Grundy County, Illinois Genealogy

United States Illinois  Grundy County

History
The county is named after U.S. Attorney General Felix Grundy (1777-1840).

Parent County
1841--Grundy County was created 17 February 1841 from La Salle County. County seat: Morris

Populated Places
Coal City, Diamond, Gardner, Minooka, and Morris

Neighboring Counties

 * Kankakee
 * Kendall
 * LaSalle
 * Livingston
 * 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

Archives and Libraries
Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD)

Illinois State Universtiy (ISU) 2016 Warehouse Road Campus Box 1520 Normal, Illinois 61802 Phone: 309-452-6027

Illinois Regional Archives Depository System - Local Governmental Records Listings Arranged by County

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 Grundy County and links to the information for the individuals buried there.
 * Grundy 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.
 * There may be some books that list records of cemeteries in Clinton County on Google Books or available at public libraries.
 * ePodunk list of Grundy 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.

Census
For tips on accessing census records online, see Illinois Census.

Court
1846-1963 Circuit Court Case Files IRAD-ISU Search for Grundy County. How to use IRAD

Land
Mixed Land records, 1832-1902 original in the Grundy County Courthouse. 43 films. FHL Film 1412206 first film

Military

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


 * - 53rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company B.
 * - 55th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company I.
 * - 76th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company C.
 * - 91st Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company D.

Newspapers
Grundy, Will, La Salle and Kendall Counties: 1840-1879 deaths, marriages, births as extracted from area newspapers. by Becki Leucht. FHL Film 795992 item 2 or Book 977.32 V2L

Birth
The original Grundy County birth records 1877-1905 are housed at the County clerk office. The following copies are available:

1877-1893 Birth Record Index IRAD-ISU Search for Grundy County Records. How to use IRAD

1877-1905 Birth Records IRAD-ISU

1877-1905 Births records and index - FHL Film 1415754 Items 2-4.

Marriage

The original Grundy County marriage records 1841- 1923 are housed at the County courthouse. The followiang copies are available:

1841-1903 Marriage Records Index IRAD-ISU Search for Grundy County Records. How to use IRAD.

1841-1923 Marriage Records IRAD-ISU

1841-1923 Marriage records - FHL Films 1415755 item 4 -6 and 1415756 Item 1-4

Death

The original Grundy County marriage records 1847-1901 are housed at the County courthouse. The following copies are available:

1878-1904 Death Record Index IRAD-ISU Search for Gurndy County Records. How to use IRAD.

1878-1901 Death Record IRAD-ISU

1878-1901 Death Registers and index - FHL Film 1415755 item 1-3

Web Sites
Databases Pertinent to Grundy County

Local Governmental Records Database Name Index to Illinois Local Governments Illinois Statewide Marriage Index Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916–1950 Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database Federal Township Plats of Illinois


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