Downers Grove Genealogy (in DuPage County, IL)

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Downers Grove Birth Records

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

Index of registers of births and deaths, village of Downers Grove WorldCat

St Joseph Church Baptism Register, 1924-1935 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

St Joseph Church Baptism Register, 1935-1946 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

St Mary of Gostyn Baptism Register, 1904-1945 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Downers Grove Cemetery Records

Cemetery records, Downers Grove, Illinois and vicinity FamilySearch Library

Cemetery records, Downers Grove, Illinois and vicinity. WorldCat

Downers Grove & Lisle Twp., DuPage Co., IL list & index FamilySearch Library

Downers Grove & Lisle Twp., DuPage Co., IL list & index FamilySearch Library

Downers Grove Main Street Cemetery Billion Graves online

First Congregational UCC Memorial Garden Find a Grave online

Holy Family Cemetery Billion Graves online

Main Street Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oak Crest Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oak Hill Cemetery Billion Graves online

Oakcrest Cemetery Billion Graves online

Pierce Downer Cemetery Billion Graves online

Pierce Downer Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Saint Bernard Cemetery Find a Grave online

Downers Grove 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

Downers Grove Church Records

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Divine Savior Church Death Register, 1969-1976 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

St Joseph Church Baptism Register, 1924-1935 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

St Joseph Church Baptism Register, 1935-1946 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

St Joseph Church Combined Register, 1907-1925 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

St Joseph Church Death Register, 1954-1976 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

St Joseph Church Marriage Register, 1910-1951 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

St Joseph Church Marriage Register, 1950-1971 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

St Mary of Gostyn Baptism Register, 1904-1945 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

St Mary of Gostyn Combination Church Register, 1891-1901 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

St Mary of Gostyn Combination Church Register, 1900-1905 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

St Mary of Gostyn Combination Church Register, 1945-1959 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

St Mary of Gostyn Death Register, 1904-1945 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

St Mary of Gostyn Death Register, 1975-1976 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

St Mary of Gostyn Marriage Register, 1904-1943 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

St Mary of Gostyn Marriage and Death Register, 1970-1976 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Downers Grove City Directories

Downers Grove (Illinois) city directories FamilySearch Library

DuPage County (Illinois) directories FamilySearch Library

Downers Grove Death Records

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1916-1947 Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index Ancestry online

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

Divine Savior Church Death Register, 1969-1976 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) 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

Index of registers of births and deaths, village of Downers Grove WorldCat

Register of deaths, 1919-1938, village of Downers Grove, Dupage, Illinois FamilySearch Library

St Joseph Church Death Register, 1954-1976 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

St Mary of Gostyn Death Register, 1904-1945 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

St Mary of Gostyn Death Register, 1975-1976 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

St Mary of Gostyn Marriage and Death Register, 1970-1976 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Downers Grove Histories and Genealogies

Downers Grove, 1832-1982 FamilySearch Library

Downers Grove Immigration Records

Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry online

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

Index to the naturalization records of Dupage County, Illinois 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 Du Page County, IL) MyHeritage online

Downers Grove Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Downers Grove, Dupage County, Illinois, December 1927 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Downers Grove, Dupage County, Illinois, January 1898 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Downers Grove, Dupage County, Illinois, January 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Downers Grove, Dupage County, Illinois, July 1921 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Downers Grove, Dupage County, Illinois, October 1892 Library of Congress online

Downers Grove Marriage Records

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1800-1940 Illinois, County Marriage Records Ancestry online

1860-1920 Illinois, Marriage Index Ancestry online

DuPage County, Illinois marriages, 1839-1906 FamilySearch Library

Illinois Marriages, 1763-1900 MyHeritage online

Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860 Ancestry online

Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 Ancestry online

Marriage records of Du Page County, Illinois, 1839-1900 FamilySearch Library

St Joseph Church Marriage Register, 1910-1951 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

St Joseph Church Marriage Register, 1950-1971 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

St Mary of Gostyn Marriage Register, 1904-1943 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

St Mary of Gostyn Marriage and Death Register, 1970-1976 (included in Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Downers Grove 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

Downers Grove PennySaver, 1997-1998 Newspaper Archive online

Downers Grove Reporter 1893-2016 Newspapers.com online

Downers Grove Reporter, 1895-1922 Newspaper Archive online

Downers Grove Suburban Life 01/22/2008 to 01/08/2021 Genealogy Bank online

Suburban Life 2013-2023 Newspapers.com online

Sun, The: Downers Grove 09/05/2002 to 02/04/2010 Genealogy Bank online

Westmont Progress 2013-2016 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Downers Grove

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.

Downers Grove Reporter. (Downers Grove, Du Page County, Ill.) 1884-Current

Suburban Life Graphic. (Downers Grove, Ill.) 1970s-1995

Suburban Life Graphic. (Downers Grove, Ill.) 1990-1995

Suburban Life. (Downers Grove, Ill.) 1995-2000

Suburban Life. (Downers Grove, Ill.) 2006-Current

Westmont Dupage Progress. (Downers Grove, Ill.) 1978-1989

Westmont Progress. (Downers Grove, Ill.) 1989-Current

Willowbrook Progress. (Downers Grove, Ill.) 1995-Current

Woodridge Progress. (Downers Grove, Ill.) 1969-2005

Downers Grove School Records

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Downers Grove Community High School yearbooks, 1931, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Downers Grove High School (Thru 1966) yearbook, 1931, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1949, 1950 (Jun), 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1976 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Downers Grove High School (Thru 1966) yearbook, 1931, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1949, 1950 (Jun), 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1976, 1982, 1988 Classmates online

Downers Grove High School (Thru 1966) yearbooks, 1954, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Downers Grove High School yearbook, 1929, 1933 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Downers Grove North High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Downers Grove, IL), 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 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, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979 E Yearbook online

Downers Grove North High School yearbook, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Downers Grove North High School yearbook, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 Classmates online

Downers Grove North High School yearbooks, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 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, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Downers Grove South High School - Caracole Yearbook (Downers Grove, IL), 1973 E Yearbook online

Downers Grove South High School yearbook, 1948, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Downers Grove South High School yearbook, 1948, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991 Classmates online

Downers Grove South High School yearbooks, 1948, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Marquette Manor Baptist High School yearbook, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 Classmates online

Marquette Manor Baptist High School yearbook, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Marquette Manor Baptist High School yearbooks, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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