LaSalle County, Illinois Genealogy

United States  Illinois  La Salle County

County Courthouse
LaSalle County Courthouse, 707 E. Etna Rd., Ottawa, IL 61350

The Official County website is located at http://www.lasallecounty.org

Parent County

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

Populated Places
The Fox River Colony, in La Salle County, was a gathering place for early Norwegians. []

It was also an area of the first Norwegian converts to Mormonism in the early 1840s. 

Neighboring Counties

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

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 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 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.

1840 Pensioners

 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. Washington, D.C., 1841. ; ; digital version at Google Books. [See Illinois, LaSalle County on page 187.]

Court
Family History Center

1377 Adams Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, United States Phone: 815-431-0186 Hours: M 11am-3pm; T-W 6pm-9pm; W 11am-3pm

Land
Family Maps of LaSalle County, Illinois (2008) plats the land of many nineteenth-century LaSalle County residents. The publisher's bookstore includes a free online surname index.

Military

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


 * - 38th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company E.
 * - 39th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company K.
 * - 44th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company A.
 * - 53rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies A, B, C, D, F, I and K.
 * - 55th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies G and I.
 * - 57th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company A.
 * - 58th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company H.
 * - 64th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (Yates’ Sharpshooters), Company A.
 * - 88th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company B.
 * - 90th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company K.

Probate
An unspecified number of LaSalle County probate records are available in.

Web Sites

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