Will County, Illinois:
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Projects

• I & M Canal  A Corridor in Time
• Will County ILGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Will County Illinois Trails History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Cook County  to the north and east
• Du Page County  to the north
• Grundy County  to the west and southwest
• Kane County  to the northwest
• Kankakee County  to the south
• Kendall County  to the west
• Lake County, IN  to the east

Bible Records

• Will County Bibles      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

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

Cemeteries (16)

Census Records and Indexes (35)

Church Records

• Baptisms, 1854-1910  St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Washington Township     (Source: Federation of East European Family History Societies)
• Confirmations, 1855-1910  St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Washington Township     (Source: Federation of East European Family History Societies)
• Deaths, 1854-1910  St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Washington Township     (Source: Federation of East European Family History Societies)
• The First Catholic Church in Joliet, Illinois      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• The First Chicago Church Records, 1833-1844  They can check for your surnames in advance     ($)
• Marriages, 1854-1910  St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Washington Township     (Source: Federation of East European Family History Societies)
• Quaker Records  includes Plainfield Monthly Meeting     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• The Joliet Prison Post  1914     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Will County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories (10)

Ethnic

• African American Coal Miner  Information Center

History (133)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives (21)

Lookups

• Apple Tree Genealogy  Genealogy Document Location and Retrieval     ($)
• Genealogy look up for Joliet, Will County, Illinois. obituary and census records      ($)
• Will County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• RootsWeb Message Boards      (Source: RootsWeb)
• South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society      (Source: Delphi Forums)
• Will County Message Board      (Source: Illinois Trails History & Genealogy)
• Will 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)

• ILWILL-L Will County Genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (65)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

  • Army Life, from a Soldier's Journal  by Albert O. Marshall     (Source: Internet Archive)
  • Civil War Units      (Source: Illinois in the Civil War)
  • Fifteen years ago  or, The patriotism of Will County     (Source: Internet Archive)
  • Fifteen Years Ago  The Patriotism of Will County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • Will County      (Source: Illinois in the Civil War)

• Revolutionary War

  • Veteran Burials      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• World War I

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

• World War II

  • Army Casualties  Part 1 (Adam-Madison)     (Source: U. S. National Archives & Records Administration)
  • Army Casualties  Part 2 (Maher-Zupancic)     (Source: U. S. National Archives & Records Administration)
  • Casualties      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
  • Park Forest's World World II Veteran History 
  • Will County, Illinois  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Illinois Poorhouse History 
• Illinois State Genealogical Quarterly Index 
• Migrations through Will County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Sixth annual reunion of the Will County Pioneer Association, September 1, 1886      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Will County Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Will County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Will County Records      (Source: Find County Records)

Newspaper Records

• Cataloged Titles      (Source: Illinois Newspaper Project)
• Chronicling America  Will County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Newspapers Published in Will County      (Source: Illinois Newspaper Project)
• The True Democrat  Apr 2, 1859 - June 21, 1862     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Will County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (23)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (30)

School Records and Histories (27)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Will County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies (16)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (539)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry (13)

Vital Records

• Death Records from Will County, Illinois 1900s      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Will County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Will County     (Source: Family History Library)
• Will County Clerk 
• Will County Death Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Will County Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Will County Vital Records Office      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

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