Boone County, Illinois, Genealogy

United States Illinois Boone County

County Courthouse
County records are most often kept at the County Courthouse or another local repository. For further information about where the records for Boone county are kept, see the Boone County Courthouse page.

Historical Facts
Boone County is named for

Parent County
4 March 1837: -- Boone County was created from Winnebago

Places/Localities
To see a list of places in Boone County, click on [Show], above. The preceding list of places includes incorporated cities and towns, unincorporated towns and communities, and place names that may have been used in family histories. Some have well-organized records and even have web sites. Some are simply social communities with no official records, but which may be referenced in small-town newspapers. The list is provided to help researchers identify localities within the county. As records or histories of these localities are identified, a page will be added for each of these place names.

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

Archives and Libraries

 * Boone county, Illinois indexes to records and other information: Includes inventory of holdings at Ida Public Library's Genealogy Room, Belvidere, Illinois. Also includes holdings of Boone County Historical Society Building Museum.

Bible Records
Family Bibles of the Boyce and Perry families of Boone County are included in an Ancestry database ($).

Indexes

 * Boone county, Illinois indexes to records and other information: biographies

Cemeteries
Find A Grave, list of cemeteries. Additional information can be found at local level (city, township, etc.)


 * Boone 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.


 * Boone county, Illinois indexes to records and other information: a cemetery record

Federal
For tips on accessing census records online, see Illinois Census.


 * 1840 census of Boone County, Illinois, Index
 * 1850 federal census of Boone County, Illinois
 * 1860 federal census, Boone County, Illinois
 * 1870 census, Boone Co., Illinois
 * Boone county, Illinois indexes to records and other information: German and French families from the 1870 Boone Co. census
 * 1880 Boone County census : names, age, state or country born in; parents' nativity, etc. information
 * Boone County, Illinois census surnames, 1900, Townships split in two groups: Belvidere - Leroy Townships and Leroy - Spring Townships

State

 * 1855 Boone County Illinois State census index, Digital Family History Archive
 * 1865 Boone Co., Ill. state census index

Church History and Records

 * Boone county, Illinois indexes to records and other information: church records

Civil War

 * Boone County, Illinois Civil War book, 1861-1865 : lists of eligible males between 18 &amp; 45, enlistments, draft orders, discharges, etc. Kept at Boone County Courthouse, with unrelated genealogical materials

Genealogy

 * Genealogical material for William Claus Christian Johnson who was born 5 Jan. 1833 in Germany. He immigrated to the United States in May 1854 and settled at Half Day, Lake County, Illinois. In 1860 he went to Sumter, McLeod County, Minnesota. He died 28 June 1901 in Clencoe, McLeod Minnesota. His father was Jacob Johnson who is buried in Biscay, McLeod, Minnesota. (This was included with 1865 Census Index)

History

 * The Past and Present of Boone County, Illinois: containing a history of the county, its cities, towns &amp;c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, general and local statistics, history of the Northwest, history of Illinois, constitution of the United States, map of Boone County, miscellaneous matters, etc., etc.. Chicago: H.F. Kett &amp; Co., 1877. Digital version at Ancestry ($); Internet Archive.
 * Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Boone County. Chicago: Munsell Pub. Co., 1909. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Land and Property
Records of Illinois Land Sales for Boone County, Illinois is available online, courtesy: Genealogy Trails.


 * Boone county, Illinois indexes to records and other information: land and property records

Maps

 * Boone county, Illinois indexes to records and other information: atlases

Civil War
Civil War service men from Boone 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 Boone County.


 * - 38th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company I.
 * - 39th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company I.
 * - 45th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company F.
 * - 65th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (Scotch Regiment), Company E.
 * - 95th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies B, G, and K.


 * Genealogy Trails - Boone County Civil War Soldiers (accessed 31 May 2011) Lists Civil War soldiers from Boone County along with their regiments and residences.

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * Boone county, Illinois indexes to records and other information: naturalizations

Schools

 * Boone county, Illinois indexes to records and other information: North Belvidere High School

Vital Records
The website of the Boone County Clerk &amp; Recorder explains how to order birth, marriage, and death records.

Some Boone county, Illinois indexes to records and other information are available at the Family History Library:


 * indexes of vital records

Deaths

 * The mortality schedule for Boone County, Illinois and Winnebago County, Illinois, 1850 to 1880 The actual time frame of deaths are full one year before each census.

Societies, Libraries and Museums

 * Boone county, Illinois indexes to records and other information: Includes inventory of holdings at Ida Public Library's Genealogy Room, Belvidere, Illinois. Also includes holdings of Boone County Historical Society Building Museum.

Websites

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