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Welcome to DeKalb County
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Links to external web sites are being provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an
This website is maintained by Sheri Baker, DKGenWebSheri@AOL.com
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"For we know that our patchwork heritage is a
strength, not a weakness." President Barack Hussein Obama, Inaugural Address, January 20, 2009 |
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Local Information |
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Cemetery Information Pinpoint Any DeKalb County Cemetery Search Many Cemeteries On-Line |
Census Information 1840 Census 1850, 1860, 1880 Mortality Schedules |
Discussion Forum Join In With Conversation, Questions, & Queries - Free Discussion Forum. |
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Historical Societies |
Important
DeKalb County Documents
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Joiner History Room
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Libraries |
Local Family Trees |
Lookups |
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Military Resources |
Maps |
Newspapers |
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OBITUARY NAMES ADDED IN JUNE |
Obituaries
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Obituary Submitters Please go to the Obituaries section for an important notice |
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Organizations |
Places |
Query Board |
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Taming the Wild
Prairie |
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Towns
Web Sites Depicting The History Of Towns Around The County |
Vital Records |
Wills Coming Soon! Submit Your Ancestor's Will to DKGenWebSheri@AOL.com |
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Winnebago/Boone County Birth,
Death and Marriage Indexes Winnebago and Boone counties are DeKalb's northern neighbors. These databases available online from the Cherry Valley Library may contain names of DeKalb County citizens. These are large databases and take extra time to load. |
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Winnebago
Please check the USGenWeb for additional information to our neighbor counties. Link to these archives is below under Federal & Nationwide Information |
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State of Illinois Archives State of Illinois Genealogical Records: Land, Probate, Military, Census, etc. |
Illinois Death Certificate Index 1916-1950 Search State of Illinois Archives |
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900 |
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Illinois State Genealogical Society Non-certified copies of 1916-1947 death certificates, Military Service Certificates |
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Federal & Nationwide Information |
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Bureau
of Land Management Land Patents 1820-1908 |
Genealogy Trails A website established by volunteers dedicated to free genealogy. |
 Although not connected with the federal government, this site can be searched for nationwide information. |
Helpful Research Information
From Our Site
Users
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1880 Census Searches on Ancestry. COM This tip comes from Martin Johnson who wrote, " The 1880 census county search box will not find counties such as DeKalb and McHenry, etc. You have to put a space in between E and K in DeKalb (De Kalb) and C and H for McHenry (Mc Henry) , otherwise it won't find anything. The other Ancestry census indexes use DeKalb and McHenry without spaces." |
| Elgin Asylum Death Records by Martin Johnson |
| View and Share Vintage Photos: The website explains, "by creating a free account on Shorpy (www.Shorpy.com) you can share your own vintage photographs. Visitors to the site are particularly interested in images from the dawn of photography to the 1940s. Best of all, becoming a member is free!" |
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information on the web site presented in Adobe format may not be included.
From Their Website FAQ - "What am I searching?":
Answer: USGenWeb
States, State Special Projects, Counties in States, in some cases Towns in
Counties, and USGenWeb Special Projects excluding the Archives and Archives
Sub-Projects because they have their own search. We typically do not index state
internal business pages such as policies and guidelines, nor non-USGenWeb member
sites.
