7/11/2019

Is this your family marriage?

LOOKING FOR FAMILY who may want this certificate. Marriage of Albert Jansa of Western, Iowa and Josie Krivanek of Shueyville, Iowa. married 24 April 1906 at Iowa City, Johnson County, IA by Justice of Peace F.J. Horak.

Please email us at the email address on the right column.


7/08/2019

Ely Rebekahs Photo


Above is a photo, perhaps from the 1950s, of a group of women belonging to the Ely Rebekahs Lodge. We need help identifying them! Click the photo to enlarge it!

Top Row: left to right   
1. Margaret Luny
2. Faye Benda
3. ? Irma Modracek?
4. Olga Vavra
5. Leona Poduska
6. Gladys Malatek
7. Katherine Worley
8. Jean Dolezal
9. Margaret Stastny
Middle Row: left to right    
1,
2. Mina Randall
3. Mary Jones Martin
4.
5.
6. Agnes Benda
Front Row: left to right   
1. Helen Sipe
2. Julia Sladek
3. Esther Zvacek
4. Irene Vavra
5. Bess Rigel
6. ?Mabel Riddle? ?Flora Kermenak?
7. Florence Brokel

Thanks to Facebook followers of our page, and the "card players" at Ely Community Center for help!

6/16/2019

Collections Report

A report of all the items in the Ely Community History Society Collections is located on Google Drive.  To search for information within the report, do a Ctrl key + F key. A box will appear in which you may type in your search term. 

OR click on the three vertical dots and you will see a "Find" in the list of choices. Click it and enter your search term. 

You can also find a link in the right column of this blog.

Here is the link to the Collections Report