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May 7, 2011
The following items were added to the History of Renville County, Volume II:
 Chapter 38: Biographies for Joseph Anderson, Julius O. Anderson, Oscar Anderson, John W. Bakker, August Beyer, Berge T. Birk, Peter Bjorn, and Henry W. Homeier.

February 15, 2010
The following items were added to the History of Renville County, Volume II:
 Chapter 40: The Methodist Episcopal Church of Hector, Elim Moravian Church, The Bird Island Union Church, The Hector Moravian Congregation, The First Christian Church, The Protestant Episcopal Church, The Swedish Lutheran Congregation of Olivia.

November 11, 2009
The following items were added to the History of Renville County, Volume II:
 Chapter 34: Dairying and Creameries Preface, The Buffalo Lake Farmers' Creamery Co., The Clover Leaf Creamery Co., The Danube Creamery, The Fairfax Creamery Association, The Farmers' Coöperative Creamery Co., The Flora Creamery Co., The Henryville Coöperative Creamery Co., The Kolbert Creamery & Produce Co., The Sacred Heart Creamery, The Sacred Heart Farmers Creamery Co., The Winfield Creamery Co.

December 4, 2008
The following items were added to the History of Renville County, Volume II:
 Chapter 39: Biographies for Oscar A. Allen, Harold Baker, James B. Baker, Lawrence M. Carlson, G. T. Christianson, John A. Dalzell, J. M. Dorman, Morgan J. Flaherty, H. C. Giltner, A. U. Hamrum, Charles L. Kane, William W. McGowan, Col. Samuel McPhail, George H. Megquier, August V. Rieke, J. F. Russell, John J and William F. Schoregge, Robert K. Stuart, William C. White and D. D. Williams.

May 2, 2007
The following items were added to the History of Renville County, Volume II:
 Chapter 29: Biographies for Emil F. Sell and Julius W. Schramm. Also, articles about The First National Bank of Fairfax and The Citizens Bank of Franklin.
 Chapter 38: Biographies for Harry E. Johnson, John J. Skauge, Anton O. Skrukrud, Mathias T. Skrukrud, Ole Skrukrud and Torger Olson Skrukrud.

March 20, 2007
The following items were added to the History of Renville County, Volume II:
 Chapter 38: Frederick A. Bade, William E. Kemp, Carl Koshnick, Ole Kravik, John Kuester, John W. Kuester, Richard H. Kuester, Fred W. Kuglin, Christ Kurtz, Michael Larson, Gunder J. Lee, August Lindeman, Ernest F. Lindeman, Herman Lindeman, Lewis J. Lindeman, Elias M. Lindquist, Wilhelm Loock, William A. Loock, John F. Lorenz.

November 12, 2006
The following items were added to the History of Renville County, Volume II:
 Chapter 40: Hauges Church in Renville County, Rev. Thomas Hanson (photo), Palmyra Congregation, Rev. Parelius Rognlie (photo), Camp Congregation, Zion Congregation of Bandon, Fairfax Congregation, Franklin Congregation, Hof Congregation Sacred Heart, Vestre Sogn Congregation, Wang's Congregation, Our Savior's and Opdal Congregations of Sacred Heart, Rev. Nils Giere, Our Saviour's Congregation of Renville.

September 28, 2006
The following items were added to the History of Renville County, Volume II:
 Chapter 41: Boon Lake Township, Crooks Township, Emmet Township, Ericson Township, Flora Township, Hector Township, Henryville Township, Martinsburg Township, Melville Township, Osceola Township, Palmyra Township, Preston Lake Township, Wellington Township, Winfield Township.
 Chapter 42: Pioneer Association

April 30, 2006
The following items were added to the History of Renville County, Volume II:
 Chapter 43: Monuments and Markers.
 Chapter 45: Pioneer Development

February 19, 2006
The following items were added to the History of Renville County, Volume II:
 Chapter 38: Biographies for Berger S. Berger, Gustav S. Boemmels, John Swendby, Edward Tisdell, Andrew Tolander, John Turner, Leo Claude Vaner, Gilbert S. Weaver, Joseph Weichselbaum and Mathias Weichselbaum.
 Chapter 41: Cairo Township, Hawk Creek Township and Kingman Township.

December 18, 2005
The following items were added to the History of Renville County, Volume II:
 Chapter 38: Biographies for John William Anderson, James Carruth, Christopher Hanson, Hans Hanson, Hans Thoroson Hanson, Julius Hanson, Simon Hanson, Charles A. Heilig, Julius L. Jacobs, Julius Johnson, M. D., Ernest W. Nobbs, Knute Osmundson, Phillip V. Ploof, Fred A. Shafer and Emil Thang.
 Chapter 39: Bench and Bar Summary Page, Murder Cases (Caroline Anderson, Ole Lee, Paul Gunderjohn, William C. White, Charles Howey, William Olson, William and Cora Wolff), Biography (Burton H. Bowler).
 Chapter 41: Beaver Falls Township, Bird Island Township, Camp Township and Norfolk Township.

November 6, 2005
The following items were added to the History of Renville County, Volume II:
 Chapter 38: Biographies for Halver Christiansen Aarnes, Paul Albrecht, Hendrick Berg, John Ederer, Tosten Olson Hamre, Charles Lahti, Peter Lahti, Joseph H. Larkin, Raymond E. Noble, Dennis O'Shea, William A. Reid, Herbert F. Rubey, Hans Christian Wein, Herman Yunker and Louis Zinne.
 Chapter 40: Fort Ridgely Congregation, Dale Congregation, Concordia Congregation of Franklin, Morton Congregation, Pastors of the Fort Ridgely, Dale, Concordia and Morton Congregations.

September 18, 2005
The following items were added to the History of Renville County, Volume II:
 Chapter 38: Biographies for Ole Deason, Paul Deason, Hendrick Eliason, Hilmer Eliason, Olaf H. Eliason, Simon C. Engen, Andres Johnson, Wencel Kodet, Wencel C. Kodet, John Schaffer, and Henry J. Stange.

June 12, 2005
The following items were added to the History of Renville County, Volume II:
 Chapter 38: Biographies for Erik Svenbalrud Gundersen, Hans Gunderson, Peter Gunderson, Knute T. Rude, and John Zimmer.

April 24, 2005
The following items were added to the History of Renville County, Volume II:
 Chapter 38: Biographies for Fred P. Galle, Harry M. Hoffman, Daniel J. McCartan, Charles Reineke, Julius Scheffer, Wencel Swoboda and Lloyd C. Trochlil.

March 27, 2005
The following items were added to the History of Renville County, Volume II:
 Chapter 37: Mrs. Schmidt's Story.
 Chapter 38: Biographies for Franz W. Schmidt, Frederick Wilhelm Schmidt, John Smith, Frank E. Zumwinkle, George E. Zumwinkle, Henry O. Zumwinkle, Herman Zumwinkle and William C. Zumwinkle.

February 27, 2005
The following items were added to the History of Renville County, Volume II:
 Chapter 31: Rural Schools Summary Page, First Districts, Some Model School Districts.
 Chapter 38: Biographies for Dennis Haley, Edward M. Kelly, George Quinn and John A. Rice.
 Chapter 41: Birch Cooley Township

January 30, 2005
The following items were added to the History of Renville County, Volume II:
 Chapter 33: Agricultural Development Summary Page, Assessment Rolls - Villages, Farm Names.
 Chapter 38: Biographies for Charles F. Dale, Olaf Dale, Ole Dale, William Fallon, Robert M. Foster, Thomas I. Foster, John Romo and Lornts J. Romo.

January 3, 2005
The following items were added to the History of Renville County, Volume II:
 Chapter 30: Renville County Physicians. This chapter includes biographies for: Ralph C. Adams, Edward M. Clay, Mark W. Clay, Willis Clay, Herman B. Cole, Harry Lee D'Arms, William C. Dieterich, James B. Ferguson, L. T. Francis, F. L. Hammerstrand, C. S. Knapp, Harry E. McKibben, George H. Mesker, F. C. Miller, Adolph A. Passer, Fletcher W. Penhall, Joseph W. Preisinger, Wolfgang Preisinger, Frank L. Puffer, Henry Schoregge, Wesley Smalley, Peter Wigdahl.

December 5, 2004
The following items were added to the History of Renville County, Volume II:
 Chapter 38: Biographies for Charles C. Buscho and Gustave A. Schafer.
 Chapter 40: Renville County Churches Summary Page, St. John's Church of Osceola, The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Hector.
 Chapter 41: Township Histories Summary Page, Bandon Township, Brookfield Township, Sacred Heart Township, Troy Township, Wang Township

November 21, 2004
The following items were added to the History of Renville County, Volume II:
 Chapter 36: Cities and Villages Summary Page, Danube Village, Franklin Village.
 Chapter 37: Experiences During Outbreak Summary Page, Wichmann's Narrative, At Birch Cooley, Brown's Family Captured, John Kochendorfer, Jr.
 Chapter 38: Biographies for William E. Morris, George J. Pregler, Hendrick Anderson, John H. Gens, Edward H. Davis and Ole Anderson.

November 7, 2004
This new feature was added to KinSource and included the Title Page, List of Biographies, Table of Contents and the following pages from the History of Renville County, Volume II:
 Chapter 29: Bank and Banking Summary Page, Herman W. Mielke biography, Ole A. Stensvad biography, The State Bank of Hector, The Security State Bank of Buffalo Lake.
 Chapter 38: Biographical Review Summary Page, biographies for Daniel Ames, Carl O. Anderson, Gustav A. Anderson, James Hurley, Timothy Hurley, Olof Kringsberg, Alexander McCorquodale, Michael Sanger, John Stange, August Summerfield, Herman Zaske.

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