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 pics County Township map
Mt Langham Cemetery pics County Birth Records K3 County Church photos
Manteno State Hosp Cemetery KVGS Indexes Kankakee Postcards
Pilot Center Cemetery 2/2012 Ancestor Books Site Map
Publications   County 1860 Census  
    County Church Records  
    K3 Daily Journal Obit Index 2003 - 2012  

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  
   

 

June 2, 2012 Genealogy Resource Extravaganza - interactive program where everyone can share their favorite genealogy resource.
  Aug 4, 2012 Dr. John Hallwas (Road Scholar) will present "Desperadoes: Notorious Outlaws of Early Illinois"
  Oct 6, 2012 Kathryn Barrett will present "World War II and Women Too"
 
 
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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 (corrected url)
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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 ( not village site ) Pictures & misc (corrected url)
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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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"The History of Kankakee County" (Vol. 2 of the Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, published in 1906) has been digitized and posted online at the Brigham Young Family History Archives:  <click here for site>

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/ 11/11/2011
  
See more genealogy at The Kankakee, IL  GenWeb Project
11/11/2011

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

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