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| County Clerk of Will County 302 N. Chicago Street Joliet, IL 60432-4060 (815) 740-4615 |
Coroners Office of Will County
14 W Jefferson Street, #206 Joliet, IL 60432 (815) 727-8455 |
| Joliet Area Historical Society
17 E Van Buren St Joliet, IL 60432-4211 (815) 722-7003 They publish the Joliet Courier |
Joliet Public Library 150 North Ottawa St Joliet, IL 60432-1132 (815) 740-2666; Fax: 740-6161 Direct requests to: Roger Gambrel
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| Joliet Area Historical Museum 204 N Ottawa St Joliet IL 60432 |
Joliet Family History Center
655 Springfield Ave Joliet, IL (815)722-8621 Email: Tracy Polyak, Director Hours: Tues and Thur: 6-9pm; Sat: 9am-12noon |
| Will County Historical Society (815) 838-5080 Historical structures (1837) of Illinois & Michigan Canal History, Will County - They have some great quarterly publications for sale |
Isle a la Cache Museum Forest Preserve District of Will County Romeoville; (815) 886-1467 French-Native American fur trade era (1650-1800) Illinois & Michigan Canal |
| Three Rivers Public Library 25207 W. Channon Drive Channahon, IL 60410 (815) 467-6200; Fax: (815) 467-4012 |
Three Rivers Public Library 109 Wabena Minooka, IL 60447 (815) 467-1600 |
| Historical Society of Greater Peotone (708) 258-3436 1 of 4 windmills in IL built on Holland plan (1872), Peotone area materials |
Plainfield Historical Society Museum (815) 436-4073 Local history, genealogy, decorative arts, military, archaeology, library, textiles, farm & household items, school |
| Plainfield Public Library 705 N. Illinois Street Plainfield, IL 60544 (815) 436-6639; Fax: 815/439-2878 |
Gladys Fox Museum Lockport Township Park District (815) 828-1183 Historic building, local history, 18th century |
| Des Plaines Valley Public Library District Lockport 121 E. 8th St Lockport, IL 60441 (815) 838-0755 |
Romeoville Area Historical Society (708) 739-7951 Collection of artifacts from DuPage Township farm days, clothing, maps of beginnings of two villages of Romeoville |
| National Archives - Chicago Branch
7358 South Pulaski Road Chicago, IL 60629 (773) 581-7816 |
IL Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) for Will Co
Swen Parson Hall Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL 60115 (815) 753-1779 |
| IL State Archives Archives Building Springfield, IL 62756 (217) 782-4682 |
IL State Historical Library Old State Capitol Springfield, IL 62701 (217) 524-7216 |
| Allen County Public Library 900 Webster St. Fort Wayne, IN (219) 424-7241 |
Will County Lookup Volunteers
Volunteers are needed to do look-ups for Will County, Illinois with references that you own or located at your local library. Please use the email below to contact me if you would like to volunteer for look-ups.
USGenWeb, ILGenWeb and Will County USGenWeb will not tolerate any copyright violations. Lookup requests should be limited to one name, or perhaps two if it is a married couple. Please review the USGenWeb Copyright Statement prior to requesting or volunteering for look-ups.
Note: Please be as specific as possible with your request. Include Full names, if known, dates, and places. This information will help both you and the volunteer. Please remember to take the time to thank the volunteer for their time!!
| Reference | Volunteer | |
| 1850 Census, Family Tree Maker's CD #301 | Susan Kuhar Epple | |
| 1850 Census (Crete Twp only) | Sharon Galitz | |
| 1860 Census | Judy Bunte | |
| 1870 Census | Judy Bunte | |
| 1880 Census - free search | FamilySearch.org | |
| 1900 Census | Judy Bunte | |
| 1910 Census | Judy Bunte | |
| 1920 Census | Judy Bunte | |
| 1930 Census | Judy Bunte | |
| Our Roots are Deep © 1973, A History of Monee, Illinois |
Sharlene Miller or
Robert Arnold |
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| History of Will Co., 1878
by Wm LeBaron Jr. & Co. |
Tricia J. Martin or
Michele Roberts Houchens |
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| Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, 1890
by the Chapman Brothers of Chicago It includes: portraits and bios of the US Presidents - George Washington to Benjamin Harrison; portraits and bios of the Illinois Governors - Shadrack Bond to Joseph W. Fifer; it also includes biographical sketches of the citizens of Will County as of 1890, some have portraits. All of the bios include important genealogical information of the families represented. |
Dave Graves | |
| Where the Trails Cross
by South Suburban Genealogical Society (Monee, Washington & Will Twp) Vol 4:1 Fall 1973 Vol 8:4 Summer 1978 Vol 14:1 Fall 1983 Vol 16:1 Fall 1985 Vol 18:4 Summer 1988 Vol 21:2 Winter 1990 Vol 24:4 Summer 1994 Vol 27:1 Fall 1996 |
Sharlene Miller | |
| Where the Trails Cross
by South Suburban Genealogical Society (Monee, Crete, Green Garden, Frankfort, Wilton, Homer) 4:1 - Will and Monee 11:3 - Crete twp. 18:3 - Thornton twp. 18:4 - Monee twp. 20:3 - Crete twp. 24:3 - Thornton twp. 24:4 - Monee twp. 27:2 - Crete twp. 28:2 - Cook Co. misc. 29:4 - Roseland 30:2 - Homer twp. 31:2 - Thornton twp. 31:4 - Monee twp. 32:1-2 Surname/Member list 32:3-4 - Dutch album (1896) 28:1 - Monee twp |
Sharon Galitz | |
| Where the Trails Cross
by South Suburban Genealogical Society (Frankfort, Thornton & Monee Twp) Vol 31:1 Frankfort Twp Vol 31:2 Thornton Twp Vol 31:3 Index to obits from the Suburban Star-Ridge Community Newspaper Vol 31:4 Monee Twp |
Maricela Amezcua | |
| Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois, 1900 | Garnet Icie Schonewise Richards | |
| Minooka Local History Collection Collection focuses on The Three Rivers Library District which encompasses Channahon, Channahon Twp, a portion of Troy Twp, Minooka (Aux Sable Twp, Grundy Co), and a portion of Seward Twp, Kendall Co. Misc information about Channahon, Channahon Twp, and a little bit about Troy Twp (Obits, newspaper clippings, yearbooks, photos; a lot of it is indexed). |
Michele Roberts Houchens, Local History Clerk at Three Rivers Public Library District - Minooka Branch | |
| Misc Lookups About 7000 records (cemetary transcriptions, probate records, marriage records, obits, census records, county atlas, Joliet's 3 high school alumni directories, and more |
Kathy Zavada (MOST but not all concern the following surnames: Bergin, Callaghan, Delaney, Faulkner, Fay, Fulton, Gibbons, Giblin, Haggerty or Hegarty, Higginbotham, Kangley, Kindelin, Laughlin, Marshall, McLaughlin, McCarthy, lots of Mac/Mc names, Mulvihill, Norton, lots of Irish and Scottish O's, Quigley, Quin, Spencer, Toughy, VanHorne, Walsh, Welch, Wheeler, and many more) |
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| 1910 Atlas - shows land owners and where they lived in the townships | Robert Arnold | |
| 1947 Joliet City Directory includes Rockdale and Lockport |
Jody Green | |
| 1949 Joliet Telephone Book | Jack Braun | |
| 1962 and 1986 Joliet City Directories | Marge Rice | |
Birth / Marriage / Death / Burial |
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| IL Marriage Database: 1763-1900 | IL State Archives Database | |
| The First Catholic Church in Joliet, Illinois,
2nd ed., 1987, by Rev. Norman G. Werling, Nancy C. Thornton; Parish Records of St. Patrick's Church in Joliet, Will Co, IL, covering 1838-1851 Baptisms: Nov 1838 - Aug 1844 Child, date, parents, sponsors, priest Marriages: Nov 1838 - Apr 1851 Spouses (includes wife's maiden name), date, witnesses, priest Deaths: Jun 1840 - Sep 1851 Name, date, city |
Mabel Grubbe Note from Book: "Dates used in the records are sometimes the day the Sacrament was administered, sometimes (and often much later) when the entries were made. No locations are given except for the dead's account. Where sponsors are listed, a woman's maiden name is sometimes used and sometimes her married name, so it is impossible to determine which couples were married and which were not." |
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| Bohemian Marriages in Will County, IL; 1878-1901 Published in CSAGSI Koreny, Fall 1997 issue Name of the Groom (alphabetically), the Bride's name, Date of marriage and Certificate #. |
Beverly S. Aylor | |
| St. Mary's Catholic Church in Minooka, Grundy County, IL (Many Will County Catholics from Channahon, Troy, Wilmington and Jackson townships records) Marriages: 1869 - 1919 Baptisms: 1869 - 1919 |
Kathy Zavada | |
| Online Index to the Cemeteries of Southern Will & Grundy Counties | Coal City Public Library Email Request - for more info |
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| Arsenal Cemeteries by Will Grundy Genealogy Society, 2002 including: McCune, German Evangelical, Starr's Grove, Reed's Grove, Newton, and Klinger |
Kathy Zavada | |
| Crete Cemetery by South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society, 1978 reading |
Sharon Galitz | |
| Oakwood Cemetery, Wilmington | Kathy Zavada | |
| Peotone Twp Cemetery | Richard Helmer | |
| St Rose Catholic Cemetery, Wilmington | Kathy Zavada | |
| SSGHS Free Quick Search
SSGHS will do a quick lookup in their Master Index for 3 names |
South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society | |
Will County Publications for Sale
| Publications for Sale | Will/Grundy Counties Genealogical Society |
| Bring Many Names by Rev. David McDonald PO Box 144 DeForest, WI 53532 Phone: (608) 846-0486 as of 2/22/05 |
An alphabetized listing of all records from Saint John UCC, Beecher, with family charts added and information culled from the cemetery as well. Price: $22 postpaid. |
| So Great a Cloud of Witnesses by Rev. David McDonald PO Box 144 DeForest, WI 53532 Phone: (608) 846-0486 as of 2/22/05 |
An alphabetized listing of all records from Zion UCC, Hanover Township, Lake Co, IN, with family charts added and information culled from the cemetery as well. (Note: This book might be useful if your ancestors lived in Washington or Crete Townships. The church is located just across the border in Indiana.) Price: $26 postpaid. |
| Where The Trails Cross, Vol. 19:4 by South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society P.O. Box 96, South Holland, Illinois 60473-0996 |
Reprinted booklet of "Will County on the Pacific Slopes" published in 1885, which is a collection of newspaper mentionings of various Will County people who went west for the Gold Rush and were sighted by other
Will County folks. They wrote back to the newspaper giving news of their friends and acquaintances from Will County. The area covered is extensive. It circles around southern Cook County all the way from the Indiana
state line curving west and north up to Aurora. Price: $4.00 plus $2 s/h. |
| The First Catholic Church in Joliet, Illinois | 173 acid-free pages, hardcover, 6 x 9 volume. Limited edition. $20.00 Details |
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