Special thanks
to Liennea Goreth and the Geneseo Library Staff
for compiling this
list of genealogical related materials for us!
ATLASES:
1875 Atlas of Henry County,
1893 Platbook of Henry County (in basement)
1911 Henry County Atlas
CEMETERIES:
Oakwood, North, Loraine, Kemmis, Edford, Dayton in Colona
Greenley in Munson, St. Anthony's in Atkinson
Cemetery Listings for local cemetaries - last update 1993
CENSUS:
1850 Federal Census of Henry County, Illinois (Book)
1860 Federal Census of Henry County, Illinois (Book)
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910 Henry County Census
CHURCH
HISTORIES: 1st Congregational Church: 150 years of worship &
services
DIRECTORIES:
1942 Geneseo City Directory
1989 Kelly's Geneseo City Directory (front display case)
GENERAL
GENEALOGY: Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives
Directory of American libraries with Genealogy or local history
Passenger and Immigration lists index, Handy Book for Genealogists
Index to American Genealogies. International Vital Records Handbook
Researchers guide to American Genealogy, Revolutionary War Genealogy
Guide to Genealogical records in the National Archives
HISTORIES:
Biographical Record
of Henry County. History of Henry County, Vol. 1 & 2
History of Henry County,
It's taxpayers & voters
Corn, commerce &
country living - History
Geneseo - the first
150 years: 1836-1985
Bishop Hill Swedish
American Showcase
Our future is our heritage
- Andover 1835-1985
Geneseo Centennial
History 1836-1936
One room school at
the crossroads: recollections of Smith
School, Dist. #152
Edford Township, Henry County, Illinois
History of Geneseo
Township High School Alumni Association
Historical sketches
of Henry County Schools, 1954
DAR patriot index Vol.
1, 2, and 3, DAR Lineage Vol. 1-38 (in basement)
Hammond Genealogies
Vol. 1 & 2 (in basement)
The land was ours,
Geneseo's Prairie Heritage, 1961
History of Whiteside
County, Illinois
History of Bettendorf
and Pleasant Valley
Historic Rock Island
County
Past and present of
Rock Island County, Illinois
DAR Library Catalog
1983
Hennepin Canal State
Trail
Macomb Heritage Days
Knoxville through five
generations
Diary of an Illinois
farmer 1947-1950
Cordova Illinois, then
and now 1836-1976
Travels in time, Milan,
Illinois
LAND:
1990-91 Henry County,
Illinois TAM service
Henry County, Illinois
Plat Book, 1975
MILITARY:
Service record book
of men and women of Geneseo, IL and community
MISC.:
Inventory of Historic
structures in Henry County
Inventory of Historic
landmarks in Henry County
Woodhull Quasquicentennial
Centennial of Galva,
Illinois 1954
Geneseo Historical
Buildings, Homes, Sites
Henry County Genealogical
Society Newsletters
Henry County Genealogical
Society Quarterlies
Assessor Books for
Geneseo Township 1884-1895 (in basement)
Assessor Books for
Phoenix Township 1880-1902
NEWSPAPERS:
Geneseo Republic 1856-1996
on microfilm
(current year kept
in newspaper format)
PHOTOGRAPHS:
Various genealogical
pictures of Geneseo & people
(kept on display in
collection case)
FOLLOWING
VOLUMES ARE IN THE FRONT DISPLAY CASES:
Shearer Brothers
Vol. 1-5
Taylor momentos Vol.
1-3
Geneseo Churches Vol.
1 & 2
Geneseo Schools Vol.
1-10
The Hammonds Vol. 1-5
Hofstetter, Hosford
& Hanford pictures of family & friends
Johnson 1910 farm