LaSalle County IL Genealogy

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LaSalle Records by Type

Birth Records (9)
Cemetery Records (252)
Census Records (69)
Church Records (23)
City Directories (127)
Court Records (3)
Death Records (27)
Histories and Genealogies (58)
Immigration Records (9)
Land Records (14)
Map Records (67)
Marriage Records (20)
Military Records (7)
Minority Records (2)
Miscellaneous Records (2)
Newspapers and Obituaries (153)
Probate Records (6)
School Records (63)

LaSalle County Records by City/Town

Brookfield Genealogy (38)
Deer Park Genealogy (36)
Earlville Genealogy (51)
Grand Ridge Genealogy (32)
LaSalle Genealogy (104)
Leland Genealogy (37)
Marseilles Genealogy (57)
Mendota Genealogy (56)
Miller Genealogy (37)
Mission Genealogy (35)
Northville Genealogy (40)

Oglesby Genealogy (31)
Ottawa Genealogy (151)
Peru Genealogy (64)
Richland Genealogy (30)
Rutland Genealogy (35)
Seneca Genealogy (43)
Serena Genealogy (35)
Sheridan Genealogy (34)
Streator Genealogy (115)
Tonica Genealogy (39)
Utica Genealogy (34)

Overview of LaSalle County Records

Lake County was created in 1839 from McHenry County.
Copies of birth and death certificates for 1916 and later can be obtained from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
The Lake County Clerk has birth records starting from 1871 to 1916, marriage records from 1839, and death records starting from 1877 to 1916.
The Lake County Circuit Court Clerk has probate records from 1839 and court records from 1840.
The Lake County Recorder has land records from 1839.
Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.