Sterling Genealogy (in Whiteside County, IL)
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Sterling Birth Records
Illinois, Birth Records, 1916-present Illinois Department of Public Health
Sterling Cemetery Records
Calvary Cemetery Find a Grave 
Calvary Cemetery Billion Graves
Calvary Cemetery Genealogy Trails
Calvary Cemetery US Gen Web Archives
Calvary Cemetery Illinois Gravestones
Calvary Cemetery : corner of LeFevre & Freeport Rd., Sterling, ILL 61081 FamilySearch Library
Calvary Cemetery, corner of Lefevre & Freeport Rd, Sterling, Ill 61081 WorldCat
Easr Jordan Cemetery Genealogy Trails
East Jordan Cemetery Find a Grave
Maple Ridge Cemetery Find a Grave
Maple Ridge/West Jordan Cemetery Genealogy Trails
Mennonite Reformed Cemetery Genealogy Trails
Oak Knoll Cemetery Billion Graves
Oak Knoll Cemetery Genealogy Trails
Oak Knoll Memorial Park Cemetery Find a Grave
Our Savior Lutheran Cemetery Find a Grave
Peugh Cemetery Billion Graves
Reformed Mennonite Churchyard Cemetery Find a Grave
Riverside Cemetery Billion Graves
Riverside Cemetery Genealogy Trails
Riverside Cemetery US Gen Web Archives
Riverside Cemetery Find a Grave
Sacred Heart Cemetery Genealogy Trails
Sacred Heart Cemetery Find a Grave
Science Ridge Cemetery FamilySearch Library
Science Ridge Mennonite Cemetery Find a Grave
Science Ridge Mennonite Cemetery Genealogy Trails
Science Ridge Mennonite Cemetery Illinois Gravestones
Sterling Census Records
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
Sterling Church Records
First Congregational Church Records (Sterling), 1857-1982 | Northern Illinois University Archive Grid
Sterling City Directories
Sterling City Directory 1940 MyHeritage
Sterling and Rock Falls (Illinois) city directories FamilySearch Library
Sterling and Rock Falls City Directory 1949 MyHeritage
Sterling and Rock Falls City Directory 1958 MyHeritage
Sterling, Illinois, City Directory, 1904 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Sterling, Illinois, City Directory, 1908 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Sterling, Illinois, City Directory, 1909 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Sterling, Illinois, City Directory, 1922 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Sterling, Illinois, City Directory, 1925 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Sterling, Illinois, City Directory, 1930 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Sterling, Illinois, City Directory, 1932 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Sterling, Illinois, City Directory, 1935 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Sterling, Illinois, City Directory, 1937 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Sterling, Illinois, City Directory, 1939 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Sterling, Illinois, City Directory, 1941 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Sterling, Illinois, City Directory, 1946 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Sterling, Illinois, City Directory, 1949 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Sterling, Illinois, City Directory, 1952 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Sterling, Illinois, City Directory, 1954 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Sterling, Illinois, City Directory, 1956 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Sterling, Illinois, City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Sterling, Illinois, City Directory, 1959 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Sterling/Rock Falls, IL 1904-1935 City Directories Allen County Public Library
Sterling/Rock Falls, IL 1908-1910 City Directories Allen County Public Library
Sterling Death Records
1916-1947 Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index Ancestry
Deaths in Whiteside Co., Illinois, 1856-1881 : 2000 obituaries condensed from early county newspapers, the Whiteside Sentinel and the Sterling Gazette and others FamilySearch Library
Deaths in Whiteside Co., Illinois, 1856-1881 : 2000 obituarys [sic] condensed from early county newspapers, the Whiteside Sentinel and The Sterling Gazette and others FamilySearch Library
Illinois Deaths, 1916-1950 MyHeritage
Illinois Deaths, before 1916 MyHeritage
Illinois, Death Records, 1916-present Illinois Department of Public Health
Sterling Histories and Genealogies
Sterling and Rock Falls Local History Collection Illinois Digital Archives
Sterling Immigration Records
Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry
Index to Whiteside County, Illinois naturalization documents from Sterling Court 1 July 1910 through 21 February 1945 FamilySearch Library
Index to naturalization records of Whiteside County, Ill. FamilySearch Library
US Naturalization Record Index, Northern Illinois, 1840-1950 ( includes Whiteside County, IL) MyHeritage
Sterling Map Records
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, April 1916 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, January 1903 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, November 1910 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, October 1884 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, October 1891 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, September 1897 Library of Congress
Sterling Marriage Records
1800-1940 Illinois, County Marriage Records Ancestry
1860-1920 Illinois, Marriage Index Ancestry
Illinois Marriages, 1763-1900 MyHeritage
Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860 Ancestry
Sterling Newspapers and Obituaries
Daily Blade 1881-1881 Newspapers.com
Daily Gazette 1917-1955 Sterling Public Library
Daily Gazette 2020-2023 Newspapers.com
Daily Gazette, 1962-1979 Newspaper Archive
Deaths in Whiteside Co., Illinois, 1856-1881 : 2000 obituaries condensed from early county newspapers, the Whiteside Sentinel and the Sterling Gazette and others FamilySearch Library
Deaths in Whiteside Co., Illinois, 1856-1881 : 2000 obituarys [sic] condensed from early county newspapers, the Whiteside Sentinel and The Sterling Gazette and others FamilySearch Library
Evening Gazette 1882-1894 Sterling Public Library
Farmers Gazette, 1883-1884 Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections
Farmers' Gazette 1883-1884 Newspapers.com
Fulton Journal 1908-1908 Sterling Public Library
Republican and Gazette 1858-1858 Newspapers.com
Republican and Gazette 1859-1861 Sterling Public Library
Review 2020-2023 Newspapers.com
Rock River Review 1872-1872 Newspapers.com
SV Weekend 2020-2023 Newspapers.com
Sterling Daily Gazette (1915 - 1980) Newspaper Archive
Sterling Daily Gazette 1887-1951 Newspapers.com
Sterling Daily Gazette 1915-1945 Sterling Public Library
Sterling Daily Gazette and Daily Standard 1916-1916 Sterling Public Library
Sterling Daily Gazette and Daily Standard, 1916-1916 Newspaper Archive
Sterling Daily Standard 1893-1915 Sterling Public Library
Sterling Daily Standard, 1893-1978 Newspaper Archive
Sterling Evening Gazette (1882 - 1915) Newspaper Archive
Sterling Evening Gazette 1894-1915 Sterling Public Library
Sterling Gazette 1861-1903 Sterling Public Library
Sterling Gazette 1866-1903 Newspapers.com
Sterling Gazette, 1861-1903 Newspaper Archive
Sterling Republic 1857-1857 Sterling Public Library
Sterling Republican 1856-1856 Newspapers.com
Sterling Republican And Gazette, 1859-1861 Newspaper Archive
Sterling Republican Gazette (1861 - 1865) Newspaper Archive
Sterling Republican, 1857-1857 Newspaper Archive
Sterling Script, 1900-1977 Newspaper Archive
Sterling Semi Weekly Gazette 1905-1905 Sterling Public Library
Sterling Semi Weekly Gazette, 1905-1905 Newspaper Archive
Sterling Standard (1872 - 1928) Newspaper Archive
Sterling Standard 1872-1907 Sterling Public Library
Sterling Standard 1872-1928 Newspapers.com
Whiteside Chronicle 1870-1871 Newspapers.com
Whiteside Chronicle, 1870-1871 Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections
Whiteside Times 1872-1878 Newspapers.com
Offline Newspapers for SterlingAccording 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. Daily Gazette. (Sterling, Ill.) 1917-1927 Daily Gazette. (Sterling, Ill.) 1951-Current Evening Gazette. (Sterling, Ill.) 1882-1894 Republican and Gazette. (Sterling, Ill.) 1858-1861 Sterling Daily Gazette. (Sterling, Ill.) 1915-1916 Sterling Daily Gazette. (Sterling, Ill.) 1927-1951 Sterling Daily Standard. (Sterling, Ill.) 1893-1916 Sterling Evening Gazette. (Sterling, Ill.) 1894-1915 Sterling Gazette. (Sterling, Ill.) 1864-1900s Sterling Republican Gazette. (Sterling, Ill.) 1861-1864 Sterling Republican. (Sterling, Ill.) 1856-1858 Sterling Times and Whiteside County Advertiser. (Sterling, Whiteside Co., Ill.) 1854-1855 |
Sterling Probate Records
Sterling School Records
Newman Central Catholic High School - Comary Yearbook (Sterling, IL), 1952, 1953, 1959 E Yearbook
Newman High School yearbook, 1959 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Yearbooks 1904-2009 Sterling Public Library
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