Kankakee Valley Genealogical Society

Serving the Kankakee County  Area

P.O. Box 442, Bourbonnais, Illinois 60914

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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  
  April 10, 2010 Preserving Family Stories,   Presented by Beth Lamie  The program will be presented at 2:00 and the business meeting at 1:00
 

May 1, 2010

"Help with your Genealogy at the Library."  From 1 to 4 p.m. experienced genealogists will be available in the Genealogy Room on the Third Floor of Kankakee Public Library to help anyone with genealogical research.
 

June 5, 2010

Nancy Bruce Crilly will present "Newspapers, The Genealogist's Goldmine"

     

 

Kankakee County Death Certificates now on line > click here

10/12/2009
 

Hebert/Abair ancestry on line

2/11/2010
     

 

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/  
Bible Records Online                                      www.biblerecords.com 
Native American Genealogy                           www.accessgenealogy.com/native/
Minnesota Historical Society                          www.mnhs.org/genealogy  
Massachusetts Archives                                 www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcidx.htm  
Perry-Castarieda Library Map Collection       www.lib.utexas.edu/maps 
  

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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