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Category Archives: Genealogy
Patience, No — Time, Yes!
The two things a genealogist can’t do without are patience and research time. True patience comes from within, but we can offer you some extra time! Starting next Sunday, October 2nd, the Main Street location of the Davenport Public Library … Continue reading
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Tagged Genealogy, Genealogy Night, Research, Sunday Hours
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Truth in Advertising: The Last Giraffe
The Ringing Brothers Circus, with or without Barnum & Bailey, has been a Davenport tradition for more than a century. These famous brothers were the sons of August Ringling, a harness maker born in Hanover, and his wife Salome, … Continue reading
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Tagged Circus, Davenport (Iowa), Giraffe, Ringling Brothers, Truth in advertising
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In Memoriam: Alice Richardson Sloane
“Preservation and access of historical records will provide the key ingredient for success in the future for those who are able and take advantage of the lessons of life from the past. This knowledge and understanding of truth about our … Continue reading
Just Shelved: People, Places, Planes, and More!
We’ve added many new resources to our collections recently! Some of these were budgeted, some were donated, and some are courtesy of the Scott County Iowa Genealogy Society: People: Man of Deeds: Bishop Mathias Loras and the Iowa Frontier by … Continue reading
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Tagged Genealogy, Just Shelved, Local History, New Books, new resources
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Specifically for Seniors: Your Family Tree — Finding Your Roots
Love of the past implies faith in the future. – Stephen Ambrose, 1936-2002 Specifically for Seniors Programs are held on the last Wednesday of each month through November, at 1:00 p.m. at the Fairmount Branch Library. This month, the program … Continue reading
Introducing America’s GenealogyBank
We are pleased to announce that we’ve subscribed to another terrific online genealogy resource: America’s GenealogyBank. This resource is user friendly—our staff enjoying experimenting with it!—and offers some keyword searching. Its five databases can help researchers find family members, verify … Continue reading
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Tagged America's GenealogyBank, Genealogy, library, Local History, new resources, Online Indexes
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New Feature: Have You Seen . . . ?
One of our ongoing projects is to scan and research each image in our photograph collections. Most of the time, this is relatively (no pun intended) easy. The majority of our Hostetler glass negatives, for example, came with an original … Continue reading
How do your Mayflowers grow?
If April showers bring May flowers, what do Mayflowers bring? Ancestors! If you’d like to research your Pilgrim ancestors, try searching our library catalog for “Mayflower”, “Pilgrim” and “Plymouth”, and see what we have available. Or try our subscription databases from … Continue reading
Genealogy Night!
Are the nuts in your family tree taking up all of your precious research time? We in the Special Collections Center understand. And we are once again opening our Center to give you a little extra time to root out … Continue reading
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Tagged Genealogy Night, SCIGS, Scott County Iowa Genealogical Society
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Bridging the Gap: State-Recorded Iowa Death Records
As genealogists with 20th century Iowa relatives know, Iowa law did not require births, marriages and deaths to be recorded at the county level between 1920 and 1941. These records were sent directly to the State. Although many clerks did … Continue reading
