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Illinois Genealogy Resources

DuPage County

Biographical and Historical Resources

  • Bateman, Newton. Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois: History of DuPage County. 2 volumes. Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co., 1913.
     
  • Blanchard, Rufus. History of DuPage County, Illinois. Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co., 1882.
     
  • Portrait and Biographical Record of DuPage and Cook Counties. Chicago: Lake City Publishing Co., 1894.
     
  • Richmond, C.A. and H.F. Vallette. A History of the County of DuPage, Illinois. Chicago: Scripps et a., 1857.

Cemeteries

  • Addison Township (DuPage County, IL) Combined List and Index. Lombard, Illinois: DuPage County Genealogical Society, 1992. Includes selected funeral home, church, and cemetery lists from Addison, Bensenville, and Elmhurst.
     
  • Cemetery Records: DuPage County, Illinois. DAR, 1953, 1954, 1962. Contains selected DuPage County burial listings.

  • Fox Valley Genealogical Society. Index to Copenhagen Cemetery, Naperville Township, Dupage County, Illinois. Naperville, Ill. [P.O. Box 5435, Naperville, IL, 60567-5435]: Fox Valley Genealogical Society, 1990s.

  • Fox Valley Genealogical Society. Inscriptions in the Erb Cemetery, Naperville, Ill. [Naperville, Ill.]: The Society, 1982.

  • Fox Valley Genealogical Society (Naperville, Ill.). Naperville Cemetery: A History of a Town in Stone. Naperville, Ill: Fox Valley Genealogical Society, 2008.

  • Hammersmith, Mary Powell, Ruth Kline Ladd, and Dorthea Z. Seder. Naperville Cemetery: Articles About Naperville Cemetery Which Appeared in Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly. [Springfield, Ill.]: Illinois State Genealogical Society, 1978.
     
  • List of Cemeteries in DuPage County, Illinois. DAR, 1938.

Census

  • 1840 DuPage County, Illinois Federal Census. Lombard, Illinois: R.F. Robb, 1978.
     
  • 1850 DuPage County, Illinois Federal Census. Lombard, Illinois: R.F. Robb, 1976.
     
  • 1855 Illinois State Census. Microfilm.
     
  • 1860 DuPage County, Illinois Federal Census. Lombard, Illinois: R.F. Robb, 1983.
     
  • 1865 Illinois State Census. Microfilm.
     
  • 1870 DuPage County, Illinois Fedral Census. Ft. Myers, Florida: R.F. Robb, 1987.
     
  • 1880 DuPage County, Illinois Federal Census. No published transcription of population schedules. Use microfilm.

Directories

  • DuPage County, Illinois Directory, 1924-25. 3 volumes. Chicago: McDonough, 1924.
     
  • DuPage County, Illinois Directory, 1927-1928.
     
  • Hall, E.Hepple. The Northern Counties Gazetteer and Directory for 1855-1856. Chicago: R. Fergus, 1855. Includes DuPage County.
     
  • Prairie Farmer's Directory of DuPage and Northern Cook Counties, Illinois. Chicago: Prairie Farmer Pub. Co., 1918.

Guides and Bibliographies

  • Genealogical Sources: DuPage County, Illinois. Lombard, Illinois: Lombard Suburban Genealogical Society, 1978.
     
  • Peters, Marjorie Herlache. DuPage County, Illinois Church and Their Records, 1833-1920. Lombard, Illinois: Lombard Suburban Genealogical Society, 1981.
     
  • Stoddard, John H. DuPage County, Illinois Genealogical Records: Located in DuPage County Repositories. Elmhurst, Illinois: J.H. Stoddard, 1992.

Maps and Land Resources

  • Atlas-Plat Book of DuPage County, Illinois: Containing Outline Map of County and Plats of All the Townships with Owners' Names. Rockford, Illinois: Thrift Press, 1927.
     
  • Combination Atlas Map of DuPage County, Illinois. Elgin, Illinois: Thompson Bros. & Burr, 1875.
     
  • DuPage County, IL, 1851 (Landowner map on microfiche). Washington, D.C.: LC G & M Division, [1983?}
     
  • DuPage County, IL, 1890 (Landowner map on microfiche). Washington, D.C.: LC G & M Division, [1983?]
     
  • DuPage County, IL 1898 (Landowner Map on microfiche). Washington, D.C.: LC G & M Division, [1983?]
     
  • Landowners of DuPage County, Illinois, 1835-1904: An Index to Plat Maps and Related Resources. Editor, Marjorie Herlache Peters. Lombard, Illinois: DuPage County Genealogical Society, 1984.
     
  • Old Names of DuPage Towns. Some of the earliest place names used to identify villages and settlements in DuPage County.

Military

  • Honor Roll, DuPage County, State of Illinois. Springfield, Illinois: Illinois Veterans' Commission, 1956. Lists veterans buried in Illinois prior to 1955. Organized by county, town, cemetery, and then name.

Periodicals and Newspapers

  • The Review of the DuPage County Genealogical Society. Lombard, Illinois: The Society. Vol. 94 (Winter 1991) - present. Index for volumes 1-1115 included in first set of issues.

Vital Records and Court Records

  • Genealogical Records of DuPage County. Elmhurst, Illinois: DAR, 1943-1952. Book A: Marriage Records, Dec. 1877-Nov. 1889; Book B: Marriage Records, 1861-1877; Book C: Marriage Records, 1839-1861; Book D: Marriage Records, Nov. 1889-Jan. 1900; and Book E: Marriage Records, 1900-1905.
     
  • Index to the Naturalization Records of DuPage County, Illinois. Lombard, Illinois: DuPage County Genealogical Society, 1999.
     
  • Marriage Records of DuPage County, Illinois. Lombard, Illinois: DuPage County Genealogical Society, 1989-1990.
     
  • Vital Records Index. Found on the Wheaton Public Library website, the project is an index to birth, marriage and death notices in Wheaton newspapers starting with 1885. It is an every name index.