Davenport Genealogy (in Scott County, IA)

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Davenport Birth Records

1800-1999 Iowa Births and Christenings Index (incomplete) Ancestry online

City of Davenport, record of births, 1904-1917 FamilySearch Library

Iowa, Birth Records, 1880-present Iowa Department of Public Health

Davenport Cemetery Records (56)


Davenport Census Records

1847 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1849 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1851 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1852 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1854 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1856 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1859 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1885 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1895 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1905 Iowa State Census MyHeritage online

1905 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1915 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

1925 Iowa State Census (part of Iowa State Census collection) Ancestry online

Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Davenport Church Records

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1800-1999 Iowa Births and Christenings Index (incomplete) Ancestry online

Baptism records, St. Andrew Presbyterian Church (Davenport, Iowa) WorldCat

Behind the years, 1839-1939 : the story of the first one hundred years of the First Presbyterian Church of Davenport, Iowa FamilySearch Library

Church history (Trinity Episcopal Church (Davenport, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Church history, 1839-1879 (Methodist Episcopal Church (Davenport, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Church history, 1839-1888 (Presbyterian Church (Davenport, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Church history, 1839-1931 (Edwards Congregational Church (Davenport, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Church history, 1839-1972 (First Baptist Church (Davenport, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Church history, 1872-1972 (Grandview Baptist Church (Davenport, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Church history, 1879-1968 (Third Missionary Baptist Church (Davenport, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Church history, 1880-1975 (Seventh-Day Adventist (Davenport, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1826-1990 (Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (Davenport, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1826-1991 (First Unitarian Church of Davenport (Scott County, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1833-1955 [Davenport, Iowa] (First Presbyterian Church (Davenport, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1841-1988 (Trinity Episcopal Church (Davenport, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1842-1871 (Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church (Davenport, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1851-1990 (Edwards Congregational Church (Davenport, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1855-1991 (Catholic Church. St. Joseph's Parish (Davenport, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1856-1918 (St. Luke's & Grace Cathedral (Davenport, Iowa : Episcopal)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1856-1919 (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Davenport Branch (Davenport, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1858-1900 (Presbyterian Church of Summit (Davenport, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1876-1882 (Second Presbyterian Church (Davenport, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1876-1919 (Mt. Ida Presbyterian Church (Davenport, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1882-1886 (Cathedral Congregation (Davenport, Iowa : Protestant Episcopal)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1889-1928 (Christ Church Parish (Davenport, Iowa)) FamilySearch Library

Danish church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Death register, church of St. Anthony, Davenport, Iowa from 17 January 1948 to 28 December 1978. WorldCat

Death register, church of St. Anthony, Davenport, Iowa, from 7 September 1839 to 19 September 1866, 1 December 1911 to 30 November 1947. WorldCat

Heritage of a dream : the story of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral FamilySearch Library

Historical records : 1839-1853 ; Communion records : 1922-1986 ; Confirmation records : 1911-1967. WorldCat

Looking backward; an historic church : a history of the First Christian church, Davenport, Iowa, 1904 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, 1875-1879 : Scott County Court House, Davenport, Iowa WorldCat

Marriage register, church of St. Anthony, Davenport, Iowa from 13 April 1882 to 22 December 1947. WorldCat

Marriage register, church of St. Anthony, Davenport, Iowa from 21 November 1839 to 9 January 1882. WorldCat

Mount Ida Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1876-1918 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Mount Ida Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1877-1903 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Mount Ida Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1921-1941 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Mount Ida Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1941-1960 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Mount Ida Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1960-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Register of marriages (liber matrimoniorum) : church of (Ecclesia) St. Anthony, Davenport, Iowa, from 1-1-1948 to 12-29-79. WorldCat

St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, Register, 1888-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, Register, 1890-1964 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, Register, 1893-1956 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Summit Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1860-1899 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

The history of the Episcopal Church in Scott County and Trinity Cathedra l FamilySearch Library

Zion church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Davenport City Directories (169)


Davenport Death Records

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1900-1939 Iowa Death Index MyHeritage online

1920-1940 Iowa Death Records Ancestry online

City of Davenport burial permits, 1888-1906, burial ledgers, 1863-1881 FamilySearch Library

Death records, 1880-1931; index, 1880-1900 FamilySearch Library

Death register, church of St. Anthony, Davenport, Iowa from 17 January 1948 to 28 December 1978. WorldCat

Death register, church of St. Anthony, Davenport, Iowa, from 7 September 1839 to 19 September 1866, 1 December 1911 to 30 November 1947. WorldCat

Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 (selections) MyHeritage online

Iowa, Death Records, 1880-present Iowa Department of Public Health

Iowa, Select Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990 Ancestry online

Local Database Search (includes obituary indexes to Davenport newspapers, indexes to local history books, marriage indexes, and census indexes) Davenport Public Library online

Obituary Index of Rock Island Argus and Quad City Times, 1940s, 1960-1964, 2005-2017 Rock Island County Illinois Genealogical Society online

Obituary index Davenport Morning Democrat January 1962-December 1963 WorldCat

Obituary index Davenport Morning Democrat January-May 1964 & Davenport Times Democrat June 1964-December 1965 WorldCat

Obituary index Davenport Times Democrat January 1966-December 1967 WorldCat

Obituary index Davenport Times Democrat January 1968-December 1969 WorldCat

Obituary index for the Davenport Democrat (Davenport, Iowa) 1947-1949 WorldCat

Obituary index for the Davenport Democrat (Davenport, Iowa) 1950 WorldCat

Obituary index for the Davenport Democrat (Davenport, Iowa) 1950-1951 WorldCat

Obituary index for the Davenport Democrat (Davenport, Iowa) 1950-1953 WorldCat

Obituary index for the Davenport Democrat (Davenport, Iowa) 1950-1955 WorldCat

Obituary index for the Davenport Democrat (Davenport, Iowa) 1956-1958 WorldCat

Obituary index for the Davenport Democrat (Davenport, Iowa) 1959 WorldCat

Obituary index for the Davenport Morning Democrat January 1960-December 1961 WorldCat

Obituary index for the Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa) 1990-1994 WorldCat

Obituary index for the Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa) 1995-1999 WorldCat

Obituary index for the Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa) 2000-2002 WorldCat

Obituary index for the Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa) 2000-2004 WorldCat

Davenport Histories and Genealogies

Davenport, past and present : including the early history and personal and anecdotal reminiscences of Davenport; together with biographies, likenesses of its prominent men; compendious articles upon the physical, industrial, social and political characteristics of the city, full statistics of every department of note or interest, &c. FamilySearch Library

Genealogical abstracts from the Rock Island Republican, 1851-1855 FamilySearch Library

History of Davenport and Scott County Iowa, Volume I LDS Genealogy online

History of Davenport and Scott County Iowa, Volume I Internet Archive online

History of Davenport and Scott County Iowa, Volume II LDS Genealogy online

History of Davenport and Scott County Iowa, Volume II Internet Archive online

History of Davenport and Scott County, Iowa FamilySearch Library

History of Davenport and Scott County, Iowa V. 1 Genealogy Gophers online

The Key to genealogical research in the Quad Cities area of Rock Island County, Illinois and Scott County, Iowa FamilySearch Library

The early days of Rock Island and Davenport : the narratives of J. W. Spencer and J. M. D. Burrows FamilySearch Library

Davenport Immigration Records

Iowa, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1937 Ancestry online

Naturalization records, 1838-1930; indexes, 1840-1930 FamilySearch Library

Scott County Iowa naturalization book : up to 1906, then 1907 to 1926 FamilySearch Library

US Naturalization Record Index, Northern Illinois, 1840-1950 ( includes Scott County, IA) MyHeritage online

Davenport Land Records

Deed records, 1838-1932 FamilySearch Library

Davenport Map Records

Davenport, 1888 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Map of Davenport, Ia. 1888. Library of Congress online

Panorama map of Rock Island, Ill. as seen from Davenport, Iowa, 1874 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, 1892 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, 1906 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, 1910 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, 1910 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, 1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, 1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, 1956 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, 1956 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, 1956 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, March 1886 Library of Congress online

Davenport Marriage Records

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1880-1940 Iowa Marriage Records Ancestry online

Abstracted names from the Davenport, Iowa, Democrat and Leader newspapers WorldCat

Historical records : 1839-1853 ; Communion records : 1922-1986 ; Confirmation records : 1911-1967. WorldCat

Index to marriage records, 1860-1869 : Scott County Court house, Davenport, Iowa WorldCat

Index to marriage records, 1870-1879 : Scott County Court house, Davenport, Iowa WorldCat

Iowa Marriages 1809-1992 (selections) MyHeritage online

Iowa Marriages, 1851-1900 Ancestry online

Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-present Iowa Department of Public Health

Iowa, Marriages, 1836-1926 MyHeritage online

Iowa, Select Marriages, 1809-1992 Ancestry online

Marriage notices from the Davenport Democrat 1950 WorldCat

Marriage notices from the Davenport Democrat 1950-1951 WorldCat

Marriage notices from the Davenport Democrat 1950-1953 WorldCat

Marriage notices from the Davenport Democrat 1950-1955 WorldCat

Marriage notices from the Davenport Democrat 1956-1958 WorldCat

Marriage records and index, 1852-1855 : Scott County Court house, Davenport, Iowa WorldCat

Marriage records and index, Scott County Court House, Davenport, Iowa. Compiled by Scott County Iowa Genealogical Society. WorldCat

Marriage records, 1830-1956; index, 1838-1861 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, 1860-1869 : Scott County Court house, Davenport, Iowa WorldCat

Marriage records, 1870-1874 : Scott County Court House, Davenport, Iowa WorldCat

Marriage records, 1870-1879 : Scott County Court house, Davenport, Iowa WorldCat

Marriage records, 1875-1879 : Scott County Court House, Davenport, Iowa WorldCat

Marriage register, church of St. Anthony, Davenport, Iowa from 13 April 1882 to 22 December 1947. WorldCat

Marriage register, church of St. Anthony, Davenport, Iowa from 21 November 1839 to 9 January 1882. WorldCat

Register of marriages (liber matrimoniorum) : church of (Ecclesia) St. Anthony, Davenport, Iowa, from 1-1-1948 to 12-29-79. WorldCat

Davenport Military Records

A succinct history of the 28th Iowa Volunteer Infantry : From date of muster into service, October 10th, 1862, at Iowa City, Iowa, to its final muster out, August 13th, 1865, at Davenport, Iowa LDS Genealogy online

A succinct history of the 28th Iowa Volunteer Infantry : From date of muster into service, October 10th, 1862, at Iowa City, Iowa, to its final muster out, August 13th, 1865, at Davenport, Iowa Internet Archive online

Civil War: IA Soldiers Orphans Home Davenport (1864-1867) US Gen Web Archives online

Civil War: IA Soldiers Orphans Home Deaths Davenport (1866) US Gen Web Archives online

Recollections of field service with the Twentieth Iowa Infantry Volunteers, or, What I saw in the army : embracing accounts Ancestry online

Reunion of the Second Iowa Cavalry Veteran Association, 1882 LDS Genealogy online

Reunion of the Second Iowa Cavalry Veteran Association, 1882 Internet Archive online

Soldiers Orphans Home records WorldCat

Soldiers orphan home records FamilySearch Library

Davenport Minority Records

German forty-eighters in Davenport FamilySearch Library

Davenport Newspapers and Obituaries (164)


Davenport Probate Records

1758-1997 Iowa Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Davenport School Records

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Assumption High School yearbook, 1951, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Assumption High School yearbook, 1951, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Classmates online

Assumption High School yearbook, 1951, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA), 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 E Yearbook online

Central High School yearbook, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Central High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Central High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Classmates online

Church and school records, 1883-1956 FamilySearch Library

Davenport High School yearbook, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Davenport High School yearbook, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 Classmates online

Davenport High School yearbook, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Marycrest College - Yearbook (Davenport, IA), 1960, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969 E Yearbook online

Marycrest College yearbook, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1979 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

North High School - Norwica Yearbook (Davenport, IA), 1986 E Yearbook online

North High School yearbook, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Classmates online

North High School yearbook, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Palmer College of Chiropractic - Fountainhead Yearbook (Davenport, IA), 1975, 1976, 1977 E Yearbook online

Palmer College of Chiropractic yearbooks, 1975, 1976, 1977 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Saint Ambrose College - Oaks Yearbook (Davenport, IA), 1941, 1949, 1954, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983 E Yearbook online

Saint Ambrose College yearbooks, 1941, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1982, 1983 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Saint Katharine's High School For Girls yearbook, 1950 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St Katharine's High School for Girls yearbook, 1968 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St Katherines School - Wheel Yearbook (Davenport, IA), 1950 E Yearbook online

St Katherines School yearbook, 1950 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St. Katharine's High School for Girls yearbook, 1950, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968 Classmates online

St. Katharine's High School for Girls yearbook, 1950, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

St. Katharine's High School for Girls yearbooks, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

West High School - Shaheen Yearbook (Davenport, IA), 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988 E Yearbook online

West High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

West High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

West High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Classmates online

Davenport Tax Records

Scott County, Iowa tax records, 1849-1906 FamilySearch Library



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