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Projects

• Boone County ILGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Boone County Illinois Trails History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Boone IL GenExchange      (Source: GenExchange)

Adjacent counties

• De Kalb County  to the south and southeast
• McHenry County  to the east
• Ogle County  to the southwest
• Rock County, WI  to the north
• Walworth County, WI  to the northeast
• Winnebago County  to the west

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Belvidere GEDCOM Index 
• Boone County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Boone County GEDCOM Index 
• Boone County, IL Biographies      (Source: Illinois Biography Project)
• llinois miscellaneous genealogical records  from counties, Bond, Boone, Calhoun, Cook, Crawford, Du Page, Johnson, Knox, Lake, Will, Pope : Kentucky county, Mercer : Missouri county, Ralls     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Pioneers of Winnebago and Boone Counties, Illinois Who Came Before 1841      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Cemeteries (18)

Census Records and Indexes (19)

Church Records

• Boone County Church Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• St. Joseph's Catholic Church members who served in WWI      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

Directories

• Bibliography of Belvidere City Directories  City Directories of the United States of America
• City Directories: Southern Midwest, 1882-1898  includes Boone County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Northern Counties Gazetteer and Directory  1855-6     (Source: Google Book Search)

History

• Boone County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Boone County Fact Sheet 
• Boone County History  From the 1876 Warner & Beers Atlas     (Source: Historical Maps of Illinois and the Northwest Territory)
• Boone County History Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Boone County History Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Half a Century, The Narration      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• National Register of Historical Places 

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • History of the Belvidere Park District 
  • History and Facts about Belvidere, IL 
  • Belvidere: Traces of the Past      (Source: villageprofile.com)

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • Belvidere, Oak Lawn, IL Powerful Tornado Devastation, Apr 1967      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Bond, Boone, Brown and Bureau County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Boone County Storms      (Source: NCDC Storm Events)
  • Several Towns, IL Tornado And Storm Damage, July 1861      (Source: GenDisasters)

Introduction and Guides

• Boone County      (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
• Boone County Illinois Genealogy  Resources for Family History Research     (Source: Kindred Trails)
• Boone County Resources      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Boone Genealogy      (Source: GenDir)
• Cyndi's List of Illinois locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)

Land Records

• Boone County Land Records      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Boone County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Boone County Historical Museum 
• Boone County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Family History Library Holdings  (Click on "View Related Places" for Cities, Townships, etc. within the county)     (Source: Family History Library)
• Heritage Quest Resources      ($)
• Libraries of Boone County      (Source: Every Library in Illinois)
• Local Governmental Records Holdings      (Source: Illinois State Archives)
• Local History and Genealogy Room  Ida Public Library
• Newberry Catalog  (Only 20% of inventory in online catalog)     (Source: The Newberry Library)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

• Boone County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Boone County Message Board      (Source: Illinois Trails History & Genealogy)
• Boone County, IL Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• RootsWeb Message Boards      (Source: RootsWeb)

• IL-NORTHERN-L Northern Illinois Genealogy

  • IL-NORTHERN-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • IL-NORTHERN-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • IL-NORTHERN-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• ILBOONE-L Boone County Genealogy

  • ILBOONE-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ILBOONE-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ILBOONE-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (22)

Military Records and Histories

• Civil War

  • Civil War      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
  • Civil War Units      (Source: Illinois in the Civil War)

• Revolutionary War

  • Veteran Burials      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• World War I

  • St. Joseph's Catholic Church members who served      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Boone County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Army Casualties      (Source: U. S. National Archives & Records Administration)
  • Boone County, Illinois  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)
  • Casualties      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Miscellaneous Data

• AncestorSpy Books and CDs      ($)
• Boone County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Boone County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Illinois Poorhouse History 
• Illinois State Genealogical Quarterly Index 
• Migrations through Boone County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Boone County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Cataloged Titles      (Source: Illinois Newspaper Project)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Boone County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Illinois Obituary Project      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Regional History Center Digitalization Project 
• Penny Postcards from Illinois      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Postcards      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Belvidere Images      (Source: DigitalPast)
• Belvidere      (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Belvidere Public Library      (Source: Post Card Library)
• Capron Images      (Source: DigitalPast)
• Prairie View Images      (Source: DigitalPast)

School Records and Histories

• Belvidere High School Baseball Team, 1930      (Source: Family Old Photos)
• Belvidere High School, Belvidere, IL  1932 Belvi yearbook     (Source: Old-Yearbooks.com)

Societies

• Asa Cottrell Chapter  Belvidere     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Kishwaukee Genealogists 
• Winnebago & Boone Counties Genealogical Society 
• Winnebago and Boone Counties Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (107)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Boone County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Illinois Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)

Vital Records

• Boone County Clerk  Birth Certificate Requests
• Boone County Vital Records Office      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860  includes Boone County, 1837 - 1850     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Marriage Links      (Source: A to Z Marriages)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Boone County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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