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1871-1922 Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificates Index Ancestry
1916-1935 Cook County, Illinois Birth Index Ancestry
Illinois, Birth Records, 1916-present Illinois Department of Public Health
Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915 Family Search
Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949 Family Search
Registers of births outside of the city [Chicago], 1878-1894 FamilySearch Library
All Saints Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum Billion Graves
All Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum Find a Grave
All Saints Cemetery Interment
All Saints Cemetery US Gen Web Archives
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery Interment
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery Find a Grave
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery aka Des Plaines Cemetery Billion Graves
Inscriptions : from the cemetery located on Rand Road at Seegers Rd., Des Plaines, Illinois FamilySearch Library
Interment records, ca. 1925-1987 FamilySearch Library
Mormon graves in Cook County : Des Plaines, Illinois FamilySearch Library
Ridgewood Cemetery Billion Graves
Ridgewood Cemetery Interment
Ridgewood Cemetery Find a Grave
Saint Mary Cemetery Billion Graves
Saint Mary's Cemetery, Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois FamilySearch Library
1855 Illinois State Census Ancestry
1865 Illinois State Census Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage
United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search
Baptisms, marriages, 1900-1915; deaths, 1898-1910; communions, 1900-1903 (Catholic Church. St. Mary (Des Plaines, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library
Congregational centennial, 1869-1969 : a one hundred year history of the First Congregational Church of Des Plaines, Illinois FamilySearch Library
Park Ridge (Illinois) city directories FamilySearch Library
1878-1922 Cook County, Illinois, Deaths Index Ancestry
1908-1988 Cook County, Illinois Death Index Ancestry
1916-1947 Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index Ancestry
Baptisms, marriages, 1900-1915; deaths, 1898-1910; communions, 1900-1903 (Catholic Church. St. Mary (Des Plaines, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library
Cook County Coroner's Inquest Record Index, 1872-1911 Illinois State Archive
Cook County, Illinois coroners' inquest records, Dec. 1872-Nov. 1911 FamilySearch Library
Cook County, Illinois death certificates, 1878-1909, 1916-1922 FamilySearch Library
Illinois Deaths, 1916-1950 MyHeritage
Illinois Deaths, before 1916 MyHeritage
Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1998 Family Search
Illinois, Cook County, Obituaries, ca. 1970-1990 Family Search
Illinois, Death Records, 1916-present Illinois Department of Public Health
Illinois, Select Deaths Index, 1877-1916 Ancestry
Southern Cook County, Illinois (primarily) obituaries, 1977-1992, from the Chicago Heights star FamilySearch Library
Southern Cook County, Illinois Miscellaneous Obituaries, Ca. 1936-1993, and Funeral Cards, Ca. 1951-1964 : from Various Newspapers FamilySearch Library
Southern Cook County, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana obituaries, ca. 1970-1990 FamilySearch Library
Centi-Quad-O-Rama Ancestry
Des Plaines : born of the tallgrass prairie FamilySearch Library
Des Plaines Area History Illinois Digital Archives
History of Riverview, Illinois from 1983 editions of the Suburban times FamilySearch Library
Cook County, Illinois declarations of intention, 1871-1903 FamilySearch Library
Declarations of intention, 1871-1906 FamilySearch Library
Declarations of intention, 1874-1906 FamilySearch Library
Declarations of intention, 1874-1929; indexes, 1871-1929 FamilySearch Library
Declarations of intention, 1906-1929 FamilySearch Library
Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry
Illinois, Northern District (Eastern Division), Naturalization Index, 1926-1979 MyHeritage
Indexes to naturalization records FamilySearch Library
Naturalization petitions and records, 1906-1929 FamilySearch Library
Naturalization records, 1871-1925; indexes, 1871-1912 FamilySearch Library
Naturalization records, 1874-1903 FamilySearch Library
Northern District, Illinois, Naturalization Index, 1926-1979 Ancestry
US Naturalization Record Index, Northern Illinois, 1840-1950 ( includes Cook County, IL) MyHeritage
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois, 1956 Library of Congress
1800-1940 Illinois, County Marriage Records Ancestry
1860-1920 Illinois, Marriage Index Ancestry
Baptisms, marriages, 1900-1915; deaths, 1898-1910; communions, 1900-1903 (Catholic Church. St. Mary (Des Plaines, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library
Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960 Ancestry
Cook County, Illinois Marriage Indexes, 1912-1942 Ancestry
Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920 Ancestry
Illinois Marriages, 1763-1900 MyHeritage
Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860 Ancestry
Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 Ancestry
Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968 Family Search
Indexes To Marriages, Ca. 1906-April 1941, 1950, 1992-1993, and Marriage Anniversaries, 1906-1993 in the Chicago Heights Star FamilySearch Library
Marriage licenses, 1871-1920; index, 1871-1916 FamilySearch Library
Des Plaines Herald, 1970-1976 Newspaper Archive
Des Plaines Journal 12/28/2010 to Current Genealogy Bank
Des Plaines Times 12/12/1996 to 12/24/2008 Genealogy Bank
Edgebrook Times Review 01/16/1997 to 01/24/2008 Genealogy Bank
Illinois, Cook County, Obituaries, ca. 1970-1990 Family Search
Indexes To Marriages, Ca. 1906-April 1941, 1950, 1992-1993, and Marriage Anniversaries, 1906-1993 in the Chicago Heights Star FamilySearch Library
Mount Prospect Journal 01/12/2011 to Current Genealogy Bank
Rosemont Journal 12/31/2010 to Current Genealogy Bank
Southern Cook County, Illinois (primarily) obituaries, 1977-1992, from the Chicago Heights star FamilySearch Library
Southern Cook County, Illinois Miscellaneous Obituaries, Ca. 1936-1993, and Funeral Cards, Ca. 1951-1964 : from Various Newspapers FamilySearch Library
Southern Cook County, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana obituaries, ca. 1970-1990 FamilySearch Library
Offline Newspapers for Des PlainesAccording 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. Des Plaines Community Budget Balancer. (Des Plaines, Ill.) 1930s-1934 Des Plaines Edition of the Times. (Des Plaines, Ill.) 1985-1995 Des Plaines Herald. (Des Plaines, Ill.) 1971-1973 Des Plaines Journal and the Des Plaines Community Budget Balancer. (Des Plaines, Ill.) 1934-1935 Des Plaines Journal. (Des Plaines, Ill.) 1935-1975 Des Plaines Suburban Times. (Des Plaines, Ill.) 1922-1983 Des Plaines Times. (Des Plaines, Ill.) 1983-1985 Glenview Times. (Des Plaines, Ill.) 1971-1976 Journal. (Des Plaines, Ill.) 1975-Current Mt. Plaines Digest. (Des Plaines, Ill.) 1960s-1969 Mt. Prospect Times. (Des Plaines, Ill.) 1970-Current Park Ridge Edition of the Times Herald. (Des Plaines, Il) 1985-Current |
Maine Township High School West yearbook, 1966 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Maine Township High School yearbook, 1922, 1926, 1927 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Maine West High School - Legend Yearbook (Des Plaines, IL), 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1982 E Yearbook
Maryville Academy yearbook, 1968 Classmates
Maryville Academy yearbook, 1968 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Maryville Academy yearbook, 1968 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage
St Patrick Academy yearbook, 1963, 1964, 1965 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
St. Patrick Academy yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 Classmates
St. Patrick Academy yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage
St. Patrick Academy yearbooks, 1961, 1962 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
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