Galesburg Genealogy (in Knox County, IL)

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Galesburg Birth Records

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

Galesburg Cemetery Records

Brookside Cemetery Find a Grave online

Carl Sandburg Birthplace Grounds Find a Grave online

East Linwood Cemetery Billion Graves online

East Linwood Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

East Linwood Cemetery Find a Grave online

Galesburg Township, Knox County, Illinois cemeteries FamilySearch Library

Galesburg Township, Knox County, Illinois cemeteries WorldCat

Gum Cemetery Find a Grave online

Henderson Grove Cemetery Billion Graves online

Hope Cemetery Billion Graves online

Hope Cemetery : Galesburg, IL, index to lot owners and interments FamilySearch Library

Hope Cemetery, Galesburg, IL : index to lot owners and interments WorldCat

Humiston Cemetery Find a Grave online

Linwood Cemetery Billion Graves online

Linwood Cemetery Find a Grave online

Linwood Cemetery : tombstone inscriptions WorldCat

Linwood sexton's records, Galesburg Township, Knox County, Illinois. WorldCat

Memorial Park Cemetery WorldCat

Memorial Park Cemetery Billion Graves online

Memorial Park Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens Billion Graves online

Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens Find a Grave online

Saint Joseph Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Josephs Cemetery Find a Grave online

St. Joseph Cemetery tombstone records WorldCat

St. Joseph Cemetery tombstone records. WorldCat

Galesburg Census Records

1855 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

1865 Illinois State Census Ancestry 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

Galesburg Church Records

First Lutheran Church records (in U.S. Evangelical Lutheran Church, Swedish American Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Trinity Lutheran Church records (in U.S. Evangelical Lutheran Church, Swedish American Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg City Directories

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Galesburg (Illinois) city directories FamilySearch Library

Galesburg City Directory 1907 MyHeritage online

Galesburg City Directory 1926 MyHeritage online

Galesburg City Directory 1928 MyHeritage online

Galesburg City Directory 1929 MyHeritage online

Galesburg City Directory 1938 MyHeritage online

Galesburg City Directory 1953 MyHeritage online

Galesburg City Directory 1958 MyHeritage online

Galesburg, IL 1857 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Galesburg, IL 1902-1934 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Galesburg, IL; 1936, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Galesburg, Illinois, City Directory, 1902 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg, Illinois, City Directory, 1904 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg, Illinois, City Directory, 1907 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg, Illinois, City Directory, 1910 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg, Illinois, City Directory, 1926 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg, Illinois, City Directory, 1928 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg, Illinois, City Directory, 1929 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg, Illinois, City Directory, 1931 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg, Illinois, City Directory, 1934 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg, Illinois, City Directory, 1936 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg, Illinois, City Directory, 1938 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg, Illinois, City Directory, 1939 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg, Illinois, City Directory, 1941 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg, Illinois, City Directory, 1943 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg, Illinois, City Directory, 1946 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg, Illinois, City Directory, 1949 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg, Illinois, City Directory, 1951 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg, Illinois, City Directory, 1953 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg, Illinois, City Directory, 1956 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg, Illinois, City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg, Illinois, City Directory, 1959 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg, Illinois, City Directory, 1960 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg, Monmouth, Knoxville, and Abingdon Directories, 1857 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Polk's Galesburg (Knox County, Ill.) city directory : including East Galesburg FamilySearch Library

Root's Galesburg City Directory, 1861 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Galesburg Death Records

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1916-1947 Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index Ancestry online

Hope Cemetery, Galesburg, IL : index to lot owners and interments WorldCat

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

Index, death records, Knox County, Illinois 1878 through 1910 FamilySearch Library

Knox County, Illinois death records, 1877-1900; index, 1878-1935 FamilySearch Library

Obits published in daily Register mail, Galesburg, Illinois-- WorldCat

Obits published in the Daily Register Mail, Galesburg, IL FamilySearch Library

Obituaries -- Knox County, Galesburg, Illinois : newspapers 1905-1906 WorldCat

Obituaries : Knox County, Galesburg, Illinois newspapers WorldCat

Obituaries of founders and patriots, their families and friends, in Hope Cemetery FamilySearch Library

Obituaries, Knox County, Galesburg, Illinois newspapers FamilySearch Library

Galesburg Histories and Genealogies

A review of the commerce, manufactures and the public and private improvements of Galesburg : containing a brief history of the Knox College and sketches of the first settlement of the town FamilySearch Library

History of Bringing the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway To Galesburg Ancestry online

Linwood Cemetery : tombstone inscriptions WorldCat

They broke the prairie : being some account of the settlement of the Upper Mississippi Valley by religious and educational pioneers, told in terms of one city, Galesburg, and of one college, Knox FamilySearch Library

Galesburg Immigration Records

Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry online

Naturalization record, 1856-1906 ; naturalization index cards, 1800-1906 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records, Knox County, Illinois 1856-1861 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization, record of declaration of intention, Knox County, Illinois : January 1907-April 1912; volume one, numbers 1-300 FamilySearch Library

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

Galesburg Land Records

Deed records, 1818-1886 FamilySearch Library

Galesburg Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, April 1906 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, April 1918 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, July 1888 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, March 1927 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, May 1892 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, September 1898 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, September 1911 Library of Congress online

Galesburg 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

Knox County, Illinois marriage certificates, 1830-1922 FamilySearch Library

Galesburg Newspapers and Obituaries

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Galesburg Register Mail, 1953-1977 Newspaper Archive online

Galesburg Register-Mail 1940-1977 Newspapers.com online

Galesburg Republican Register, 1876-1925 Newspaper Archive online

Hemlandet det gamla och det nya 1859-1870 Swedish American Newspapers online

Obits published in daily Register mail, Galesburg, Illinois-- WorldCat

Obits published in the Daily Register Mail, Galesburg, IL FamilySearch Library

Obituaries -- Knox County, Galesburg, Illinois : newspapers 1905-1906 WorldCat

Obituaries : Knox County, Galesburg, Illinois newspapers WorldCat

Obituaries of founders and patriots, their families and friends, in Hope Cemetery FamilySearch Library

Obituaries, Knox County, Galesburg, Illinois newspapers FamilySearch Library

Paper 01/26/2011 to 11/05/2011 Genealogy Bank online

Register Mail 01/02/1953 to 12/31/1960 Genealogy Bank online

Register-Mail 01/05/1999 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Register-Mail, The: Blogs 04/14/2010 to 08/27/2015 Genealogy Bank online

Republican-Register 1893-1899 Newspapers.com online

The Galesburg Illini 1946-1949 FamilySearch Library

The Illinois Star, 1935-1941 Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections online

Offline Newspapers for Galesburg

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 Press. (Galesburg, Ill.) 1874-1882

Daily Register and Republican. (Galesburg, Ill.) 1873-1870s

Daily Register-Mail. (Galesburg, Ill.) 1927-1956

Daily Republican-Register. (Galesburg, Ill.) 1870s-1908

Galesburg Daily Mail. (Galesburg, Ill.) 1891-1895

Galesburg Evening Mail. (Galesburg, Ill.) 1895-1927

Galesburg Free Democrat. (Galesburg, Knox Co., Ill.) 1854-1860s

Galesburg Illini. (Galesburg, Ill.) 1946-1949

Galesburg Labor News. (Galesburg, Ill.) 1895-1987

Galesburg Mail. (Galesburg, Ill.) 1890s-1895

Galesburg News-Letter. (Galesburg, Knox County, Ill.) 1850-1853

Galesburg Post. (Galesburg, Ill.) 1928-Current

Galesburg Register-Mail. (Galesburg, Ill.) 1956-1978

Galesburg Register. (Galesburg, Ill.) 1860s-1872

Galesburg Republican. (Galesburg, Ill.) 1870-1872

Galesburg Spectator. (Galesburg, Illinois) 1891-1902

Galesburg Weekly Register. (Galesburg, Ill.) 1860s-1860s

Hemlandet Det Gamla Och Det Nya. (Galesburg, Ill.) 1855-1870

Paper. (Galesburg, Il) 2001-Current

Plain Dealer. (Galesburg, Ill.) 1873-1880s

R.F.D. Visitor. (Galesburg, Ill.) 1939-1941

Register-Mail. (Galesburg, Ill.) 1978-Current

Republic. (Galesburg, Ill.) 1873-1875

Republican-Register. (Galesburg, Ill.) 1908-1927

Zephyr. (Galesburg, Ill.) 1989-Current

Galesburg Probate Records

1772-1999 Illinois, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Galesburg School Records

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Churchill Junior High School - Flashback Yearbook (Galesburg, IL), 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 E Yearbook online

Galesburg Christian School yearbook, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Classmates online

Galesburg Christian School yearbook, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Galesburg High School - Reflector Yearbook (Galesburg, IL), 1921, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1985, 1986, 1987 E Yearbook online

Galesburg High School yearbook, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Galesburg High School yearbook, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Classmates online

Galesburg High School yearbooks, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

George Churchill Junior High School yearbook, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Knox College - Gale Yearbook (Galesburg, IL), 1896, 1902, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951 E Yearbook online

Knox College yearbooks, 1896, 1899, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Lombard College yearbooks, 1908, 1909, 1926 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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