Kankakee County, Illinois Genealogy

Welcome to the Kankakee County ILGenWeb Site!

If you are interested in genealogy in Kankakee county, please consider this a place in the internet where you can stop in, meet other people who share your interest, and exchange information. My name is Lee Hollenbeck and as volunteer coordinator for this site, part of the USGenWeb Project, I invite you to look around, and, if you wish, to post queries, family history, or other information. This site has the support of the Kankakee Valley Genealogical Society. If you have questions on how to put information on the internet, please let me know. webmaster

The USGenWeb Project is a group of volunteers who wish to make genealogy related information available and free on the internet.

News

KVGS

Be sure to check out the Kankakee Valley Genealogical Society web site for more news, information, and records in Kankakee county.
KVGS has started posting death record certificates for Kankakee County.  These start from 1877 and will be a ongoing project.

Ford-Iroquois-Kankakee County Historical and Genealogical Event Calendar

See the Historical and Genealogical Event Calendar for the Ford-Iroquois-Kankakee County Genealogy Mail List (ILFORD-L@rootsweb.com.) This calendar is for events in Ford, Iroquois, and Kankakee counties of a historical or genealogical nature. Family reunions welcome!

Kankakee County ILGenWeb Pages

Kankakee County Links and Addresses

- General information about Kankakee and sources for genealogy related materials within Kankakee county.

Kankakee County Queries

- Questions posted about ancestors in Kankakee county. View questions others have posted and post your own.

Kankakee County Family Surnames

- Information on families being researched in Kankakee county. View family histories and information on how to contact the researcher. Post information on your own family for others looking up family history.

Kankakee County History

- General Historical Documents or Essays.

• 1876 Kankakee City Directory

Kankakee County Lookups

- Sources of Kankakee information from which volunteers will look up answers to questions.

USGenWeb Archives: Kankakee County, Illinois

- Resources for Kankakee County in the USGenWeb Archives.

• Maple Grove Cemetery, Salina Township
• Bonfield Cemetery, Salina Township
• Grand Prairie Cemetery, Pilot Township

Kankakee County Military

Kankakee County Map Collection

Kankakee County Resources for Sale

- Items related to Kankakee genealogy which are for sale.

Kankakee County Volunteer Page

- How to have more Kankakee resources available via the internet.

Site Surname Index

- Comprehensive index to surnames within this site.

USGenWeb Project Sites of Surrounding Counties

• Will County, Illinois
• Grundy County, Illinois
• Livingston County, Illinois
• Ford County, Illinois
• Iroquois County, Illinois
• Newton County, Indiana
• Lake County, Indiana

Other Genealogy Links

• Kankakee Valley Genealogical Society
• Ford-Iroquois-Kankakee County Genealogy Mailing List
• ILGenWeb Project - Includes a clickable map to other ILGenWeb counties , Illinois links , other helpful sites and more great Illinois genealogy information.
• USGenWeb Project
• Genealogy in Illinois - Infobahn Outfitters, Inc.
• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites - Illinois
• Secretary of State Illinois Gateway
  • The Illinois State Archives
  • IRAD
  • Illinois State Library
  • Illinois State Historical Library
• Illinois Department of Public Health
  • Getting Public Health Records
• Illinois State Genealogical Society
• Search All Surname Helper Sites
• (more genealogy links on KVGS site)

Thank You RootsWeb

Kankakee County ILGenWeb Coordinator: Lee Hollenbeck, lee@keynet.net Lee's Home page Established September 10, 1996.