Historical


Local History and Genealogy Resources
Hammond Public Library Building 1898 All Genealogy material listed below is non-circulating material and must be viewed in the library	Genealogy/Historical Consultant: gpld@geneseo.lib.il.us Heritage Quest Click Here to Enter Heritage Quest Online Podcast for Genealogy Genealogy Guys Genealogy Tech Digitized Photos from Geneseo Public Library Illinois Digital Gallery
Henry County Cemeteries: ask for documents at circulation desk City of Geneseo : Oakwood and North Townships: Alba Twp.(Goble, Maple Grove, Sacred Heart), Andover Twp. (Rosedale)(Jenny Lind, Andover Twp., Old Methodist, Presbyterian, Cholera Stone), Annawan Twp.(Fairview), Atkinson Twp. (Spring Creek), Burns Twp. (Cosner, Mt. Zion, St. John's near Galva), Cambridge Twp. (Mascall, Mc Nay, Talbot, private burials) Clover Twp.(Woodhall, Clover Chapel, private burials), Colona Twp. (Colona, Dayton, Glennwood), Cornwall (Grandview, Liberty, St. Anthony's), Edford Twp. (Edford, St. John's Lutheran Church), Galva Twp. (Galva) Geneseo Twp. (Mizpah Cemetery), Hanna Twp. (Hanna, Colbert), Kewanee Twp. (Kewanee Township Cemetery, Kewanee South Pleasant View, Kewanee Pleasant View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Old Kewanee, Russian Orthodox, Garden of Peace, St. Michaels/Lutheran Church of Redeemer, St. Mary's, Mount Olivet, Msgr. Burke Addition to Mount Olivet), Loraine Twp. (Kemmis, Loraine), Lynn Twp. (Ophiem - Grace Lutheran), Munson Twp. (Greenlee, Hillcrest Home, Pleasant Hill), Osco Twp. (Grace Episcopal, Morristown), Oxford Twp.(Oxford, Summit Level, Alpha, St. John's), Phenix, (Pink Prairie, McHenry, Ebenezer), Weller (Red Oak, Bishop Hill, Piatt), Western Twp. (Western, Orion Lutheran, Cholera Stone), Wethersfield Twp. (Cavanagh, Evergreen Memory Garden, Saxon, Wethersfield), Yorktown Twp. (St. Mary's, Hoophole also known as Mt. Zion). Swedona Lutheran Cemetery Alphabetical Listing of those buried at Henry County Infirmary.
Whiteside County Cemeteries Fenton Cemetery, Fenton, Illinois
Rock Island County Cemeteries Bowlesburg Cemetery, Tenth Street, Silvis, Illinois
Atlases (land maps): located in wooden Atlas File Whiteside County, Illinois 1872 Atlas & Index 1875 Atlas of Henry County; Plat Book of Henry County 1893; 1910 Plat Book, City of Geneseso; 1911 Henry County Atlas
Funeral Home Records: Kewanee, Illinois : Cavanaugh & Schuenneman ; Schueneman & Tumbleson 1917-February 2004
Obituaries : Civil War Soldiers Obituaries Found in Kewanee, IL Newspapers
Census: 1850 and 1960 Federal Census of Henry County, Illinois (book at circ desk) Rock Island County Illinois 1850 census (book at circ desk). Henry County Census on microfilm.1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930. Federal Population Census 1900 . Mercer County 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910 and 1930 Census on microfilm.
Geneseo Church Histories: First Congregational Church ; 150 years of worship and services. St. John's Lutheran Church 1869-1944, 1869-1969, 1869-1994 St. Peter's Evangelical Community Church, 1873-1998 Ties that Bind - Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 1996 (located in vertical file)	Geneseo Church Directories: First United Methodist Church 1977, 1983, 1989, 1995, 2000, 2004, 2006-2007 Grace United Methodist Church 1973, 1985 St. Malachy's Catholic Church 1978 St. Malachy's Parish, 1989 ; 1996 ; 2002 (located behind circ desk)
Family Histories/Genealogies: Ainsworth Memories Aiston-Chamberlain Family HistoryWilliam Allerton Family Andrews Family in America The Descendants of Baccus Atwood & Sarah Tulle (1st printing) The Descendants of Baccus Atwood & Sarah Tuttle (revised) Descendants of John Cox of Abington, Indiana and Joseph Cox of Hampton, Illinois The Barker, Dederick, Ecklor, Olmstead, Salisbury, and Taylor Grandchildren Inherit the Patroon's Estate Bacon and Allied Families The Barman Family Cady Wilson Thomas Clark Decker A Freehill Family History Hector and Stephanie DeShepper's Legacy Entrikin Glenn Glidden Genealogy volumes I & II Gradert Family Tree Guile-Gile-Guiles Genealogy Hammond Genealogies volumes I & II Hier Families Hintz House at 113 South Ward Street (Goss, Fehlman, Hahn) Kiefer Krause German History 1652-2006 An Ancestor to Remember : Johannes Laubach John Lee of Farmington, Conn. and His Descendants Myers Family Genealogy Our Paddleford Descendants Pratt Family Rahn Family Rink/Hughes Connection Descendants of Michael Roesner Rugroden Roots Schumaker Families The Slater Family Stewarts, Dressers, Tafts & Cones The Varnums of Dracutt Descendants of Casper Weber Descendants of Neely Withrow and Mary Polly Eveleth Young Family Records	Henry County and other Genealogy Links Illinois Ancestors Illinois Public Records Genealogy Social Network Rock Island County Genealogical Society Henry County Henry County Facts Henry County Genealogical Society GenWeb Archives Illinois Civil War Veterans Illinois Links Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 Illinois Genealogy Trails Lineages The Political Graveyard Death Indexes & Records Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive Genealogy Society Newsletters Henry County Genie Blackhawk Genealogy Society LaSalle County St. Clair County Genealogical Society Quarterly Peoria County Genealogical Society St. Louis Genealogy Society Quarterly Illinois State Genealogy Society Quarterly National Genealogical Society Quarterly New England Historical and Genealogical Register Randolph County Genealogical Society Shelby County Historical and Genealogical Society These newsletters are donated items so they are not complete sets except for the Henry County Genie which we subscribed to beginning June of 2006.
Do you have a Family History book you would like to share? We are taking donations of Family History books to put in our genealogy collection. We request donations of hard or soft bound covers only, not loose leaf pages. They can be in 3-ring binders, spiral bound or folders for display. These books would be non-circulating material that will always stay in the library for public viewing.
Directories: 1942 City Directory (front case) Prairie Farmer's Farm Directory (©1916 front desk) Kelly's Geneseo City Directory, 1898 (front case) The Mullin-Kille Geneseo, Illinois Con Survery city directory, 1965 (front case)
Local Histories: Bishop Hill, Autopia on the Prarie I.R.H.C. 977.3 IS Bishop Hill: a Pictorial History and Guide (vertical file) Bishop Hill Swedish American Showcase (vertical file) Cordova Illinois, then and now, 1836-1976 (vertical file) County Corn, Commerce and Country living I.R.H.C. 977.338 CO DAR Patriot Index, vol. 1, 2, and 3 I.R.H.C. 929.1 DAR Diary of an Illinois Farmer 1947-1950 I.R.H.C. 630.627 HA Geneseo Centennial History 1836-1936 (vertical file) & I.R.H.C. notebook Geneseo - The First 150 Years 1836-1986 I.R.H.C. 977.3 GE Geneseo Home Coming, 1915 I.R.H.C. 977.338 GEN Hennepin Canal State Trail (vertical file) Historic Rock Island County I.H.R.C. 977.33 HI Historical Buildings, Homes & Sites I.R.H.C. notebook Historical Directory of One-Room Rural Schools of Henry and Stark Counties, Illinois (circ. desk) History of Bettendorf and Pleasant Valley (verticle file) History of Henry County, vol. 1 & 2 I.R.H.C. 977.338 KI History of Henry County, it's taxpayers and voters I.H.R.C. 977.338 HI History of Hillcrest Home (circ. desk - listed under Residents of the Poor Farm) History of Whiteside County, Illinois I.H.R.C. 977.33 BA Illinois Civil War Detail Report (notebook - local/Geneseo/Henry County History section) Knoxville through Five Generations (verticle file) The Land Was Ours, Geneseo's Prairie Heritage, 1961 (verticle file) Macomb Heritage Days (verticle file) Obituaries Found in Kewanee Illinois Newspapers to June 1955 and Served in the following wars: War of 1812, Mexican War, Spanish American, WWI One Room School at the Crossroads : recollections of Smith School, Dist. #152 Edford Township, HenryCounty, Illinois. I.R.H.C. 977.3 HO Osco School Reunion, August 4, 2007 - MEMORY BOOK (circ. desk) Our future is our Heritage - Andover 1835-1985 (verticle file) Past and Present of Rock Island County, Illinois 1877 I.R.H.C. 977.339 PA Portrait & Biographical Album of Henry County I.R.H.C. - Notebook Quasquicentennial, 1982: Woodhull, IL (verticle file) Residents of the Poor Farm at Henry County, Illinois 1862-1968 (circ. desk) Rock Island Arsenal (verticle file) This Was Geneseo (verticle file) Ties to our Past, Manlius, IL 1901-2001 (verticle file) Travels in Time, Milan, Illinois (vertile file) Trinity Lutheran Church, Peoria, IL (verticle file) Birth Index prior to 1916, Henry County (4 volumes) (circ desk) Death Index prior to 1916, Henry County (2 volumes) (circ. desk) Henry County Illinois Probate Index (4 volumes) (circ. desk) Henry County Court Naturalizations (1 volume) (circ. desk) Marriage Records for Henry County 1821-1939 (9 volumes) (circ. desk) Mortality Schedule 1860 - Vol. II - Counties: Fayette through Knox (circ. desk)
Land maps: (vertical file) 1957 Official County Plat Book and Rural Directory of Henry County, Illinois 1961 Plat Book - Henry County Illinois 1965 Farm Directory, Henry County, IL 1966 Farm Directory, Henry County, IL 1968 Farm & Ranch Directory, Henry County, IL 1971 County Directory, Henry County, IL 1972 Illinois Farm Bureau Atlas & Plat Book for Henry County 1973 County Directory, Henry County, IL 1975 Rural Directory, Henry County, IL 1978 Farm & Ranch Directory, Henry County, IL 1980 Rural Resident Directory, Henry County, IL 1982 Rural Directory, Henry County, IL 1987 Land Atlas & Plat Book, Henry County, IL 1989 Farm & Home Directory & Plat for Henry County 1990 Farm & Home Directory & Plat for Henry County 1990-1991 Henry County, Illinois TAM Services 1995 Farm & Home Directory & Plat for Henry County 1996 Farm & Home Plat & Directory for Henry County 1997 Farm & Home Plat & Directory for Henry County 1998 Farm & Home Plat & Directory for Henry County 1999 Farm & Home Plat & Directory for Henry County 2001 Farm & Home Plat & Directory for Henry County 2002 Farm & Home Plat & Directory for Henry County 2003 Farm & Home Plat & Directory for Henry County 2004 Farm & Home Plat & Directory for Henry County 2005 Farm & Home Plat & Directory for Henry County 2006 Farm & Home Plat & Directory for Henry County Henry County, Illinois Plat Book, 1975 Henry County, Illinois TAM Maps 1990-1991 ; 1992-1993 ; 1996-1997 ; 1998-1999 ; 2001-2002 ; 2005-2006 ; 2007-2008, 2009-2010 Henry County Answer Book - 1994 Rock Island County, Illinois TAM Maps 1990-91 ; 1998-99 ; 2005-2006 Whiteside County, Illinois TAM Maps 1986-87 ; 1994-95 ; 1996-97 ; 2005-2006
Military: Civil War Soldiers (obituaries found in the Kewanee, IL newspapers) (circ desk) Service Record: World War I and II Geneseo and Community (I.H.R.C. 940 SE)
Newspapers: Geneseo Republic 1856 - August 28, 2009 on microfilm Henry County News October 14, 1886-June 13, 1890 on microfilm Sun/Republic Geneseo, Illinois January 6, 1871-September 20, 1882 on microfilm Geneseo Journal - 7 issues in 1860 on microfilm on reel M-15B and M-16A Henry County Arena - 1 issue in 1899 on microfilm on reel M-15B Union Advocate - October 11, 1861 - November 20, 1863 on reel M-36B The Peoples Union Mission - 1 issue in 1895 on reel M-142 Milan Independent - Genealogical Abstracts May 1902 - Dec. 1906 (in Blackhawk Genealogical Society box)
Volumes in our front glass case: (pictures, letters, misc.) Shearer Brothers vol. 1-5 Taylor momentous vol. 1-3 Geneseo Churches Geneseo Schools vol. 1-10 The Hammonds vol. 1-5 Hofstetter, Hosford & Hanford pictures of family & friends The Johnson 1910 farm
Genealogy Material: Directory of Family Associations The Genealogist's Address Book County Courthouse Book Irish Records: Sources for family and local history The handbook for Genealogists Passenger & Immigration Lists
Geneseo High School Year Books: The Sphinx 1916, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956. 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 missing 1984, 1993, 1998
Geneseo Junior High/Middle School Year Books: The Oracle 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005
St. Malachy's School year book 1999-2000 and 2000-2001
More Genealogy Links: American Family Integration History Center - Ellis Island. Christine's Genealogy Website Afro-American genealogy. Cyndi's List Courtesy of genealogist Cyndi Howell. DAR Library The Daughters of the American Revolution. FamilySearch Genealogy Service The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint. Illinois State Archives The Illinois State Archives. National Archives and Records Administration NARA is the official federal government archive in the US. National Genealogical Society Genealogy in the US. RootsWeb Freely accessible information. USGenWeb Project Researchers working on US families. Vital Records Information What is it, what dates are covered, how to get it. World GenWeb Project International genealogical research. Canadian Genealogy Canadian Archives Gen Circles 90 million ancestors One Library Resources for using the library and internet. Linkpendium Directories to resources on the web. Genealogy Spot Cemetery and Gravestone websites Find A Grave The Largest compilation of burial information on the Internet Internment U.S. cemetery records and other materials relating to cemeteries City of the Silent Claims to be the web's "Most extensive cemetery site" US GenWeb Project Tombstone Transcription Project Ancestors at Rest Free links to Coffin Plates, Funeral Cards, Cemetery Records, Cenotaph Records, German Death Cards, Wills, Church Records, Family Bibles, Vital Statistics FuneralNet The complete Yellow Book directory, plus other services related to funerals, obituaries, and cemeteries Access Genealogy Cemetery Records A Very Grave Matter New England tombstone inscription & photographs Veteran Burials Nationwide gravesites locator (US cemeteries) Veteran Burials American Battle Monuments Commission (Outside the US) t42 Cemeteries Allen Wheatley's cemetery photographs African American Cemeteries African American burials Political Graveyard A database of Historic Cemeteries Tombstone & Monumental Inscriptions Cemetery sites around the world Optima philosophia et sapientia est meditatio mortis A German-based portal to cemetery records worldwide BCCFA British Columbia Cemetery finding aid containing burials recorded in 264 cemeteries OCFA Ontario Cemetery finding aid containing burials from several thousand cemeteries International War Graves Registry A legacy project in remembrance of Canada's war dead SOMIT Sources of Monument Inscription Transcriptions places in England Commonwealth War Graves Commission Names of 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars German War Graves Commission All in German database containing the nams of more than two million war dead JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry database of names Australian Cemetery Records An Australian gateway for tracing your family history Australian Cemeteries Index A searchable database for all cemetery inscriptions that have been recorded over the years GNIS (Geographic Names Information System) An index to USGS Topographic Maps, best place to locate a named cemetery in the U.S. Placenames A GNIS placename database GeneaSearch More links to cemetery Web sites Genealogy Sites for Kids Rootsweb PBS Genealogy Today Genealogy Spot WE NEED YOUR HELP!! We could use some help...we are missing Geneseo High School yearbooks from 1984, 1993, and 1998! If you have one of these to donate we would greatly appreciate it. We have a collection of Geneseo yearbooks starting with the graduating class of 1916 through the present. These are the only three years we are missing. Thank-you.
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