Kendall County, Illinois Genealogy

United States Illinois  Kendall County

Parent County

 * 1841--Kendall County was created 19 February 1841 from LaSalle and Kane Counties. County seat: Yorkville

Neighboring Counties

 * DeKalb
 * DuPage
 * Grundy
 * Kane
 * LaSalle
 * Will

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
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 Kendall County and links to the information for the individuals buried there.


 * Kendall 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 Kendall 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.

Land
Family Maps of Kendall County, Illinois (2005) plats the land of many nineteenth-century Kendall County residents. The publisher's bookstore includes a free online surname index.

Land Records Kendall County, Illinois at ILGenWeb includes:


 * Index to Public Domain Land Sales in Kendall County, Illinois
 * Index to 1859 Plat Map of Kendall County, Illinois
 * Index to 1870 Plat Map of Kendall County, Illinois
 * Index to 1922 Plat Map of Kendall County, Illinois
 * Index to 1941 Plat Map of Kendall County, Illinois

Military

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


 * - 36th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies D, E, F, and I.
 * - 89th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company H.
 * - 91st Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company E.

Vital Records
Kendall County Vital Records at ILGenWeb includes births, marriages, and deaths.

Web Sites

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