{"id":7622,"date":"2017-05-19T12:58:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T17:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/?p=7622"},"modified":"2017-05-19T13:01:26","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T18:01:26","slug":"extra-extra-read-all-about-it-now-available-the-port-byron-globe-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/2017\/05\/19\/extra-extra-read-all-about-it-now-available-the-port-byron-globe-newspaper\/","title":{"rendered":"Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Now Available: The Port Byron Globe Newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center is pleased to announce the acquisition of the weekly newspaper the Port Byron Globe <\/em><\/a>(Port Byron, IL, 1884-1992) on microfilm!<\/p>\n

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Delve into the lives of Port Byron, Illinois residents and their Scott County neighbors across the Mississippi in Le Claire and Princeton, Iowa as far back as 1884!<\/p>\n

Print indexes to the Port Byron Globe<\/em> are also available to researchers at the Center. The Rock Island County Historical Society compiled an obituary index<\/a> to the March 8, 1884 through August 12, 1971 issues; and two volumes (12 and 16) of local genealogy enthusiast Janet Pease’s Genealogical <\/span><\/em><\/a>Abstracts from Rock Island County, Illinois Newspapers<\/em> contain indexes to “all items which I felt to be of genealogical value – vital records, visits from out-of-town relatives, probate abstracts, marriage licenses…” for 1890 through 1897.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Take home a little Port Byron area history free of charge using our digital microfilm reader-printers and your storage device!<\/p>\n

We are grateful to Mr. and Mrs. M. Lawrence Shannon for donating this wonderful resource to our collection.<\/p>\n

(posted by Karen)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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