Lake County (IL) Genealogical Society
Lake County Lookups
Policy as of: May 1, 2006
printable lookups request form
The Lake County Illinois Genealogical Society (LCIGS) will perform limited look-ups concerning Lake County, Illinois in the following
resources:
| Birth Records |
1866-1915 |
| Cemetery Books |
- Antioch Township Cemetery Inscriptions:
Includes Benedictine Abbe, Grass
Lake, Hickory, Union, Hillside, and Mount Carmel.
- Avon Township Cemetery Inscriptions:
Includes Avon Centre, Druce, Fort
Hill, Cranberry Lake, Grayslake, and St. Joseph.
- Fremont Township Cemetery Inscriptions:
Includes St. Mary's Fremont
Center, 1865-1980, and Transfiguration 1865-1980.
- Grant Township Cemeteries:
Includes Grant, St. Bede's Cemetery Inscriptions.
- Lake Villa Township Cemetery Inscriptions:
Includes Angola, East Fox Lake,
Home Oaks, and Sand Lake.
- Libertyville Township Cemetery Inscriptions:
Includes Lakeside, St. Mary's
of the Lake Seminary, Ascension, and Lake County Poor Farm.
- Vernon Township Cemetery Inscriptions:
Includes Diamond Lake 1853-1998,
Gridley Family 1835-1931, Vernon/Half Day, Knopf, Long Grove, and St. Mary's
of Buffalo Grove.
- Warren Township Cemeteries:
Includes Warren Tombstone
Inscriptions and Burial Records 1839-1995.
- Wauconda Township Cemeteries:
Includes St. Peter's in Volo, Fisher
Family, Hope Grove (Shaw Family), Volo, Wauconda & Slocum.
- Lake County IL Veterans of the Armed Forces of U.S. buried Prior to July 1,
1955 |
| Census Extract Books |
Federal Census for Lake County IL for 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and
1930 for the following townships: Fremont, Grant, Warren, Libertyville,
Cuba, Newport, Lake Villa, Wauconda, Avon, Cuba, Ela, and Vernon and Illinois State Census for 1865 |
| Church |
Mother of God Church Deaths and Burials 1903-1991 (Catholic Slovakian church)
Long Grove Church Records, Book I, 1846-1878 (German Reformed Evangelical church)
Long Grove Church Records, Book II, 1879-1918 (German Reformed Evangelical church) |
| County Histories |
Past and Present of Lake County, IL (1877)
Portrait and Biographical Album of Lake County, IL (1891) |
| Marriage |
1839-1916 |
| Obituary File |
Mostly Waukegan News-Sun from the 1950s to present; some earlier; some from other papers |
| Quarterlies |
1980-2006 Click
here for selected quarterly topics. Click
here for an index to surnames mentioned in the quarterlies beginning in
2000. |
| Peterson Funeral Home |
Index to Burials 1865-1945; photocopy of both index page and actual burial record from microfilm |
| Probate |
Lake County, IL, Probate files to 1900. Probate files vary in size; some may be in the index but actual file may not be on the microfilm |
Each request must be specific in nature. A fee will be charged on the basis of looking up information on one specific person and at this time the charge of
$10.00 per topic including the copies as specified on the lookups request form. Payment must be received in advance of copies being sent. U.S. residents must include
SASE.
No genealogical look-up can guarantee positive search results. We only agree that the resources requested will be searched. You will be notified of the results of your look-up whether they are positive or negative in nature. If you have a difficult or complex problem, or wish to have your research include a written analysis of sources checked, you will need to hire a researcher.
The society does not perform these tasks. The society can provide you with a list of researchers
who do this type of work. See researchers.
The society will not provide copies of whole publications or violate copyright law. If you wish to have a complete copy of a LCIGS publication, please purchase it from our publication list. See publications.
The society respects the privacy of living individuals. Please do not ask us to research living
people.
If you wish look-ups to be done on more than one person please complete a request form for each
person and include additional fees.
Send requests by snail mail (e-mail requests are not accepted) to:
Lake County (IL) Genealogical Society
Look-up Committee
1170 N. Midlothian Road
Mundelein, IL 60060
Lake County (IL) Genealogical Society (LCIGS),
1170 N. Midlothian Road, Mundelein, IL 60060
Updated: February 07, 2007
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