De Kalb County, Illinois:
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Projects

• De Kalb County ILGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• DeKalb County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Heritage Square Historical Archives 
• The History and Genealogy of DeKalb County      (Source: Wayback Machine)

Adjacent counties

• Boone County  to the north
• Kane County  to the east
• Kendall County  to the east and southeast
• La Salle County  to the south and southwest
• Lee County  to the west
• McHenry County  to the north and northeast
• Ogle County  to the west
• Winnebago County  to the northwest

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (12)

Cemeteries (12)

Census Records and Indexes (36)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  De Kalb County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories

• Bibliography of DeKalb City Directories  City Directories of the United States of America
• Bibliography of DeKalb County City Directories  City Directories of the United States of America
• Northern Counties Gazetteer and Directory  1855-6     (Source: Google Books)
• The Northern Counties Gazetteer and Directory, for 1855-6  A Complete and Perfect Guide to Northern Illinois Counties of Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Jo Daviess, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Stephenson, Winnebago     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Prairie Farmer's Directory, DeKalb County, 1917  AncestorSpy     ($)
• The voters and tax-payers of De Kalb County, Illinois  1876     (Source: Internet Archive)

Estate Records

• Illinois Probate Records  1819-1970     (Source: Family History Library)

History (61)

Introduction and Guides (11)

Land Records

• De Kalb County Land & Deed Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Dekalb County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (18)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• De Kalb County Message Board      (Source: Illinois Trails History & Genealogy)
• Dekalb County, IL Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• ILDekalb-Rooters Mailing List      (Source: GenExchange)
• 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)

• ILDEKALB-L De Kalb County Genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (77)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Dekalb County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883      (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • Civil War Units      (Source: Illinois in the Civil War)
  • De Kalb County      (Source: Illinois in the Civil War)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  DeKalb County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Dekalb County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• DeKalb County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Illinois Poorhouse History 
• Illinois State Genealogical Quarterly Index 
• Migrations through De Kalb County  Part 3     (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Migrations through De Kalb County  Part 1     (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Migrations through De Kalb County  Part 2     (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Cataloged Titles      (Source: Illinois Newspaper Project)
• Chronicling America  De Kalb County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Chronicling America  DeKalb County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• DeKalb County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Newspapers Published in De Kalb County      (Source: Illinois Newspaper Project)
• Newspapers Published in DeKalb County      (Source: Illinois Newspaper Project)
• The World  Oct 2, 1974 - Dec 27, 1979     (Source: Google News Archive)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (12)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (10)

School Records and Histories (18)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Dekalb County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• Dekalb County Historical and Genealogical Society 
• Fox Valley Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution  Du Page, Kendall, Kane and De Kalb counties
• General John Stark Chapter  Sycamore     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Hinckley Historical Society 
• Sandwich Historical Society      (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Sycamore Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (183)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of De Kalb County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• De Kalb County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• De Kalb County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Extant Illinois Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Lincoln Highway Seedling Mile  Historical Marker     (Source: Illinois State Historical Society)
• Official register of legally qualified physicians, 1912      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Patents  De Kalb County, Illinois     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• De Kalb County Clerk & Recorder 
• DeKalb County Death Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• DeKalb County Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• DeKalb County Vital Records Office      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860  includes De Kalb County, 1837 - 1850     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  De Kalb County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  De Kalb County     (Source: Family History Library)

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