Includes lists of local newspaper articles dealing with Blair and Washington County history in chronological order of publication; lists of newspaper photographs of buildings, residences and persons from 1901 forward, the 'Big Irwin Land Affair' (scan #56) and documents noted or contained in 'Book D' (perhaps a Washington County record book?) and various other entries. These papers appear to have been used by Einar Vig in intermediate stages of constructing his collections.
Box 5
A large portion of Box 5 is occupied by Einar Vig's transcriptions of the US Census records for Washington County from 1860, 1870 and 1880. These are not online here, since scans of the actual records are freely available elsewhere on the internet (familysearch.org is one location where the data is thoroughly indexed as well).
Most of the material in this section appears to be preliminary lists and notes that Einar Vig used later in compiling his many lists. It is not well organized.
Burials of Washington County citizens in cemeteries outside of Washington County as noted in local newspapers
These are in chronological order by date of death, which is given in the middle of each line (when known). The second date, year only, that appears at the right side of the line, is the date (or estimated date) of settlement in Washington County.
These are burials of Washington County residents in out-of-county locations.
This confusingly titled collection appears to be lists of burials in Washington County cemeteries listed alphabetically and broken down by cemetery of persons who lived in Washington County at the time of statehood (ca. 1867). The cemeteries are (in this order; # of first page in parentheses): Herman (1), Kennard (8), German (13), Arlington (17), Ft Calhoun (25), Thone (37), Orum (39), Fontanelle Oak Lawn (44), Wilson Allen and Shipley (48), Vacoma (49), Immanuel (50), Old Immanuel (51), Fontanelle Salem (53), Morley (61), Telbasta (58), St Paul's (60), Cuming City (65), Brewster (66), New England (67), Admah (70), Rose Hill (72), Prairie View (75), West Admah (76), Blair (78). Entries give the birth and death dates, if known, and the year (or estimated year), if known, of settlement in Washington County.
Obituaries clipped from local newspapers in no particular order.
These give the name and newspaper reference, often including burial location, sometimes with block, lot and greave identifiers.