Kankakee Valley Genealogical Society

Serving the Kankakee County  Area

P.O. Box 442, Bourbonnais, Illinois 60914

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Society Information K3 County Cemeteries Web Projects & Databases Misc
Cemetery Information County records
Beebe Cemetery pictures Links
Leggtown Cemetery pictures County Township map
Mt Langham Cemetery pictures County Birth Records K3 County Church photos
Manteno State Hosp Cemetery KVGS Indexes Kankakee Postcards
Pilot Center Cemetery Ancestor Books Site Map
Publications Union Corners Cemetery County 1860 Census  
  Barnett Cemetery pictures County Church Records  
    K3 Daily Journal Obit Index 2003 - 2013  

Recent additions to the above links are in green (last 3 months)

Announcements

  The Kankakee Public Library has a local genealogist in the Genealogy Room every Tuesday afternoon from 1 to 5 p.m. to help anyone with genealogical research  
   
Future Meetings!   At the Kankakee Library, 1:00pm unless otherwise noted  
   
  Jun 1, 2013 Steve Sabados will present "Researching Your Chicago Ancestors"
  Aug 3, 2013 Jeanne Larzalere Bloom will present "Lost Children, Orphans, Vagrants, Delinquents, & etc"
     
   
 

 

Great links from our Quarterly & others

  
The indexed by name 1940 census for Bradley, IL is available on the Bradley Historical Society web site. www.bhsil.org
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!!!!New!!!! Kankakee County Genealogy Online ( Kankakee County Clerks Office ) Birth, death, and marriage dates.

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!!!New!!! Bradley Historical Society   New site by the Bradley Historical Society   Pictures & misc
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From some students in northern Calif. who are doing genealogy research. They used our web site and sent us this informational link as thanks.
http://www.peoplefinders.com/article-people-search-genealogy-resources.aspx <click here for site>
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A new resource                                              http://www.onlinesocialworkdegree.org/genealogy-resources
Locate graves                                                 http://findagrave.com/
Public Records Office of Northern Ireland:      www.proni.gov.uk/  
Castle Garden                                                 www.castlegarden.org
Native American Genealogy                           www.accessgenealogy.com/native/
Minnesota Historical Society                          www.mnhs.org/genealogy  
Massachusetts Archives                                 www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcidx.htm  
U.S. Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Land Mgt. www.glorecords.blm.gov/  
  
See more genealogy at The Kankakee, IL  GenWeb Project
 

Learn more about Kankakee County at the Kankakee County Convention & Visitors Bureau.

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