Jo Daviess County, Illinois Genealogy

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History
Jo Daviess County is located in the Northwest corner of the Illinois border with the Mississippi River and Iowa to the west and Wisconsin to the north.

Parent County
1872--Jo Daviess County was created from Henry, Mercer, and Putnam Counties. The county seat is Galena.

Populated Places
Apple River

Berreman

Council Hill

Dunleith

Elizabeth

Galena

Guilford

Hanover

Menominee

Nora

Pleasant Valley

Rush

Rice

Scales Mound

Stockton

Thompson

Vinegar Hill

Warren

Ward's Grove

Woodbine

Source: "The History of Jo Daviess County Illinois," Chicago: H F Kett and Company, Times Building, 1878.

Neighboring Counties
Carroll | Stephenson | Dubuque County, Iowa | Grant County, Wisconsin | Lafayette County, Wisconsin

Churches in 1878
Galena

The Methodist Church

The First Presbyterian Church

Episcopal Church

The Free German Evangelical Protestant Church

St Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church

First German Presbyterian Church

St Mary's German Catholic Church

African Methodist Episcopal Church

German Methodish Church

The First Baptist Church

The South Presbyterian Church of Galena

Source: "The History of Jo Daviess County Illinois," Chicago: H F Kett and Company, Time Building, 1878, pp 498-508.

 Apple River 

Methodist

Catholic

Presbyterian

 Berreman 

United Brethren Church

 Council Hill 

 Derinda 

The Albright Evangelical Church

The First German Lutheran Church

The Second German Lutheran Church

The Methodist Episcopal Church

 Dunleith 

Catholic

Congregational

Presbyterian

 Elizabeth 

Methodist

Presbyterian

 Guilford 

Baptist

Methodist

 Hanover 

The Methodist Episcopal Church

The Presbyterian Church

The United Presbyterian Church  

 Menominee 

Catholic

 Nora 

The Nora Methodist Church

Wesleyan Methodist Church

The German Baptist Church

 Pleasant Valley 

Catholic

Methodist

Presbyterian

Winebrenarian

Age-to-Come Adventist Denominations

 Rice 

Methodist Episcopal

 Rush 

 Scales Mound 

Catholic

The Methodist Church

The German Presbyterian Church

 Stockton 

Stockton Centre Church

Thompson

The Salem Methodist Episcopal Church

The German Presbyterian Church

Vinegar Hill

Catholic

Methodist Episcopal

Ward's Grove

Methodist

Free Will Baptist Church

Warren

Methodist

The Free Will Baptist Church

The Presbyterian Church

Woodbine

The German Methodist Church

Source: "The History of Jo Daviess County Illinois," Chicago: H F Ketts and Company, Times Building, 1878, pp 547-611.

 

Vital Records
The county clerk maintains the following records:

Births- 1877 to present

  Marriages- 1830 to present

Deaths - 1877 to present

Certified vital records may be obtained from:

County Clerk Office

Jo Daviess County Courthouse

330 North Bench Street

Galena IL 61036

Phone: 815-777-3688

Office hours: Monday - Friday: 8 am - 4 pm

Website source: www.jodaviess.org

Microfilms of vital records are available through FamilySearch:

Births: 1877-1905

Marriages: 1830-1930

Deaths: 1877-1930

Indexes to births, marriages and deaths

Website source: www.familysearch.org

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