One of the first things a genealogist learns is how to find obituaries, which usually appear in the local newspapers within two or three days after the date of death, if the deceased was a current resident.<\/p>\n
One of the second things a genealogist learns is how frustrating <\/em>it can be to find marriage announcements and other social events, which can appear in local newspapers months<\/em> afterward, or even before<\/em> the date of the event.<\/p>\n And as much as we love microfilm, it doesn\u2019t make it any easier on the eyes or the carpal tunnel to go through months and months of newspapers page-by-page.<\/p>\n But Pat Scott and Sandy Luse of the Scott County, Iowa Genealogy Society, have solved this problem for those of us trying to search the Quad-City Times<\/em> between 1994 and 1999.\u00a0 They\u2019ve gathered and indexed all those elusive marriage, engagement, and anniversary announcements \u00a0published during that time period\u2014they even gathered birthday<\/em> announcements:<\/p>\n Volume 1: Marriages, 1994-1996<\/em> (alphabetical by groom)<\/p>\n Volume 2: Marriages, 1994-1996<\/em> (alphabetical by bride)<\/p>\n Volume 3: Birthdays, 1994-1996<\/em><\/p>\n Volume 4: Marriages, 1996-1999 (<\/em>alphabetical by groom)<\/p>\n Volume 5: Marriages, 1996-1999 (<\/em>alphabetical by bride)<\/p>\n Volume 6: Birthdays and Miscellaneous Events, 1996-1999<\/em><\/p>\n This six volume set (located under 977.769 QUAD CIT) <\/em>is an incredible time saver\u2014and as all the listings include the full date of the original event<\/em> whenever available, it\u2019s an important informational resource all by itself.<\/p>\n We can\u2019t thank Ms. Scott and Ms. Luse enough for all their hard work\u2014and we can\u2019t wait to start using the amazing results of their labor!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the first things a genealogist learns is how to find obituaries, which usually appear in the local newspapers within two or three days after the date of death, if the deceased was a current resident. One of the … Continue reading