Lake Forest Genealogy (in Lake County, IL)

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Lake Forest Birth Records

Birth records, 1877-1893 (index, 1871-1905) FamilySearch Library

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

Lake Forest Cemetery Records

Barat College of the Sacred Heart Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fort Sheridan National Cemetery Billion Graves online

Interment records, ca. 1898-1987 FamilySearch Library

Lake Forest Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lake Forest Cemetery Billion Graves online

Lake Forest Cemetery burial book FamilySearch Library

Lake Forest Cemetery burial book WorldCat

Saint Mary Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Patrick Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Patrick Cemetery Billion Graves online

St. Patrick Cemetery, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1840-2008. WorldCat

Lake Forest Census Records

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

Lake Forest Church Records

Baptisms, 1875-1895 (Catholic Church. St. Patrick (Lake Forest, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Baptisms, marriages and confirmations, 1859-1915 (Catholic Church. St. Mary (Lake Forest, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Baptisms, marriages, deaths, communion and confirmations, 1909-1919 (Catholic Church. St. Patrick (Lake Forest, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Lake Forest City Directories

Lake Forest City Directory 1913 MyHeritage online

Waukegan (Illinois) city directories FamilySearch Library

Lake Forest Death Records

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1916-1947 Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index Ancestry online

Baptisms, marriages, deaths, communion and confirmations, 1909-1919 (Catholic Church. St. Patrick (Lake Forest, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Deaths as published in Paddock Publications, Arlington Heights, Illinois FamilySearch Library

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

Lake County, Illinois death indexes, 1916-1945 FamilySearch Library

Lake County, Illinois deaths, 1877-1901 FamilySearch Library

Lake Forest Histories and Genealogies

Lake Forest Library Archives Illinois Digital Archives online

Lake Forest Immigration Records

Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry online

Illinois, Northern District (Eastern Division), Naturalization Index, 1926-1979 MyHeritage online

Lake County, Illinois naturalization records, 1864-1920 FamilySearch Library

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 Lake County, IL) MyHeritage online

Lake Forest Map Records

Lake Forest, Illinois 1850 Map American Geographical Society online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lake Forest, Lake County, Illinois, August 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lake Forest, Lake County, Illinois, May 1917 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lake Forest, Lake County, Illinois, November 1904 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lake Forest, Lake County, Illinois, November 1926 Library of Congress online

Lake Forest Marriage Records

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1800-1940 Illinois, County Marriage Records Ancestry online

1860-1920 Illinois, Marriage Index Ancestry online

Baptisms, marriages and confirmations, 1859-1915 (Catholic Church. St. Mary (Lake Forest, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Baptisms, marriages, deaths, communion and confirmations, 1909-1919 (Catholic Church. St. Patrick (Lake Forest, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Illinois Marriages, 1763-1900 MyHeritage online

Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860 Ancestry online

Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 Ancestry online

Lake County, Illinois marriages : 1839-1901 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, 1839-1915 (indexes, 1839-1918) FamilySearch Library

Lake Forest Newspapers and Obituaries

Births as published in Paddock publications, Arlington Heights, Illinois : including the communities of Arlington Heights, Bensenville, Bloomingdale, Buffalo Grove, Carol Stream, Itasca, Lake Zurich, Mt. Prospect, Palatine, Roselle, S. Barrington, Schermerville, W. Maine 1900-1920 FamilySearch Library

Lake Forester (1899-1940) Lake Forest Library online

Lake Forester 01/16/1997 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Offline Newspapers for Lake Forest

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.

Lake County Life. (Lake Forest, Ill.) 1960s-1974

Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Mail-Advertiser. (Lake Forest, Ill.) 1973-1974

Lake Forest-Lake Bluff News-Advertiser. (Lake Forest, Ill.) 1974-1983

Lake Forester and Lake Forest News. (Lake Forest, Ill.) 1943-1969

Lake Forester. (Lake Forest, Ill.) 1890s-1943

Lake Forester. (Lake Forest, Ill.) 1969-Current

Sun Scandinavia-Usa News. (Lake Forest, Ill.) 1992-2002

Lake Forest Probate Records

1772-1999 Illinois, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Lake Forest School Records

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Ferry Hall High School yearbook, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1967, 1970, 1971 Classmates online

Ferry Hall High School yearbook, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1967, 1970, 1971 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Ferry Hall High School yearbooks, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1967, 1970, 1971 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Ferry Hall School - Ferry Tales Yearbook (Lake Forest, IL), 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945 E Yearbook online

Ferry Hall School yearbooks, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Ferry Hall yearbook, 1912 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Lake Forest Academy - Caxy Yearbook (Lake Forest, IL), 1926, 1935, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958 E Yearbook online

Lake Forest Academy and Ferry Hall Archives Illinois Digital Archives online

Lake Forest Academy yearbook, 1935, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Lake Forest Academy yearbook, 1935, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1988 Classmates online

Lake Forest Academy yearbooks, 1926, 1935, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Lake Forest College - Forester Yearbook (Lake Forest, IL), 1892, 1895, 1896, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 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, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 E Yearbook online

Lake Forest College yearbook, 1892, 1895, 1896, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 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, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Lake Forest High School - Forest Trails Yearbook (Lake Forest, IL), 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1972 E Yearbook online

Lake Forest High School Yearbook, , Forest Trails, 1974 Internet Archive online

Lake Forest High School Yearbook, Forest Trails, 1976 Internet Archive online

Lake Forest High School yearbook, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Lake Forest High School yearbook, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2004 Classmates online

Lake Forest High School yearbook, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2002 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Lake Forest University yearbook, 1944 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

The Forester, 1892-2002 Internet Archive online

Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart yearbook, 1973 Classmates online

Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart yearbook, 1973 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart yearbook, 1973 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online



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