Preserving the Past, Enriching the Future

Welcome to the Rock Island County Illinois Genealogical Society! The Society was established in 1972 to help preserve and perpetuate members’ ancestral records. Our goal is to help assist members in genealogical research and educate the community on the importance of Rock Island County history.

September 2021 Lunch and Learn Zoom Event

Friday, September 3rd 11:30 am
Topic: Church Records (Parish, Quaker, Scandinavian, and more)
We will send a link to members to join in a virtual Zoom meeting.

September 2021 General Meeting Field Trip

Tuesday, September 27 6:30 pm
Topic: “Getting Reacquainted after COVID Shutdown.” (On site at Family History Center in Davenport)
Presented by: Chris Thompson
Family History Center
4929 Wisconsin Ave, Davenport IA 52806

RICIGS & AmazonSmile

We have added our non-profit organization Rock Island County Illinois Genealogical Society to AmazonSmile. AmazonSmile is a program where Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of eligible smile.amazon.com purchases to the charities selected by customers. You can pick our organization to receive the donation by going directly to this link: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/23-7406332 and start shopping. Once you select RICIGS it will remember RICIGS as your selection when you login to Amazon each time at smile.amazon.com. You can change you charity at any time. Thanks for your support!

Lunch and Learn Program

RICIGS provides “Lunch and Learn” discussion sessions to RICIGS MEMBERS ONLY free of charge … a nice perk of membership in our Society! Bring your own sack lunch and questions on the scheduled topic. Email reminders are sent out to RICIGS members prior to each session.
2021 Lunch and Learn Schedule

Free Digital Newspapers for Genealogy

Advantage Archives now hosts a total of 644 newspaper collections from 42 states (plus one Canadian province) and a total number of pages exceeding 70 million!

Links to Free Digital Newspapers

Grave Locator Web Map

There is an online “Grave Locator Web Map” for Riverside and Moline Memorial cemeteries: at the web site: http://moline.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=7db6176d8c0d40768229316578d414da

Board Meetings

2nd Thursday of each month
6:30 pm via Zoom Meeting
Members welcome! Request an invitation through info@ricigs.org