Ida Public Library
320 North State
Belvidere, IL 61008
(815) 544-3838
Fax (815) 544-8909
Boone County Family Research Page
Descriptive
Inventory of Lists at Ida Public Library - Local
History Section
A charter and life member of the WBCGS, Marty Johnson has been
instrumental in obtaining much of the genealogical material found
at the Ida Public Library in Belvidere. At the March 2001 WBCGS
meeting, he spoke of the Library’s many resources.
The History Room is located in the basement of the Library, and microfilm and microfiche reader printers are available. There is an obituary card index, with most obituaries being from recent years. Many books and manuscripts on local families are at Ida. Marty warned that, while a family history book has only one name on the cover, it may contain hundreds of other names, so look inside.
The Ida History Room has an extensive microfilm collection, including Boone County censuses for 1840-1920. Marty has just finished typing the 1865 Boone County census and is almost finished with 1855. Belvidere newspapers on microfilm cover 1848 through November 2000, and more will be added. There are also military records for the Black Hawk, Mexican, Spanish American and Civil Wars. Some of these records cover all of Illinois, not just Boone County. Birth, marriage, and death certificates have been microfilmed, with the years covered varying by type of record. Church records are an ongoing project.
Microfiche at Ida consists of Illinois land sales, marriage and death indexes, as well as Wisconsin vital records. These are a small amount of the total microfiche available.
While Ida History Room’s microfilms and microfiche cover mainly Boone County, an extensive CD collection covers all of the U.S. There are CDs of genealogies, vital records, census records and more. The following CDs have been added to the collection at the Ida Public Library in Belvidere and are available in the local history/genealogy room:
| CD Number | Description |
| 2 | Marriage Index: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, 1720-1926 |
| 5 | Marriage Index: Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas, 1766-1981 |
| 6 | Marriage Index: Arkansas, 1779-1992 |
| 12-14 | Family Pedigrees: Everton’s Computerized Family File, Volumes 1-4 |
| 17 | Birth Records: United States/Europe, 900-1880 |
| 18 | Family Queries: Everton’s Computerized “Roots” Cellar, 1640-1990 |
| 20 | Census Index: Ohio, 1880 |
| 100 | United Ancestries, 1500-1950 |
| 108 | GENTECH95 & ARI 1500-1989 |
| 110 | Social Security Death Index: United States, 1937-1997 |
| 113 | Family History: 217 Genealogy Books |
| 115 | Genealogist’s All-in-One Address Book |
| 116 | Census Index: Ontario, Canada, 1871 |
| 117 | New England Families #1, 1600s-1800s |
| 118 | Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1800 |
| 119 | Military Records: Confederate Soldiers |
| 130 | Pennsylvania German Church Records, 1729-1870 |
| 131 | Veterans’ Schedules: U.S. Selected States, 1890 |
| 132 | New York Revolutionary War Records, 1775-1840 |
| 133 | Revolutionary Patriots, MD and DE 1775-1783 |
| 134 | Massachusetts Civil War Soldiers & Sailors, 1861-1865 |
| 143 | N.Y. Revolution & 1812 Wars |
| 144 | N.Y. Loyalists in Revolutionary War |
| 145 | Revolutionary War Pension Lists |
| 146 | Military Records: U.S. Soldiers, 1784-1811 |
| 147 | Military Records: Revolutionary War Soldiers & Sailors, 1775-1782 |
| 155 | Confederate Civil War Pension Applications Index |
| 157 | Early N.Y. Families |
| 160 | State Index: Upstate NY, 1685-1910 |
| 164 | Mortality Index: U.S., 1850-1880 |
| 165 | African Americans in the 1870 Census |
| 170 | Immigrants to the New World, 1600s-1800s |
| 173 | Genealogies of Long Island Families, 1600s-1800s |
| 183 | Early Settlers of New York State, 1760-1942. |
| 185 | Kentucky Genealogies #1, 1700s-1800s |
| 188 | Land Records: Index to Griffith’s Valuation of Ireland, 1848-1864 |
| 201 | Canada Surname Index |
| 204 | The Ontario Register, 1780s-1870s |
| 210 | National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vols. 1-85, 1600s-1900s |
| 222 | Marriage Index: Iowa 1851-1900 |
| 225 | Marriage Index: Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, 1850-1951 |
| 227 | Marriage Index: Selected States, 1728-1850 |
| 228 | Marriage Index: Illinois and Indiana, 1790-1850 |
| 234 | Marriage Index: Missouri, 1851-1900 |
| 235 | Marriage Index: Tennessee, 1851-1900 |
| 238 | Genealogical Records: N.Y., 1675-1920 |
| 239 | Marriage Index: New York City, 1600s-1800s |
| 244 | Marriage Index: 1850-1900 |
| 250 | Marriage Index: Illinois, 1851-1900 |
| 251 | Marriage Index: Michigan and Wisconsin, 1830-1900 |
| 255 | Land Records: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, 1790-1907 |
| 256 | Passenger and Immigration Lists: Boston, 1821-50 |
| 257 | Irish Immigrants to North America |
| 259 | Baltimore Passenger Lists |
| 262 | International Land Records: Tithe Applotment Books, 1823-1838 |
| 270 | England, Ireland, & Scotland Gazetteers |
| 271 | International Land Records: Irish Flax Growers, 1796 |
| 272 | Census Records: United Kingdom, 1851 |
| 273 | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1850 |
| 274 | Ontario & Nova Scotia, Canada Settlers |
| 275 | Irish Records |
| 287 | Census Index: New York City, 1870 |
| 288 | Census Index: Baltimore, Chicago, St. Louis, 1870 |
| 301 | Census Microfilm Records: Illinois, 1850 |
| 302 | Census Microfilm Records: Indiana, 1850 |
| 304 | Census Microfilm Records: Indiana, 1860 |
| 310 | Census Index: Colonial America 1607-1789 |
| 311 | Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1790 |
| 312 | Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 |
| 313 | Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 |
| 314 | Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1820 |
| 315 | Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830 |
| 316 | Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840 |
| 317 | Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850 |
| 318 | Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1860 |
| 319 | Census Index: U.S. Selected States/Counties, 1870 |
| 320 | Census Index: U.S. Selected States/Counties, 1880 |
| 351 | Roll of Honor: Civil War Union Soldiers |
| 354 | Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1600s-1800s |
| 355 | Germans to USA 1850-1875 by Filby |
| 356 | Germans to USA 1875-1888 by Filby |
| 357 | Irish to America 1846-1865 |
| 358 | New Orleans Passenger Lists 1820-1850 |
| 359 | Philadelphia Passenger Lists |
| 399 | Marriage Index: Colorado, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia |
| 401 | Marriage Index: Selected Areas of New York, 1639-1916 |
| 402 | Marriage Index: New York #2, 1740s-1880s |
| 403 | Marriage Records: Selected U.S./International Records, 1560-1980 |
| 405 | Marriage Index: Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington |
| 452 | Census Microfilm Records: California, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, 1850 |
| 504 | Early New England Settlers, 1600s-1800s |
| 506 | Hereditary Societies Lineages Members |
| 508 | Midwest Pioneers |
| 514 | Texas Settlers |
| 590 | Update to #354 Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1600s-1800s (above) |
| 591 | U.S. Canada Immigration |
| 650 | Land Records: Kentucky, 1774-1924 |
| 651 | Ohio Land Records |
| HQ | 1870 N.Y. Census |
| HQ11 | Veteran Pension Index 1883 |
| HQ13 | Illinois 1870 Census FQ |
| G.R.S.A.I.
Census CDs • 1840 Midwest and Great Lakes - Head of Household • 1850 NY., IL, IA, MI, MN, MO, WI - Head of Household • 1860 IN, IL, WI - Head of Household • 1860 N.Y. - Head of Household • 1870 N.Y. City, - Head of Household • 1880 Cook Co., IL - Head of Household |
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| LDS Family
History Resource File (20 CDs) • Vital Records CDs for Australia • Vital Records CDs for British Isles • Vital records CDs for North America • Pedigree files on CD (Needs to be installed by library’s computer consultant) |
Other Records
- Microfilm of the Willow Creek Presbyterian Church of Argyle, Ill. 1845 (2 rolls)
- Boone Co., IL death certificates (3 more rolls, Certificates to 1952 (Use index Book numbers for location on the film)
- Microfiche - FHCL; Subject Index, Surname Index, Author Title Index, U.S. and Europe Catalog of Books and films & Fiche that are orderable
- Microfiche - 1916-1947 Ill State Death Index A-Z every county. If a name is located, they can be ordered from the State Archives, Springfield, IL, for 50¢
- Hundreds of indexes of N.S. - Records, books etc. from Ancestor Publishers, veteran index, gazetteers, Prairie Farmer Directories etc.
- Books.- Ill Place Names; all township, towns, P.O. etc; Past and Present, even if no longer existing.
- Mothers of W.W.I Veterans and Deceased Soldiers - Name and Cemetery buried in Europe
- Index to Journal of IL State Historical Society 1907-1967 - 3 Vol. Index
- Women in the Civil War, 1865; covers all U.S.
- Virtual Roots - web sites U.S. and Europe etc.
- Genealogy via the Internet
- Genealogy on line
- Genealogy forum on America on Line
- Boone Co., IL Veteran discharges recorded at Court House 1919-1981
Published in Footprints, March/April 2000, pages 33, 37; and May/June 2001, pages 45, 57.
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