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 or pictures, and offer suggestions for improvement. 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
If you would like to volunteer for the cemetery transcription update project, please contact Laurie Hendrickson

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, please write to me

Please consider joining the Ogle Co. Genealogy Mailing List. Subscribers sharing information with each other

Ogle Co. Historical Society and Museum, Oregon, IL

Leaf River Historical Society has published "Leaf River's Yesterday's" Booklet and "It Happened in Leaf River" Calendar

North Grove Christian Church, Leaf River Twp. 150th Anniversary Project

Sketches of Stillman Valley available to raise money for new book Stillman Valley History 1830-2005

Add names to the Roll of Honor Hometown Heroes Book of Military Personnel (Forreston, German Valley, Leaf River, Haldane, Harper, Adeline, Baileyville, Brookville, Florence areas)

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