The Iroquois County Genealogical Society

Old Courthouse Museum Iroquois County Genealogy Society 103 West Cherry Street Watseka, IL 60970-1524 Phone-(815)432-3730 ICGS

The Historical Museum and Genealogical Society Archives are located at the address above, one block south of US Hwy 24. The archives are open each business day from 9:00 - 3:00 p.m. Central Time. Publications are available in the Historical Society Gift Shop as well as in The Genealogy Room in the same building. These include many cemetery records.

• Letter from the President . . . Updated - January 2008

• Iroquois County Surnames and Queries The ILGenWeb queries for Iroquois County.

• Policy Statements of the Society Updated March 2004
  Check this page for polices regarding Membership, Publications, Queries, GEDCOMS, Lookups done in Society Archives, and Cost of Copies made at the Society.
  - Iroquois County Genealogical Society Membership Form to Print and Send In
  - Iroquois County Research Form to Print and Send In - What to expect for your money
  - and now use PayPal and order online.
  - The Paypal page for Copies and Research Charges .

• Publications for Sale Now use PayPal and order online. Updated January 2006

FAMOUS IROQUOIS COUNTIANS Updated January 2008 Sep Palin Baroness Fern Andra The Watseka Wonder Timothy Webster Henry Bacon The Famous Meara Case Mary Agnes Meara Chase Harold Gray	UPDATED October 2007 Photo's from the past will be featured here. A way to share the past with others. If you have some old pictures you think others would like to see - share them here. Check back often this page will hopefully change often.
	People willing to do look-ups Updated January 2006	The Iroquois County Genealogical Society 2008 CALENDAR ~~~~~~~ Open 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ~~~~~~~ DATES CLOSED 21 March - Easter 26 May - Memorial Day 4 July -Independence Day 1 Sep - Labor Day 27 & 28 Nov - Thankdgiving 24 & 25 Dec - Christmas 31 Dec & 1 Jan - New Year ~~~~~~~ Don't Forget! Memberships Dues for 2008 ~~~~~~~ Annual Meeting November ~~~~~~~ Board Meetings 4th Tuesday of every month except January Time is 9 a.m. ~~~~~~~ Please note if bad weather causes District #9 Schools to close the Museum/Genealogical Society will also be closed. The USGenWeb Project Genealogical Events The Ford-Iroquois-Kankakee County Calendar of Genealogical Events Ilford List Calendar
Biography Corner Updated August 2002 Portrait and Biographical Record of Iroquois Co., IL; 1893 Chicago; Lake City Publishing Co.
The Family Reunion Page Updated February 2006 Post your Family Reunion information here. A great way to share information, stories, pictures, and meet distant cousins. Thomas 2007 Krumwiede Aug. 5, 2007 Ponton July 31, 2005 Gernon/Garland Summer 2004 Rush 3 Jul 2004 Hatfield Swisher Jul 2005 Steinberg July 16, 2005 Fanning July 9, 2006 Lyman June 17th & 18th,2006 Reeves Aug 19th, & 20th 2006 Sprehe Aug. 3-4, 2007

Illinois and Iroquois County Links

• Watseka Public Library

• State of IllinoisGenWeb Project

• Iroquois County IllinoisGenWeb Project

• Illinois Genealogical Society added March 2002

• Illinois Genealogical Societies on the Internet

• Illinois Resources at RootsWeb

• Iroquois County Historical Society added March 2003

• The McLean County Genealogical Society NEW! February 2006
  

Neighboring Counties' USGenWeb Links

• Ford County ILGenWeb Project

• Kankakee County ILGenWeb Project

• Vermilion County ILGenWeb Project

• Newton County IndianaGenWeb Project

• Benton County IndianaGenWeb Project

Personal Homepages
Here are links to Webpages with a connection to Iroquois County.

• The Bard/FitzGibbon Family of Illinois

• Bensema Descendants Home Page added July 2001

• The Robin Brown Web Page

• The Emerson Family Web Page

• The Finch Family Web Page added May 2005

• Gockens, Bruningas and Related Families added July 2003

• Iroquois & Kankakee Co. Families Added May 2004

• My JUDY families of Iroquois Co., IL

• The LaFine Web Page

• Descendants of Thomas Lindsey of Northern Ireland New Aug 2007

• The Lyman Family Home Page added Dec 2005

• The Richard & Barbara Meyer's Homepage

• The Palmer Family Photo Web Page

• The Purget/tt,Purgit/tt Family added June 2002

• Rab's Ahrens Kids Family Pages added June 2003

• Ratliff-Smith and Allied Lines added September 2001

• The SPAWR Family Homepage

• The New Theesfeld and Krumwiede Families Web Page

• Thomas and related families of Iroquois Co

• White Family Recorder added August 2003

• The Wixon Family in America

This page was last updated Tuesday, 29-Jan-2008 18:37:16 MST

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The Old Court House Middleport, Iroquois County, Illinois ca. 1860 drawing by Jerry Moore

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