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- Antioch 60002
- Lakes Region Historical Society & Museum, 817 N. Main Street, P.O. Box 240, Antioch, IL. Telephone 1.847.395.7337. Open every Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., special occasions, and by appointment. The Society is located in the 1892 Antioch Grade School Building and it is in the process of restoring the 1892 Antioch Grade School building. The ground floor now houses historical displays which are changed frequently. The Society meets the fourth THURSDAY of every month, September through June, at 7:30 p.m.
- Barrington 60010
- Barrington Area Historical Society, 212 W. Main St., Barrington, IL 60010. Telephone 1.847.381.1730.
- Deerfield 60015
- Deerfield Area Historical Society, P.O. Box 520, Deerfield, IL 60015. Telephone 1.847.948.0680
Open Sundays, June thru September, 2-4 pm. Located on Deerfield Road at Kipling Place, 1 block east of Waukegan Road (Rt 43). Maintains 5 buildings, including an 1837 log cabin.
- Fox Lake 60020
- Fox Lake Area Historical Society, P.O. Box 4, Fox Lake, IL 60020.
- Grayslake 60030
- Grayslake Historical Society, 164 Hawley, Grayslake, IL 60030. Telephone 1.847.223.7663
Museum open 2nd Sunday of the month, 1:30 - 3:30 pm.
- Gurnee 60031
- Warren Township Historical Society, Mother Rudd Home Museum, 4690 Old Grand Avenue, Gurnee, IL 60031. Telephone 1.847.263.9540. Meets 1st Tuesday of the month. Includes an email contact.
- Highland Park 60035
- Highland Park Historical Society, 326 Central Ave., P.O. Box 56, Highland Park, IL 60035.
- Kenilworth 60043
- Kenilworth Historical Society, 415 Kenilworth Ave., P.O. Box 181, Kenilworth, IL 60043.
- Lake Bluff 60044 & Lake Forest 60045
- Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society, 400 E. Illinois Road, PO Box 82, Lake Forest, IL 60045. Open Tu & Th 10-12 and by appointment. Telephone 1.847.234.LAKE.
- Lake Zurich 60047
- Ela Area Historical Society, 95 E. Main St., Lake Zurich, IL 60047, telephone 1.847.438.2086. Includes over 500 Lake Zurich area historical photographs and A Pictorial History of Ela Township.
- Libertyville 60048
- Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society, 413 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville, IL 60048-2280.
- Long Grove 60047
- Long Grove Historical Society, 3110 RFD, Long Grove, IL 60047, Telephone 1.847.566.1117. May-Nov: farm house open 2nd Wednesday & 3rd Sunday.
- Millburn 60046
- Historic Millburn Community Association, Inc., 19610 W. Grass Lake Road, Lake Villa, IL 60046. Meets 1st Tuesday of the month. The Web Site contains many interesting items, including some biographical sketches of significant Millburn families, a list of Millburn men in the 96th Regiment during the Civil War, and excerpts from A History Of Illinois by Bateman.
- Mundelein 60060
- Great Lakes Naval Museum Assoc. Inc., 432 W. Hillside Dr., Mundelein, IL 60060
- Historical Society of the Fort Hill Country, P.O. Box 582, Mundelein, IL 60060
- Lake County (IL) Genealogical Society, 1170 N. Midlothian Rd., Mundelein, IL 60060. The Society meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at Fremont Library, 1170 Midlothian Rd., Mundelein (north of IL Hwy 176). Click here to see a list of their publications.
- Wadsworth 60083
- Newport Township Historical Society, Wadsworth Rd., P.O. Box 98, 60084-0098.
- Wauconda 60084
- Lake County Discovery Museum, 27277 Forest Preserve Drive, Wauconda, IL 60084, telephone 1.847.968.3400, email at LCMuseum@co.lake.il.us. The former farm buildings have been adapted and expanded to accommodate the Museum galleries, administrative offices, and the Museum's two archives - the Curt Teich Postcard Archives and the Lake County History Archives.
- Curt Teich Postcard Archives, 27277 Forest Preserve Drive, Wauconda, IL 60084, telephone 1.847.968.3381, email at teicharchives@co.lake.il.us. Includes images of more than 10,000 towns and cities in North America and over 87 foreign countries. 365,000 postcards are computer cataloged under more than 2100 subject headings.
- Lake County History Archives, 27277 Forest Preserve Drive, Wauconda, IL 60084, telephone 1.847.968.3381, email at LCHA@co.lake.il.us. This archives, part of the Lake County Discovery Museum, provides access to documents and photographs featuring the history of Lake County, Illinois. This special collection is available to the general public for research.
- Lake-McHenry Co. Historical Alliance, 27277 N. Forest Preserve Rd., Wauconda, IL 60084-2016.
- Wauconda Historical Society, 711 N. Main St., P.O. Box 256, Wauconda, IL 60084-0256
- Waukegan 60087
- Waukegan Historical Society,Haines Museum, Bowen Park, 1917 North Sheridan Road. Telephone 1.847.336.1859. Open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (10 am to 2:30 pm) only. One of the selections on the links page is for the North Shore Line which served Lake County until 1963.
- Waukegan Historical Society, J. L. Raymond Research Library, Lilac Cottage, Bowen Park, 1911 N. Sheridan Road, Waukegan, IL 60087, telephone 1.847.360.4772. Open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (10 am to 2:30 pm) and Sunday by appointment (1 pm to 3pm).
- Zion 60099
- Zion Genealogical Society, 2400 Gabriel Avenue, Zion, IL 60099. Meetings are held the 3rd Monday of each month at 7:00 pm in the Beach Park Village Hall, 11270 Wadsworth Road, Beach Park, IL 60087. The Society's research materials are housed at the Zion-Benton Public Library and the Waukegan Public Library for public use. Click here for a list of Society publications.
Cook County, Illinois
- Chicago
- Polish Genealogical Society, 984 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL 60622.
- Lithuanian American Genealogical Society, c/o Balzekas Museum, 6500 S. Pulaski, Chicago, IL 60629. Be patient -- this one takes a VERY long time to load -- there are 40 photos to download. Send email to editor@lithuanianmuseum.org The Museum is a major repository of publications, cultural artifacts, and arts not only of Lithuania, but also of Lithuanian immigrants to the United States and the generations that followed them.
- Glencoe 60022
- Glencoe Historical Society, 377 Park Avenue, Glencoe, IL 60022.
- Mount Prospect
- Mount Prospect Historical Society. Dietrich Friedrichs House / Museum / Education Center, 101 S. Maple St., Mt. Prospect, IL 60056-3203, telephone 1.847.392.9006, E-mail: mphist@aol.com. Open to the public: M-F, 11:00am - 6:00pm
- Northwest Suburban Council of Genealogists, P.O. Box A C, Mt. Prospect, IL 60056. General meetings are held at 7:30pm on the 3rd Thursday of each month except December, June, July and August at Forest View Education Center, 2121 S. Goebbert, Arlington Heights, IL 60005.
- Palatine
- Palatine Historical Society. George Clayson House Museum, Palatine Historical District, 224 E. Palatine Rd., PO Box 134, Palatine, IL 60074. Tuesday & Thursday 1-4; Sunday 1:30-4:30. Local history, genealogy, library, etc.
- American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Northern Illinois Chapter
- Wheeling
- Winnetka
- North Suburban Genealogical Society, 768 Oak, Winnetka, IL 60093.
- Winnetka Historical Society, P.O. Box 365, Winnetka, IL 60093. Telephone 847.501.6025.
DuPage County, Illinois
- Wheaton
- DuPage County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 3, Wheaton, IL 60189-0003.
McHenry County, Illinois
- Cary
- Cary Grove Historical Society, P.O. Box 483, Cary, IL 60013.
- Crystal Lake
- Crystal Lake Historical Society, P.O. Box 1151, Crystal Lake, IL 60039. Telephone 847.459.7286.
McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 184, Crystal Lake, IL 60039-0184.
Wisconsin
- Kenosha County
- Burlington Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 593, Burlington, WI 53105-0593
- Burlington Historical Society, 232 N. Perkins Blvd., Burlington, WI 53105, E-mail: info@burlingtonhistory.org"
- American History & Genealogy Project, Kenosha County same as
- American Local History Network, Kenosha County
- Walworth County
- Walworth County Historical Society, Elkhorn, WI
- Walworth County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 159, Delavan, WI 53115
- Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State St., Madison, WI 53706, telephone 1.608.264.6400.
- Wisconsin Historical Society Archives Online Catalog and Finding Aids
- Wisconsin Historical Society for Researchers: Genealogy. The Society possesses one of the largest genealogical collections in the country. The collection is not limited to Wisconsin history and genealogy but includes family and local history material pertaining to all regions of North America.
- University of Wisconsin - Parkside Archives and
- Polish Genealogical Society, 984 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL 60622.
- Lithuanian American Genealogical Society, c/o Balzekas Museum, 6500 S. Pulaski, Chicago, IL 60629. Be patient -- this one takes a VERY long time to load -- there are 40 photos to download. Send email to editor@lithuanianmuseum.org The Museum is a major repository of publications, cultural artifacts, and arts not only of Lithuania, but also of Lithuanian immigrants to the United States and the generations that followed them.
- Great Lakes Naval Museum Assoc. Inc., 432 W. Hillside Dr., Mundelein, IL 60060
- Illinois State Genealogical Society, Springfield, IL
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Updated 14 December 2005