McHenry County, Illinois Genealogy

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Parent County

 * 1836--McHenry County was created 16 January 1836 from Cook County. County seat:  Woodstock

Neighboring Counties

 * Boone
 * Cook
 * DeKalb
 * Kane
 * Kenosha County, Wisconsin
 * Lake
 * Walworth County, Wisconsin

Obituaries
The following indexes represent a list of deceased individuals whose notice of death appeared in the weekly Crystal Lake Herald newspaper. Information was gleaned from obituaries, death notices, police reports, and newspaper articles and is not necessarily limited to residents of Crystal Lake and/or Nunda Township. It was not unusual for a death notice to appear months and even years after the event, particularly in the case of war dead. Researchers should scan several indexes when searching for the name of a specific individual and look for variant spellings within each index.


 * Index to deaths appearing in the Herald 1880-1890
 * Index to deaths appearing in the Herald 1891-1895
 * Index to deaths appearing in the Herald 1896-1900
 * Index to deaths appearing in Nunda Herald 1901-1903
 * Index to deaths appearing in Nunda Herald 1904-1905

• Index to deaths appearing in Nunda Herald 1906-1910 • Index to deaths appearing in CL Herald 1911-1915 • Index to deaths appearing in CL Herald 1916-1920 • Index to deaths appearing in CL Herald 1921-1925 • Index to deaths appearing in CL Herald 1926-1930 • Index to deaths appearing in CL Herald 1931-1935 • Index to deaths appearing in CL Herald 1936-1940 • Index to deaths appearing in CL Herald 1941-1945 • Index to deaths appearing in CL Herald 1946-1950 • Index to deaths appearing in CL Herald 1951-1955 • Index to deaths appearing in CL Herald 1956-1960 • Index to deaths appearing in CL Herald 1961-1965 • Index to deaths appearing in CL Herald 1966-1969 • Index to deaths appearing in CL Herald 1970-1973 • Index to deaths appearing in CL Herald 1974-1976 • Index to deaths appearing in CL Herald 1977-1979

Societies and Libraries
There public library in Crystal Lake has a genealogy collection that is helpful in McHenry County research.

Web Sites

 * Family History Library Catalog