Stephenson County, Illinois:
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Projects

• Stephenson County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Stephenson County ILGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Stephenson County, Illinois      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Stephenson County, Illinois      (Source: Trails to the Past)
• Stephenson County, Illinois Genealogy      (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Adjacent counties

• Carroll County  to the south and southwest
• Green County, WI  to the north
• Jo Daviess County  to the west
• Lafayette County, WI  to the northwest
• Ogle County  to the south and southeast
• Winnebago County  to the east

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (13)

Cemeteries (15)

Census Records and Indexes (37)

Court and Legal Records

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

Directories

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

History (25)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Land Records

• Family Maps of Stephenson County, Illinois  Maps the original land owners indexed on the BLM     (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• Stephenson County Land and Deed Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Stephenson County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (10)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• 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)

• ILSTEPHE-L Stephenson County Genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (69)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883      (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Freeport High School  1927 Annual Commencement     (Source: Surname Genealogy Archive)
• Illinois Poorhouse History 
• Illinois State Genealogical Quarterly Index 
• Ladies Union Aid Society, 1889 Quilt Transcription, Stephenson County, IL      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Migrations through Stephenson County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Stephenson County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Stephenson County Public Schools  Eighth Grade Class of 1926     (Source: Surname Genealogy Archive)
• Stephenson County Records      (Source: Find County Records)

Newspaper Records (19)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Freeport Journal Standard  Freeport, IL     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Freeport, Illinois Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Illinois Obituary Project      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• The Journal Standard 
• The Journal-Standard (Freeport)      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Stephenson County Obituaries      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Stephenson County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Regional History Center Digitalization Project 
• Penny Postcards from Illinois      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Historical Postcards of Stephenson County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Cedarville Mills  John H. Addams' property
• Freeport vicinity      (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Carnegie Library  Freeport, Ill.     (Source: Post Card Library)
• Lena vicinity      (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Rock City vicinity      (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Stephenson County, Illinois Photographs      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

School Records and Histories (10)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Stephenson County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• Elder William Brewster Chapter  Freeport     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• McConnell Area Historical Society 
• Stephenson County Genealogical Society 
• Stephenson County Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (255)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860  includes Stephenson County, 1837 - 1850     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916  Jan. 1878-Oct. 1889; Dec. 1903-Aug. 1910     (Source: Illinois State Archives)
• Stephenson County Vital Records Office      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Stephenson County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Stephenson County     (Source: Family History Library)

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