Whiteside County, Illinois
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:*'''1763-1900''' [http://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriagesrch.jsp Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900] | :*'''1763-1900''' [http://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriagesrch.jsp Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900] | ||
| − | *'''1839-1900''' [http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html Illinois Statewide Marriage Index] at [http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html Illinois State Archives]; Index | + | :*'''1839-1900''' [http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html Illinois Statewide Marriage Index] at [http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html Illinois State Archives]; Index |
| − | *Genealogy Trails History Group has an [http://genealogytrails.com/ill/whiteside/marriagea-f.html index for marriages ]online for Whiteside County. | + | :*Genealogy Trails History Group has an [http://genealogytrails.com/ill/whiteside/marriagea-f.html index for marriages ]online for Whiteside County. |
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Revision as of 22:23, 20 November 2012
United States 
Illinois Whiteside County
| Whiteside County, Illinois | |
| Map | |
 Location in the state of Illinois | |
 Location of Illinois in the U.S. | |
| Facts | |
| Founded: | January 16, 1836 |
|---|---|
| County Seat | Morrison |
| Courthouse | |
 | |
| Address | Whiteside County Courthouse 200 E. Knox Street Morrison, IL 61270-2698 (815) 772-5189 Whiteside County Website |
Whiteside County Organization
Whiteside County's civil records start the following years:
| Beginning Dates for Whiteside County Records | |||||
| Birth | Marriage | Death | Census | Land | Probate |
| 1877 |
1857 |
1877 |
1840 |
1838 |
1839 |
County records are most often kept at the County Courthouse or another local repository. For further information about where the records for Whiteside County are kept, see the Whiteside County Courthouse page.
Historical Facts
Whiteside County is named for Samuel Whiteside who was a commander in the War of 1812, a Colonel of the Territorial militia, and Brigadier General during the Black Hawk War. He also served in politics and helped select the site for the State Capitol. [1]
Parent County
- 1836--Whiteside County was created 16 January 1836 from Jo Daviess and Henry Counties. County seat: Morrison [2]
Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Whiteside County boundary changes.
Record Loss
Places / Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Biography
Cemeteries
Illinois cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.
- Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried. Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone. May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.
- Find A Grave also gives alist of cemeteries in Whiteside County and links to the information for the individuals buried there.
- Whiteside Co. IL USGenWeb Tombstone Project usually gives the names of the deceased in alphabetical order by last name with birth and death dates plus any remarks.
- Illinois Cemeteries by county.
- The Family History Library Catalog lists some records of cemeteries in Whiteside County. Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.
- ePodunk list of Whiteside County cemeteries gives the names of the cemeteries in the county with a link to more information such as address, phone number, and web site.
- Genealogy Trails has a complete list of local cemeteries organized both by name and township.
Census
| Historical populations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1900 | 34,710 | ||
| 1910 | 34,507 | −0.6% | |
| 1920 | 36,174 | 4.8% | |
| 1930 | 39,019 | 7.9% | |
| 1940 | 43,338 | 11.1% | |
| 1950 | 49,336 | 13.8% | |
| 1960 | 59,887 | 21.4% | |
| 1970 | 62,877 | 5.0% | |
| 1980 | 65,970 | 4.9% | |
| 1990 | 60,186 | −8.8% | |
| 2000 | 60,653 | 0.8% | |
| 2010 | 58,498 | −3.6% | |
| IL Counties 1900-1990 | |||
1840 Pensioners
- A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. Washington, D.C., 1841. FHL 973 X2pc 1840; FHL 2321; digital version at Google Books. [See Illinois, Whiteside County on page 188.]
Church Records
Church records may give birth, death and marriage information. It is usually best to locate church records with a search at a local level such as the city, town, or village.
Court Records
Original court records are held in the office of the Circuit Court Clerk. See Illinois Court Records for more information about using court records.
The following abstracts and copies of original records may be accessed through the Family History Library or the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) located at Northern Illinois University - search for Whiteside County records. For information on how to use IRAD see the NIU IRAD Wiki page.
Copies of original records
- 1855–1886 Chancery Court records FHL film 1021864–70
- 1872-1886 Jail Registers IRAD-NIU
Ethnic Research
African American
The following have information concerning African American research.
- African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records
- Illinois State Archives pamphlet on African American Research describes what records are at the State Archives with an online method for ordering records.
- African-American Resources for Illinois
Genealogy
History
Local Histories
- The City of Sterling has published a short history of Sterling.
- The Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society has published a history of Sterling.
Land and Property
Original land records are held in the office of the County Clerk . See Illinois Land and Property for more information about using land records.
The following abstracts and copies of original records may be accessed online, through the Family History Library or the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) located at Northern Illinois University - search for Whiteside County records. For information on how to use IRAD see the IRAD – Northern Illinois University|NIU IRAD Wiki page.
Online Resources
- 1800s-Present - Use the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Land Patent Index to obtain original federal land transfer records including homestead, military warrants, and cash entry patents. These records help a research establish location and lead to National Archives' records which may include genealogical information. Earlier land transfer records are housed at the National Archives.
- 1800s-Present - Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales from Illinois State Archives also provides an index to federal land sales.
- 1796–1907 U.S. General Land Office Records found at Ancestry.com ($)
- Illinois Public Land Purchase Records This record extract includes over 538,000 land sales from the 19th Century. Each entry includes the purchaser's name, purchase date, number of acres, price per acre, and in some cases the purchaser's sex and residence. Available at www.ancestry.com ($)
Copies of original records
- 1832-1870 Land patent record IRAD-NIU
- 1839–1855 Land patent record FHL film 1021134 Item 1
- 1855-1871 Swamp Land Record IRAD-NIU
- 1855–1883 Swampland record FHL film 1021134 Items 2-3
- 1865 Special bounty war tax judgments FHL film 1021133 Item 2
Maps
Military
Civil War
Civil War service men from Whiteside County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Whiteside County.
- - 8th Regiment, Illinois Cavalry, Company C.
- - 13th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies B and G.
- - 34th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies A, B, and K.
- - 52nd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company F.
- - 93rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company F.
- - 140th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies A, B, and D.
- - 147th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies B and G.
- - 156th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company G.
Naturalization
Newspapers and Obituaries
- The Digital Archives of the Sterling Public Library has published more than 65,000 digital newspaper pages online for a number of local newspapers including Daily Gazette (2007), Evening Gazette (1887-1892), The Great Northwestern Fair (1884), Republican and Gazette (1861), Sauk Valley Sunday (2007), Sterling Daily Gazette (1917-1951), Sterling Evening Gazette (1894-1906), Sterling Gazette (1866-2007), Sterling Republican Gazette (1861-1865), Sterling Standard (1872-1928), The Sterling Times (1854), and Telegraph (2007).
- The Sterling Public Library has published an index to the Sterling Daily Gazette that includes "births, engagements, marriages, marriage licesnse, birthdays, wedding anniversaries, divorces, obituaries, retirements, and individual accomplishments."
Probate Records
Original estates and wills are held in the office of the Circuit Court Clerk. See Illinois Probate Records for more information about using probate records.
The following abstracts and copies of original records may be accessed through, the Family History Library or the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) located at the Northern Illinois University (NIU) - search for Whiteside County records. For information on how to use IRAD see theNIU IRAD Wiki page.
Copies of original records
- 1839–1931 Probate records, wills, administrators' records, executors' records, guardianship records, inventory records, and probate estate judgement records for Whiteside County probate records are also available in Illinois, Probate Records, 1819-1970. Click on the browse through images link, select Whiteside County, and select the record type you are interested in.
- 1839–1922 Estate and other probate records FHL film 1021863 (first of 116 films)
- 1842-1922 Will Records IRAD-NIU
- 1845–1943 Estate and other probate records indexes {FHL film 1019833(first of 4 films)
- 1852–1904 Probate records FHL films 1019825 (first of 9 films)
Repositories
County Courthouse
County records are most often kept at the County Courthouse or another local repository. For further information about where the records for Whiteside County are kept, see the Whiteside County Courthouse page.
Family History Center
Family History Centers (FHCs) are branches of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah (United States) and are located all over the world. Their goal is to provide resources to assist you in the research and study of your genealogy.
You may search your address for a center near you on the FamilySearch site. The following center serves Whiteside County:
- Sterling Illinois Family History Center
2709 N 16th Avenue
Sterling, Illinois 61081
Telephone: (815) 625-1229
Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD)
The Illinois Regional Archives Depositories (IRAD), managed by the Illinois State Archives, houses the archival records of local Illinois counties, townships, municipalities and school districts. The seven Regional Depositories are housed on state university campuses scattered throughout Illinois.
The Northern Illinois University (IRAD-NIU) holds the records for Whiteside County. Learn more about finding and using their records.
- Illinois Regional Archives Depository
c/o Regional History Center
Founders Memorial Library, Room 400
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
Telephone: (815) 753-1807
Public Libraries
- Albany Public Library District
201 South Main
Albany, IL 61230
Telephone: (309) 887-4193
- Erie Public Library
802 8th Ave.
Erie, Illinois 61250
Telephone: (309)659-2707
- Henry C. Adams Memorial Library
209 West Third Street
Prophetstown, IL 61277
Telephone: (815) 537-5462
- Odell Public Library
307 South Madison Street
Morrison, IL 61270
Telephone: (815) 998-2012
- Rock Falls Public Library District
1007 Seventh Avenue
Rock Falls, IL 61071
Telephone: (815) 626-3958
- Schmaling Memorial Public Library District
501 Tenth Avenue
501 10th Ave.
PO Box 125
Fulton, IL 61252
Telephone: (815) 589-2045
- Sterling Public Library
102 West Third Street
Sterling, IL 61081
Telephone: (815) 625-1370
Social Groups Online
Societies
Taxation
Vital Records
See Illinois Vital Records for more information about Vital records in Illinois.
Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Original birth and death certificates recorded until the year 1916 are kept by the Whiteside County Clerk while those recorded after 1916 are kept by the Illinois Department of Public Health with a copy to the County Clerk. Original marriage records are usually kept by the County Clerk from the establishment of the county to the present. Original divorce records are generally in the office of the Circuit Court Clerk. The website of the Whiteside County Clerk explains how to order birth, marriage, and death records.
The following abstracts and copies of original records may be accessed through online databases, the Family History Library and the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) located at the Northern Illinois University (NIU) - search for Whiteside County records. For information on how to use IRAD see the IRAD Wiki page.
Birth Records
Marriage Records
- 1839-1900 Illinois Statewide Marriage Index at Illinois State Archives; Index
- Genealogy Trails History Group has an index for marriages online for Whiteside County.
Death Records
Copies of original Death Records
- 1871–1891, 1908–1918 Corner's record FHL film 1021131
- 1892–1908 Coroner's record FHL film 1021134 Item 4
- 1850,1860,1870,1880 U. S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 at Ancestry ($) These include the deaths occurring twelve months before the census was taken.
- Pre-1916 Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916
- 1916-1950 Database of Illinois Death Certificates, 1916-1950
Additional Resources
Additional resources for Whiteside County births, marriages and deaths may be found in the Illinois, Whiteside – Vital Records, and the Illinois, Whiteside – Vital Records - newspapers topic pages of the Family History Library catalog (FHLC). Copies of records on FHL microfilm and microfiche can be ordered for viewing at Family History Centers. Copies of books found in the FHLC may be found in WorldCat catalog and ordered from your local library through interlibrary loan. Explore how to search the Family History Library Catalog and the Worldcat Online Catalog.
Web Sites
- Family History Library Catalog
- Whiteside County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
- Whiteside County, Illinois (Genealogy Trails)
References
- ↑ Samuel Whiteside www.wikipedia.org
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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