  • 11 Jan '21: Pokett, John Frederick "Jack" of Dunlap, Harrison Co.
  • 11 Jan '21: Maule, Kenneth C. of Mondamin, Harrison Co.
  • 10 Jan '21: Hill, Jack William of Woodbine, Harrison Co.
  • 10 Jan '21: Rannells, Robert Vance of rural Dunlap, Harrison Co.
  • 4 Jan '21: Seeger LeRoy Ernest "Roy" of rural Glenwood, Mills Co.
  • 3 Jan '21: Winslow, Fred Lute John of Mills Co.
  • 1 Jan '21: Breeling, Clifford Oral of Little Sioux, Harrison Co.
November & December 2020 WW II Dead Additions:
  • 30 Dec '20: Lloyd Albert Vittitoe of Modale, Harrison Co.
  • 30 Dec '20: Jens Folmer Soe of Kimballton, Audubon Co.
  • 26 Dec '20: Wayne Ahrenkiel of Elk Horn, Shelby Co.
  • 26 Dec '20: Nis Nielsen of Harlan, Shelby Co.
  • 25 Dec '20: Jerry Floyd Ocean of Shelby Co.
  • 25 Dec '20: Albert Harold Kroman of Shelby Co.
  • 24 Dec '20: Arlo Edward Wright of Mills Co.
  • 21 Dec '20: Donald Norris Broman of Mills Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA.
  • 20 Dec '20: George Almon Crawford of Harrison Co.
  • ​20 Dec '20: Warren Floyd Stone of Mills Co.
  • 14 Dec '20: Arthur T. Frazier of rural Mills Co.
  • 13 Dec '20: Frank Raymond Bird of Glenwood, Mills Co.
  • 11 Dec '20: Earl Albert Dickinson of Modale, Harrison Co.
  • 3 Nov '20: Dr. Rudy Frank Mayr of Carroll, Carroll Co.

2020 Big Pigeon Website Log
  • 29 Dec '20: Moved most of WW II Dead > Their Homes > Other Counties into three new webpages, for Harrison, Mills and Shelby Counties.
  • Oct '20: Added five Harrison Co. men to the WW II Dead roster: George R. Spencer, Homer Max Guyett, Marion Duane Trowbridge, James Lowell Seeley, Charles William Peterson.
  • Oct '20:Integrated the Home and Pigeon Central webpages.
  • 24 Aug '20: Added The Air Dead report to WW II Dead > Using the Roster.
  • 12 Aug '20: World Wars > My WW II Project clarifies the relationship between bigpigeon's World War - related webareas.
  • 16 Jul '20: Redid WW II Dead - Outliers webpage.
  • 16 Jul '20: added Clayton Arthur Goltry, first veteran to die before Pearl Harbor, to WW II Dead roster.
  • 19 Jun '20: Finished filling WW II Dead > Their Homes webarea with data from WW II Dead > Roster Access webpages.
  • 23 May '20: Added Delbert Sherman Brazzle to WW II Dead roster.
  • 20 May '20: Added Chester Raymond Nelson, grandson of Swen Nelson, to WW II Dead roster.
  • 16 Apr '20: Added Where They Died > After Separation webpage to WW II Dead webarea.
  • 9 Apr '20: WW II Dead roster now is broken into eleven webpages: AB, C, DEF, GHI, JKL, M, NO, PQR, S, TUV, WXYZ, each containing about 20-50 records. Accessible both from WW II Dead and WW II Dead - Rosters webpages. (Return to WW II Dead - Rosters is not yet implemented.)
  • 4 Apr '20: Added new records to the WW II Dead roster creating Version 3; records are divided into nine webpages.
  • 15 Feb '20: Added Home > Resources > Search Engines webpage.
  • 6 Feb '20: Added Pigeon Central webpage and removed redundant links from major webpages.
  • Jan 2020: Prepared Version 3 additions to WW II Dead.
  • 30 Jan 2020: Moved LDS History from high-level to Pott. Co.
  • 30 Jan 2020: Moved WW II Dead from World Wars to high-level.
  • 30 Jan 2020: Changed Pigeon Central to Big Pigeon Management.

2019 Big Pigeon Website Log:
  • 27 Nov '19: Added WWII Dead - Non Pott. Co. webpage.
  • 25 Oct '19: Split WW II links webpage into WW II - Useful Links & WW II Dead - Useful Links.
  • 7 Oct '19: Finished Version 2 of the Pottawattamie County WW II Dead adding names from the Pott. Co. Veteran's Plaza - now 344 records.
  • 25 Aug '19: Now 307 records in Pott. Co. WW II Dead
  • 11 Aug '19: Finished ETO >  Rhineland Campaign.
  • 14 Jul '19: Finished reorganizing WW II - Germany > ETO.
  • 24 Jun '19: Added new high-level Pott. Co. webarea, incorporating Big Pigeon, Avoca, and More History. Added high-level webareas WW II - Japan and WW II - Germany.
  • 14 Feb '19: Reorganized high-level World War organization, adding two pages.
  • 16 Jan '19: Split Avoca, Iowa material into a separate webarea.
  • 8 Jan '19: Updated my World War II deaths list for Pottawattamie County; access from World Wars > World War II Death List webpage; now 191 records.

2018 Big Pigeon Website Log:
  • 7 Oct '18: Reorganized introductory elements of the Home webarea.
  • 30 Jul '18: In Local History page, installed Version 2 of Immigration to Boomer Township from Dronninglund Parish.
  • 17 Jul '18: Updated  Jens Christian Skaksen section of Immigration to Boomer Township from Dronninglund Parish report.
  • 16 Jul '18: Updated most Gold Star Avoca reports.
  • 26 May '18: Added to Gold Star Avoca individual reports for 20 Avoca-area servicepeople with WW II deaths.
  • 22 Apr '18: Added World War II History page to More History > American History and seeded with Operation Cartwheel map.
  • 12 Apr '18: Added Gold Star Avoca page to More History > Avoca & Vicinity.
  • 19 Mar '18: Changed Big Pigeon webpage name to Local History.
  • 17 Mar '18: Organized A House Divided subarea of Mormon History.
  • 27 Jan '18: Reorganized Kirsten Pedersen subarea of Mormon History. 
  • 14 Jan '18: Added Links to Mormon migration to Mormon History.
  • 10 Jan '18: Added Big Pigeon Surveys & Plats page to Big Pigeon > Big Pigeon Maps & Plats.

2017 Big Pigeon Website Log:
  • 29 Dec '17: Added plats of Boomer #9 school district.
  • 26 Dec '17: Added plats of Hazel Dell #3 school district to Big Pigeon Plats; added Beebeetown school photo to Big Pigeon Towns.
  • 23 Dec '17: Added remaining page headers.
  • 21 Dec '17: Cleaned up the Mormon History webarea.
  • 20 Dec '17: Began adding high-resolution farm plats of Big Pigeon vicinity neighborhoods to the Big Pigeon > Big Pigeon Plats webpage.
  • 18 Dec '17: Spilt the local history area into two subareas, Big Pigeon and More History.
  • 14 Dec '17: Portions of website access were very slow for past few days; seems ok today.
  • 14 Dec '17: Reorganized the LDS History webarea.
  • 26 Nov '17: Reorganized main menu (and sitemap) to Home, History by Region, St. Paul's History, LDS History, Family History, Resources.
  • 1 Nov '17: Added Resources > Printed Resources page and added links to Pottawattamie County historical locations and museums to Resources > Big Pigeon Links.
  • 29 Sep '17: Added Resources > PigeonCentral > Reunion Use page.
  • 29 Sep '17: Added St. Bridget Cemetery report to Big Pigeon Area.
  • 4 Sep '17: Revised The Family of Joseph Walsh with Appendix The Legacy of the Lafayette Escadrille accessed from Family History > Allied Families.
  • 3 Sep '17: Added St. Paul's Cemetery report and updated St. Paul's Burials report accessed from the St. Paul's page.
  • 1 Sep '17: Added brief biographical sketch of the Thomas Hansen and Christiane Jensdatter family to Local History > Big Pigeon Area.
  • 23 Aug '17: Updated Local History > Big Pigeon Area > Danes in the Big Pigeon Area and Resources > About Denmark pages.
  • 3 Aug '17: Added my list of St. Paul's burials accessed from the  St. Paul's page.
  • 20 Jul '17: Added Grange Cemetery and Hazel Dell Cemetery burial lists in Local History > Big Pigeon Area.
  • 19 Jul '17: Added the remaining chapters to my extended family history.
  • 15 Jul '17: Added 1884 Iowa Gazetteer entries for small towns in the Pigeon Creek area. See the Local History > Big Pigeon Area Towns page.
  • 8 Jul '17: Added a number of password-protected pages to hold my history projects management information. A directory of such pages is on the Resources > Pigeon Central page.
  • 18 Jun 2017: May 19 - Jun 18 statistics: Maximum daily page views 128; maximum daily visitors 28.
  • 18 Jun 2017:  Added thumbnail images to the main content pages. Click on these thumbnails to see an image related to the content of that website area.
  • 10 Jun '17: Added Weebly's search feature to the About the Big Pigeon Website page.
  • 5 Jun '17: Added new page headers. 
  •  28 May '17, Allied Families: Added a draft version of The Family of Joseph Walsh with appendix The Legacy of the Lafayette Escadrille.
  • 22-23 May '17: Reorganized site content to parallel Big Pigeon sitemap.
  • 21 May '17: Changed Big Pigeon password to match password of associated E-Mail.
  •  20 May '17: Linked new domain bigpigeon.us to existing site kirstenpedersen.weebly.com and began changes.  
  • 19 May '17: Rented domain bigpigeon.us for ten years for $100 through Weebly.

Kirsten Pedersen's Family Website Log:
  • early '17, Resources: Added Pottawattamie County Historical Resources.
  • 23 Mar '17, Resources: Added About Denmark, Finding Your American Ancestors, and Finding Your Danish Ancestors.
  • 31 Aug '16, Allied Families: Updated The Shatsky and Allied Families of Terre Haute, Indiana.
  • 30 Aug '16, Local History: Updated Pottawattamie County, Iowa - An Historical Overview.
  • 15 Jul '16, Local History: Added Reel's Cemetery in Boomer Township and North Germans in the Boomer Township Area.
  • 10 May '16, Family History: Added provenance files for contributions of family artifacts to the Christiansen, Larsen and Hansen areas.
  • 10 May '16, Local History: Added B-17 Stories.
  • 7 May '16, Local History:  Added links to Boomer and Hazel Dell Township Reports; added Boomer #8 report. 
  • 2 May '16, Local History: added links to the bulk of my local history reports. 

Initial Additions - As of 4 Apr ’16 when I began this log, the site contained the following:
From the Local History area:
  • My Pottawattamie County, Iowa Rural Schools report.
  • Hazel Dell School #3 in 1930-1934 - tribute to Ethel (Larson) Torneten.
From the St. Paul’s History area:
  • My St. Paul’s Boomer-Neola Brief History.
  • My St. Paul’s Boomer-Neola Early Families (biographical sketches of 43 extended families).
  • My St. Paul’s Boomer-Neola - World War II Veterans.​
From the Family History area:
Selected chapters of Robert Christiansen’s Family History - Christiansen, Rasmussen, Larsen and Hansen.
My Allied Families reports.

==> Big Pigeon Background Information
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Brief Site History:
  • In 2015, I developed the initial version of this site, accessed from kirstenpedersen.weebly.com, to gain experience with website construction and to explore the capabilities of the Weebly website builder.
  • Subsequently, I designed and wrote the Danish American Heritage Society's website, danishheritage.org, also using Weebly. (In April 2017 I turned danishheritage.org over to Jennifer Tørgensen of the University of Nebraska.)
  • In 2016, I began repurposing this site to serve as a repository for my historical work of the past twenty years.
  • In May 2017, I provided site access through the domain bigpigeon.us and reorganized site content.
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Caveats:
  • If you visited this website earlier, you may have recalled it as Kirsten Pedersen's Relatives or Maggie Larson's World. As of 20 May '17, it is Big Pigeon.
  • ​ I write using Microsoft Word.  Until recently my writings were devoid of photographs.  Thus most of what I have written is not very inviting to view.  In late 2018 I hope to begin adding some of the old family, neighborhood and church photos in my possession.