Waukegan Genealogy (in Lake County, IL)

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Waukegan Birth Records

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

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

Waukegan Cemetery Records

Am Echod Cemetery Find a Grave online

Am Echod Cemetery, Waukegan Township, 1928-2013. WorldCat

Am Echod Jewish Cemetery Billion Graves online

Benton Greenwood Cemetery Find a Grave online

Christ Episcopal Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

First United Methodist Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Interment records, ca. 1850-1987 FamilySearch Library

Mother of God Church, Waukegan, Illinois : death & burial records, 1903-1991. WorldCat

Mother of God church, Waukegan, Illinois : death & burial records, 1903-1991 FamilySearch Library

Mount Olivet Cemetery (Defunct) Find a Grave online

Oakwood Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oakwood Cemetery Billion Graves online

Oakwood Cemetery Interment online

Oakwood Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Record of burials in Oakwood Cemetery, 1830-1969 FamilySearch Library

Saint Mary Cemetery Billion Graves online

St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Waukegan, Illinois, 1835-2000 WorldCat

Union Cemetery Find a Grave online

Union Cemetery Billion Graves online

Union Cemetery Interment online

Union Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Waukegan, Illinois burial record, 1896-1919 FamilySearch Library

Waukegan 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

Waukegan Church Records

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Baptisms and marriages, 1864-1915 (Catholic Church. St. Joseph (Waukegan, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Baptisms and marriages, 1903-1916 (Catholic Church. Mother of God (Waukegan, Illinois : Slovenian)) FamilySearch Library

Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, 1847-1915 (Catholic Church. Immaculate Conception (Waukegan, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Baptisms, marriages and deaths, 1900-1915 (Catholic Church. St. Bartholomew (Waukegan, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Mother of God Church, Waukegan, Illinois : death & burial records, 1903-1991. WorldCat

Mother of God church, Waukegan, Illinois : death & burial records, 1903-1991 FamilySearch Library

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

United Presbyterian Church of the Master, Baptisms, Births, 1951-1968 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Waukegan City Directories

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Waukegan (Illinois) city directories FamilySearch Library

Waukegan City Directory 1916 MyHeritage online

Waukegan City Directory 1919 MyHeritage online

Waukegan City Directory 1922 MyHeritage online

Waukegan City Directory 1925 MyHeritage online

Waukegan City Directory 1927 MyHeritage online

Waukegan City Directory 1929 MyHeritage online

Waukegan City Directory 1931 MyHeritage online

Waukegan and North Chicago City Directory 1946 MyHeritage online

Waukegan and North Chicago City Directory 1948 MyHeritage online

Waukegan and North Chicago City Directory 1956 MyHeritage online

Waukegan and North Chicago City Directory 1957 MyHeritage online

Waukegan and North Chicago City Directory 1959 MyHeritage online

Waukegan and North Chicago City Directory 1960 MyHeritage online

Waukegan and North Chicago, Illinois, city directory : also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory FamilySearch Library

Waukegan, IL 1901-1906, 1908-1914, 1916-1920, 1922-1935 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Waukegan, IL 1937, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1948, 1951-1952, 1954, 1956-1957, 1959-1960 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Waukegan, Illinois, City Directory, 1901 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Waukegan, Illinois, City Directory, 1903 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Waukegan, Illinois, City Directory, 1905 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Waukegan, Illinois, City Directory, 1908 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Waukegan, Illinois, City Directory, 1913 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Waukegan, Illinois, City Directory, 1916 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Waukegan, Illinois, City Directory, 1919 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Waukegan, Illinois, City Directory, 1922 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Waukegan, Illinois, City Directory, 1925 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Waukegan, Illinois, City Directory, 1927 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

Waukegan, Illinois, City Directory, 1935 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Waukegan, Illinois, City Directory, 1937 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

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

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

Waukegan, Illinois, City Directory, 1948 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Waukegan, Illinois, City Directory, 1954 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Waukegan, Illinois, City Directory, 1957 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

Waukegan Death Records

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1916-1947 Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index Ancestry online

Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, 1847-1915 (Catholic Church. Immaculate Conception (Waukegan, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Baptisms, marriages and deaths, 1900-1915 (Catholic Church. St. Bartholomew (Waukegan, 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

Index to Peterson Funeral Home burial records : 1865-1945 FamilySearch Library

Index to Peterson Funeral Home burial records, 1865-1945 WorldCat

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

Lake County, Illinois deaths, 1877-1901 FamilySearch Library

Mother of God Church, Waukegan, Illinois : death & burial records, 1903-1991. WorldCat

Mother of God church, Waukegan, Illinois : death & burial records, 1903-1991 FamilySearch Library

Peterson Funeral Home, Waukegan, Illinois. WorldCat

Waukegan, Illinois burial record, 1896-1919 FamilySearch Library

Waukegan 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

Waukegan Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, April 1900 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, April 1917 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, August 1890 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, February 1912 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, January 1894 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, January 1906 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, June 1892 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, June 1924 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, October 1885 Library of Congress online

Waukegan Marriage Records

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1800-1940 Illinois, County Marriage Records Ancestry online

1860-1920 Illinois, Marriage Index Ancestry online

Baptisms and marriages, 1864-1915 (Catholic Church. St. Joseph (Waukegan, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Baptisms and marriages, 1903-1916 (Catholic Church. Mother of God (Waukegan, Illinois : Slovenian)) FamilySearch Library

Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, 1847-1915 (Catholic Church. Immaculate Conception (Waukegan, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Baptisms, marriages and deaths, 1900-1915 (Catholic Church. St. Bartholomew (Waukegan, 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

Waukegan Miscellaneous Records

Bible records: names from family Bibles & birthday books; WorldCat

Waukegan Newspapers and Obituaries

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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

Freeman's Advocate 1854-1855 Newspapers.com online

Lake County News-Sun 01/01/1997 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Lake County News-Sun: Web Edition Articles 03/26/2012 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Lake County Visiter 1847-1847 Newspapers.com online

Little Fort Porcupine and Democratic Banner 1845-1847 Newspapers.com online

Waukegan Daily Gazette 1902-1905 Newspapers.com online

Waukegan Daily Sun 1897-1919 Newspapers.com online

Waukegan Daily Sun 1928-1930 Newspapers.com online

Waukegan Daily Sun and the Waukegan Daily Gazette 1918-1928 Newspapers.com online

Waukegan Democrat 1898-1898 Newspapers.com online

Waukegan Gazette 1851-1856 Newspapers.com online

Waukegan News-Sun 1930-1935 Newspapers.com online

Waukegan Weekly Gazette 1850-1851 Newspapers.com online

Waukegan Weekly Gazette 1856-1886 Newspapers.com online

Waukegan Weekly Sun 1897-1898 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Waukegan

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.

Chronicle and Advocate. (Waukegan, Ill.) 1840s-1840s

Freeman's Advocate. (Waukegan, Ill.) 1854-1855

Lake County Patriot. (Waukegan, Ill.) 1866-1897

News-Sun. (Waukegan, Ill.) 1971-Current

Waukegan Daily Sun and the Waukegan Daily Gazette. (Waukegan, Ill.) 1919-1928

Waukegan Daily Sun. (Waukegan, Ill.) 1897-1919

Waukegan Daily Sun. (Waukegan, Ill.) 1928-1930

Waukegan Gazette. (Waukegan, Lake Co., Ill.) 1851-1856

Waukegan News-Sun. (Waukegan, Ill.) 1930-1971

Waukegan Post. (Waukegan, Ill.) 1939-1941

Waukegan Weekly Gazette. (Waukegan, Lake Co., Ill.) 1850-1851

Waukegan Weekly Gazette. (Waukegan, Lake County, Ill.) 1856-1897

Waukegan Weekly Sun. (Waukegan, Ill.) 1897-1906

Waukegan Probate Records

1772-1999 Illinois, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Waukegan School Records

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Holy Child High School - Acorn Yearbook (Waukegan, IL), 1945 E Yearbook online

Holy Child High School yearbook, 1945, 1963 Classmates online

Holy Child High School yearbook, 1945, 1963 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Holy Child High School yearbook, 1945, 1963 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Lake County Baptist High School yearbook, 1994 Classmates online

Lake County Baptist High School yearbook, 1994 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Waukegan East High School yearbook, 1977, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Waukegan East High School yearbook, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990 Classmates online

Waukegan East High School yearbooks, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Waukegan High School - Annual W Yearbook (Waukegan, IL), 1902, 1904, 1906, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1973 E Yearbook online

Waukegan High School yearbook, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Waukegan High School yearbook, 1902, 1904, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Waukegan High School yearbook, 1902, 1904, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 Classmates online

Waukegan West High School yearbook, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Waukegan West High School yearbook, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1990 Classmates online

Waukegan West High School yearbooks, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1990 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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