Tag Archives: Marriage Announcements

Feathered Hats and Juliet Caps: the Glaudel – Petrik Wedding

Posted on May 29, 2014 by SCblogger

Eugenie M. Claudel married Francis Aloysious Petrik in Sacred Heart Cathedral at 8 o’clock on June 30, 1914. According to their Scott County marriage record, Miss Glaudel was 27 years old, and Mr. Petrik was 29. According to the wedding … Continue reading →

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Closing the three-year-gap: 1947 – 1949 Abstracted Names

Posted on August 1, 2013 by SCblogger

As our regular patron know, one of our Center’s best indexes for early twentieth-century newspaper announcements is the set of Abstracted Names from the Davenport, Iowa, Democrat (SC 977.769 Abs) which covers 1898 to 1946.  This resource was compiled by … Continue reading →

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Now Available! An Online Davenport Newspaper Index!

Posted on May 22, 2008 by SCblogger

We are excited to finally be able to offer our in-house local newspaper index online. This is a subject index for events and articles of local interest from the Quad-City Times, the Leader, the River Cities Reader, and other area … Continue reading →

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