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DeKalb County was established on March 4, 1837 from Kane County. Our County Seat is Sycamore Illinois.

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This website is maintained by Sheri Baker, DKGenWebSheri@AOL.com

"For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness."
President Barack Hussein Obama, Inaugural Address, January 20, 2009

 

Local Information
Cemetery Information
Pinpoint Any DeKalb County Cemetery
Search  Many Cemeteries On-Line
ADDED IN NOVEMBER
Updated Afton Cemetery List with
Links to Headstone Pictures and
GPS Coordinates
Census Information
1840 Census
1850, 1860, 1880 Mortality Schedules
Discussion Forum
Join In With Conversation, Questions,
& Queries  -  Free Discussion Forum.
     

Historical Societies
 & Museums

Organizations Who's Goals Are To Help
In Your Research Of DeKalb County
 

Important DeKalb County Documents
1840-50 Land Sales
County Business Directory, 1854 -55
One Room School Houses,   More
 

Joiner History Room
Research Services - "Start Here" For
A Treasure Trove Of Research Materials

ADDED IN NOVEMBER
Spanish-American War Photo & Roster,
Grand Army of the Republic Database Containing 859 Names,
1906-07 Sycamore City Directory
Containing Over 900 Names

     

Libraries
Links to DeKalb County Libraries
 

Local Family Trees
 Family Trees of Families  
Who Resided In DeKalb County

Lookups
Volunteers  - We Will Do Lookups
Census, Cemetery Records, Books, etc.

     

Military Resources
Civil War Regiments, Rosters and Soldier Papers, 1883 Pensioner List
How to Request Military Service Records

Maps
County Road Maps, Township Maps
Selected City Maps, Area Maps.

 

Newspapers
This Information Was Compiled
And Submitted by Melodie Sanders

NEW!
Link to 1892 DeKalb Chronicle
Submitted by Susan Pieroth


 

Obituaries
Submitted by Website Users
Names added in January:  Hart, Hiland, Henaughan, Jordan, Kirby, Schnorr, Coffee, Ryan, O'Donnell, O'Brien, Olson, Pooler, Flewellin
 

Obituary Submitters

Please go to the Obituaries section for an important notice

Organizations
 Links To DeKalb County Organizations,
Newspapers, Churches

 

NEW!
Picture Puzzle
Help Us Identify the People in These Pictures - Rural Mail Carriers

Places
List of Places of Interest In The County
Many Of Which No Longer Exist

Query Board
Enter genealogical questions about  your ancestors and you may get answers. 

Taming the Wild Prairie
A History of DeKalb County. 
A collaborative effort to bring original historical materials about the early history of DeKalb County to the public.

 Towns
Web Sites Depicting The History Of Towns Around The County

Vital Records
Obtaining Birth, Death,
 Marriage & Probate Records

Wills
Coming Soon!  Submit Your Ancestor's Will to DKGenWebSheri@AOL.com


Nearby Counties Information

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.

Winnebago
Boone
McHenry
Kane
Kendall
LaSalle
Lee
Ogle

Please check the USGenWeb for additional information to our neighbor counties.  Link to these archives is below under Federal & Nationwide Information


Statewide Information

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
Illinois State Genealogical Society
Non-certified copies of 1916-1947 death certificates, Military Service Certificates
   

Federal & Nationwide Information
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
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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The above search engine results does not include information presented in Adobe or .jpg format. 
 

The following cemeteries are in Adobe or .jpg format and must be searched one at a time.
Hicks Mill-Cronktown 2004 Update Mound Rest
Greenwood Ohio Grove
Immanuel Lutheran St. Paul's Catholic
Johnson Grove Union Lutheran, Lee County
Masear Waterman/Rose School Hse
Miller  

 



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