Old courthouse
WELCOME
I'm Wini and I'm your host for Winnebago County. At Illinois Ancestors we like to use a
unique blend of genealogy and history. So not only do you find your ancestors but you will also
learn about the area in which they lived and worked.
We're a volunteer organization whose mission is to provide free genealogical data for all researchers.
If you have data that you'd like to share with researchers, I would love to put it online for everyone's benefit.
All contributors will be given credit and retain ownership
of the data they submit. Your information will never be used for profit in any way.
I'll add new data on a regular basis, so please come back often.
If you would like to contribute data, please email me anytime!
If you would like to join the Winnebago mailing list please contact me(above) and I'll sign you up!
Just let me know it's for Winnebago County.
The Winnebago & Boone Counties Genealogical Society exists to:
- Encourage and support genealogical researchers.
- Promote the discovering, collecting, indexing, and preserving of valued genealogical resources of Winnebago and Boone Counties.
- Encourage publication of county material and family histories.
Monthly meetings are held September through May, usually on the first Saturday of the month and start at 1:30 p.m.
For more information, call: (815) 399-7117.
Visit us on the Web at: www.rootsweb.com/~ilwbcgs
They meet at the Spring Creek United Church of Christ, located at 4500 Spring Creek Road in Rockford, Illinois, unless otherwise noted.
Monthly meetings are held September through May, usually on the first Saturday of the month and start at 1:30 pm.
NOTICE
We've started a tombstone project at Illinois Ancestors http://www.illinoisancestors.org/cemphotos/main.php
This website is designed to allow researchers to add their photos automatically! If you'd like to share your photos with fellow researchers, please contact me at winicaudell@yahoo.com We'll either set up an account for you so that you can add your own photos online or if you prefer you can send me the pictures and I'll put them on for you.
NOTICE
We have a new feature on our Illinois Ancestor’s tombstone project.
If you would like to volunteer for either looking up names in cemetery books
or taking digital pictures of tombstones for researchers, we would love to have
you fill out the form that’s on every county’s page on the tombstone project..Either that or let me know and I’ll post it for you’
Just click on LIST OF LOOKUP OFFERS, PHOTO OFFERS, AND PHOTO REQUESTS for the county you want to volunteer for and it will take you to the blog.
You can also post your headstone photo requests
on this blog as well. Please be sure to include your email address.
Stepehenson County
If you have somebody buried in Basswood Cemetery
Basswood Cemetery photos and Transcriptions
After almost 4 yrs in the making the Basswood Cemetery Association now has their Cd’s for sale. The set will include the Cd that has the tombstone photos and a Cd that has the cemetery transcriptions made by Robin Pardus and photos of the Basswood church, School, Sign, and additional photos by Ken Bartelt. The Association is selling the Cd’s for $15.00 for the set of two Cd’s and $2.00 for shipping. Total of $18.00 , if you are interested in purchasing the set please contact:
Robin Pardus
Secretary of Basswood Cemetery
11010 N Old Mill Road
McConnell Illinois 61050
Or you may email her for additional info: nobhillfarms@hotmail.com please put Basswood Cemetery in the subject line. Make checks or Money orders payable to Basswood Cemetery Association
Winnebago County was formed in 1838 out of Jo Daviess and LaSalle Counties. It was named for the Winnebago tribe of Native Americans
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Margie M. Mullins, Winnebago County Clerk
Vital Records: 815-319-4250
Vital Records Fax: 815-969-0259
404 Elm Street
Suite 104
Rockford, Il 61101
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