P.O. Box 442, Bourbonnais, Illinois 60914

Welcome to the Kankakee Valley Genealogical Society Home Page!

Master Cemetery Index

The Master Cemetery Index is nearly done. Thank you Thelma Lunsford for completing the indexes to Barnett, Maternity BVM (new and old,) Colman, Eldridgeville, Foote, Mt. Hope (Norton,) Smith, St. James, St. Rose, Vanmeter, and Wright cemeteries. To see which cemeteries are included in the index so far, see the Cemetery Locations.

County Death Records Index

The County Death Records Index to death records filed with the Kankakee County Clerk from 1877 to 1916 is now online!

April Meeting

Saturday, April 1, 2000, 1:00 pm, Bourbonnais Public Library
"Looking at Home/Gathering Family Stories/ The Trail" - Ancestors Video

New Bookcase!!!

We now have an additional bookcase at our collection, which is housed at the Bourbonnais Public Library. We have many new French Canadian publications, including material donated by Art Bertrand and Leon Keller. Leon donated a 47 volume set of French-Canadian birth, marriage and deaths for Quebec. He also donated a set of Tanguay as well as many marriage records.

1870 Kankakee County Census is available for $35.00 + $3.50 postage and handling.
Ancestor Book IV is available for $10.00 plus $2.50 postage and handling.
Index to Rockville Township History is available for $3.00 + $1.50 postage and handling
Index to Momence....the Making of a River Town is available for $4.00 + $1.50 postage and handling
Index to the Village: A Story of Bourbonnais is available for $2.00 + $1.50 postage and handling
Index to Days Gone By is available for $2.00 + $2.50 postage and handling
All four indexes are available together for $10.00 + $2.50 postage and handling

Postage and Handling applies to within the continental United States. For Canadian orders, please triple postage and handling charge.