Scott County Iowa Genealogical Society

Purpose of the Society
The purpose of SCIGS is twofold.


 * 1) to provide educational programs and research materials to assist members in their own family history research.
 * 2) to work within the community to preserve and provide access to historical records that document the history of Scott County.

Help the Society Can Provide
SCIGS is committed to assisting those doing genealogy for this area and increasing its collection of local records. Resources include Scott County Courthouse records, cemetery and church records, vital records for neighboring Iowa counties and other states, immigration records, newspaper abstracts and periodicals. These materials provide a broad genealogical base for research and is merged with the Davenport Public Library's Special Collection Room records to expand the scope of both organizations.

Record Collections
All of our record collections are housed in the Richardson-Sloane Special Collectons Room


 * Located: Davenport Public Library, 321 Main Street, Davenport, IA 52801
 * How to access: http://www.davenportlibrary.com/genealogy-and-history/

Indexes for Scott County, Iowa

 * Indexes to multiple record sources are online at Scott County, Iowa Genealogy www.celticcousins.net/scott/

Books

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Periodicals

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Family Files (any other paper files)

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Publications for Sale
SOME MATERIALS FOR SALE BY THE SCOTT COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY


 * 1850 Federal Census, Mortality Schedule &amp; Early Marriages (Grooms and Brides indexes for 1831-1852)
 * Marriage Records 1852-1879
 * Naturalization Index 1852-1930
 * Naturalization Index and Documents 1832-1926 (not the same as 1852-1930, but may be some duplication)
 * Gravestone Record Indexes
 * Cemetery Records
 * Probate Records
 * Davenport City Directory 1856
 * Abstracted Names from "THE DAVENPORT DEMOCRAT AND LEADER" newspaper (Years currently in print 1900-1946)

This is not a complete list or description of materials available. These publications are offered for sale through the IOWA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, P.O. Box 7735, Des Moines, IA 50322. Please write for a catalog.

shop.iowapioneers.com/category.sc

Look up Services
(Instructions and fees)

How to Do Research in (name of town/county)

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Local Repositories Society Members Visit

 * American/Schleswig-Holstein Heritage Society www.ashhs.org/index.html
 * Geman American Heritage Center www.gahc.org/
 * Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center www.augustana.edu/x13856.xml
 * Davenport Public Library - Richardson-Sloan Special Collections www.davenportlibrary.com/genealogy-and-history/
 * Davenport Iowa Family History Center - www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Davenport_Iowa_Family_History_Center

Benefits to Those Who Join the Society
Cost of membership and how to join: Scott County Iowa Genealogical Society Membership is open to anyone interested in genealogy and family history.

Dues are payable by 1 Jan as follows:

Individual membership $12.00 Mr. &amp; Mrs. Membership $16.00 Annual contributing membership $20.00 Life membership $250.00

Please make checks payable to Scott County Iowa Genealogical Society, and send to:

Registrar SCIGS PO Box 3132 Davenport, IA 52808-3132

Unlimited Online Access to:


 * FamilySearch online records and indexes. More added everyday. familysearch.org/
 * Scott County, Iowa Genealogy and indexes to many databases www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm

Newsletter/Periodical: The Iowan - Just got a new editor and hopes are to republish soon. We are going ditigal. Send us your email and we will send you a copy when we get it ready.

Field Trips: Tuesday May 7, 2013 - Tour of the German American Heritage Center, 712 W 2nd St Davenport, IA 52802. Time is 7:00 pm. Tour will begin after a brief meeting upstairs in conference room.

Society Happenings
Sep 9th meeting: Todd DeDecker, administrator of the Bishop Hill Heritage Association, will speak on the Association and availability of records for family research.

Oct 7th meeting: The society will meet in the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Room to learn what is available at the RSSC area of the Davenport Public Libary.

Nov 4th meeting is our annual dinner at the Americal Legion Hall at 702 W. 35th St, Davenport, IA. We will elect and install the new officers for 2014.

Dec 2nd will be a field trip to the historical home of Joesph Bettendorf. The mansion is in use by the Rivermont Collegiate School. It will be a Christmas tour and lecture about the history of the Bettendorfs and the home.

Meetings
1st Monday of each month with the following EXCEPTIONS: September - if the 1st Monday follows the Labor Day holiday. There no meetings in January or July. (Field trips may be announced from time to time.)

Board Meetings
5:45-6:45pm prior to regular meetings unless otherwise announced.

Indexing

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Past Projects

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