Rock Island County, Illinois:
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Projects

• Illinois Ancestors Rock Island      (Source: Illinois Ancestors)
• Quad-Cities Memory Project 
• Rock Island County      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Rock Island County      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Rock Island County, Illinois History and Genealogy 
• Rock Island ILGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Clinton County, IA  to the north
• Henry County  to the east and southeast
• Mercer County  to the south
• Muscatine County, IA  to the north
• Scott County, IA  to the north
• Whiteside County  to the east

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (12)

Cemeteries (19)

Census Records and Indexes (39)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Rock Island County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Rock Island County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

Directories (10)

Estate Records

• Illinois Probate Records  1819-1970     (Source: Family History Library)
• Probate Case Files  Index, 1834-1899     (Source: Illinois State Archives)

Ethnic

• Black Hawk - Rock Island      (Source: Illinois Historical Preservation Agency)

History (54)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Illinois, County Naturalization Records  1800-1962     (Source: Family History Library)
• PA to Rock Island Co IL      (Source: Treasures of the Past)
• Rock Island County Naturalization Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Land Records

• Family Maps of Rock Island County, Illinois  Deluxe Edition     (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• History of the Title to Lands in Rock Island County, Illinois  Volume 4, 1912     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Rock Island County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Rock Island, Whiteside Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Rock Island, Sangamon Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Henry, Rock Island Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (19)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Rock Island County Message Board      (Source: Illinois Trails History & Genealogy)
• Rock Island County, IL Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• RootsWeb Message Boards      (Source: RootsWeb)

• IA-IL-QCA-TALK-L For anyone with a genealogical interest in the counties in Iowa and Illinois that are separated by the Mississippi river (the Iowa-Illinois Quad Cities)

  • IA-IL-QCA-TALK-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • IA-IL-QCA-TALK-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • IA-IL-QCA-TALK-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• IL-WESTERN-L Western Illinois Genealogy

  • IL-WESTERN-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • IL-WESTERN-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • IL-WESTERN-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• ILROCKIS-L Rock Island County Genealogy

  • ILROCKIS-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ILROCKIS-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ILROCKIS-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (61)

Military Records and Histories (25)

Miscellaneous Data

• Illinois Poorhouse History 
• Illinois State Genealogical Quarterly Index 
• Migrations through Rock Island County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Rock Island County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Rock Island County Query Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Rock Island County Records      (Source: Find County Records)

Newspaper Records

• Cataloged Titles      (Source: Illinois Newspaper Project)
• Chronicling America  Rock Island County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Hillsdale Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Newspapers Published in Rock Island County      (Source: Illinois Newspaper Project)
• Rock Island County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Rock Island County Newspaper Articles and Post Cards      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Search East Moline Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (16)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (17)

School Records and Histories (13)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Rock Island County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• Blackhawk Genealogical Society  Rock Island and Mercer Counties
• The Colonel Davenport Historical Foundation 
• Port Byron Historical Society 
• Rock Island County Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• Rock Island County Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (261)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry (12)

Vital Records

• Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860  includes Rock Island County, 1833 - 1850     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Rock Island County Birth Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Rock Island County Death Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Rock Island County Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Rock Island County Vital Records Office      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Rock Island County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Rock Island County     (Source: Family History Library)
• Vital Records  Rock Island County Clerk

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