Welcome to
Winnebago, Il
Genealogy and History
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Established January 16, 1836
Named for the Winnebago Native American tribe who once occupied
that part of northern Illinois.
The Native American wordWinnebago translates to "fish eater."
County Seat: Rockford
Surrounding Counties
Boone
Dekalb
Ogle
Stephenson
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TOWNSHIPS/TOWNS/CITIES/POPULATED PLACES:
EAST
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Laona--no incorporation--includes community of Lake Summerset
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Harrison--no incorporation
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Pecatonica --named changed from Lysander (date unknown)-- The name Pecatonica can be traced to the Indian word "peeketolika", meaning "crooked river" --includes village of Pecatonica
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Burritt--no incorporation
WEST
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Owen--no incorporation
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Cherry Valley --includes village of Cherry Valley
The PAPER VILLAGE of WINNEBAGO
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UPDATES Our Hersey Heritage (A history of the Hersey-Talcott Family) --courtesy of Marion T.(Mick) Hersey, mick143fely@hotmail.com Synagogues and Temples in the News, Rockford -- various sources Being a Boy in Old Rockford, Page One, Numbers 34, 120, 176 --Rockford Morning Star, Author UnknownDon Alonzo Spaulding--Illinois Government Field Notes--Vol. 372--courtesy of Donald Sonneson, meanderman@boldnet.netThe Poor Clares of Rockford--various sources OFFICAL LIST OF SENATORS, REPRESENTATIVES, COUNTY OFFICERS, &c., OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, FROM ITS ORGANIZATION IN 1836 TO THE PRESENT TIME --Rockford Weekly Register-Gazette, May 12, 1855 Some History Concerning the Town of Kishwaukee --various sources Rockford's Midway Theater Opens, 1918 --various sources Thomas Perra a.k.a Reda, 1928, Unsolved Bootleg Murder --various sources The Flying Saucer Motel, News From the Golden Years --various sources Metropolitan Holiness Church, The "Holy Jumpers" in Rockford --various sources
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1835
ILLINOIS/MISSOURI
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Emigrants from Falkoping area, Skaraborg, Sweden - Winnebago County * *courtesy of
Annelie Jonsson
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Emigrant.se |
--includes birth, marriage and death notices, business, farming, gossip, tragedies, weather and historically significant events
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FAMILIES *Courtesy of Mrs. Muriel Ellis muriel.ellis@virgin.net *courtesy of Marion T.(Mick) Hersey, mick143fely@hotmail.com The Layton and Eleanor Larson Family
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BIRTHS |
DEATHS IN WINNEBAGO Death index 1844-1981 |
MARRIAGES
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Lewis Lemon --the only slave in the county |
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clubs, fraternal and sororal organizations and other societies
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Names submitted by parties researching
ancestry
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Winnebago
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Death and Marriage notices from Winn Scrapbook Contributed to Hamburg Historical Society |
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HISTORIC DISTRICTSAND NEIGHBORHOODS Morristown-- history and news from Morristown
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CAMP GRANT |
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1. BIRTH, DEATH, MARRIAGES
1878 ON ARE VERY DETAILED COURT HOUSE RECORDS. INDEXES ARE
ONLINE.
THE AREA LIBRARIES WITH
WINNEBAGO CO. B.D.M. MICROFILMS ARE - ROCKFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY 3R
FLOOR GENEALOGY ROOM & IDA PUBLIC LIBRARY BELVIDERE HISTORY ROOM & FHCL
(L.D.S.) BRANCH LIBRARY 2 BLOCKS NORTH OF 16 PLEX THEATER OFF E.
STATE ST.
2. ROCKFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY
3RD FLOOR HISTORY ROOM ALSO HAS MICROFILM COPIES OF ROCKFORD SWEDISH
CHURCH RECORDS.
SWEDISH - BAPTIST, SWEDISH
METHODIST, SWEDISH LUTHERAN, ETC... MANY OF THE FILMS HAVE VERY
DETAILED MEMBERSHIP LISTS, GIVING
THE TOWN & COUNTY &
PROVINCE BORN & MARRIED IN ETC.. & FIRST CHURCH IN U.S. THEY
JOINED. SOME CHURCHES HAVE SEVERAL MENBERSHIP
LISTS IN THE OLD MICROFILMED
CHURCH BOOKS.
3. 20 PERCENT OF ILLINOIS
MARRIAGES TOOK PLACE IN WISCONSIN. IT WAS CHEAPER & FASTER TO
GET MARRIED THERE. THE ROCK & WALWORTH COUNTY
TRANSCRIBED MARRIAGE ENTRIES
THRU 1907 GIVE ALL INF. ON MARRIAGE APPLICATION . MARRIAGE DATE
& PLACE, TOWN MARRIED IN, TOWN BORN IN, PARENTS
NAMES.
THESE TWO BOOKS ARE AT
ROCKFORD & BELVIDERE PUBLIC LIBRARIES HISTORY ROOMS. THEY ARE
FULL OF ILLINOIS MARRIAGE ON EVERY PAGE IN THE TWO BOOKS.
--MARTIN W.
JOHNSON - BELVIDERE ILL. HISTORIAN. | ||
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