Calendar

MONDAY, MAY 26 – ALL THREE DAVENPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY BRANCHES WILL BE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY

THURSDAY, JUNE 19TH – ALL THREE DAVENPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY BRANCHES WILL BE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF JUNETEENTH

DAVENPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY, 321 N. Main Street, Davenport, IA 52801-1490 – 563-326-7832 – Hours:  Monday 9am-9pm – Tuesday thru Saturday 9am-5:30pm – Sunday Closed
RICHARDSON-SLOANE COLLECTION CENTER, 321 N. Main Street, Davenport, IA 563-326-7902 – Hours: Beginning February 26th, open from 9:00am to 5:00pm Monday thru Friday. 

Richardson-Sloane Collection Center – Genealogical/family history research -Local history research.  You can visit or send requests to them or to SCIGS.  Questions:  Special Collections:  call 563-326-7902 or emailing specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com.  — SCIGS Corresponding Secretary:  scigscorsec@gmail.com

SCOTT COUNTY IOWA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (SCIGS) – 2025 Monthly meetings
Monthly meetings will be held on Saturdays at 1:00pm at the Davenport Main Street Library – Large Meeting Room, unless otherwise announced – Programs will be announced as they become available. 
Meeting will be held 1st Saturday of each month with the following exception:  September the 2nd Saturday — No meeting in January or July

–May 3, 2025 – 1pm-3pm – Meeting Room B, Main – ‘So Many Newspapers, So Little Time’ – Newspapers can give you more than just birth, marriage, and death information.  It may tell you about their activities and hints about their character.  You may find both direct and collateral relatives, find FANSs (family, associates, neighbors), and so much more.  Learn tips about both how and where to search.
–June 7, 2025 – 1pm-3pm – Meeting Room B, Main – ‘IGS Irish Interest Group and Intro to Irish Resources.’ – Theresa Liewer is a volunteer with the Iowa Genealogical Society where, among other things, she moderates the monthly Irish Special Interest Group meetings on Zoom.  She’s spent years researching Irish records and delights in sharing what she’s learned.  For this class, she’ll star with where to search with American records for clues to your family’s Irish origins.  Then she’ll introduce you to the wonderful and for the most part free, online Irish resources for researching church records, census records, civil records of births, deaths, and marriages, detailed maps, tax records, and more.  Despite the rumors, not all Irish records were destroyed in 1922, and Theresa looks forward to helping you uncover your Irish story.
–JULY NO MEETING

RICHARDSON-SLOANE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS & DAVENPORT LIBRARY PROGRAMS
Additional information can be found at davenportlibrary.libcal.com

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL LECTURE SERIES:  250 YEARS OF THE US ARMY – This lecture series is commemorating the 250th anniversary of the creation of the United States Army in 1775.  All talks in this series are presented by a member of Army Sustainment Command’s Office of the Historian, based on the Arsenal.  This program is jointly hosted by the Davenport Public Library and Rock Island Public Library.  If you are unable to attend the Davenport Public Library’s session, another session will be offered earlier in the day at 2:00PM at Rock Island Public Library.
–May 14, 2025 – The Army and a World at War
–June 11, 2025 – The Interwar:  Downsizing & Celebration of the Army
–August 13, 2025 – World War II, Reorganization and the Dawn of the Atomic Age
–September 10, 2025 – 1919-1975:  The Army in East Asia
–October 8, 2025 – Desert Shield & Desert Storm
–November 12, 2025 – Building the Army of the Future

Rock Island County Illinois Genealogical Society (RICIGS)
–Check their website for current program information – https://ricigs.org

Davenport Iowa Family History Center
4929 Wisconsin, Davenport, IA – 563-386-7547
Hours vary so call before going to do research.

German Heritage Center & Museum
712 W 2nd St, Davenport, IA – 563-322-8844 – gahc.org