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 […]
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NEW for August 2021 Volume 36 is available Free to members (login required) and is also available for purchase in the RICIGS Shop Included in this volume are abstracts of all vital records, visits from out-of-town relatives and former residents of Rock Island County, probate and circuit court listings, road […]
NEW for July 2021 Volume 35 is available Free to members (login required) and is also available for purchase in the RICIGS Shop. This volume contains abstracts from all known extant newspaper from Rock Island County for the year 1875, except for those from the Moline Review Dispatch which were […]
NEW for June 2021 Volume 34 is available Free to members (login required) and is also available for purchase in the RICIGS Shop. Abstracts included are items of genealogical interest such as: vital records, visits from out-of-town relatives and former residents of Rock Island County, and probate court listings. There were […]
NEW for May 2021 Volume 33 is available Free to members (login required) and is also available for purchase in the RICIGS Shop Included in this volume are abstracts of genealogical interest including all vital records, visits from out of town relatives and former residents of Rock Island County, and probate […]