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Obituaries:
These articles are being indexed from the Democrat, the Times-Democrat, and the Quad-City Times. Current coverage is 1950-1962, 1980-82, and 1990 to the present, with some gaps and various dates missing.
Scott County Marriage Certificates: Index, pre 1836-c.1925:
Most of these records also include marriage license applications, which list the ages of the bride and groom, the names of their parents, and other personal information. Please note that this collection only represents a portion of the total marriages in Scott County for this time period; many of the originals were too damaged to be microfilmed.
Marriage Announcement Index:
These articles are being indexed from the Davenport Democrat. Current coverage is 1950 to the mid 1960s, but more entries are being added weekly.
Gazette:
This is a personal name index for the Gazette newspaper, which was published from August 26, 1841 to January 30, 1887. This index is not yet complete.
1856 Iowa State Census:
This index covers Scott County and includes the age, sex, marital status, years in Iowa, and place of birth of all listed members of a household.
Please note that the following abbreviations are used in this index:
AG = Allens Grove Township
BF = Buffalo Township
BG = Blue Grass Township
DT = Davenport and Davenport Township
HG = Hickory Grove Township
LE = LeClaire Township
LI = Liberty Township
PR = Princeton Township
PV = Pleasant Valley Township
RH = Rockingham Township
WI = Winfield Township
1885 Iowa State Census
This index covers Scott County and includes the age, birthplace, and stated occupation of all listed members of a household.
1925 Iowa State Census
This Census provide the names of the individual's parents and their place of birth. The index provides book and page numbers for residents of Scott County with the exception of the city of Davenport. Please contact us for listings from the Davenport city index.
Civil War Enlistments -- NEW!!
These are the enlistment papers of the men who volunteered in the Union army after June of 1862 These papers, which include more information that in provided in the index, are arranged by last name alphabetically within each company of each regiment. Please note that this index is not yet complete.
Please also note that this collection only includes the documents that 'survived' to be microfilmed, and therefore does not include every Iowa Infantry Volunteer. For example, of all the men who enlisted in the 30th Iowa Infantry, the enlistment papers of only eight people were available to be filmed (two in Company E, one in Company G, and five in Company H).
Mortality Schedule index --NEW!!
This index , which is now complete, includes the Scott County residents who died in the twelve months prior to the taking of the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 Federal Census (June to June). The Mortality Schedule itself provides a variety of other information, depending on the census year, such as the cause of death.
Please note that the occasional entry might indicate that it is not on microfilm. we are currently trying to obtain digital copies of the missing or unreadable pages from our microfilm collections; thank you for your patience.