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HENRY COUNTY FACT SHEET
Includes Courthouse Address,
IRAD information and more
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LOOKUP OFFER!
Christine will do look-sup in the following book:
Corn, Commerce and Country Living - A History of Henry County IL
Edited by Terry Ellen Polson
Copyrighted & Published by the Henry County Board of Supervisors 1969


Online Data

Naturalizations -
Declarations of Intentions to become Citizens

Henry County Obituaries Updated!!



Henry County Cemeteries in the Northern Townships

Cemetery Transcriptions:
Galva Cemetery



Newspaper Clippings

Marriage Notices

Letters of Administration

Lutheran Home for Children & Farm School

Portrait & Biographical Album
Biography Index Updated!!

1885 Yorktown Township History

1877 Voters and Taxpayers of Weller Twp

Business Directory from the Voters & Taxpayers of Henry Co. 1877 book (partial). Includes 1860 & 1870 population breakdown by township.

Lands from School Commissioners - 1844 to 1858

Kewanee Early School History New!!

Henry County
Convicts in the Joliet Prison


Military

Revolutionary War Soldier George Nixon.
GGG-Grandfather of President Richard Nixon

Henry County WW2 Missing and Dead

Kewanee resident Clarence Hicks: Remembering the 'Longest Day'

Illinois Pensioners


Illinois Genealogy Trails Military Data
Revolutionary War, The War of 1812, The Civil War, WW I&I and more!

Illinois Genealogy Trails Census Data
Census data by State and County available at Illinois Genealogy Trails

Illinois Genealogy Trails Events
Events in Illinois history; earthquakes, the flu epidemic and more!

Illinois Genealogy Trails State Data
Our Prisoner Register database, Newspapers, Oddfellows Database and more!

Henry County History - offsite link

Illinois Saving Graves - Henry County - offsite link
(look-up volunteers listed here)



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