Jo Daviess County Genealogy
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Jo Daviess Countywide Sources
1790-1940 U.S. Federal Census Records
1839 Personal Property Taxes in Jo Daviess County US Gen Web
1839 and 1855 Personal Property Tax Records, JoDaviess County US Gen Web
1870 Township Page Index US Gen Web
1920 Census Index US Gen Web
An index to the biographical sketches in The History of Jo Daviess County, Ill : published by W. Kett & Co., Chicago, 1878 Family History Library
Applications and proof of preemption purchases of railroad land, Civil War discharges, and other records, 1853-1883 Family History Library
Atlas of Jo Daviess Co., Illinois. : Plat book of Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Standard atlas of Jo Daviess County, Illinois Family History Library
BillionGraves Cemetery Records Index Family Search
Biographical Directory of JoDaviess County US Gen Web
Biographical Sketches from the 1889 History of Jo Daviess Co., IL US Gen Web
Declarations of intent, petitions for naturalization, naturalizations, 1856-1929 Family History Library
Deeds, ca. 1829-1902 Family History Library
Federal Land Patents Bureau of Land Management
Find A Grave Gravestone, Tombstone, and Memorial Photo Collection World Vital Records
Garters and grit : stories from Galena & Jo Daviess County, Illinois Family History Library
History of Jo Daviess County, 1904 Family History Library
History of Jo Daviess County, Illinois 1904 US Gen Web Archives
History of JoDaviess County, 1904 US Gen Web
History of the Waddams Grove church : a history of the Waddams Grove congregation of the Church of the Brethren in Stephenson and Jo Daviess counties, Illinois and adjoining counties of Wisconsin; including an account of the annual meeting of 1856, Enoch Eby's mission to Denmark in 1877 and the minutes of the first three district meetings of northern Illinois held at Waddams Grove in 1862, 1871 and 1882 Family History Library
Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
Illinois Marriage Index, Jo Daviess (1828-1900) Illinois State Archive
Illinois Marriage Records 1860 - 1905 Archives
Illinois Marriages To 1850
Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860
Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900
Illinois military census, 1861-1862 Family History Library
Illinois, Births and Christenings, 1824-1940 Family Search
Illinois, Marriages, 1815-1935 Family Search
Illinois, Probate Records, 1819-1970 Family Search
Index of names, history of the Waddams Grove Church in Stephenson and Jo Daviess counties, Illinois Family History Library
Inventory of the county archives of Illinois, no. 43, Jo Daviess County (Galena) Family History Library
Iowa County heritage Family History Library
Jo Daviess Co., IL births, 1877-1905; delayed births, ca. 1918-1986 [see note below]; marriages, 1830-1922; deaths, 1877-1930 : indexes to births, ca. 1877-1986; marriage index, ca. 1878-1988; death certificate index, 1916-1964 Family History Library
Jo Daviess County honor roll : an illustrated historical biography Family History Library
Jo Daviess County, Illinois 1855 state census index Family History Library
Jo Daviess County, Illinois Biographical Dictionary
Jo Daviess County, Illinois cemeteries Family History Library
Jo Daviess County, Illinois newspaper index Family History Library
Jo Daviess County, Illinois tombstone index. Family History Library
Jo Daviess Vital Statistics and Marriages, selected records 1828-1904 US Gen Web
JoDaviess County Almshouse Registers Index (1846-1938) Illinois State Archive
Land atlas and plat book, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, 1986 Family History Library
Law-Jones and related funeral/burial records : this collection includes all known records of Chadwick, Mt. Carroll, Savanna and Thomson funeral service providers, plus other funeral/burial records from Hanover and Elizabeth in Illinois and from Sabula in Iowa Family History Library
Marriages, 1855-56 US Gen Web Archives
Plat book of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, 1893 Family History Library
Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties, Illinois World Vital Records
Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties, Illinois : Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches
Portrait and biographical album of Jo Daviess County, Illinois : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States Family History Library
Portrait and biographical album of Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties, Illinois Family History Library
Prairie Farmers' directory of Jo Daviess County, Illinois : complete directory of the farmers of Jo Daviess County, with valuable information about each farm. Breeders' directory, giving full classified list of Breeders of purebred livestock and poultry. Business directory, giving list of all business houses in Jo Daviess Family History Library
Pre-1916 Illinois Death Index Jodaviess (Dec. 1877-Dec. 1886 ) Illinois State Archive
Six families of Jo Daviess County, Illinois : biographies of nineteenth century Bahr, Durrstein, Hammer, Heer, Musselman, and Neuschwanger families Family History Library
Soldier's discharges, 1920-1931 Family History Library
The City Directory: 1854 Google Books
The Directory and Miner's Annual Register, for 1847-8 US Gen Web
The History of Jo Daviess County, Illinois Open Library
The History of Jo Daviess County, Illinois : Containing A History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc
The History of Jo Daviess County, Illinois : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, history of the Northwest, history of Illinois, constitution of the United States Family History Library
Twigs & branches (Rockford, Illinois) Family History Library
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1940 Family Search
Will records, 1829-1921 Family History Library
Wills - 1829 to 1847, JoDaviess County, IL US Gen Web
Wills - 1850 to 1863, JoDaviess County, IL US Gen Web
Wills - 1864 o 1875, JoDaviess County, IL US Gen Web
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