Livingston County, Illinois:
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Projects

• Livingston County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Livingston County ILGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Ford County  to the southeast
• Grundy County  to the north
• Kankakee County  to the east and northeast
• La Salle County  to the northwest
• McLean County  to the south and southwest
• Woodford County  to the west

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

• The biographical record of Livingston County, Illinois  1900     (Source: Internet Archive)
• The History of Livingston County, Illinois  1878     (Source: Internet Archive)
• The History of Livingston County, Illinois  containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c.     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Livingston Co, Illinois, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Livingston County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Livingston County GEDCOM Index 
• Livingston County, Illinois, in the World War      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Portrait and bigraphical album of Livingston County, Ill.  1888     (Source: Internet Archive)

Cemeteries (15)

Census Records and Indexes (35)

Church Records

• "South Side" Apostolic Christian Church History  Sunday School Teachers
• Apostolic Christian Church History  Song Leaders
• Forrest Apostolic Christian Church  Those Who Spoke the Word

Directories

• Livingston County Farmers Directory  1917     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Pontiac City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Estate Records

• Illinois Probate Records  1819-1970     (Source: Family History Library)
• Probate Case Files Index  1837-1958     (Source: Illinois State Archives)

History (33)

Introduction and Guides (11)

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives

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

Lookups

• Apple Tree Genealogy  Genealogy Document Location and Retrieval     ($)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• IL-EASTERN-L Eastern Illinois Genealogy

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

• ILLIVING-L Livingston County Genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (62)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Livingston County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Veteran's Honor Roll      (Source: Illinois Ancestors)

• Civil War

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

• World War I

  • Livingston County, Illinois, in the World War      (Source: Internet Archive)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Livingston County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data (14)

Newspaper Records

• Cataloged Titles      (Source: Illinois Newspaper Project)
• Chronicling America  Livingston County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Daily Leader (Pontiac, Illinois)  1971-1977     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Historical Pontiac Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Livingston County Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Newspapers Published in Livingston County      (Source: Illinois Newspaper Project)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Duffy Funeral Home  Pontiac and Odell, Illinois
• Duffy-Pils Memorial Home  Fairbury, Chenoa and Colfax, Illinois
• Illinois Obituary Project      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Livingston County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Martin-Burke Funeral Home  Pontiac, Cullom, Forrest and Chatsworth, Illinois
• Obituary Index for Livingston County      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Pontiac Daily Leader  Recent Obituaries, see link near bottom of page
• Pontiac, Illinois Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (10)

School Records and Histories (16)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Livingston County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• Chief Pontiac Chapter  Pontiac     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Lexington Genealogical & Historical Society  Genealogy for McLean, Livingston, Woodford, and Ford Counties in Illinois

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (313)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Livingston County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Directory of Coal Mines in Illinois  Livingston County
• Extant Illinois Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Livingston County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Livingston County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Official register of legally qualified physicians, 1912      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Patents  Livingston County, Illinois     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Livingston County Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Livingston County Vital Records Office      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Livingston County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Livingston County     (Source: Family History Library)

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