Jo Daviess County, Illinois Genealogy

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History
Jo Daviess County is located in the Northwest corner of the Illinois border with the Mississippi River and Iowa to the west and Wisconsin to the north.

Parent County

 * 1827--Jo Daviess County was created 17 February 1827 from Henry, Mercer, and Putnam Counties.

County seat: Galena

Populated Places
Apple River | Berreman | Council Hill | Dunleith | Elizabeth | Galena | Guilford | Hanover | Menominee | Nora | Pleasant Valley | Rush | Rice | Scales Mound | Stockton | Thompson | Vinegar Hill | Warren | Ward's Grove | Woodbine

Neighboring Counties

 * Carroll
 * Dubuque County, Iowa
 * Grant County, Wisconsin
 * Jackson County, Iowa
 * Lafayette County, Wisconsin
 * Stephenson

African American
The following have information concerning African American research.


 * African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records


 * Illinois State Archives pamphlet on African American Research describes what records are at the State Archives with an online method for ordering records.
 * African American Resources for Illinois

Churches in 1878
Galena The Methodist Church The First Presbyterian Church Episcopal Church The Free German Evangelical Protestant Church St Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church First German Presbyterian Church St Mary's German Catholic Church African Methodist Episcopal Church German Methodish Church The First Baptist Church The South Presbyterian Church of Galena

 Apple River  Methodist Catholic Presbyterian

 Berreman  United Brethren Church

 Council Hill 

 Derinda  The Albright Evangelical Church The First German Lutheran Church The Second German Lutheran Church The Methodist Episcopal Church

 Dunleith  Catholic Congregational Presbyterian

 Elizabeth  Methodist Presbyterian

 Guilford  Baptist Methodist

 Hanover  The Methodist Episcopal Church The Presbyterian Church The United Presbyterian Church

 Menominee  Catholic

 Nora  The Nora Methodist Church Wesleyan Methodist Church The German Baptist Church

 Pleasant Valley  Catholic Methodist Presbyterian Winebrenarian Age-to-Come Adventist Denominations

 Rice  Methodist Episcopal

 Rush 

 Scales Mound  Catholic The Methodist Church The German Presbyterian Church

 Stockton  Stockton Centre Church

Thompson The Salem Methodist Episcopal Church The German Presbyterian Church

Vinegar Hill Catholic Methodist Episcopal

Ward's Grove Methodist Free Will Baptist Church

Warren Methodist The Free Will Baptist Church The Presbyterian Church

Woodbine The German Methodist Church

Vital Records
The county clerk maintains the following records:


 * Births- 1877 to present
 * Marriages-1830 to present
 * Deaths-1877 to present

Certified vital records may be obtained from:


 * County Clerk Office

Jo Daviess County Courthouse 330 North Bench Street Galena IL 61036 Phone: 815-777-3688 Office hours: Monday - Friday: 8 am - 4 pm

Website source: www.jodaviess.org

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog
 * Jo Daviess County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)