Kendall County, Illinois Genealogy

United States Illinois  Kendall County

County Organization
County records are most often kept at the County Courthouse or another local repository. For further information about where the records for Kendall County are kept, see the Kendall County Courthouse page.

Historical Facts


Kendall County is named for Amos Kendall who was a journalist and statesman and served as U.S. Postmaster General under Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren.

Parent County

 * 1841--Kendall County was created 19 February 1841 from LaSalle and Kane Counties. County seat: Yorkville

Neighboring Counties

 * DeKalb
 * DuPage
 * Grundy
 * Kane
 * LaSalle
 * Will

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

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 a list of cemeteries in Kendall County and links to the information for the individuals buried there.


 * Kendall 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 of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.


 * ePodunk list of Kendall 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.

Land
Family Maps of Kendall County, Illinois (2005) plats the land of many nineteenth-century Kendall County residents. The publisher's bookstore includes a free online surname index.

Land Records Kendall County, Illinois at ILGenWeb includes:


 * Index to Public Domain Land Sales in Kendall County, Illinois
 * Index to 1859 Plat Map of Kendall County, Illinois
 * Index to 1870 Plat Map of Kendall County, Illinois
 * Index to 1922 Plat Map of Kendall County, Illinois
 * Index to 1941 Plat Map of Kendall County, Illinois

Military

 * Civil War Civil War service men from Kendall 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 Kendall County.


 * - 36th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies D, E, F, and I.
 * - 89th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company H.
 * - 91st Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company E.

County Courthouse
County records are most often kept at the County Courthouse or another local repository. For further information about where the records for Kendall County are kept, see the Kendall County Courthouse page.

Vital Records

 * Kendall County Vital Records at ILGenWeb includes births, marriages, and deaths.

Marriages

 * 1841-1900 Illinois Statewide Marriage Index at Illinois State Archives; Index

Deaths

 * 1877-1903 Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916 at Illinois State Archives; Index
 * 1916-1950 Database of Illinois Death Certificates at Illinois State Archives; Index

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Kendall County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History(Linkpendium)
 * Kendall County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History(Linkpendium)