Bureau County Genealogical Society
629 S. Main Street • Princeton IL 61356 • (815) 879-3133
629 S. Main Street • Princeton IL 61356 • (815) 879-3133
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10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Open other times by appointment.
Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri.,
and the First Saturday
of each month
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Open other times by appointment.
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Our Major Resources - Other Records
- Family Histories
Almost 300 family histories have been donated to our collection.
- Military
Bureau Co. Men in the Civil War from Bureau Co., IL Newspapers, 1861-1865, Jacquelyn Gee Glavinick (1988)
Honor Roll, Bureau Co., State of IL Veteran’s Commission (1956, names of veterans buried in Bureau Co. cemeteries prior to July 1, 1955, incomplete)
Walnut Veterans, Nancy Ohda (2003) (information on veterans from the War of 1812 to Viet Nam) - Directories
1858 (county-wide)
1876-77 (Princeton)
1888 (Spring Valley)
1897-98 (county-wide)
Newer ones - Bureau County Farm/Poor House
Abstracted records from 1858-1959, includes death and other information
- Public Domain Land Records (information on early land records, land granted by the government)
www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/data_lan.html
or
www.glorecords.blm.gov - Selected Information on Swedes & Germans
The Swedes in IL, Historical Sketches, Eric Johnson and C.F. Peterson (1880)
Mendota Area German Pioneer Families, Arthur L. Ladenburger (2003)
Excellent source for northeastern Bureau Co.
Palatine Emigrants From Edenkoben, (Rheinland Pfalz) Germany to North America, 1833-1906, Dr. Alfred Hans Kuby (1989, recommended for Hollowayville, IL research)
Edenkoben [Germany] Family Names in Hollowayville, IL, Dr. Alfred Hans Kuby (1977) This book gives information about the German ancestors of the early settlers of Hollowayville.
Soldiers & Sailors Monument across from the Bureau County Courthouse in Princeton IL.