Welcome to LaSalle County, Illinois History and Genealogy

Updated March 21, 2008

Recent Updates

03/21/08: History of Brookfield Township (Chicago Interstate Publishing 1886) Includes: Topography - Pioneers - Elected Officials - Biographies (George Washington Armstrong, Nathaniel Cole, Patrick Dunn, Squire Ewer, Isaac Gage, Richard J. Gage , William Frederick Graham, Frederick Graham, Thomas Holt, John Kennedy, Michael Mitchel, Michael O'Loughlin, Luther P. Osgood, Darius Reed, George Washington Rose, John Sullivan, P. George Thoma

County History

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Bureau County Photos
Old Settler's Association and Pioneer Info
County Disasters
History and Histoical Sketches
Newspapers and Misc. News Articles
Postal Routes & Offices
Schools
Transportation (Railroads and Other Transportation News)
Military History

Township History
Updated!!

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Voters and Tax Payers
Township Disasters
Directories
Township Elections
History and Historical Sketches Updated!!
News Articles
Township Pioneers

Village History

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Village Businesses and Manufacturing
Fires and Disasters
Village History and Historical Sketches
Prominent Citizens and Early Pioneers
Photos

Genealogical Information

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Births (Includes Vital records and newspaper announcements)
Deaths (Includes Vital records, Mortality Indexes and newspaper announcements)
Marriages (Includes Vital records and newspaper announcements)
Anniversaries
Cenus Records
Cemetery Listings

Family History

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Family Biographies
Photos
Family Webpages

Links and Information

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Bureau County Links to Village and other Information Sources
Surrounding Counties
Information Sources

Hi, my name is Nancy Piper and I am the host for Putnam, Bureau, LaSalle and Marshall Counties. My ancestors came to Illinois over 150 years ago and settled in the tiny village of Florid, which is no longer even a name on a map. I've always been a "history buff" and these pages let me help share the world my "findings".

On these pages you will find the information pertaining to the history of LaSalle County. Our goal is to have available free of charge as much information as possible and will be adding continuously to these pages, so check back often. I do not live in LaSalle County so, I am unable to do any personal research.

Illinois Trails is now part of the Genealogy Trails project.
We're exciting about our new project and are in the process of expanding to every state in the union. If you are interested in hosting a county, state or just donating new information that you feel would be of interest to others, please visit
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If you have any information to add, please E-mail me.

Biographies, Homepages, and Family Pictures

The Daily Family Homepage (My family history which includes biographies on the LaSalle County families such as Dinkey, Norton and other related families)
The Haszler Family website (Great genealogy website created by Jerry Haszler for the familes of Hasselman, Hassler, Haszler,Klag, Kessler, Patarozzi,of La Salle county.)
Rosemary's Family Connections (Good website for genealogical information for the families of BAUMGARDNER, BURR, COOK, COWGILL, EBBS, ISHAM, LOOMIS, MASSIE, PALASCHAK, PROMENSCHENKEL, STOCKING, WARWICK, and WIRICK.
John Hossack of Ottawa, Illinois (Great website by Jay W. Preston dedicated to the history of John Hossack, "Canal Builder. Grain and Lumber Merchant. Conductor on the Underground Railroad. Crusader for Human Rights and Liberty. Man of God.")
Stu Wilson's Family Tree Page (Very good website for genealogical information. Stu has the following LaSalle Co. surnames listed Brown, Eades, Gray, Newman, Springer, Woodruff, and White.)
THIEMANN/THIEMAN Family Web Pages (Very nice pages by Roger L. Thiemann on his family history. Roger also has a familytreemaker page with some nice family photos at http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/t/h/i/Roger-L-Thiemann/index.html)
The Schmitt Family Photo - donated by Terri Davison

(If you have a LaSalle County Family Genealogy or History Homepage and you'd like to have linked here, please let me know. Remember to include the initials NJP in the subject line of your email.)
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Information Sources

LASALLE COUNTY USEFUL LINKS

LaSalle County Government Page
LaSalle Public Library
The Illinois-Michigan Canal (Wonderful page published by the Canal Corridor Association. Includes history of the canal, tour information and calendar of events for the coming year)
Westclock (History of the old Westclock Factory)
LaSalle County Genealogy Guild

La Salle County Community Links

The Village of North Utica (Website provided by North Utica: Includes history, area information, and tourist attractions)
Welcome to Illinois Valley (Website provided by the Illinois Valley Area Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development )
Oglesby (Website provided by Ogelsby: Includes history, area information, and tourist attractions)
Experience Ottawa
Welcome to Seneca Illinois (Informational website for Seneca. Includes the history of the village.)

Helpful Links and surrounding counties

Putnam County, IL History and Genealogy

Marshall County, IL History and Genealogy

Lee County, IL History and Genealogy

Woodford County, IL History and Genealogy

Grundy County IL History and Genealogy

Livingston County IL History and Genealogy

(** = Unhosted Sites)
The Illinois State Archives (On-line data bases of the following records: Public Domain Land Sales, Spanish-American War, Black Hawk War, Civil War)

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