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This site was created by Kathryn
Arnold-Stauffer in 1997. Kathyrn maintained it for four
years until the current webmaster, Roger
Cramer, took over on October 1, 2001. A major revision
was completed in January 2003. A search engine was added in October
2003.
This site is hosted by RootsWeb.com
and is the result of the efforts of many people researching and
documenting the history of Ogle County and its people.
Sharing genealogical information is the only way we can put all
the pieces of the puzzle back together again for future generations.
Please feel free to browse the site, donate information, pictures,
or offer suggestions for improvement.
VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED
If you would like to volunteer for the cemetery
transcription update project, please contact Laurie
Hendrickson
Anyone interested in transcribing
biographies or obituaries to add to this site, please contact
me
If you would like one of our
volunteers to assist you in Ogle Co. research, please look at
our list of Research and Lookup Volunteers.
More volunteers are needed, if you would like to be one, contact me
Join the Ogle
Co. Genealogy Mailing List. Subscribers sharing information
with each other
Ogle
Co. Historical Society and Museum, Oregon, IL
175 Year History Book for
Lindenwood and Lynnville Twp.
Leaf River Historical Society
has published "Leaf River's Yesterday's"
Booklet and "It Happened in Leaf River" Calendar
Sketches of
Stillman Valley available to raise money for new book Stillman Valley History
1830-2005
"Hometown Heroes - Military Roll
of Honor" book. Includes Adeline, Baileyville, Brookville,
Florence, Forreston, German Valley, Haldane, Harper and Leaf
River
Doris Vogel,
long time Ogle Co. genealogist retires. Article from June 2007
Rochelle News-Leader
Ogle Co. Weather
| Searches for birth, marriage, and death
records can be requested via e-mail from the Ogle
Co. Clerk's Office. Birth records begin in 1860, marriages
in 1837, and deaths in 1878, however Illinois law did not require
these records to be kept until 1916 so many went unreported.
If document is found, the following information is required:
name of person, date of event, type of document and a self addressed
stamped envelope for return of document. Fees are: marriages
$7.00, deaths $9.00 and births $7.00 sent to the Ogle Co. Clerk,
P. O. Box 357, Oregon, IL 61061. Online request forms
are also available |
Visit this site
often as new information is continuously being added
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What's Inside
| Cemetery
lists of all locations, photos, and surnames of those buried
in Ogle Co. Updating cemetery inscriptions of all Ogle
Co. cemeteries is underway with many complete and online |
| Census: Transcribed records: 1840
1850 1860
1870 1910
1930 - Mortality Index 1850 1860
- Illinois Census
Record Site |
| Obituaries
of many early Ogle Co. settlers |
| Biographies
of many early Ogle Co. settlers *** Biographies
from "Brethren in Northern Illinois and Wisconsin" |
| Canada Settlement
in Ogle Co., IL story of the Lawrence, Poole, Slater, Sanborn,
and Johnson families coming to Ogle Co. in the 1830's |
| History
of Ogle Co. *** Ogle
Co. Fact Sheet *** Reasons for settling
in early Ogle Co. |
| Resource links
to genealogical research sites, libraries, maps, projects, and
more. Contact Look-up Volunteers |
| Pictures of some early
Ogle Co. settlers and area sites of interest *** Tombstone
Photos |
| Family Site
links to various Ogle Co. family web sites |
| Church historical
photos and descriptions in Ogle Co. |
| Township Maps
current and from 1872 *** 1872
Twp. Resident Directory *** County
Officers from 1837 through 1872 |
| Newspapers
available on microfilm *** Byron Express newspaper
index from July 1882-December 1887 |
| Ogle Co. Civil
War Volunteers *** 1997 and 1998 Archived
Queries |
| Identifying families from MD, VA, &
WV in counties of midwest including Ogle Co. TRAKWEST |
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