Rock Island Genealogy (in Rock Island County, IL)

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Rock Island Birth Records

Illinois, Birth Records, 1916-present Illinois Department of Public Health

Rock Island Cemetery Records

Calvary Cemetery Billion Graves online

Calvary Cemetery Interment online

Cemetery inscriptions of Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Cemetery records, Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island, Illinois and Memorial Park Cemetery, Moline, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Cemetery records, Memorial Park, Immanuel Lutheran, Calvary and Hebrew burial grounds, Rock Island, Rock Island Co., Illinois FamilySearch Library

Chippiannock Cemetery Billion Graves online

Chippiannock Cemetery Illinois Gravestones online

Chippiannock Cemetery Find a Grave online

Confederate Dead at Rock Island US Gen Web Archives online

Dickson Cemetery Billion Graves online

Dickson Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hebrew Cemetery Billion Graves online

Hebrew Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Hebrew Cemetery Find a Grave online

Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery Billion Graves online

Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery Find a Grave online

Index for the Memorial Park Cemetery burials, April 1926-April 1982 : 30th Street and Blackhawk Road, Rock Island, IL WorldCat

National Cemetery at Rock Island US Gen Web Archives online

Passages : a collection of personal histories of Chippiannock Cemetery WorldCat

Pioneer Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Register of Confederate soldiers and sailors who died at Arsenal Island, Rock Island, Illinois while prisoners of war : compiled in the office of the commissioner for marking graves of Confederate dead, War Department, 1912, reproduced from Microfilm # M918-0001, National Archives FamilySearch Library

Rock Island Confederate Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Rock Island Confederate prison deaths FamilySearch Library

Rock Island Memorial Park Billion Graves online

Rock Island Memorial Park Interment online

Rock Island National Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Sexton's records, Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois FamilySearch Library

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. IX (Soldiers Buried in Rock Island, Illinois) Ancestry online

William Carr Cemetery Billion Graves online

William Carr Cemetery Find a Grave online

Rock Island Census Records

1855 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

1865 Illinois State Census 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

Rock Island Church Records

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100 years of confirmands at Church of Peace, Rock Island, Illinois, 1896-1995. WorldCat

Church records (Rock Island, Illinois), 1896-1920 (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Rock Island Branch (Rock Island, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1874-1935 (Broadway Presbyterian Church (Rock Island, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Cleland Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1916-1933 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Lutheran Church records (in U.S. Evangelical Lutheran Church, Swedish American Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Grace Lutheran Church records (in U.S. Evangelical Lutheran Church, Swedish American Church Records collection) Ancestry online

List showing inscriptions on headstones for Confederate soldiers and sailors who, while prisoners of war, died at Rock Island, Illinois, and were there buried. WorldCat

Minutes (microform), Broadway Presbyterian Church (Rock Island, Ill.). Archive Grid

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

Rock Island City Directories (84)


Rock Island Death Records

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1916-1947 Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index Ancestry online

Death index & obituary information, Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa areas WorldCat

Death index, African Americans and others in Rock Island, Illinois area WorldCat

Death index, Rock Island, Illinois, & Davenport, Iowa areas, 2000-2004 WorldCat

Death index, Rock Island, Illinois, area, 1920's WorldCat

Death index, Rock Island, Illinois, area, 1930's WorldCat

Death index, Rock Island, Illinois, area, 1970's WorldCat

Death index, Rock Island, Illinois, area, 1980's WorldCat

Death index, Rock Island, Illinois, area, 1990's WorldCat

Illinois Deaths, 1916-1950 MyHeritage online

Illinois Deaths, before 1916 MyHeritage online

Illinois, Death Records, 1916-present Illinois Department of Public Health

Illinois, Select Deaths Index, 1877-1916 Ancestry online

Index to deaths, 1878-1921; deaths, 1877-1901 FamilySearch Library

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

Rock Island Histories and Genealogies

Early Rock Island LDS Genealogy online

Early Rock Island Internet Archive online

The Early Day of Rock Island and Davenport Ancestry online

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

Three Cities and Their Industrial Interests Internet Archive online

Rock Island Immigration Records

Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry online

Naturalization records, 1851-1906 ; index to naturalizations, 1851-1962 FamilySearch Library

Swedish-American newspapers : a guide to the microfilms held by Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois FamilySearch Library

US Naturalization Record Index, Northern Illinois, 1840-1950 ( includes Rock Island County, IL) MyHeritage online

Rock Island Land Records

Deed records, 1835-1927; indexes, 1835-1912 FamilySearch Library

Rock Island Map Records

Bird's eye view map of the city of Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois 1869. Library of Congress online

Map of Rock Island, Ill., 1889 Library of Congress online

Panorama map of Moline, Ill. as seen from the island of Rock Island, Ill., 1873 Library of Congress online

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

Rock Island, 1869 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Rock Island, 1874 Panaramic View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Rock Island, 1889 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Rock Island, 1894 Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, 1906 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, 1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, 1957 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, April 1886 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, January 1892 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, October 1898 Library of Congress online

Rock Island Marriage Records

1800-1940 Illinois, County Marriage Records Ancestry online

1860-1920 Illinois, Marriage Index Ancestry online

Illinois Marriages, 1763-1900 MyHeritage online

Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860 Ancestry online

Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 Ancestry online

Index to marriage registers, 1834-1925; marriage registers, 1833-1924 FamilySearch Library

Rock Island Military Records

Index for the Memorial Park Cemetery burials, April 1926-April 1982 : 30th Street and Blackhawk Road, Rock Island, IL WorldCat

List of Confederate prisoners by state interned at Rock Island, Illinois, 1863-1865 FamilySearch Library

List showing inscriptions on headstones for Confederate soldiers and sailors who, while prisoners of war, died at Rock Island, Illinois, and were there buried. WorldCat

Narratives of Confederate prisoners by name, interned at Rock Island, Illinois, 1863-1865 FamilySearch Library

Register of Confederate dead, Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois WorldCat

Register of Confederate dead, Rock Island, Illinois WorldCat

Register of Confederate dead, Rock Island, Illinois WorldCat

Register of Confederate soldiers and sailors who died at Arsenal Island, Rock Island, Illinois while prisoners of war : compiled in the office of the commissioner for marking graves of Confederate dead, War Department, 1912, reproduced from Microfilm # M918-0001, National Archives FamilySearch Library

Rock Island Confederate prison deaths FamilySearch Library

Selected records of the War Department relating to Confederate prisoners of war, 1861-1865 : NARA Record Group 109 FamilySearch Library

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. IX (Soldiers Buried in Rock Island, Illinois) Ancestry online

Rock Island Miscellaneous Records

Voters in Rock Island Township, 1865 Genealogy Trails online

Rock Island Newspapers and Obituaries (65)


Rock Island Probate Records

1772-1999 Illinois, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Rock Island County, Illinois will abstracts, vol. 1 Genealogy Gophers online

Rock Island Probate Case Files Index (1834-1899) Illinois State Archive online

Rock Island School Records

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Alleman High School - Pioneer (Rock Island, IL), 1950, 1951, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1979 E Yearbook online

Alleman High School yearbook, 1950, 1951, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Alleman High School yearbook, 1950, 1951, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985 Classmates online

Alleman High School yearbooks, 1950, 1951, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL), 1900, 1905, 1910, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1931, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1961, 1963, 1968 E Yearbook online

Augustana College and Theological Seminary yearbooks, 1900, 1905, 1910, 1914, 1918, 1919, 1922, 1931, 1936, 1938, 1943, 1944 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Augustana College yearbook, 1910, 1916, 1920, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1961, 1963, 1968 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Augustana College, The Rockety-I, 1918 Internet Archive online

Augustina College yearbook, 1918 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Edison Junior High School yearbook, 1932 Classmates online

Edison Junior High School yearbook, 1932 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Edison Junior High School yearbook, 1932 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Rock Island High School - Watchtower Yearbook (Rock Island, IL), 1919, 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, 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 E Yearbook online

Rock Island High School yearbook, 1919, 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, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Rock Island 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, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 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

Rock Island 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, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 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, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Classmates online

Rock Island Public High School, Watchtower, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 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, 2011, 2012, 2013 Internet Archive online

Villa De Chantal High School - Crescent Yearbook (Rock Island, IL), 1949, 1950, 1952 E Yearbook online

Villa De Chantal High School yearbook, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1974 Classmates online

Villa De Chantal High School yearbook, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1974 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Villa De Chantal High School yearbooks, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1974 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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