Lake County, Illinois Genealogy

United States &gt; Illinois &gt; Lake County

Parent County

 * 1839--Lake County was created 1 March 1839 from McHenry County. County seat:  Waukegan

Neighboring Counties

 * Cook
 * Kenosha County, Wisconsin
 * McHenry

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Chain-O-Lakes (Libertyville)

Probate
Lake County Court Probates from 1840-1900 are available at Founders Library IRAD, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, or on microfilm at the Family History Library SLC film #2366882 thru 2366882.

There are almost 4000 probate folders in the boxes. You have to have a Box Number or you are dead in the water. The boxes have aprox 2 years of probate in them until you hit 1882. Some of the file folders are not in numeric order. Persi search has failed to locate an index to these files as of Mar2010.

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