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THE RICHARDSON-SLOANE SPECIAL COLLECTION CENTER
\n<\/strong>Maintains extensive local history and genealogy collections,\u00a0along with SCIGS large collection
\n-Lower Level – Davenport Public Library, 321 Main Street, Davenport, IA
\nAdditional information call 563-326-7902 or emailing specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com
\nSign up for Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center Newsletter<\/p>\n

THE RICHARDSON-SLOANE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS – Online Resources
\n<\/strong>-The Richardson-Sloane Special Collection’s mission is to not only preserve local history and genealogical materials, but also provide access to the materials, but also provide access to the materials.\u00a0 Users of our collections may be familiar with our\u00a0<\/em>Library’s Catalog<\/span> which is used to search our published items include books, periodicals, journals, maps and some microfilm.\u00a0 Our catalog provides valuable descriptive information about an item’s publication details as well as notes about copy specific information include it provenance, inscriptions, and binding, if appropriate.
\n<\/em>– In addition to our Library’s Catalog, we have two other sites that users can search to find materials house in our collections.\u00a0 One such site it is our\u00a0Archive and Manuscript Catalog<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0With this catalog, users can search for finding aids of our archival, manuscript, photographic, architectural, and map collections.\u00a0 These descriptions inform users of what types of holdings we have and if they can answer their questions.\u00a0 Most collections have brief descriptions, but the staff of the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center will help answer any questions that arise.\u00a0 —
\n—<\/em>– Our final site that users can search is our\u00a0upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive<\/span>.\u00a0 This archive is a digital image consortium collection containing digitalized and digital images from 13 institutions from and surrounding the Quad Cities.\u00a0 It has grown since its creation in 2002 to include images of textual works as well as sound recordings.\u00a0 Users can search across all the institutions’ collections or search individually.\u00a0 Each image has robust metadata describing the image and its history.<\/em>
\nRESOURCES
\n<\/a>-Books -Church Records\u00a0-Davenport City Archives\u00a0-Map Collections\u00a0-Newspapers\u00a0-Oral History Collections\u00a0-Newspapers\u00a0-Oral History Collections\u00a0-Photographs\u00a0-Scott County Records\u00a0-Archive & Manuscript Collections
\nRESEARCH GUIDES<\/a>\u00a0 -People -Places -Things
\nLOCAL DATABASE SEARCH<\/a>
\nASK A GENEALOGY OR SPECIAL COLLECTIONS QUESTION
\n<\/a>SPECIAL COLLECTION FORMS<\/a>
\n-Resource checklist -Family Group Sheet -City Directory Research -5 Generation Ancestor Chart –PDF forms link available at the bottom of the ‘Special Collection Forms’ page for all four of the above<\/em> forms)<\/p>\n

OTHER RESOURCES<\/strong><\/p>\n

CONFERENCE KEEPER<\/a> – Collection of genealogy events calendar:\u00a0 Live – Virtual – Conferences – Seminars – Workshops – Webinars and more!<\/p>\n

ELEVENSES WITH LISA<\/a> live on the Genealogy Gems You Tube channel. – Lisa at lisalouisecooke.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

GEN WEB PROJECTS
\n—Iowa<\/a>\u00a0–Scott County<\/a>\u00a0 –Cedar County<\/a>\u00a0–Muscatine County<\/a>\u00a0–Clinton County<\/a>
\n—Illinois<\/a>\u00a0–Rock Island County<\/a>\u00a0–Mercer County<\/a>\u00a0-Henry County<\/a>\u00a0-Whiteside County<\/a><\/p>\n

GENERAL SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS<\/a> – includes the list of Mayflower Families, information about the Mayflower, the settlement and the descendants
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\nGRAVESTONE PHOTO PROJECTS
\n–Iowa<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>–Scott County<\/a>\u00a0–Cedar County<\/a>\u00a0–Muscatine County<\/a>\u00a0–Clinton County<\/a>\u00a0–Iowa gravestones search by county<\/a>\u00a0–Iowa gravestone search by county\/surnames\u00a0<\/a>
\n–Illinois<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0–Rock Island County<\/a>\u00a0–Mercer County<\/a>\u00a0–Henry County<\/a>\u00a0–Whiteside County<\/a>\u00a0–Surname Index by county<\/a><\/p>\n

IOWA HERITAGE DIGITAL COLLECTIONS<\/a> – Online repository of Iowa history and culture, maintained by the State Library of Iowa<\/p>\n

NATIONAL ARCHIVE<\/a>S
\n–Federal Census<\/a>\u00a0–Military Records<\/a>\u00a0–Catalog<\/a><\/p>\n

RIVERSHARE LIBRARIES<\/a>\u00a0 – Search catalog
\n-Bettendorf Public Library -Clinton Community College -Clinton Public Library -Davenport Public Library -LeClaire Community Library -Muscatine Community College Library -Musser Public Library -Scott Community College -Scott County Library System<\/p>\n

SOUTHEAST IOWA<\/a> – SE Iowa Newspaper Digital Archives<\/p>\n

THE ANCESTOR HUNT<\/a><\/p>\n

UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DIGITAL IMAGE ARCHIVE<\/a><\/p>\n

US GEN WEB ARCHIVES DIGITAL MAP LIBRARY<\/a>
\n–Iowa<\/a>\u00a0 –Illinois<\/a><\/p>\n

HISTORICAL WEBSITES\u00a0<\/strong>to find out what happened on a specific date\u00a0<\/em>
\n—\u00a0https:\/\/www.onthisday.com<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0This website claims to be the world’s largest, most accurate site for a day in history.\u00a0 You can enter a specific date or search by year or by country
\n<\/em>—\u00a0https:\/\/www.historynet.com\/today-in-history<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0This website offers historical information based on the date you pick
\n<\/em>—\u00a0<\/em>https:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history<\/a>\u00a0– Sponsored by A&E Television Networks, this company is the producer of History Channel on your cable TV.\u00a0 You may check for a specific date in history.\u00a0 They offer the option of receiving a daily email of historical events each day. —-\u00a0<\/em>A BIG THANKS TO ANNE THOMAS, The Iowan Editor for this information!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

SCOTT COUNTY LIBRARIES<\/strong> – Links
\nBETTENDORF PUBLIC LIBRARY<\/a>, 2950 Learning Campus Drive, Bettendorf, IA 52722<\/p>\n

DAVENPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY<\/a>, 321 Main Street – Fairmount Branch, 3000 Fairmount St – Eastern Branch, 6000 Eastern Avenue<\/p>\n

SCOTT COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM
\n<\/strong><\/a>BLUE GRASS LIBRARY<\/span>, 121 S Mississippi St, Suite 2, Blue Grass, IA 52726 –\u00a0Books specific to Blue Grass:\u00a0\u00a0There are books specific to Blue Grass, including 150 Years in Blue Grass, Iowa and Cemetery Burials, 1839-1900, Blue Grass Cemetery. They also have some area atlases in their Iowa section.
\nBUFFALO LIBRARY<\/span>, Scott County Library System, 329 Dodge St., Buffalo, IA 52728
\nThe Buffalo Library is tucked away but worth locating. Their materials include an Iowa section and a book about the community, Buffalo Then & Now, a Short History of Buffalo, IA. There is also a historical society in Buffalo. The Buffalo Historical Society also operates the Buffalo Historical Museum<\/a>\u00a0for additional information regarding the historical society and museum.
\nELDRIDGE BRANCH LIBRARY<\/span>, Scott\u00a0Library System, 200 N. 6th Ave., Eldridge, IA 52748.\u00a0 They have a History Haven section in the library.\u00a0 They hold yearbooks for North Scott High School from 1959 to present,\u00a0in both book form and online. There are copies of the North Scott Press newspaper from 1968 to present, in book form and in an online searchable format. The North Scott Morning Star, a fine arts publication from the high school, is available from 1983 to present, in book form and online. There are some plat books for Scott, Cedar, Clinton and Muscatine Counties, and atlases of Scott County. The library maintains some Scott County history records. There are local cookbooks. Perhaps your ancestor\u2019s family recipes are included. Ancestory.com (library edition) is available for use at the Eldridge Library.
\nWALCOTT BRANCH LIBRARY<\/span>, Scott County Library System, 101 E. Durant St., Walcott, IA 52773.\u00a0\u00a0The library has at least three books devoted to area history: Walcott: The Early Years 1854-1954, Walcott Day, Bicentennial 1776-1976 and Walcott Centennial 1954. There are physical copies of the Scott County Tribune newspaper, August 5, 1939 to July 25, 1941, and the Walcott Community News newspaper, 1933-1935. There are some atlases. The library has four Walcott cookbooks from the school, a church, the community and a local German society. The community also has the Walcott Historical Society<\/a><\/p>\n

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