Galena Genealogy (in Jo Daviess County, IL)

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Galena Birth Records

Illinois, Birth Records, 1916-present Illinois Department of Public Health

Galena Cemetery Records

County Poor Farm Cemetery Find a Grave online

Greenwood Cemetery Find a Grave online

Greenwood Cemetery US Gen Web online

Greenwood Cemetery Billion Graves online

Greenwood Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Greenwood Cemetery Illinois Gravestones online

Holy Trinity Cemetery burial records Burial Search online

Index to Barthells' [sic] old city cemetery book ; Old city cemetery prior burials according to Barthells' [sic]. WorldCat

Mount Hope Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old City Cemetery Billion Graves online

Old City Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pilot Knob Cemetery Find a Grave online

Prospect Hill Methodist Episcopalian Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Marys Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Michaels Cemetery Find a Grave online

Singers Cemetery burial records Burial Search online

St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

St. Mary's Cemetery burial records Burial Search online

St. Marys Catholic Cemetery US Gen Web online

St. Michael's Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

St. Michael's Cemetery burial records Burial Search online

Vinegar Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Vinegar Hill Cemetery burial records Burial Search online

Vinegar Hill Methodist Cemetery Find a Grave online

Galena Census Records

1855 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

1865 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

Federal Census of 1940, East Galena Township, Illinois LDS Genealogy online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Galena City Directories

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Galena (Illinois) city directories FamilySearch Library

Galena City Directory 1914 MyHeritage online

Galena city directory, 1855-6 : containing also advertisements of the principal merchants, etc., and lis t of societies in the city of Galena FamilySearch Library

Galena, IL 1854-1856, 1858/59 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Galena, IL 1914 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Galena, Illinois, City Directory, 1900 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galena, Illinois, City Directory, 1914 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

The Galena City Directory: 1854 LDS Genealogy online

The Galena City Directory: 1854 Internet Archive online

Galena Court Records

Galena, Illinois records 1847-1856, Justice of the Peace Court Records Archive Grid

Galena Death Records

1916-1947 Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index Ancestry online

Illinois Deaths, 1916-1950 MyHeritage online

Illinois Deaths, before 1916 MyHeritage online

Illinois, Death Records, 1916-present Illinois Department of Public Health

Illinois, Select Deaths Index, 1877-1916 Ancestry online

Galena Histories and Genealogies

Galena : and it's lead mines FamilySearch Library

Galena hidden treasure FamilySearch Library

Galena's century milestone : a brief review of its history and historic spots with original photographs FamilySearch Library

Galena, Illinois : a visit with the past FamilySearch Library

Garters and grit : stories from Galena & Jo Daviess County, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Glamorous Galena and Jo Daviess county : little Switzerland of Illinois FamilySearch Library

Historic Galena : yesterday and today FamilySearch Library

Jo Daviess County, City of Galena miscellaneous records, ca. 1857-1977 FamilySearch Library

The genealogy of Galena (nineteenth century Americana) FamilySearch Library

Galena Immigration Records

Declarations of intent, petitions for naturalization, naturalizations, 1856-1929 FamilySearch Library

Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry online

Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions for the United States District and Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9, 1840-1950 Ancestry online

US Naturalization Record Index, Northern Illinois, 1840-1950 ( includes Jo Daviess County, IL) MyHeritage online

Galena Land Records

Deeds, ca. 1829-1902 FamilySearch Library

Galena Map Records

Galena, Illinois 1872 Map American Geographical Society online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, August 1885 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, August 1898 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, March 1893 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, October 1912 Library of Congress online

Galena Marriage Records

1800-1940 Illinois, County Marriage Records Ancestry online

1860-1920 Illinois, Marriage Index Ancestry online

Illinois Marriages, 1763-1900 MyHeritage online

Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860 Ancestry online

Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 Ancestry online

Jo Daviess Vital Statistics and Marriages, selected records 1828-1904 US Gen Web online

Galena Military Records

Historical Sketch of the Forty-Fifth Illinois Regiment Ancestry online

Galena Minority Records

Glamorous Galena and Jo Daviess county : little Switzerland of Illinois FamilySearch Library

Galena Newspapers and Obituaries

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Galena Daily Gazette 1876-1877 Newspapers.com online

Galena Daily Gazette, 1870-1909 Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections online

Galena Daily Gazette, 1876-1877 Newspaper Archive online

Galena Sentinel 1844-1844 Farmer City Public Library online

Galena Tribune, 1905-1906 Newspaper Archive online

Galena Weekly Tribune, 1906-1906 Newspaper Archive online

Galenian 09/13/1828 to 10/06/1834 Genealogy Bank online

Jo Daviess County, Illinois newspaper index 1828-1846 FamilySearch Library

The Galena Tribune, 1905-1906 Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections online

Offline Newspapers for Galena

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Daily Morning Jeffersonian. (Galena, Ill.) 1851-1852

Galena Advertiser. (Galena, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Ill.) 1829-1830

Galena Daily Courier. (Galena [Ill.]) 1856-1861

Galena Daily Gazette. (Galena, Ill.) 1864-1868

Galena Daily Gazette. (Galena, Ill.) 1873-1953

Galena Evening Gazette. (Galena, Ill.) 1868-1873

Galena Gazette and Advertiser. (Galena, Ill.) 1953-1993

Galena Industrial Press. (Galena, Ill.) 1882-1885

Galena Press. (Galena, Ill.) 1886-1890

Galena Semi-Weekly Advertiser. (Galena, Ill.) 1845-1848

Galena Sentinel. (Galena, Ill.) 1841-1846

Galena Tribune. (Galena, Ill.) 1905-1906

Galena Weekly Courier. (Galena, Ill.) 1856-1860s

Galena Weekly Gazette and Spirit of the Press. (Galena, Ill.) 1874-1875

Galena Weekly Gazette. (Galena, Ill.) 1864-1874

Galena Weekly Gazette. (Galena, Ill.) 1875-1953

Galena Weekly Jeffersonian. (Galena, Ill.) 1845-1855

Gazette and Advertiser. (Galena, Ill.) 1830s-1838

Gazette. (Galena, Ill.) 1994-Current

Industrial Press. (Galena, Ill.) 1874-1882

Miners' Journal. (Galena, Fever River [Ill.]) 1828-1832

North Western Gazette & Galena Advertiser. (Galena, Ill.) 1838-1845

North Western Gazette & Galena Advertiser. (Galena, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines [Ill.]) 1834-1845

North Western Gazette. (Galena, Ill.) 1993-1994

Semi-Weekly Galena Jeffersonian. (Galena, Ill.) 1845-1847

Spirit of the Press. (Galena, Ill.) 1871-1874

Weekly North-Western Gazette. (Galena, Ill.) 1845-1864

Galena Probate Records

1772-1999 Illinois, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Galena School Records

Galena High School yearbook, 1966, 1967, 1972 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Galena High School yearbook, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1980, 1981, 1982, 2004, 2005, 2006 Classmates online

Galena High School yearbook, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1980, 1981, 1982, 2004, 2006 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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