You can search the following PDF files for newspapers, obituaries, or pictures. You will need "Adobe Reader" to search the files. If you do not have "Adobe Reader" you can download it by clicking on the Adobe icon at the bottom of the page.
NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM
East Moline Enterprise -- 12/4/1903 to 10/9/1907
East Moline Herald -- 1/9/1907 to 2/26/1970
Moline Dispatch -- 1960 to 1979, Jan. 2005 thru May 2008
Moline Independent -- 2/25/1857 to 9/2/1858
Port Byron Globe -- 3/1884 to 8/12/1971
Reynolds Press -- 2/4/1897 to 12/27/1963
Rock Island Argus -- 9/1928, 10/1928, 5/1931 to 10/1931
5/17/1937 to 6/30/1937,
6/16/1939 to7/31/1939
8/1/1939 to 9/15/1939
Rock Island Daily Union -- 5/21/1876 to 6/20/1877,
6/1/1890 to 2/14/1891
1/2/1900 to 9/15/1920
Rock Island News Misc Issues 1909-1922
Workman -- 8/21/1854 to 2/27/1857
The Leader -- 1/2006 to 12/2006
Newspaper Index
RICHS has many newspapers bound in books or stored in boxes. Search this file to see if we have the newspapers for the years you are interested in.
Thanks to Deb & Craig Veber for providing this file.
Obituary Index
We have approximately 60,000 newspaper obituaries. You can search the index to locate the person(s) you are looking for.
If you locate someone for whom you want a copy of an obituary, send us a letter indicating the name, book designation and page number and $5.00 for each obituary. We will send you a copy. Please include your name and address.
Thanks to our volunteers for providing this file.
Picture Finder
We have catalogued approximately 1,200 pictures from our archives. If you find one and you want a copy, please send a letter and indicate what form you want the picture sent to you:
Photocopy or .jpg by e-mail. $15.00 per picture.
Thanks to our volunteers for providing this file.
