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Genealogy Projects and Links

Maps, Church Records, Cemetery Listings,
Census Lists, Tombstone Photos, Links

Charter Members in Misc. Northern Illinois Churches - GO

Will County

Listing of Churches/Cemeteries in Will County - GO

Census
1870 Census Washington Twp., Will Co., IL Page 21 - GO
1920 Census Washington Twp., Will Co., IL Part 1 - GO
1920 Census Washington Twp., Will Co., IL Part 2 - GO
1920 Census Washington Twp., Will Co., IL Part 3 - GO
1920 Census Washington Twp., Will Co., IL Part 4 - GO
1920 Will Twp., Will Co., IL - (I will do lookups.)

Burials in Will County
Part 1 Surname? - Frohbose - GO
Part 2 Gerland - Luhr - GO
Part 3 Matson - Struve - GO
Part 4 Tatge - Wulf - GO

Will County (Beecher) Obituaries 1908-1915 - GO
Includes miscellaneous area obits to 1937.

Beecher Herald BACKWARD 1909-1917 - GO
A Beecher Herald newspaper issue (date unknown) called BACKWARD.
This is a listing hundreds of vital statistics and other items for the town.

St. Johns Ev. Lutheran Church Eagle Lake, IL
Churchbook Extractions Indexes - GO

St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Beecher, IL
Some Tombstone Photos - GO
Burials from my personal database. GO

St. Luke Lutheran Cemetery, Beecher, IL
Homepage (www link) - GO

St. John United Church of Christ, Beecher, IL
Bring Many Names: The People Of St. John UCC
An alpha listing from the church records. I will do lookups, or write to:
Rev. David McDonald - Email

St. Peter Ev. Lutheran Cemetery
Green Garden Twp., Will Co., IL GO

St. John's United Church of Christ
Beecher, Will Co., IL

Maps - Will County, IL
1) 1870 Washington Township- 377k - GO
2) Township Map detail showing cemeteries, etc. Crete, Beecher, Park Forest, Monee, Steger. - GO
3) 1873 Township Map (Green Garden, Peotone, Wilton, Manhattan, Lenox, Frankfort,
Homer, Lockport, Joliet, Jackson, Florence, Crete, Monee, Washington and Will Township) - GO

Other

Able Bodied Males, 1862-1863, Washington/Crete Twp., IL Index - GO
Zion UCC, Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN - Across the county line from Beecher. GO

Lookups
Trinity Lutheran Church Records: Marriages 1851-1945 ; Baptisms 1851-1912 ; Burials 1851-1920 (Partial data)
History of Will County, IL, Past and Present, 1907 (miscellaneous extractions).
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will Co., IL, Chicago, Chapman Bros. 1890 (miscellaneous extractions).
St. Peters Cemetery, Green Garden Twp., Will Co., IL
Peotone Cemetery, Peotone Twp., Will Co., IL
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will Co., IL, Chicago, Chapman Bros. 1890 (miscellaneous extractions).
Prairie Farmer's Reliable Directory of Farmers and Breeders, Will and Southern Cook Counties, Illinois 1918 (miscellaneous extractions).

Links
Diersen Homepage by David John Diersen - GO
Will County, IL GENWEB - Hosted by Webmaster and my 9th cousin Ted Cash. - GO
Ted Cash Genealogy Homepage - GO
Will Co., IL GenWeb Message Boards (Subscribe to this mailing list!) - GO
For Probate Records: Will County Courthouse, Clerk of the Circuit Court Office, 14 West Jefferson St., Joliet, IL

Burials of German Immigrants at Crete, IL
from my personal database.
Surnames A - L
Surnames M - Z

Trinity and Zion Lutheran Church, Crete, IL
Church Marriage Records 1854-1900 and Photos - GO

Pre 1981 Cemetery Reading - GO
Post 1981 Cemetery Reading - by Bob Bruns - GO

Census
1920 Crete Twp., Will Co., IL Part 1 - GO
1920 Crete Twp., Will Co., IL Part 2 - GO
1920 Crete Twp., Will Co., IL Part 3 - GO
1920 Crete Twp., Will Co., IL Part 4 - GO

Maps
Endor (Crete) Map - GO
1909 Crete, Will Co., IL Part A GO
1909 Crete, Will Co., IL Part B - GO
1909 Crete, Will Co., IL Part C - GO

Illinois State Gazetteer - Crete, IL Professions and Trades - GO

Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
Crete, Will Co., IL

German newspaper article (15 NOV 2006)
Crete, Will Co., IL immigrants from Germany
Courtesy of Reinhard Seegers von Bargen.

Kankakee County

Listing of Churches/Cemeteries - GO
St. Peter's UCC, Grant Park, Kankakee Co., IL - GO
Sollitt Zion Cemetery, Grant Park, Kankakee Co., IL - GO

Maps
1883 Sumner Twp., Kankakee Co., IL Atlas (Partial) 92k - GO
1933 Kankakee Co., IL Plat 91k- GO

Lookups
1920 Census: Sumner and Yellowhead Twp., Kankakee Co., IL
Kankakee Co., IL Phone Directory, 1992
Momence Protestant Cemetery. Ganeer Twp., Kankakee Co., IL
Nichols/Six-Mile Grove Cemetery, Shrontz Cemetery, Momence Twp., Kankakee Co., IL
Mount Airy Cemetery, Ganeer Twp., Kankakee Co., IL
Sherburnville Cemetery, Yellowhead Twp., Kankakee Co., IL
St. George Catholic Cemetery, Ganeer Twp., Kankakee Co., IL
St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery, Ganeer Twp., Kankakee Co., IL
Union Corners Cemetery Listing, Yellowhead Twp., Kankakee Co., IL
Yellowhead Twp. Cemetery, Kankakee Co., IL
Zion Lutheran Cemetery and early church records, Grant Park (Sollitt), Kankakee Co., IL
Sumner Twp. Cemetery, Kankakee Co., IL
Heusing Cemetery (St. Peters), Kankakee Co., IL
St. Peter UCC, Grant Park, Kankakee Co., IL church records (miscellaneous extractions); Confirmations 1887-1969

Links
Kankakee Valley Genealogy Society - Research Chairman - Email
c/o Kankakee Public Library
PO Box 1659
Kankakee, IL 60901

Kankakee Co., IL GenWeb (RootsWeb) - GO

Cook - DuPage County

Charter Members in Misc. Northern Illinois Churches - GO

First Immanuel Lutheran Church, Chicago, IL
Confirmations 1855-1865 - GO
Marriages 1855-1869 (Misc.) - GO

First St. Paul Lutheran Church, Chicago, IL
Some Early Marriages/Links to Families - GO
Church Records - GO
Baptisms: 1846-1853
Confirmations: 1852-1870
Marriages: 1846-1865
Other records available for look-ups not included in these indexes:
Baptisms 1853-1856
Marriages 1866-1871
Deaths 1846-1861

St. Peters Lutheran Cemetery, Arlington Heights, Cook Co., IL
Cemetery Listing (www link)- GO
Tombstone Photos - GO
Early Church Records and other links - GO

St. Johns Ev. Lutheran Church - Rodenberg, Roselle, DuPage Co., IL
Baptisms 1851-1890 Surnames Abel to Kuennecke (Background)
Baptisms 1851-1890 Surnames Langhorst to Zars
Confirmations 1855 - 1900
Marriages 1855 - 1900
Deaths 1865 - 1900
Cemetery Listing (www link)

St. Peter Ev. Lutheran Church and Cemetery, Schaumburg, Cook Co., IL
Miscellaneous Pre 1900 Churchbook Transcriptions (February 2001) and Tombstone Photos
Map 1870 Schaumburg Twp., Cook Co., IL Part A - 77k
Map 1870 Schaumburg Twp., Cook Co., IL Part B - 81k
Map 1884 Schaumburg Twp., Cook Co., IL Part A - 276k
Map 1884 Schaumburg Twp., Cook Co., IL Part B - 245k
Rootsweb.Com Schaumburg, IL Message Boards (www link)

Illinois Register of Electors - Town of Schaumburg 1928 - GO

History

St. John Ev. Lutheran Church, Cooper's Grove (Country Club Hills)
Rich Twp., Cook Co., IL
Baptisms 1858, 1861, 1892 (Partial)
Confirmations 1850-1884
Marriages 1860, 1861,1884
Deaths 1860-1862, 1882-1883, 1891-1892

Map 1876 Norwood Park, (Chicago), Cook Co., IL Atlas - 74k

St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church, Bloomingdale, DuPage County, IL
Miscellaneous Early Church Records - GO

St. John's UCC, Palatine Twp., Cook County, IL
Miscellaneous Early Church Records - GO

St. John's United Christian Church Cemetery
1475 W. Algonquin Rd., Palatine, Cook Co., IL
(Rootsweb Message Boards)
Central Section - GO
Southeast Section - GO
Northwest Section - GO

Lookups
Chicago 2nd Presbyterian Charter Members A-Mi
Chicago Wunders Cemetery
Elk Grove Township, Cook Co., IL 1833-1933 Hundredth Anniversary Official Program
St. Johns UCC Church Records, Highland Grove, Palatine Twp., Cook Co., IL
St. Matthews Cemetery, Lemont, IL
Washington Memory Gardens Cemetery, Homewood, IL
Zion Lutheran Church records, Bensonville, DuPage Co., IL
Immanuel Lutheran Church, Palatine, Cook Co., IL church records (miscellaneous extractions)
Zion Ev. Lutheran Church and Cemetery, Addison Twp., DuPage Co., IL
St. John Ev. Lutheran Church, Northbrook, IL 100 Years of (Baptisms, Confirmations, Marriages) 1886-1986
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Des Plaines, Cook Co., IL

Links
Barrington Area Cemeteries
Dupage County Genealogical Society
DuPage County Cemetery Records , Addison Twp., DuPage Co., IL.
South Suburban Genealogy Society - South Holland, IL
Elk Grove, IL Genealogy
Cook Co., IL GenWeb (Rootsweb)
Cook Co. Mailing Lists, IL GenWeb (Rootsweb - Subscribe)
Missouri Synod Website for Chicago Churches

City of Chicago Streets (Date?)

Chicago (North)

Chicago (Middle)

Chicago (South)

Does anyone recognized this person? Her name is possibly Kroesche or Brunschon (Taken in Elgin, IL about 1875).

1870 Census - Palatine, Cook Co., IL
Thies Families

Other

Other Illinois ChurchBook Extractions (FEEFHS www link) - GO

Lookups
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Champaign, IL
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Champaign, IL
Evangelical St. Peters Church, Champaign, IL
1860 Census Iroquois Co., IL
1870 Census Surname Index, Iroquois Co., IL
Kane Co., IL Biographical and Hist. Record, Beers, Leggett and Co, Chicago 1888 (miscellaneous extractions).

Links
Illinois MARRIAGE Record Index (1763?-1900) - GO
Illinois DEATH Record Index 1916-1950 - GO
Illinois DEATH Record Index Pre 1916 County List - GO

Iroquois Co., IL GenWeb (RootsWeb) - GO
Iroquois Co., IL - Woodworth, IL St. Paul Lutheran Church records - Baptisms, Confirmations, Marriages, Burials - GO
Iroquois Co., IL - Buckley, IL St. John Lutheran Church Cemetery reading. - GO

Churches in Illinois (Addresses) - GO

Kindred Trails - Cook Co., IL Genealogy - GO