Lake County Genealogy
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Lake Countywide Sources
1790-1940 U.S. Federal Census Records
A Guide to cemetery names and locations in Lake County, Illinois Family History Library
A History of the offices, agencies and institutions of the Archdiocese of Chicago : published on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the priesthood of His Eminence, John Cardinal Cody Family History Library
A History of the parishes of the Archdiocese of Chicago Family History Library
A collection of Illinois memorials Family History Library
A history of Lake County, Illinois Family History Library
An index to the names of persons appearing in A history of Lake County .. Family History Library
BillionGraves Cemetery Records Index Family Search
Birth records, 1866-1875 (only 7 certificates), 1877-1893 (index, 1871-1905) Family History Library
Births as published in Paddock publications, Arlington Heights, Illinois : including the communities of Arlington Heights, Bensenville, Bloomingdale, Buffalo Grove, Carol Stream, Itasca, Lake Zurich, Mt. Prospect, Palatine, Roselle, S. Barrington, Schermerville, W. Maine Family History Library
Deaths as published in Paddock Publications, Arlington Heights, Illinois : including the communities of Arlington Heights, Bensenville, Bloomingdale, Buffalo Grove, Carol Stream, Itasca, Lake Zurich, Mt. Prospect, Palatine, Roselle, S. Barrington, Schermerville, W. Maine; including maiden name & spouse reference Family History Library
Every-name index to History of Deerfield, Illinois by Marie Ward Reichelt : for Deerfield Post, 738, American Legion, Glenview Press, August 1928 Family History Library
Federal Land Patents Bureau of Land Management
Find A Grave Gravestone, Tombstone, and Memorial Photo Collection World Vital Records
First land purchases in Lake County, Illinois Family History Library
Fort Sheridan Cemetery, Lake County, Illinois Family History Library
Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Lake County
Historical and Statistical Sketches of Lake County, State of Illinois
Historical and statistical sketches of Lake County, state of Illinois : in two parts, the first consisting of general observations, the second gives a minute review of each township in its order Family History Library
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois Family History Library
Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
Illinois Marriage Index, Lake (1839-1901) Illinois State Archive
Illinois Marriage Records 1860 - 1905 Archives
Illinois Marriages To 1850
Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860
Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900
Illinois Miscellaneous Genealogical Records : from Counties, Bond, Boone, Calhoun, Cook, Crawford, Du Page, Johnson, Knox, Lake
Illinois military census, 1861-1862 Family History Library
Illinois state census, Lake County, 1865 Family History Library
Illinois, Births and Christenings, 1824-1940 Family Search
Illinois, Marriages, 1815-1935 Family Search
Illinois, Probate Records, 1819-1970 Family Search
Illustrated atlas of Lake County, IL index for the 1885 Illustrated atlas of Lake County, Illinois : containing maps of every township in the county, with village and city plats . . . this index contains landowners name plus other pertinent information Family History Library
Index to Lake County, IL. public domain computer conversion project Family History Library
Index to The Past and present of Lake County, Illinois Family History Library
Index to the 1862 military census of Lake County, Il Family History Library
Index to the Portrait and biographical album of Lake County, Illinois Family History Library
Interment records, ca. 1940-1987 Family History Library
Lake County (Illinois), land atlas and plat book, 1986 Family History Library
Lake County Circuit Court Case Files Index (1840-1898) Illinois State Archive
Lake County, IL death index, 1877-1901 Family History Library
Lake County, IL map of 1915 published by the Waukegan daily sun, index : W.J. Smith, editor, F.G. Smith, manager, drawn and compiled by John G. Brink, a commercial artist and draftsman from county records and various surveys revised and corrected Family History Library
Lake County, IL veterans of the armed forces of the United States buried prior to July 1, 1955 Family History Library
Lake County, Illinois death indexes, 1916-1945 Family History Library
Lake County, Illinois deaths, 1877-1901 Family History Library
Lake County, Illinois early settler certificate, sesquicentennial, 1839-1989 Family History Library
Lake County, Illinois index of recorded births Family History Library
Lake County, Illinois land ownership maps, 1861 and 1873 Family History Library
Lake County, Illinois map of 1861, landowners index : from actual surveys and other authentic sources Family History Library
Lake County, Illinois map of 1873 Family History Library
Lake County, Illinois marriages Family History Library
Lake County, Illinois marriages : 1839-1901 Family History Library
Lake County, Illinois naturalization records, 1864-1920 Family History Library
Lake County, Illinois probate packets, 1840-1900 Family History Library
Land tax judgements, sales, redemptions and forfeitures, May 1886 & May 1896 Family History Library
List of cemeteries in Cook, Lake and Will Counties : containing graves of the military dead who served in the wars of the United States Family History Library
Marriage records, 1839-1915 (indexes, 1839-1918) Family History Library
Marriages as published in Paddock Publications, Arlington Heights, Illinois : including the communities of Arlington Heights, Bensenville, Bloomingdale, Buffalo Grove, Carol Stream, Itasca, Lake Zurich, Mt. Prospect, Palatine, Roselle, S. Barrington, Schermerville, W. Maine; indexed by bride and groom Family History Library
Portrait, biographical album of Lake County, Illinois : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with ports. and biographies of all the Presidents of the United States and Governors of the State Family History Library
Record of burial certificates of soldiers, sailors or Marines, 1862-1918, 1933(1) Family History Library
Standard atlas of Lake County, Illinois, 1907 index : for the Standard atlas of Lake County, Illinois including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county . . . Family History Library
The Fort Sheridan reveille : written of and for the men at Fort Sheridan Family History Library
The Past and Present of Lake County, Illinois : Containing A History of the County--Its Cities, Towns, &C.
The history and achievements of the Fort Sheridan officers' training camps Family History Library
The past and present of Lake County, Illinois : containing a history of the county, its cities, a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, portraits, history of Illinois, history of the Northwest ... Family History Library
Twigs & branches (Rockford, Illinois) Family History Library
U.S. City Directories (includes Lake 1885-89)
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1940 Family Search
Waukegan and North Chicago, Lake County, Illinois, City Directory, 1957 World Vital Records
Zion Genealogical Society surname book Family History Library
More Lake County records are available on the statewide page