Index of Genealogical Abstracts from Rock Island County Illinois Newspapers
Janet K. Pease, a Charter member of Rock Island County Illinois Genealogical Society, has indexed and abstracted items of genealogical interest from early Rock Island County newspapers. She has included births, marriages, divorces, deaths, estate notices, wedding anniversaries, naturalizations, probate court proceedings, out-of-town visits by relatives and other items that might be of value to genealogists.
An abstract of the news item is included. The newspaper itself may contain additional information. A name index is provided with each volume.
There are currently 43 volumes covering dates from the mid 1800’s to early 1900’s. An index to each volume will be published here as they are digitized.
To see the complete volumes in the Members Only area you must be a RICIGS member. Each complete volume is available for purchase to non-members in our RICIGS Shop.
Indexes
Volume 1 – The Moline Review Dispatch, 1878-1882
Volume 2 – The Rock Island Republican, 1851-1855
Volume 3 – The Moline Review Dispatch, 1889
Volume 4 – The Moline Workman, 1854-1855 and The Moline Review Dispatch, 1873-1876
Volume 5 – The Sunday Mail April, 1893-1894 and The Moline Daily Dispatch, July – December 1894
Volume 6 – The Moline Daily Dispatch, 1895
Volume 7 – Early Rock Island County Newspapers, Pre-1850
Volume 8 – The Moline Daily Dispatch, 1896
Volume 9 – The Moline Daily Dispatch, 1897
Volume 10 – The Moline Daily Dispatch, 1898
Volume 11 – Rock Island County IL Newspapers, 1850-1859
Volume 12 – The Port Byron Globe October 1890-1893
Volume 13 – The Rock Island Register and The Rock Island Argus, 1860-1862
Volume 14 – The Rock Island Union and The Rock Island Argus, 1863-1864
Volume 15 – The Aledo Press (Mercer County), October 14, 1894 – January 17, 1896 and The Reynolds Press (Rock Island County), January 24, 1896-December 29, 1899
Volume 16 – The Port Byron Globe, 1894-1897
Volume 17 – The Rock Island Weekly Union and The Rock Island Argus, 1865-1866
Volume 18 – The Moline Review, 1877 and The Moline Review-Dispatch, January-October 1891 and January-December 1894
Volume 19 – The Port Byron Globe, 1898-1900
Volume 20 – The Rock Island Argus – 1867; The Rock Island Daily Union – 1867; The Rock Island and Moline Daily Union – 1867
Volume 21 – The Rock Island Evening Argus, 1868 and The Rock Island Daily Union, 1868
Volume 22 – The Reynolds Press, 1900-1903
Volume 23 – The Rock Island Evening Argus, 1869 and The Rock Island and Moline Daily Union, 1869
Volume 24 – The Moline Evening Mail, September 14, 1899 – 1900
Volume 25 – The Rock Island Evening Argus, 1870 and The Rock Island Daily Union, 1870
Volume 26 – The Port Byron Globe, March 1884 – 1887
Volume 27 – The Rock Island Evening Argus and The Rock Island Daily Union, 1871
Volume 28 – The Milan Weekly Independent, May 1902 – December 1906
Volume 29 – The Rock Island Daily Argus and The Rock Island Daily Union, 1872
Volume 30 – The Moline Evening Mail, 1901
Volume 31 – The Rock Island Daily Argus and Rock Island Daily Union, 1873
Volume 32 – The Port Byron Globe, 1888 – October 1890
Volume 33 – The Rock Island Daily Argus and Rock Island Daily Union, 1874
Volume 34 – The Moline Evening Mail (January – March 10, 1902; The Moline Weekly Mail (January 2 – August 14, 1902; The Moline Daily Journal (January 2 – June 28, 1902)
Volume 35 – The Rock Island Daily Argus, 1875 and The Rock Island Daily Union, 1875
Volume 36 – The Rock Island Daily Argus, 1876 and The Rock Island Daily Union, 1876
Volume 37 – The Moline Weekly Journal, July 1903-1904 and The Moline Daily Journal, July-December 1904
Volume 38 – The Rock Island Daily Argus and The Rock Island Daily Union, January-June 1877
Volume 39 – The Rock Island Daily Argus and The Rock Island Daily Union, July-December 1877
Volume 40 – The Moline Weekly Journal and The Moline Review Dispatch, 1905
Volume 41 – The Rock Island Daily Argus and The Rock Island Daily Union January-June 1878
Volume 42 – The Rock Island Daily Argus and The Rock Island Daily Union, July-December 1878
Volume 43 – The Rock Island Daily Argus and The Rock Island Daily Union January-June 1879