Kane County, Illinois Genealogy

United States Illinois  Kane County

Parent County

 * 1836--Kane County was created 16 January 1836 from LaSalle County. County seat:  Geneva

Boundary Changes
1837 -- Kane County lost the area that is now DeKalb county.

Record Loss
1890 -- Courthouse destroyed by fire, March 13, 1890. The records of the recorder's office, the county clerk, and the circuit clerk were locked in fire-proof vaults and were not damaged.

Townships
Aurora | Batavia | Big Rock | Blackberry | Burlington | Campton | Dundee | Elgin | Geneva | Hampshire | Kaneville | Plato | Rutland | St. Charles | Sugar Grove | Virgil

Cities and Towns
Algonquin (partly in McHenry county | Aurora (partly in DuPage, Kendall and Will counties) | Barrington Hills | Bartlett (mostly in DuPage and Cook counties) | Batavia (partly in DuPage county) | Big Rock | Burlington | Campton Hills | Carpentersville | East Dundee | Elburn | Elgin (partly in Cook county) | Geneva | Gilberts | Hampshire | Hoffman Estates (mostly in Cook county) | Huntley (partly in McHenry county) | Kaneville | Lily Lake | Maple Park (partly in DeKalb county) | Montgomery (partly in Kendall county) | North Aurora | Pingree Grove | St Charles | Sleepy Hollow | South Elgin | Sugar Grove | Virgil | Wayne (partly in DuPage county) | West Dundee

Communities
Allens Corners | La Fox | Mooseheart | Plato Center | Starks | Wasco

Neighboring Counties

 * Cook
 * DeKalb
 * DuPage
 * Kendall
 * McHenry
 * Will

Cemeteries
Illinois cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.


 * 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 Kane County and links to the information for the individuals buried there.


 * Kane 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 of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.


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

Census
Federal

State

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Aurora
 * Batavia

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

Military

 * Civil War Civil War service men from Kane 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 Kane County.


 * - 42nd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company I.
 * - 52nd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies A, D, H, I and K.
 * - 55th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company E.
 * - 58th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies A, G, and I.
 * - 89th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies E and K.

Newspapers
An on-line index of Elgin area newspaper articles from the Courier News &amp; Daily Herald is available on the Gail Borden Library website.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Elgin Genealogical Societyis a great gateway to sites to aid researches to this area.
 * Kane County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Kane County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)