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Rock Island County



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Blackhawk Genealogical Society Books For Sale
Rock Island Historical Society Books For Sale

Illinois State Genealogical Society Books For Sale
Illinois State Historical Society Books For Sale

Genealogy Books at Heritage Quest
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Also see:
Rock Island Publications List


Order the following publications from:
Rock Island County Historical Society
822 -11th Ave
Moline, IL 61265
Phone (309) 764-8570
Email

Make check payable to the Rock Island County Historical Society.

Moline, City of Mills $16.99

Moline, a Pictorial History by Bess Pierce. $10.00.
Includes quite a bit of historical information/pictures on the Moline Fire Dept.

Rock Island: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow by Bj Elsner $18.00

A History of the First 90 Years of the Rock Island County Historical Society - 1905-1995 by James R. Sampson - $10.00

Ninety Years Remembering by Ruby A. Strand $3.00

The Silence of Eternity by Lloyd H. Efflandt - $9.00 (Cemeteries)

The Black Hawk War, Why? by Lloyd H. Efflandt $2.00

Lincoln and the Black Hawk War by Lloyd Efflandt $5.00

The Witch of Black Hawk Tower by J. Emory McCaw $7.95

A Walk Along Rodman Ave (Rock island Arsenal) by Moline Preservation Society $2.00

A Walk down Henry Street - Moline Preservation Society $2.00

The Witch of Butte $7.95

The Great Elecric Trolley Car Co. $2.50

Rock Island: All American City $18.99

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS FOR SALE.
1. Two Paul Norton prints: Firist Lutheran Church $5.00 and Moline Railroad Depot $5.00
2. Paper Weights - 90 year of RICHS - $5.00
3. 1877 Moline Map $1.00
4. Map of Missississippi River Rapids $3.00
5. Map of Rock Island 1887-1889 $5.00
6. Buffalo nickel jewelry $5.00 and $7.50
7. WPA Art Postcards - $5.00 for 6
8. Various Postcards 50Cents each



HISTORIC ROCK ISLAND COUNTY: History of the Settlement from the Earliest Known Period to the Present Time.
Including biographies. Pub. by Kramer & Co. 230+184p. (1908) 1993.
Check Higginson Book Company Sales for this book.

PORTRAIT & BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY, Containing Full-Page Portraits & Biographical Sketches
of Citizens of the County. Pub. by Biographical Publ. Co. 818p. (1885) 1993.
Check Higginson Book Company Sales for this book.

PAST & PRESENT OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY, Containing a History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., & a biographical Directory of its Citizens. Pub. by H.F. Klett Co. 474p. (1877) 1993. (BGS had this book for sale but it is sold out.)
Check Higginson Book Company Sales for this book.

EARLY DAYS OF ROCK ISLAND [ILL.] & DAVENPORT [IA.]: The Narratives of J.W. Spencer (1872) & J.M.D. Burrows
(1888). Ed. by M.M. Quaife. 315p. (1872, 1888, 1942) 1994.
Check Higginson Book Company Sales for this book.

HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY. With biographical sketches [published without Historical Encyclopedia of
Illinois, available separately]. 735p. (Munsell Pub.)
Check Higginson Book Company Sales for this book.



The Bolster Family of Londonderry and Weston VT, by Raymond Taylor (VT), 1925.
A copy is available thru members' circulating library catalog at the New England Historic Genealogical Society
(You must be a member to use the circulating library thru mail but they have a vast amount of resources. Check out the site.)



Illinois State Historical Society Books For Sale - Under the General Reference section, the Illinois Place Names book is great for looking up old place names!


Illinois State Genealogical Society Publications For Sale Includes publications on Orphan Trains and Illinois Pioneers.






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