Kane County, Illinois:
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Projects

• ElginHistory.com  The History of Elgin, Illinois
• Kane County ILGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Kane County Illinois Trails History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Kane County, Illinois GenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Kane County, Illinois History, Genealogy & Today 

Adjacent counties

• Cook County  to the east
• De Kalb County  to the west and southwest
• Du Page County  to the east
• Kendall County  to the south
• McHenry County  to the north
• Will County  to the southeast

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

Cemeteries (26)

Census Records and Indexes (49)

Church Records

• First Methodist Episcopal Church  Surname Index     (Source: Fox Valley Genealogical Society)

Court and Legal Records

• Circuit Court Case Files  Index, 1836-1870     (Source: Illinois State Archives)
• Kane County Circuit Court Docket  Index, 1881-1884     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Kane County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories (13)

Estate Records

• Elgin Probate Records      (Source: Elgin Genealogical Society)

Ethnic

• English Watchmakers      (Source: ElginHistory.com)
• Hanoverians from Winzlar      (Source: ElginHistory.com)
• Jewish Clothiers      (Source: ElginHistory.com)

History (164)

Introduction and Guides (13)

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives (20)

Lookups

• Kane County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)
• Kane County, Illinois Geneology      ($)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• IL-BARRINGTON-L Barrington Area Genealogy

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

• ILKANE-L Kane County Genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (81)

Military Records and Histories (22)

Miscellaneous Data (20)

Newspaper Records

• Aurora Daily Beacon News  1915     (Source: Kane County, Illinois History, Genealogy & Today)
• Aurora Daily Express  Aug 21, 1882 - Dec 31, 1901     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Aurora Daily Star  Apr 16, 1921 - Aug 14, 1932     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Cataloged Titles      (Source: Illinois Newspaper Project)
• Chronicling America  Kane County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• The Elgin Democrat  Oct 16, 1886 - Dec 25, 1896     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Kane County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Kane County Newspapers  then and now     (Source: Kane County, Illinois History, Genealogy & Today)
• Newspapers Published in Kane County      (Source: Illinois Newspaper Project)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (29)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (24)

School Records and Histories (32)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Aurora Genealogy Information Search 

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Kane County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies (19)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (945)

Tax Lists

• 1864 Elgin "Special War Tax" List      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Elgin payors of special war tax      (Source: Kane County, Illinois History, Genealogy & Today)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry (11)

Vital Records (13)

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