This web site is designed to help you do genealogical research in DuPage County, IL. It provides some original records and indexes. It also provides links to state and nationwide online indexes as well as information about local research facilites where records and publications can be viewed. The DuPage County Genealogical Society and Jeffrey A. Bockman have been the ILGenWeb coordinator since its inception in September, 1996. It is the result of the efforts of the numerous members of DCGS that have compiled the various records and indexes and allowed us to make them available online.
Good Luck in your research, Jeff.
Articles on various research topics can be found at Genealogy According to Jeff
1900 - Census Images
1886 - Holland's Business Directory of Naperville
1882 - History of DuPage County, Ill by Blanchard - Biographies: Index & Info
Full Digital Version with search capabilities Surname Index
1880 - Census Images
1875 - Map with the nine townships from the 1875 Atlas
1874 - 1874 Atlas - County Map & Landowner maps of the nine townships
Digital Version 1839 - DuPage county was founded
1831 - Cook County
1825 - Detatched Putnam County
1821 - Pike County
1819 - Southeast corner was part of Clark County, Remainder - Indian Lands
1818 - Became part of the State of Illinois
1816 - Illinois Territory - Crawford County
1815 - Illinois Territory - Edwards County
1812 - Illinois Territory - Madison County
1801 - Illinois Territory - St. Clair County
1795 - Indiana Territory - Knox County - unceded Indian lands.
1790 - Northwest Terrritory
Records & Research
- The DuPage County Genealogical Society - DCGS
- P.O. Box 3, Wheaton, IL 60189-0003
- Fox Valley Genealogical Society - FVGS
- Covers: Kane, Kendall, DuPage, & Will Counties
P.O Box 5435, Naperville, IL 60567-5435
- The Genealogical Forum of Elmhurst
- 120 East Park Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Records & Research
All Queries must refer to DuPage County, Illinois.
The following DCGS
publications are for sale:
Libraries & Museums
Phone: (630) 668-1374 #520 for Reference
Hours of
Operation
Genealogical book collection, microfilm and Family
Search
For DuPage
County books you need to ask at the Reference Desk.
Genealogy
volunteers from DCGS on Friday evenings.
Phone: (630)
505-0233
Hours: Tues, Wed, Thurs 9 am - 9 pm, Fri 9 am - 4 pm; Sat 9 am - 1 pm
Phone: (630) 682-7343
Hours: Mon, Wed, Fri & Sat. 10 am - 4 pm and Sunday 1- 4 pm.
Small Research Library
Phone: (630) 682-7343
Hours:
Mon, Wed, Fri & Sat. 10 am - 4 pm and Sunday 1- 4 pm.
Small Research
Library
Applications and proof.
Phone: (630) 833-1457
Hours:
Tuesday - Sunday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Library with local, town and family
history plus:
St. Peters Church (UCC) 1876 plus Cemetery
DuPage County Queries
Post Your Information
On Line Records
Obituary index for people who resided in Burr Ridge, Darien or Willowbrook and also include obituaries of individuals whose funeral servies were held in Burr Ridge, Darien or Willowbrook. Gaps exist in the index due to missing issues.
Reference Books
Hardbound, 292 pages, 6,000 individuals.
Index lists the full name;
the date, locality, and country of birth; date and port of entry if on the
original record.
List of Names from the DCGS Naturalization Records Index
Compiled from cemetery, funeral home, and church records for Addison (about 15,000 entries), York (about 15,000 entries), and Downers Grove & Lisle (about 23,000 entries) townships.
Each township is Indexed Separately Compiled by Ken Madsen.Church & burial records 1837-1938; A Souls Register, 1888 by Rev. T.
Johannes Grosse. Separate indexes for two sections. Edited by Maureen Fawkes
& Ken Madsen
New edition - revised format
Transcriptions & surname index by Ruth Flesher Robb
Transcriptions & surname index by Ruth Flesher Robb
Transcriptions & surname index by Ruth Flesher Robb
Index of names from Public Domain Land purchases, 1862 Map of DuPage Co,
1874 Atlas Map of DuPage Co., biographies in 1904 Atlas & History of
DuPage Co., & 1875 tax list for Lombard edited by Marjorie Herlache
Peters
Index of birth, death & marriage dates taken from applications for
Bicentennial Citizen certificates issued in 1976 by Clarence Price
The following DuPage County Publications are for sale by the Fox Valley Genealogical Society:
Revised 19 March 2012
Site Moved 3 November 2008
Major redesign : 14 May 2004
Original: September 1996
