 Woodford County, Illinois Genealogy
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County Tombstone transcriptions here - 
Updated:
Jan 5,
2012 - Spring Bay Twp Tax payers, Cruger Twp Tax payers,
Minonk Twp Tax payers
March 18 - Bluff View School 1921 class
photo
March 21 - 1931 Eureka High School Yearbook, The
Nautilus
April 9 - Maps and Business before 1932
April 13 -
1843 Kansas Twp. Land Owners, 1945 El Paso High School Yearbook, The
Cometeer
April 16 - news from "The Archive"
May 2 - 1946 &
1949 Minonk High School Class
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Woodford County History
- History of
Woodford County
- History of the Bapist
Churches of Woodford County
- History of
Woodford County - published in 1968 by the Board
of Supervisors. This index was complied by Karen Fyke.
- Woodford County
Historical Sites - published by the Bicentennial
Commission, 1976; indexed by Karen Fyke
- Woodford County
1841-1991, A Souvenir History of Woodford County -
Indexed
- Early Settlers of
Woodford County
- Early Settlers
Photo - dated 1911
- Woodford County
Politicians
- The Tornado of
1858 (Taken from "The Courier"
newspaper, Henry, IL This tornado covered 86 miles in less
than an hour destroying everything in its path. Eureka, Secor,
Kappa and El Paso were all damaged in some way)
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A Photo Trip to
Historical Metamora Courthouse by Candi Horton(Please be patient. These photos will take
time to load.)
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Example of Woodford
County's Early Marriage Certificate(courtesy Kent Koffenberger)
- Online Editions of Local Marshall
County Newspapers
The Eureka Journal, Thursday,
October 10, 1889
- Page 1 (advertisements, state news and an article written
describing a trip to Europe - includes an interesting section
about the deaf-mute schools of America.)
- Page 2 (National and
world news - including the first meeting of the International
Congress, Secretary Blaine's speach and the elections in the
newly formed states of South and North Dakota and
Montana.)
- Page
4 (Local items, gossip columns, advertisement and
church news)
- Irvin Bauman : Corn
Shucker Champ - story submitted by Charles Steck
- Past and
Present - transcribed chapters from the book "Past and
Present", 1878
- Guide to
Woodford County Historical Sites - Index from the
book Woodford County Bicentennial Commission, 1976, complied
by Karen Fyke.
- Biographical
History of Livingston and Woodford County - Index
complied by Karen Fyke.
- Biographical
History of Livingston and Woodford County - Index
of the PORTRAITS within the book; complied by Karen
Fyke.
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Villages and
Settlements
| Bayview Gardens |
Benson
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| BOWLING GREEN (historical) |
Bricktown (historical)
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Black Patridge (Also known Later as Lourdes)
- The History of
Black Patridge - courtesy Ken Wiltz, Historian
of the WILZ / WILTZ family of Black Partridge, Worth Township,
Woodford County, IL.
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Cazenovia
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FARNISVILLE (historical) |
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Congerville
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Carlock |
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El Paso
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Eureka
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| Germantown
Hills |
Goodfield
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Kappa |
Lowpoint
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Metamora (HANOVER)
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Minonk
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| Panola |
Panther
Creek (historical) |
POKETOWN (historical) |
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Spring Bay
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Roanoke
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Secor
Secor Centennial 1857-1957
- index |
SLABTOWN (historical) |
| WALNUT GROVE
(Historical) |
VERSAILLES (historical) |
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Washburn
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| WHITE
OAK GROVE (Historical) |
Woodford (Historical) - see Newspapers below for
local gossip |
Newspapers
- The Minonk
Dispatch - Index to Obit & Death Notice from Jan
4, 1906-December 28, 1911
- News From The Past - Miscellaneous News
Articles from local newspapers.
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1955 Aerial Views -
index to a book that is located at the Woodford County
Historical Society
Woodford
County Families - stories and pictures of some of OUR
families
Woodford County Almshouse
Register - register of those living in Woodford County
from 1868-1957
Portraits and Biographical Records of Woodford
County - Index to this book which is located at the
Woodford County Historical Society
Patron's Directory for Woodford County 1873
Altas
Noted Characters - William H. Delph, John
Brickler, Louis Guibert, Jacob Banta, John Page, Sr., Thomas
Bullock, Counnt Clopiska
A
Chapter of Tragedies - murders of Hedges, Christian
Shertz, and the disapearance of James Wilkins
Physician and
Surgeons (prior to 1878)
Registered Physicians in
Woodford County - 1877
Minonk Local News Story -
'clowning around'
Passport Applicants for 1795-1925 - information
found on passports application includes: applicants
name/birthplace/birthdate/age/occupation, fathers name/birthplace/if
naturalized or native of US. Some applications include photos
(known found on the Woodford County, ILL applications).
1917 Prairie Farmers
Directory - index complied by Karen Fyke
1904 Republican Supplement
- Index complied by Karen Fyke
Inheritance Tax 1845-1963 -
Index transcribed by D. Whitesell
Wards and Conservators, 1845 -
1963 - Index transcribed by D. Whitesell
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Helpful Links and
Information
Woodford County Links
- The
Woodford County Historical Society The Woodford
County Historical Society now has a website
- The
El Paso, Illinois Community History Webpage - Sponsored with
funding from Heartland Bank & Trust Company - A great site
for Woodford County Information. Includes, El Paso's
History, a post card collection, and cemetery listings for
Evergreen, St. Joseph's and St. Mary's cemetery. History and
cemetery listings of Kappa, IL is included.
- M. E.
Cemetery , Eureka, Woodford Co., IL (A great site -
Courtesy Teri Wareham Kuntz and the Kuntz Wareham
Homepage)
- Minonk Talk (A
great site for the village of Minonk - lots of history, and
photos)
- Village of Washburn
- Home of the Duryea Brothers - makers of the First Car
in America. Learn more about the history of this quaint
small town.
- Hollenback
Family Website
Counties surrounding Woodford County presented by
Illinois Genealogy Trails, History and Genealogy:
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Information Sources
The Woodford County Court House - Located in Eureka, Illinois
County Clerk &
Recorder
309-467-2822
Illinois Mennonite
Historical & Genealogical Society
675
State Route 116, Metamora, Illinois 61548-7732. Telephone
309-367-2551
Millner Library, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Census records are available on microfilm from 1840 to 1920
for all Illinois Counties. The records are located on the 2nd
(main) floor. Microfilm readers for copying are
available for use. (309) 438-3684
Hours: Mon.-Thurs.
8:00AM - 11:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM-10:00PM
Saturday
9:00AM - 10:00PM
Sunday
12:00 (noon) to 11:00 PM
The Illinois State Archives
Margaret Cross Norton Building, Capitol Complex, Springfield,
IL 62756
Telephone: (217) 782-4682, Fax:
(217) 524-3930
Hours: Monday Friday 8:00 a.m. 4:30
p.m. Saturday 8:00 a.m. 3:30 p.m. (except on holiday
weekends)
The State Archives serves by law as the
depository of public records of Illinois state and local
governmental agencies which possess permanent administrative,
legal, or historical research values. This includes birth,
death, and census records.
The Illinois State Archives, has indexes for most
of the nineteenth century censuses and the federal Soundexes for
1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920. The Archives also has the
Illinois state and federal census records for the years 1810 1880,
1900 1920. The 1865 and 1870 censuses have not been indexed.
Its collections do not include manuscript, newspaper, or
other nonofficial sources.
These records are made available to the public,
officials, and scholars at the Norton Building and at seven
regional depositories located on state university campuses
throughout Illinois. The Archives provides access to them
through a series of printed and electronic guides, and by in-person,
mail, telephone, FAX, and Internet database reference
services.
ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL
LIBRARY
Old State Capitol
Springfield,
IL 62701
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 AM - 5:00
PM
Woodford County Libraries
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Benson
402 E. Front
Street
309-394-2542 |
El Paso
149 W.
First
309-527-4360 |
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Eureka
202 S. Main
61530
309-467-2922 |
Germantown Hills
101 Warrior
Way
Metamora, Il
309-383-2263 |
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Metamora
208 E.
Partridge
309-367-4594 |
Minonk
261 E. 5th
309-432-2929 |
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Roanoke
123 E. Broad
St.
309-923-7686
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Spring Bay
411 Illinois
309-822-0444
Washburn
102 W.
Magnolia
309-248-7429 | |
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