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Winnebago County Research Resources

Click on the links below to be directed to Winnebago County resources

Local History Documents

1836-1959 Index to Winnebago County Marriages by Bride's Name
1836-1959 Index to Winnebago County Marriages by Groom's Name
1844-1981 Index to Winnebago County Deaths
1855-1931 Index to Winnebago County Births
The microfilm of actual images for the above indexes are at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford Public Library, and the Rockford Family History Center at 324 University Dr., Rockford IL 61107.
1857 Rockford City Directory
1869 Rockford City Directory and County Gazetteer
1877 "The History of Winnebago County, Illinois, Its Past and Present"
​1880 Rockford City Directory
1900 History of Rockford and Winnebago County Illinois by Charles A Church - Google Books
1903 Rockford To-Day: Historical, Descriptive, Biographical
1914 Illustrated Roster of the Department of Illinois Grand Army of the Republic - Archive.org
1915 The County Archives of the State of Illinois - Google Books
1930 Pilgrimage for the Mothers and Widows [of WWI]- includes veterans' names by county

Maps

1859 City of Rockford IL
1859 Winnebago County IL
1859 Winnebago County IL  Durand, Rockton, Roscoe, Pecatonica, Winnebago, Cherry Valley, Harrison

Local Research Resources

Cherry Valley Library
Ethnic Heritage Museum
Genealogybank.com ($) Rockford digitized papers from 1850 forward
GenealogyTrails.com - Winnebago County indexes and transcribed records
Midway Village
Midway Village Digital Collections
North Suburban Library District (Loves Park and Roscoe)
Pecatonica Library
Rockford Chapter DAR
Rockford Historical Society
Rockford Public Library
Veterans Memorial Hall and Museum
Talcott Library   (Rockton)
Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum and Gardens
Winnebago County - FamilySearch Wiki
Winnebago County - ILGenWeb Project  (last updated 2012)
Winnebago Public Library