Henry County ILGenWeb Project
Lookup Volunteers

We are ALWAYS in need of volunteers who have cds or books who can help their fellow researchers by looking up small requests for information.   If you have any records you can share, we'd love to list you here!  Even if someone else has already volunteered to do lookups in a book you have, volunteer anyway--folks go on vacation or are getting too many requests--we can alway use extra help!

If a book on Henry County exists and we don't have it listed, it's because nobody has stepped forward offering to share information from their copy.

If you have a book on the list for which Susie Martin-Rott is the volunteer and would like to volunteer, PLEASE do so to allow Susie to work on other items for the website.

Criteria for Lookup Requests

• Please specify by title which resource you are requesting a lookup in.
• Restrict your request to one or two surnames at a time, such as a maiden or married name.
• Don't ask for "all the Jones".  Common surnames require that you have a first name for a lookup.
• Provide enough information for the volunteers to work with.
• For Civil War Rosters, please see special lookup criteria listed with that category.
• Please be patient-it may take a while for the volunteers to get to your request. If you do not receive a reply after thirty days, please email this site, or if a second volunteer is listed for the same book, try them.
• If you have a large number of people to look up in one book, we would prefer that you invest in your own copy (if available for current sale). We do not wish to impose on either the lookup volunteers or the groups who count on book sales for thier operating revenue.
• We don't own personal copiers...self explanitory. If a volunteer wishes to provide copies, they may do so at their own descretion as long as it does not violate copyright law.
• Volunteers have been instructed not to violate current copyright laws...we'd rather you did not ask them to do so.

 

The Henry County Genealogical Society offers genealogical reference books for sale at very reasonable prices.
See the complete listing  on the HCGS  website at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/9101  .
New books are periodically being added to their listings.

The HCGS has been EXTREMELY generous in allowing us to do lookups from their publications, but we cannot abuse that privledge by doing lookup after lookup in the same book for the same researcher.

If you find yourself asking for more than one or two names from a single HCGS publication, we would ask that you purchase the book.  Book sales and membership dues are how the society finances continued publications.  If you are here, you should join the Henry County Genealogical Society.  Besides getting 4 great Quarterly "Genie" Publications a year, your dues will help pay for more books to be compiled!!!

And don't forget, once you have those books, volunteer to help someone else with their research.
It's just the right thing to do.

ALMSHOUSE (POOR HOUSE) RECORDS	.	.
Records held at IRAD	Almshouse (Poorhouse) Register  Index 1889-1902	Susie Martin-Rott
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ATLASES AND MAPPING	.	.
.	1907 Illinois Atlas indexed Help in locating towns not surnames	Sandra Tennyson Sandra travels a lot so be patient for response
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BIRTH RECORDS note these were not recorded  prior to 1877 in Henry Co. Official Records	.	.
HCGS Publication	Birth Index prior to 1916 A through G	volunteer needed
HCGS Publication	Birth Index prior to 1916 H through Mc	volunteer needed
HCGS Publication	Birth Index prior to 1916 M through R	volunteer needed
HCGS Publication	Birth Index prior to 1916 S through Z	volunteer needed
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BIOGRAPHY and HISTORY	.	.
1877, Kett, Chicago, IL	History of Henry County Illinois, Its Taxpayers and Voters	Please check the bio section first as some of the sketches have already been transcribed Parts of this book are online please check before  asking for lookup Donna Buechler Carol Kooi
1885	Portrait and Biographical Album of  Henry County, Illinois  (Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County - also contains a History of the County from its earliest settlement to the present time.)	Please check the bio section first as some of the sketches have already been transcribed Jan Roggy
1901, S.J. Clarke Publishing Co, Chicago	The Biographical Record of Henry County, Illinois (illustrated)	Volunteer needed Please check the bio section first as some of the sketches have already been transcribed
Published by Swank, periodical Galva Historical Society published Index	Galvaland  about 1/2 series	Volunteer Needed
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CEMETERY RECORDS	.	.
HCGS Publication	Andover Twp:  Rosedale Cemetery (Cambridge City)	Arthur Maxwell Barb Hanson Carol Kooi
HCGS Publication	Annawan Township Fairview Cemetery	volunteer needed
HCGS Publication	Atkinson/Cornwall Townships Grandview, St. Anthony's, Liberty, Spring Creek	Jacquie Schattner
HCGS Publication	Bishop Hill and Red Oak Cemeteries	Bonnie J. Wiley Carol Kooi
HCGS Publication	Burns Twp:  Cosner and Mt Zion Cemeteries	Carol Kooi
HCGS Publication	Cambridge Township :  Mascall, Mc Nay, Talbot and Private Burials	Arthur Maxwell Carol Kooi
HCGS Publication	Clover Twp:  Woodhull, Clover Chapel, Private Burials	Carol Kooi
HCGS Publication	Garden of Peace Cemetery St Michael's Cemetery	Ron Kuehner
Cemetery Records Knox Co, IL  Lynn Twp- 1980 Knox Co GS P.O. Box 13 Galesburg, IL 61401	Galva Cemetery (Galva is in Henry Co but the Co line runs through the cemetery)	Volunteer needed
HCGS Publication	Goble Cemetery, Alba Township	volunteer needed
.	Galva Twp: St. John's Cemetery	Carol Kooi
HCGS Publication	Geneseo Twp: North, Oakwood and Mizpah Cemeteries	Carol Kooi Barb Hanson
HCGS Publication	Old Kewanee City Cemetery Kewanee Twp	Carol Kooi
HCGS Publication	Phenix Township Cemeteries:  Ebenezer, McHenry and Pink Prairie	volunteer needed
HCGS Publication	Western Township Cemeteries:  Western, Lutheran, Cholera Stone	volunteer needed
HCGS Publication	Munson/Osco Twp Cemeteries Greenlee, Pleasant Hill, Grace Episcopal, Morristown	Lynda Paxton Carol Kooi
CENSUS RECORDS	.	.
Tri-County Genealogical Society Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA	1850 Henry Co Census Index Lists only the last name of the head of household and what page of the census that last name is found on DOES NOT list first names or individual family members	volunteer needed
.	1850 Federal Census of Henry County	Jan Roggy
HCGS Publication	1860 Henry Co Census Index Lists only the last name of the head of household and what page of the census that last name is found on DOES NOT list first names or individual family members	volunteer needed
CD	1880 Henry Co Federal Census	Jan Roggy
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COUNTY/TOWNSHIP HISTORY	.	.
.	Alpha Centennial Book	Jan Roggy
Otto, Mike and Mary	Our Future In Our Heritage- Andover, Illinois, 1835-1985 (not indexed)	Mimi Stang
.	Historic Spots In Henry County IL  by Linda Colby (not indexed) Contains some names of early settlers and information regarding the towns and settlement of the area before 1850	Susie Martin-Rott

Donations to our Resource Library Accepted!

If you would like to donate reference materials or books on Henry County for use in maintaining this site, please email. All donations appreciated and shared with the users of the Henry County IL GenWeb Project site via our lookup program at no charge.

last updated 05 Apr 2003