Kankakee Valley Genealogical Society

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

Organization	Cemetery Information	Theakiki (Quarterly) & Index	County records
Meetings	Beebe Cemetery pictures	County WWI Draft Rec.	Links
2008 Membership List	Leggtown Cemetery pics	County Death Records	County Township map
Member Surname List	Mt Langham Cemetery pics	County Birth Records	Site Map
Inquiries	Manteno State Hosp Cemetery	KVGS Indexes
Membership Applications		Ancestor Books
Publications		County 1860 Census

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

Oct. 2, 2010

Mary Buhr from Iroquois County Genealogical Society speaking on New Genealogy Websites as well as a refresher on Tried & True Websites.


	Kankakee County Death Certificates have been removed pending approval from the County Clerk	6/17/2010

	First Kankakee County Census (1860) now on line <click here>	7/5/2010



	Great links from our Quarterly & others

	NARA Adds Immigration Indexes to its Website
	The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Has placed three important immigration indexes on their website: "Germans to America (1850-1879)", "Italians to America (1855-1900", and "Russians to America (1834-1897)". These were previously available only in book and CD form. Access is through the NARA website. Scroll down to the section called "Specific Immigration Topics". www.archives.gov/genealogy/immigration

	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

	See more genealogy at The Kankakee, IL GenWeb Project

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

Hot off the presses!!!

	St. George Catholic Church Records 1860-2006, available for $30 plus $4.00 P&H	5/18/08

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