Ottawa Genealogy (in LaSalle County, IL)
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Ottawa Birth Records
Birth & stillbirth certificates, ca. 1858-1940 FamilySearch Library
Grundy, Will, La Salle, Kendall Counties : 1840-1879 Deaths, Marriages, Births As Extracted from Area Newspapers FamilySearch Library
Illinois, Birth Records, 1916-present Illinois Department of Public Health
La Salle County, Illinois birth records, 1877-1891 (indexes: 1800 (1), ca. 1851-1890) FamilySearch Library
Ottawa Cemetery Records
#441, Calvary Cemetery, St. Francis of Assisi Church, Ottawa, IL. WorldCat
Bethel - Ottawa Jewish Cemetery Find a Grave 
Brumbach Cemetery US Gen Web Archives
Brumbach Cemetery Find a Grave
Calvary Catholic Cemetery Billion Graves
Calvary Cemetery Find a Grave
Calvary Cemetery : St. Francis of Assisi Church, Ottawa, IL. FamilySearch Library
Daniels Cemetery Find a Grave
Deer Park Cemetery Find a Grave
LaSalle County Home Cemetery Find a Grave
Oakwood Memorial Cemetery Billion Graves
Oakwood Memorial Park Find a Grave
Ottawa Avenue Cemetery Billion Graves
Ottawa Avenue Cemetery Find a Grave
Saint Columba Cemetery Billion Graves
Saint Columba Cemetery Find a Grave
Summit View Cemetery Billion Graves
Summitview Cemetery Find a Grave
Wallace-Dickey Cemetery Find a Grave
Ottawa Census Records
1855 Illinois State Census Ancestry
1865 Illinois State Census Ancestry
Census of the city of Ottawa, 1st October 1867, for the board of education FamilySearch Library
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage
United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search
Ottawa Church Records
Church records, 1847-1983 (Zion Lutheran Church (Ottawa, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library
History, membership records and church membership roll, 1839-1961 (First Congregational Church (Ottawa, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library
Presbyterian Church, Deaths, 1836-1909 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry
The history of Ottawa, Illinois Branch of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints FamilySearch Library
Ottawa City Directories
La Salle and Peru (Illinois) city directories FamilySearch Library
Ottawa (Illinois) city directories FamilySearch Library
Ottawa City Directory 1926 MyHeritage
Ottawa City Directory 1956 MyHeritage
Ottawa, IL 1904-1935 City Directories Allen County Public Library
Ottawa, Illinois, City Directory, 1904 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Illinois, City Directory, 1906 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Illinois, City Directory, 1907 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Illinois, City Directory, 1909 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Illinois, City Directory, 1911 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Illinois, City Directory, 1924 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Illinois, City Directory, 1926 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Illinois, City Directory, 1928 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Illinois, City Directory, 1930 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Illinois, City Directory, 1935 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Illinois, City Directory, 1937 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Illinois, City Directory, 1939 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Illinois, City Directory, 1940 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Illinois, City Directory, 1943 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Illinois, City Directory, 1946 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Illinois, City Directory, 1949 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Illinois, City Directory, 1951 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Illinois, City Directory, 1953 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Illinois, City Directory, 1956 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Illinois, City Directory, 1957 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Illinois, City Directory, 1959 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa Death Records
1916-1947 Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index Ancestry
Grundy, Will, La Salle, Kendall Counties : 1840-1879 Deaths, Marriages, Births As Extracted from Area Newspapers FamilySearch Library
Illinois Deaths, 1916-1950 MyHeritage
Illinois Deaths, before 1916 MyHeritage
Illinois, Death Records, 1916-present Illinois Department of Public Health
Illinois, Select Deaths Index, 1877-1916 Ancestry
La Salle County, Illinois death certificates, 1877-1922 FamilySearch Library
La Salle County, Illinois death records, 1877-1915 (indexes, 1877-1940) FamilySearch Library
Mortality Schedule 1850 - Part 2: Ottawa Genealogy Trails
Obituaries from the Ottawa Free Trader, 1840-1897, Index, 1860-1897 FamilySearch Library
Ottawa Histories and Genealogies
Ottawa in nineteen hundred : a souvenir of the city FamilySearch Library
Ottawa old and new : a complete history of Ottawa, Illinois, 1823-1914 FamilySearch Library
Ottawa Immigration Records
Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry
Illinois, Northern District (Eastern Division), Naturalization Index, 1926-1979 MyHeritage
La Salle County, Illinois declarations of intention and petitions for naturalization, 1906-1980 FamilySearch Library
La Salle County, Illinois naturalization index cards, ca. 1840-1945 FamilySearch Library
La Salle County, Illinois naturalizations & related records, 1865-1906 FamilySearch Library
Naturalizations and declarations of intention, 1840-1876 FamilySearch Library
US Naturalization Record Index, Northern Illinois, 1840-1950 ( includes La Salle County, IL) MyHeritage
Ottawa Land Records
Deeds, 1831-1943; indexes, 1834-1901 FamilySearch Library
Illinois state canal commissioner's land sales record, 1830-1884 FamilySearch Library
Ottawa Map Records
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ottawa, La Salle County, Illinois, December 1888 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ottawa, La Salle County, Illinois, February 1898 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ottawa, La Salle County, Illinois, September 1891 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ottawa, La Salle County, Illinois, September 1913 Library of Congress
Ottawa Marriage Records
1800-1940 Illinois, County Marriage Records Ancestry
1860-1920 Illinois, Marriage Index Ancestry
Grundy, Will, La Salle, Kendall Counties : 1840-1879 Deaths, Marriages, Births As Extracted from Area Newspapers FamilySearch Library
Illinois Marriages, 1763-1900 MyHeritage
Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860 Ancestry
Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 Ancestry
La Salle County, Ill. marriage records, 1831-1926 FamilySearch Library
La Salle County, Illinois marriage licenses, 1831-1925 FamilySearch Library
Ottawa Free Trader Marriages, 1840-1897, Index, 1840-1896 FamilySearch Library
Ottawa Newspapers and Obituaries
Des Moines Courier, 1849-1854 Newspaper Archive
Free Trader Journal, 1917-1922 Newspaper Archive
Free Trader-Journal 1917-1920 Newspapers.com
Free Trader-Journal and Ottawa Fair Dealer 1920-1922 Newspapers.com
Free Trader-Journal, 1917-1920 Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections
Free trader-journal (Ottawa, Ill.) (from Jan. 2, 1917 to March 6, 1920) MyHeritage
Free trader-journal 01/02/1917 to 03/06/1920 Genealogy Bank
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer (Ottawa, Ill.) (from March 8, 1920 to Dec. 30, 1922) MyHeritage
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer 03/08/1920 to 12/30/1922 Genealogy Bank
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) (from March 8, 1920 to Dec. 30, 1922) Chronicling America
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) (from Jan. 2, 1917 to March 6, 1920) Chronicling America
Grundy, Will, La Salle, Kendall Counties : 1840-1879 Deaths, Marriages, Births As Extracted from Area Newspapers FamilySearch Library
Illinois Free Trader, 1840-1914 Google News Archive
Illinois free trader (Ottawa, Ill.) (from May 23, 1840 to May 28, 1841) MyHeritage
Illinois free trader 05/23/1840 to 05/28/1841 Genealogy Bank
Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser 06/04/1841 to 09/29/1843 Genealogy Bank
Obituaries from the Ottawa Free Trader, 1840-1897, Index, 1860-1897 FamilySearch Library
Ottawa Free Trader 1840-1890 Newspapers.com
Ottawa Free Trader Marriages, 1840-1897, Index, 1840-1896 FamilySearch Library
Ottawa Free Trader, 1840-1883 Newspaper Archive
Ottawa Tidende 1911-1912 Newspapers.com
Ottawa free trader (Ottawa, Ill.) (from Oct. 6, 1843 to Aug. 2, 1890) MyHeritage
Ottawa free trader 10/06/1843 to 08/02/1890 Genealogy Bank
Ottawa free trader 1870-1870 Newspapers.com
The Illinois Free Trader And Lasalle County Commercial Advertiser, 1841-1843 Newspaper Archive
The Illinois Free Trader, 1840-1841 Newspaper Archive
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. (Ottawa, Ill.) (from June 4, 1841 to Sept. 29, 1843) Chronicling America
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) (from May 23, 1840 to May 28, 1841) Chronicling America
The Ottawa Free Trader, 23 May 1840 to 2 August 1890 Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections
The Ottawa free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) (from Oct. 6, 1843 to Aug. 2, 1890) Chronicling America
Times 01/02/2011 to Current Genealogy Bank
Offline Newspapers for OttawaAccording 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. Constitutionalist. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840s-1852 Daily Journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1898-1916 Daily Times. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1967-Current Evening Journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1880-1881 Free Trader-Journal and Ottawa Fair Dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927 Free Trader-Journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920 Illinois Free Trader and Lasalle County Commercial Advertiser. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843 Illinois Free Trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841 Illinois-Posten. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1894-1913 La Salle County Journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1892-1916 Ottawa Daily Journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1880s-1898 Ottawa Daily Times. (Ottawa, La Salle County, Ill.) 1877-1870s Ottawa Fair Dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1911-1920 Ottawa Free Trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916 Ottawa Free Trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1889-1916 Ottawa Journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1881-1880s Ottawa Republican-Times. (Ottawa, La Salle County, Ill.) 1890-1916 Ottawa Republican. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1852-1854 Ottawa Republican. (Ottawa, La Salle Co., Ill.) 1861-1890 Ottawa Weekly Republican. (Ottawa, Lasalle County, Ill.) 1854-1861 Weekly Free Trader-Journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1918 |
Ottawa Probate Records
Ottawa School Records
Central Intermediate School - Memories Yearbook (Ottawa, IL), 1926, 1966 E Yearbook
Central Intermediate School yearbook, 1966 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Marquette High School - Memorare Yearbook (Ottawa, IL), 1951 E Yearbook
Marquette High School yearbook, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1987 Classmates
Ottawa High School yearbook, 1961 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
St. Xavier's Academy yearbook, 1978 Classmates
St. Xavier's Academy yearbook, 1978 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
St. Xavier's Academy yearbook, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage
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