Rockford Genealogy (in Winnebago County, IL)

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Rockford Birth Records

Birth certificates, ca. 1882-1896 FamilySearch Library

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

Winnebago Co. Illinois indexes : births to 1931, deaths to 1981, marriages to 1956 FamilySearch Library

Winnebago County, Illinois, Births, 1857-1937 Ancestry online

Rockford Cemetery Records (85)


Rockford Census Records

1855 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

1865 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

Census 1930: Rockford Genealogy Trails 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

Rockford Church Records

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A history of Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church : Rockford, Illinois, 1991 to 2005 WorldCat

Centennial United Methodist Church : one hundred forty years of Methodism in Rockford, Illinois, 1836-1976 WorldCat

Centennial United Methodist Church, 1831-2016 | Northern Illinois University Archive Grid

Church records, 1887-1919 (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Rockford Branch (Rockford, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

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

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

First Presbyterian Church of Rockford, 1854-2010 | Northern Illinois University Archive Grid

Golden anniversary exercises, historical record and manual of the Second Congregational church, Rockford, Illinois. November 7, 1849. November 7, 1899 LDS Genealogy online

Golden anniversary exercises, historical record and manual of the Second Congregational church, Rockford, Illinois. November 7, 1849. November 7, 1899 Internet Archive online

Memorials of Methodism in the Bounds of the Rock River Conference Ancestry online

Record of members, 1936-1941; annual genealogical report, Form E, 1937- 1938 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Rockford Branch (Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Records of Court Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Rockford, Illinois, 1854-1925 FamilySearch Library

Records of Court Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Rockford, Illinois, 1854-1925 WorldCat

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

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

Third Presbyterian Church, Register, 1880-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Third Presbyterian Church, Register, 1904-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

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

Rockford City Directories (88)


Rockford Death Records

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1916-1947 Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index Ancestry online

Burpee-Wood Funeral Home records, 1878-1921 FamilySearch Library

Death certificates, ca. 1876-1943 FamilySearch Library

Death notice abstracts from the Crusader, Rockford, Illinois, November 1950 through October 1957 WorldCat

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

Obituaries from the Rockford newspapers 1870-1874 WorldCat

Obituaries from the Rockford newspapers of the 1850s WorldCat

Winnebago Co. Illinois indexes : births to 1931, deaths to 1981, marriages to 1956 FamilySearch Library

Winnebago County, Illinois, Deaths, 1844-1992 Ancestry online

Rockford Histories and Genealogies

Black Rockfordians : their journey through the forest city : an oral history project FamilySearch Library

History of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois, 1900 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry online

History of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois, from the first settlement in 1834 to the Civil War FamilySearch Library

History of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois, from the first settlement in 1834 to the civil war LDS Genealogy online

History of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois, from the first settlement in 1834 to the civil war Internet Archive online

Marsh Cemetery WorldCat

Past and Present of City of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois, 1905 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry online

Past and Present of the City of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois Ancestry online

Past and present of the city of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois : together with biographical sketches FamilySearch Library

Rockford [Illinois] : an illustrated history FamilySearch Library

Rockford city directory and county gazetteer : with a history of Winnebago County - 1869 Genealogy Gophers online

Rockford streamlined, 1834-1941 : FamilySearch Library

Rockford to-day; historical descriptive, biographical FamilySearch Library

Rockford's Harlem Park : the people and the times FamilySearch Library

Sinnissippi saga : a history of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Sinnissippi saga index FamilySearch Library

Rockford Immigration Records

Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry online

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 Winnebago County, IL) MyHeritage online

Rockford Land Records

Winnebago County, Illinois deed records, 1836-1883 FamilySearch Library

Rockford Map Records

Bird's eye map view of the city of Rockford, Ill. 1880. Library of Congress online

Combined atlases of Winnebago County, Illinois, 1871, 1892, 1905 : and atlas of Boone and Winnebago Counties, Illinois, 1886 FamilySearch Library

Perspective map of the city of Rockford, Ill. 1891. Library of Congress online

Rockford City and Vicinity, 1917 Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Rockford, 1880 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Rockford, 1891 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, 1897 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, 1913 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, 1913 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, 1913 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, 1913 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, 1913 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, 1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, 1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, April 1887 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, November 1891 Library of Congress online

Rockford Marriage Records

1800-1940 Illinois, County Marriage Records Ancestry online

1860-1920 Illinois, Marriage Index Ancestry online

Illinois Marriages, 1763-1900 MyHeritage online

Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860 Ancestry online

Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 Ancestry online

Winnebago Co. Illinois indexes : births to 1931, deaths to 1981, marriages to 1956 FamilySearch Library

Winnebago County, Illinois, Marriages, 1836-1962 Ancestry online

Rockford Military Records

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVIII (Soldiers Buried in St. Charles & Dundee (Kane County) & Rockford (Winnebago County), Illinois) Ancestry online

Rockford Newspapers and Obituaries

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Abstracts from Rockford news papers WorldCat

Abstracts from Rockford newspapers: selections 1840-1900 FamilySearch Library

Abstracts from the Pecatonica (Ill.) News, Dec. 1872 - 14 Dec. 1923 FamilySearch Library

Crusader 09/12/1952 to 06/02/1971 Genealogy Bank online

Daily Gazette 08/04/1879 to 01/30/1891 Genealogy Bank online

Daily Register 01/06/1873 to 01/30/1891 Genealogy Bank online

Daily Register-Gazette 01/31/1891 to 09/27/1930 Genealogy Bank online

Death notice abstracts from the Crusader, Rockford, Illinois, November 1950 through October 1957 WorldCat

Facklan 1921-1922 Swedish American Newspapers online

Morning Star 03/20/1888 to 01/01/1979 Genealogy Bank online

Obituaries from the Rockford newspapers 1870-1874 WorldCat

Obituaries from the Rockford newspapers of the 1850s WorldCat

Register Star 01/02/1979 to 12/31/2008 Genealogy Bank online

Register-Republic 09/29/1930 to 12/29/1978 Genealogy Bank online

Rock River Democrat 06/08/1852 to 05/31/1865 Genealogy Bank online

Rock River Express 05/05/1840 to 05/22/1841 Genealogy Bank online

Rockford Daily News 02/08/1859 to 10/01/1859 Genealogy Bank online

Rockford Daily Spectator 05/15/1893 to 08/17/1893 Genealogy Bank online

Rockford Folkets Nyheter, 1913-1914 Newspaper Archive online

Rockford Forum 02/21/1844 to 12/10/1851 Genealogy Bank online

Rockford Free Press 09/06/1848 to 02/02/1850 Genealogy Bank online

Rockford Journal 11/18/1871 to 12/30/1882 Genealogy Bank online

Rockford Register Star 01/01/1999 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Rockford Register Star: Blogs 02/11/2008 to 03/30/2016 Genealogy Bank online

Rockford Register Star: Web Edition Articles 12/20/2016 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Rockford Register-Republic 1930-1930 Newspapers.com online

Rockford Republic 06/05/1891 to 09/27/1930 Genealogy Bank online

Rockford Republican 01/03/1855 to 08/21/1862 Genealogy Bank online

Rockford Rockfords Posten, 1901-1912 Newspaper Archive online

Rockford Star 10/04/1840 to 06/17/1841 Genealogy Bank online

Rockford Svenska Journalen, 1912-1913 Newspaper Archive online

Rockford Svenska Posten, 1911-1913 Newspaper Archive online

Rockford Times 02/24/1875 to 02/16/1876 Genealogy Bank online

Rockford Tri-Weekly Gazette 09/17/1872 to 11/09/1872 Genealogy Bank online

Rockford Weekly Gazette 11/22/1866 to 12/28/1887 Genealogy Bank online

Rockford Weekly Register-Gazette 02/15/1855 to 12/26/1879 Genealogy Bank online

Spectator 05/21/1892 to 05/13/1893 Genealogy Bank online

Surnames Appearing in Filmed Abstracts from the Pecatonica News, Pecatonica (Winnebago County), Illinois, Dec. 28, 1872 - Dec. 14, 1923 FamilySearch Library

Winnebago Chief 11/17/1868 to 11/11/1869 Genealogy Bank online

Offline Newspapers for Rockford

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.

Evening Republican. (Rockford, Ill.) 1890s-1896

Hornet. (Rockford, Ill.) 1870s-1875

Morning Star. (Rockford, Ill.) 1969-1979

Rock River Democrat. (Rockford, Ill.) 1852-1860s

Rock River Express. (Rockford, Winnebago County, Ill.) 1840-1841

Rockford Daily Gazette. (Rockford, Ill.) 1879-1891

Rockford Daily Register-Gazette. (Rockford, Ill.) 1891-1930

Rockford Daily Register. (Rockford, Ill.) 1873-1891

Rockford Daily Republic. (Rockford, Ill.) 1896-1908

Rockford Daily Republic. (Rockford, Ill.) 1925-1930

Rockford Democrat. (Rockford, Winnebago County, Ill.) 1860s-1865

Rockford Forum. (Rockford, Winnebago County, Ill.) 1844-1840s

Rockford Gazette. (Rockford, Ill.) 1860s-1870s

Rockford Morning Star. (Rockford, Ill.) 1898-1969

Rockford Pilot. (Rockford, Winnebago Co., Ill.) 1841-1842

Rockford Register Star. (Rockford, Ill.) 1979-Current

Rockford Register-Republic. (Rockford, Ill.) 1930-1979

Rockford Register. (Rockford, Ill.) 1855-1870s

Rockford Republic. (Rockford, Ill.) 1908-1925

Rockford Star. (Rockford, Winnebago Co., Ill.) 1840-1841

Rockfords-Posten. (Rockford, Ill.) 1880s-1911

Sentinel. (Rockford, Ill.) 1943-1944

Spectator. (Rockford, Ills. [Ill.]) 1892-1893

Winnebago County Chief. (Rockford, Ills. [Ill.]) 1867-1870

Winnebago Forum. (Rockford, Winnebago County, Ill.) 1843-1844

Rockford Probate Records

1772-1999 Illinois, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Rockford School Records (67)


Rockford Tax Records

West Rockford taxation list, 1849 : list of real estate within the corporate limits of the town of West Rockford as assessed for taxation for the year 1849 FamilySearch Library



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