LaSalle County, Illinois Genealogy

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Parent County

 * 1831--La Salle County was created 15 January 1831 fromPutnam and Vermilion Counties. County seat: Ottawa

Neighboring Counties

 * Bureau
 * DeKalb
 * Grundy
 * Kendall
 * Lee
 * Livingston
 * Marshall
 * Putnam
 * Woodford

Cemeteries
Illinois cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation. Local volunteers through Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness may take photographs of headstones found in county cemeteries.


 * Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried. Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone.  May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.


 * Find A Grave also gives a list of cemeteries in LaSalle County and links to the information for the individuals buried there,


 * LaSalle 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


 * The Family History Library Catalog lists some records of cemeteries in LaSalle County. Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.


 * ePodunk list of LaSalle County cemeteriesgives the names of the cemeteries in the county with a link to more information such as address, phone number, and web site.

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
 * LaSalle County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)