Kane County Illinois Genealogy Trails A part of the Genealogy Trails History Group   Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy Welcome! This is a genealogy website. The webmaster of this county is Kim Torp. I have no genealogical connections in Kane County and all the information I have on Kane is presented here. I am not a native of Kane County and my knowledge of this county is limited to the information you find on these pages. If you have any information you would like to contribute to this website, email me. ***I regret that I do not have time to conduct personal research for you. I wish I could, but I can't. Really. *** To obtain copies of birth and death records in Kane County: (Printed recently in a local newspaper) "Certified copies of birth and death records of people who were born or died in Kane county may be obtained from the office of the Kane County Clerk. Kane County Government Center, 719 S. Batavia Ave., Geneva, IL 60134 Requests for copies should include the person's name at birth or death, the date of the birth or death and the place the event occurred. Copies of birth records may be obtained only by that person, a parent or other legal representative. Copies of death records may be obtained by a person having a personal or property right interest in the record or by a duly authorized agent. "NEW FEES: The base fee of getting a copy of a marriage license was increased from $4 to $9, as was the cost of copies of birth and death certificates. People getting those copies also pay $2 into the county's automation fund, which collects money to pay for future technology updates, so the actual cost of a getting a copy of a marriage license, birth and death certificate will be $11." For more information, call (630) 232-5950. Many thanks to Mary for reminding us that the IRAD has many records for much less $ than the city offices. The IRAD at NIU services Kane County. Search their Kane County holdings here Illinois Regional Archives Depository c/o Regional History Center Founders Memorial Library Room 400 Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL 60115 Telephone: (815) 753-1807 Address for the Kane County Circuit Clerk: Kane County Judicial Center 37W777 Route 38 St. Charles, IL 60175 Telephone: (630) 232-3413 *Lookup Offer* Jean Brusca has offered to do some obituary look ups and general research for folks, as well as taking photos at cemeteries. Contact her at radd1994@comcast.net She may charge a small fee to cover her expenses for copies, gas, pictures etc. Any negotiations are between you and her, I'm just passing along the offer :-) We would appreciate it if you would submit any data that comes your way through this lookup offer to our site to help others as well. Thanks! Data Available for Free on this Website Census & City Directories 1840 Census Index (Some Surnames starting with H) 1850 Census of Social Statistics - "Products of Industry" - Individuals or companies listed on the 1850 Social Statistics census as doing business in Kane County 1850 Mortality Schedule 1860 Mortality Schedule 1855 Census of Deaf & Dumb, Blind & Insane in Kane 1859-1860 Kane County City Directory (Complete!):   [Advertisers]   [Brief Sketch of Kane County] AURORA TOWNSHIP [History of Aurora] [Aurora City Directory] [Aurora Twp residents] Village of Montgomery BATAVIA TOWNSHIP [Batavia Town Directory] [Batavia Twp residents] BIG ROCK TOWNSHIP Big Rock Twp Residents BLACKBERRY TOWNSHIP Blackberry Twp Residents village of Blackberry Station BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP Burlington Twp Residents CAMPTON TOWNSHIP Campton Twp Residents village of KingsMill DUNDEE TOWNSHIP [Dundee Twp Residents] [village of Carpenterville] [village of Dundee] ELGIN TOWNSHIP [Elgin City Directory] Elgin Twp Residents village of Clintonville GENEVA TOWNSHIP [Geneva Town Directory] [Geneva Twp Residents] HAMPSHIRE TOWNSHIP Hampshire Twp Residents KANESVILLE TOWNSHIP Kanesville Twp Residents PLATO TOWNSHIP Plato Twp Residents RUTLAND TOWNSHIP Rutland Twp Residents ST. CHARLES TOWNSHIP [St. Charles City Directory St. Charles Twp Residents SUGAR GROVE TOWNSHIP Sugar Grove Twp Residents [Village of Grouse] [Village of Jericho] VIRGIL TOWNSHIP Virgil Twp Residents [Village of Lodi] 1864 Elgin "Special War Tax" List 1871 Business Directory for Kane County - This is a list of the businesses, their proprietors and their addresses in 1871 for all of Kane. 1880 Census of Patients at the Illinois Northern Hospital for the Insane (Big files!) 1880 Census - Supplemental Schedules for the Defective, Dependent and Delinquent Classes (Enumerations of the Insane, Blind, "Idiots", Deaf-Mutes and Prison) 1880 Census of the Kane County Poor House and the Rutland Poor House (Alms House) 1918 Prairie Farmers Directory - This directory includes the farmer's name, wife's maiden name, children's names, location of farm and the year the farmer became a Kane County resident. Click on the letters below to view the names starting with that letter: Surnames: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z Vital Records Marriages - Groom Surnames Starting With: [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [ I ] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [Y] [Z] Kane County Deaths - Miscellaneous Surnames Kane County Births (Phelan, Holze surnames) Newspaper Stories/Obituaries Obituaries - Clicking this will take you to the Index of names of obituaries available on this website. Newspaper Stories Military Information Cemeteries List of Kane County Cemeteries and their locations Cemetery Map CEMETERY TRANSCRIPTIONS: Elgin State Mental Hospital Cemetery Burials East Aurora/Root Street Cemetery: Plot Owners Transcription of remaining headstones Civil War Soldiers Buried in Cemetery Prairie (aka Foley) Cemetery Cemeteries in the Vicinity of Elgin German Evangelical or Aurand Cemetery Kesslinger Road Cemetery Plato Center Cemetery Record of Burial Places of Soldiers & Sailors (aka: The Military Roll of Honor) Click the link to start browsing through the lists or click on the cemeteries below to go straight to that page. Remember that these are the burial places of only the military personnel who served before WWII. They are NOT complete cemetery transcriptions by any stretch of the imagination. Aurora Cemeteries: Aurora, Big Woods, Calvary, French Catholic, German Catholic , Irish Catholic, Jerico, Maple Park, Mt. Olivet, Riverside, Root Street (aka East Aurora), St. Joseph, St. Michael's, St.Nicholas, St. Paul Lutheran, Spring Lake, West Aurora Batavia Cemeteries: Batavia, East Batavia, East Side, West Batavia Big Rock: South Big Rock, Welsh, West Big Rock Burlington: Burlington, South Burlington Campton Twp: Wasco Dundee: Dundee Elburn: Blackberry, Elburn, Round-A-Tree, St. Gall Elgin Twp: Bluff City, Bluff City Soldier's Reserve, Elgin, Gilberts, Jones Lournell, Mt. Hope , North Plato, Oak Woods, Plato Center, Udina, Village, Washington, Wayne Geneva: East Side Oak Hill, Geneva, Mt. Home, Oak Hill, West Geneva, West Side Hampshire Twp: Doty, German Evangelical, Hampshire Center, St. Charles Catholic, Starks Hinsdale: Bronswood, Fullerburg Kaneville: Kaneville Montgomery: Lincoln, Riverside Mausoleum St. Charles: Lilly Lake, New, North, Private, St. Charles, South, Union Sugar Grove: Sugar Creek Unknown Cemeteries: Mt. Carmel, Ridgewood, Smith, Towerville, Walnut, Washington Grove, Whitney, Zion City Virgil Township: Gardner, Van Vlack Kane Soldiers listed in the roll buried in unknown cemeteries Religion/Churches A History of St. Mary's Parish in Elgin, IL on the occasion of their Golden Jubilee. Part II of the History of St. Mary's - This includes biographies of the priests and the names of the sisters of St. Mary's. Part III of the History of St. Mary's - This includes lists of names from everything to the graduates of St. Mary's Academy to the list of officers for all the societies and organizations of St. Mary's List of Pioneers of St. Mary's Parish in Elgin List of Elgin folks in St. Mary's Choir St. Johns United Church of Christ of Harmony Records Trinity Lutheran Church Records Politics Politics in Kane County - Men who served in public office from the 1830's until 1903. Batavia City Officers as of July 13, 1893 Voters Lists: 1840 Presidential Election Voters 1844 Elgin Election Education 1903 Autograph Book of Eva Usilton, from Jennings Seminary in Aurora. "Fire at High School" tells of the fire which occurred Feb. 5, 1913. This particular story was published in the "Batavia School and Home Bulletin". Also contains a nice history of Batavia's High School "The Batavia Home and School Bulletin" from 1912-1913. School news, gossip, sick lists, etc.... 1912 Batavia High School Senior Class List and Individual Pictures 1912 Batavia High School Junior Class List and group picture 1912 Batavia High School Sophomore Class List and group picture 1912 Batavia High School Freshmen Class List and group picture 1915-1916 Batavia High School Enrollment (Freshmen, Juniors, Seniors) Class of 1921- 50th Reunion Picture (no names) Class of 1930 Reunion - picture and names 1931 Graduating Class of East High School in Aurora, IL (names, no pictures) 1932 Graduating Class of East High School in Aurora, IL (names, no pictures) Class of 1933 40th Reunion (no picture) Court Records & Government-related information Joliet Prison Convict Register - Kane County prisoners. Excellent resource! The latter years contain physical descriptions, birthplace of prisoner and his parents, education levels, etc. This is a link to our main Illinois Genealogy Trails Website. Hit "Back" to return to this page Kane County Prisoners listed on the Illinois Genealogy Trails Joliet Prison Convict Index Index to 1881-1884 Kane County Circuit Court Cases Population Growth of Kane County - Broken down by Townships, Cities and Villages, as shown by United States Decennial Census Reports (1850-1900) Early Kane County Post Offices and their Postmasters Probate information for Jeremiah Phelan, Thomas Phelan, Amanda Holze, Mamie Brady Switzer Dopke, Caroline Dopke, Richard Phelan, Philo Howard Land View the Land Plats from 1871 for: Hampshire, Kaneville, LaFox, Burlington Kane County places no longer in existance History These township histories are from the "Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois" - published in 1904. They contain the names of the first settlers, first born/died/married in each township and descriptions of the areas they settled. Hampshire -- Rutland -- Dundee -- Burlington -- Plato Elgin -- Virgil -- Campton -- St. Charles -- Kaneville -- Blackberry Geneva -- Batavia -- Big Rock -- Sugar Grove -- Aurora Surnames in the Centennial Biographical and Historical Record of Aurora for 100 Years, 1834-1937 View a 2000 Kane County Township Map 1880 Aerial View of Elgin Phillips Park History - upon the death of Parks Commissioner E.W. Thompson Kane County History in Postcards History of Hampshire, written in 1893 by Gertrude Hawley Biographies View the Archived Queries from 2002-2003 Links Visit these Illinois Genealogy Trails Websites: The main Illinois Genealogy Trails Website Other Kane County Genealogy Links Surrounding Counties: McHenry -- Cook -- Will -- DeKalb Dupage -- Kendall Email Me Copyright © Kim Torp 1998-2012 All Rights Reserved This page was updated in January 2012 To be notified of updates to this Kane County website and our other Illinois Genealogy Trails county websites, subscribe to the Illinois Genealogy Trails Mailing List Search Our Illinois Sites (Data from this site will be included!) site AL AK AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VT WA WI WV WY Main Pages of our Site ADVANCED SEARCH OPTION powered by FreeFind There were 5,573 visitors to this site from 1/1/99 to 4/1/00 This website and its contents in the format presented, except where otherwise noted on the page, are copyrighted by Kimberly Torp and may not be copied, altered, converted nor uploaded to any electronic system or BBS, nor linked from any "pay-for-view" site, linked in such a manner as to appear to be part of another site including "frame" capturing, nor included in any software collection or print collection of any type without the express written permission of the author of this site. 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