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Category Archives: Library
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
Posted in Library, Local History
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
Posted in Genealogy, Library, Local History
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
Mark Your Calendars: Plus-60 Club Genealogy Event at the Library!
The Quad-City Times Plus-60 Club is hosting an Introduction to Genealogy Research Event on October 30 (this Thursday) from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. in the Film Room of the Main Street Davenport Library. Following a presentation, given by our our … Continue reading
What are you doing this Sunday?
Are the nuts in your family tree so well hidden you suspect that squirrels may be involved? We in the Special Collections Center understand. And we are once again opening our Center on a Sunday to give you a little … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Library
Tagged Fun, Genealogy Night, library, Research, Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center
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Welcome, Jessica!
Jessica Mirasol, our new Archives Supervising Librarian, joined the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center crew on August 25! Jessica earned her Master of Library and Information Science with a concentration in Archival Preservation from the University of Pittsburgh in 2006. She … Continue reading
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Tagged library, Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center, Supervisor
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