Monthly Archives: September 2021

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Genealogical Abstracts from Rock Island County Illinois Newspapers Volume 37 – The Moline Weekly Journal, July 1903-December 1904 and The Moline Daily Journal, July-December 1904

NEW for September 2021 Volume 37 is available Free to members (login required) and also available for purchase in the RICIGS Shop. Items included in these abstracts are births, marriages, deaths, visits from out-of-town relatives, probate court listings, divorces, marriage licenses, anniversaries from Rock Island County and surrounding counties including […]

About our Newspaper Abstracts

If your ancestors lived in Rock Island County between about 1850 and 1906 the Genealogical Abstracts for Rock Island County Illinois Newspapers is a great place to find information about their lives. In the early 1970’s, Janet K. Pease, a charter member the Rock Island County Illinois Genealogical Society, realized […]

Settlers of the Beekman Patent

The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York by Frank J Doherty This is a recent addition to the Rock Island Illinois Genealogical Society’s library (found at the Rock Island County Historical Society in Moline).  Call number RICIGS, 974.733, Doh.  This was given in memory of former Society […]