Rock Island County, Illinois Genealogy

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County Courthouse
All records are kept in a controlled room. Records are normally transcribed by a clerk off the original document onto a standardized county form. Review of the original document for accuracy is NOT allowed. There is a charge for record searches, regardless of finding anything.

They do have a limited cross-referenced computer access to some marriage indexes and death indexes.

Parent County

 * 1831--Rock Island County was created 9 February 1831 from Jo Daviess County. County seat: Rock Island

Neighboring Counties

 * Clinton County, Iowa
 * Henry
 * Mercer
 * Muscatine County, Iowa
 * Scott County, Iowa
 * Whiteside

African American
The following have information concerning African American research.


 * African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records
 * Illinois State Archives pamphlet on African American Research describes what records are at the State Archives with an online method for ordering records.
 * African American Resources for Illinois

Cemeteries
Illinois cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.


 * Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried. Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone.  May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.


 * Find A Grave also gives a list of cemeteries in Rock Island County and links to the information for the individuals buried there.


 * Rock Island Co. IL USGenWeb Tombstone Project usually gives the names of the deceased in alphabetical order by last name with birth and death dates plus any remarks.


 * Illinois Cemeteries by county.


 * The Family History Library Catalog lists some records of cemeteries in Rock Island County. Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.


 * ePodunk list of Rock Island County cemeteries gives the names of the cemeteries in the county with a link to more information such as address, phone number, and web site.

Web Sites

 * Family History Library Catalog
 * Rock Island County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)