Save the Date! October Offerings: Intro to Electronic Subscription Databases...
The Davenport Public Library subscribes to several electronic genealogy databases for our patrons’ research needs, including: Ancestry HeritageQuest Fold 3 Origins Genealogy Bank and Access Newspaper...
View ArticleFlowers in December: the wedding of Minnie Elliot and James Morgan Reimers
Our Hostetler Studio Photograph Collections, which we are in the process of adding to the Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive, include negatives from many local weddings. When we can match...
View ArticleChronicling America: The Bystander
It’s no secret that newspapers can be a wonderful resource for history and genealogy, but many early newspapers—ones from smaller communities or with shorter or less frequent publishing runs— have...
View ArticleThe Scott County Unusual Sources Index
Back in the days of card catalogs, the Scott County Iowa Genealogical Society created a name index to a wide variety of items available in the Special Collections Center. Dubbed the Scott County...
View ArticleA Genealogical Mystery: The Beiderbecke Family
The Beiderbecke name has been made internationally famous due to the talent and success of jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke. Locally, though, the Beiderbecke name has been well-known in the area since...
View ArticleMark Your Calendars: Plus-60 Club Genealogy Event at the Library!
The Quad-City Times Plus-60 Club is hosting an Introduction to Genealogy Research Event on October 30 (this Thursday) from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. in the Film Room of the Main Street Davenport Library....
View ArticleNow Online! The Index to Scott County, Iowa Cemetery Records!
The Main Street location of the Davenport Public Library will be closed until December 26th for renovations. That means our Special Collections Center will also be closed. You will still be able to...
View ArticleNew Resource! Gale Genealogy Connect : Native American
The Main Street location of the Davenport Public Library will be closed until December 26th for renovations. That means our Special Collections Center will also be closed. You will still be able to...
View ArticleJoin Our Family Album!
The Tuskegee Institute Singers were not related to each other, but after so much time on the road, making music, they were family. It’s no secret that family photographs forge connections to the past....
View ArticleOMG! NARA AAD DCAS FYI!
With Memorial Day approaching, the staff at Richardson-Sloane Special Collections thought to share an online government resource to aid in searching for veterans who have served in United States...
View ArticleGenealogy Night is Almost Here!
This Sunday, October 25th from 3:00 – 8:00 p.m. the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center will be hosting Genealogy Night. Come take advantage of our closed library to research genealogy. Our...
View ArticleBrick Wall Strategies: Genealogy Forms & Resource Checklist
While conducting genealogical research, some family members remain elusive and difficult to find. At this month’s Genealogy Perspectives program, we watched Lisa Louise Cooke’s video “Genealogical Cold...
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