Gail Borden Public Library District
200 North Grove Avenue, Elgin, IL 60120-5596
Telephone: (847) 742-2411

   FAX: (847) 742-0485
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Hours:  Monday - Thursday: 9 am - 9 pm
Friday - Saturday: 9 am - 5:30 pm
Sunday: 1 pm - 5:30 pm (September to May)
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This library is known to have a genealogy focus with members of the Elgin Genealogy Society supplying research assistance according to posted schedule on the genealogy bulletin board. "Genealogy & Local History Online" facilities require a Gail Borden Library Card number for remote access. Where to Find Genealogical Materials is a service for finding materials for genealogy research.

These pages are a work in progress. They are not intended to represent the entire holdings of this institution nor is it our intent to individually catalog every item in the collection. Please visit the institution's web pages for more complete information.

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  CITY, COUNTY, AND TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES

    Illinois, Kane County
  1859-60, 1867, 1887-90, 1896-7 City Directories  
  1919-1946 City Directories   scattered years
    Illinois, Kane County, Elgin
  1875-1987 City Directories   some gaps
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  MISC. DATABASES AND INTERNET SUBSCRIPTIONS

    Entire US
  Ancestry.com  
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  NEWSPAPERS

    Illinois, Kane County, Elgin
  1845-present Newspapers   genealogy area has card index of births, marriages & deaths to 1914
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  VITAL RECORDS, SUBSTITUTES AND INDEXES

    Illinois, Kane County, Elgin
  1845-1914 Index to newspaper birth, marriage and death notices   card index to newspaper births, marriages & deaths
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