Boone County, Illinois, Genealogy

United States Illinois Boone County

Parent County
4 March 1837: -- Boone County was created from Winnebago

Places/Localities
The preceding list of places includes incorporated cities and towns, unincorporated towns and communities, and place names that may have been used in family histories. Some have well-organized records and even have web sites. Some are simply social communities with no official records, but which may be referenced in small-town newspapers. The list is provided to help researchers identify localities within the county. As records or histories of these localities are identified, a page will be added for each of these place names.

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

Cemeteries
Find A Grave, list of cemeteries. Additional information can be found at local level (city, township, etc.)


 * Boone Co. IL USGenWeb Tombstone Project usually gives the names of the deceased in alphabetical order by last name with birth and death dates plus any remarks.


 * Illinois Cemeteries by county.

Federal
For tips on accessing census records online, see Illinois Census.


 * 1840 census of Boone County, Illinois, Index
 * 1850 federal census of Boone County, Illinois
 * 1860 federal census, Boone County, Illinois
 * 1870 census, Boone Co., Illinois
 * Boone county, Illinois indexes to records and other information: German and French families from the 1870 Boone Co. census
 * 1880 Boone County census : names, age, state or country born in; parents' nativity, etc. information
 * Boone County, Illinois census surnames, 1900, Townships split in two groups: Belvidere - Leroy Townships and Leroy - Spring Townships

State

 * 1855 Boone County Illinois State census index, Digital Family History Archive
 * 1865 Boone Co., Ill. state census index

Genealogy

 * Genealogical material for William Claus Christian Johnson who was born 5 Jan. 1833 in Germany. He immigrated to the United States in May 1854 and settled at Half Day, Lake County, Illinois. In 1860 he went to Sumter, McLeod County, Minnesota. He died 28 June 1901 in Clencoe, McLeod Minnesota. His father was Jacob Johnson who is buried in Biscay, McLeod, Minnesota. (This was included with 1865 Census Index)

Civil War
Civil War service men from Boone County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Boone County.


 * - 45th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company F.
 * - 65th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (Scotch Regiment), Company E.
 * - 95th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies B, G, and K.


 * Genealogy Trails - Boone County Civil War Soldiers (accessed 31 May 2011) Lists Civil War soldiers from Boone County along with their regiments and residences.

Websites

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