News from Illinois and Wisconsin

Real articles with sources, not just record collections!

Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly 42(3), Fall 2010

"Kathleen Matson's Pioneer Heritage in Stark County, Illinois," by Donald D. Schmidt and Marty Matson Hawk, pp. 133-149

"Civil War Diary of Gideon Richardson Taxis of Gardner, Grundy County, Illinois," by Marjorie Vance Rice, pp. 154-156


Wisconsin State Genealogical Society Newsletter 56(4), October 2010

"American Apostles: John Cunningham and Henry Harrison Deam," part 4 of 5, by Gregory R. Cunningham, pp. 211-226

"She Came from Strong Stock," part 1 of 2, by Robert E. Ash, pp. 227-230

North Central Illinois histories...

...digitized by Illinois Harvest recently:

History of Grundy County, Illinois (Chicago: O.L. Basken & Co., 1882).

History of La Salle County, Illinois: Its Topography..., by Elmer Baldwin (Chicago: Rand McNally, 1877). 552 pp.

The Past & Present of La Salle County, Illinois (Chicago: H. F. Kett & Co., 1877). 653 pages.

Biographical and Genealogical Record of La Salle County, Illinois, volumes 1 and 2 (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1900). 798 pages.

La Salle County Centennial, 1831-1931: Directory of Former Ottawa Residents (Ottawa: Ottawa Republican-Times, 1931?). 48 pages.

Peru, Illinois Centennial May 25-26, 1935: Commemorating One Hundred Years of Peru's Existence (Peru: Peru Historical Committee, 1935). 63 pages.

La Salle, Illinois: An Historical Sketch (La Salle: La Salle Centennial Committee, 1952). 66 pages.