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Illinois Genealogy Resources

Lake County

• Lake County (IL) Genealogical Society.

• Lake County, Illinois GenWeb

Biographical and Historical Resources

• Halsey, John J. A History of Lake County, Illinois. Philadelphia: R. S. Bates, 1912.
   
• Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Lake County. Editor, Newton Bateman et al. Chicago: Munsell, 1902 (1975 reprint).
   
• Martinelli, Judy and Pamela Rioux, compilers. Zion Genealogical Society Surname Book. Zion, Illinois: Zion Genealogical Society, 1997.
   
• Portrait and Biographical Album of Lake County, Illinois. Chicago: Lake City Publishing Co., 1891.

Cemeteries

• A Guide to Cemetery Names and Locations in Lake County, Illinois. Libertyville, Illinois: Lake County Genealogical Society, 1980.

Census

• 1850 Census of Lake County. Extracted by D. F. Thompson. Evanston, Illinois: D. F. Thompson, 1976.
   
• 1860 Census of Lake County. Libertyville, Illinois: Lake County Genealogical Society, 1984.
   
• 1865 Illinois State Census, Lake County. Microfilm.
   
• 1870 Census of Lake County. Libertyville, Illinois: Lake County Genealogical Society, 1985.
   
• 1880 Census of Lake County. Libertyville, Illinois: Lake County Genealogical Society, 1987-1988.
   
• 1900 Census, Lake County. Libertyville, Illinois: Lake County Genealogical Society, 1993-1995.
   
• Index to the 1862 Military Census of Lake County, IL. Libertyville, Illinois: Lake County Genealogical Society, 1991.
   
• Transcription of the 1865 Illinois State Census, Lake County. Libertyville, Illinois: Lake County Genealogical Society, 1989.

Directories

• Prairie Farmer's Directory of Lake County. Chicago: Prairie Farmer Publishing Co., 1917.

Military

• Hapke, Aileen Potterton. Lake County, IL Veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States Buried Prior to July 1, 1955. Libertyville, Illinois: Lake County Genealogical Society, 2001.

Vital Records and Court Records

• Lake County, IL Death Index, 1877-1901. Extracted by Aileen Potterton Hapke. Libertyville, Illinois: Lake County Genealogical Society, 2001.
   
• Lake County, Illinois Marriages. Libertyville, Illinois: Lake County Genealogical Society, 1993. Volume 1: 1839-1859, Volume 2: 1860-1880, Volume 3: 1881-1901.