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Category Archives: Library
Volunteer Round-Up
Love genealogy and local history? Ever wonder what we do in Special Collections? Have some spare time? Come on down for our special interest meeting on Monday, September 21 at 11:00am. You’ll get a “behind-the-scenes” tour and learn how you may … Continue reading
Library Cards We Have Known
September is Library Card Sign-Up Month! For information on how to obtain a new Davenport Library Card, please visit our website. To celebrate the month we have selected a few samples of Davenport Library cards through the years from our archives. … Continue reading
Posted in Library, Local History
Tagged Davenport Public Library, dpl, libraries, Library card sign up month, Library cards, september
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Brown Bag Lunch Presentation: Eugene Ely, Daredevil Aviator
Author William M. Miller will be at the Davenport Main Library on Thursday, June 4th at noon for a presentation on local pioneer aviator Eugene Ely. Bring your own lunch from home or pick up a boxed lunch from any of the … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, books, daredevil aviator, Eugene B. Ely, Programs, william m. miller
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The Library Will Be Closed April 3rd — Dress Accordingly!
The Davenport Public Library will be closed this Friday and our staff hopes to enjoy the Spring weather . . . whatever that turns out to be. As those of us who live here know all too well, Calendar Spring … Continue reading
New Digital Conversion Station (featuring the Quad Cities U.S.A. song!)
Do you have home movies on VHS that you can’t watch? Boxes of audio cassette tapes in your garage leftover from when you traded in your old car? LP records in your hall closet and no turntable? We have … Continue reading
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Tagged audio, digital conversion, Quad-Cities, Quad-Cities USA Campaign, song
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A Look at HeritageQuest Online’s New Interface
One of our subscription databases got a new look and some new content this week! The “improved” HeritageQuest Online (now powered by Ancestry) can be accessed from home using the link on the Online Resources page under Research Tools on our … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Library
Tagged Census, city directories, Databases, Federal Census, HeritageQuest, library card, remote access
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Join Our Family Album!
It’s no secret that family photographs forge connections to the past. We may never have met Aunt Betsy or Great-Grandpa Milton, but we can see ourselves in their faces and learn something of our family circumstances through their clothes and … Continue reading
Introducing LibGuides!
One of the biggest challenges of doing genealogy and local history research is that there are so many different places to look for records and information. We have indexes and databases to help, of course, but we have to remember … Continue reading
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Tagged finding aids, LibGuides, links, online resources, reference, Research, Resources, suggested research topics
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Our “Special” visitors for 2014
In 2014, genealogists and history researchers came from all over the country to the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center, to use our wonderful resources. We also had email and phone requests come in from all over the world! They came from … Continue reading
