Genealogy Materials

Books

• Belvidere Illustrated, 1896
• Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Boone County 1909
• The Past and Present of Boone County IL, 1877
• Portrait & Biographical Record of Winnebago & Boone Counties IL, 1892

Maps

• Map Index– Index of Boone County, Belvidere, and Illinois maps/atlases in the Local History & Genealogy collection 
• 1856 Belvidere map
• 1858 Boone County Farmers Map:  Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, Southeast
• 1870 Belvidere map
• 1876 Belvidere map
• 1886 Belvidere: South Side map
• 1886 Boone County map
• 1914 The World and Its Peoples by Rand McNally – Northeast Illinois
• 1930 Plat Book of Boone County Illinois
• 20th Century Atlas of Boone County, Illinois
• Historic Illinois Road Maps
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
• Winnebago and Boone Counties IL Illustrated Atlas

Obituary Index

• Belvidere/Boone County Obituary Index

Available Yearbooks

Due to copyright regulations, only yearbooks from 1912 to 1926 are available online. However, the library has yearbooks from 1926-current years available for reference in the library. Please be aware that gaps do exist in our collection. If you have a yearbook you would like to donate, please contact us. If we do not have a copy or our copy is in poor condition, we may accept yours. An ID will need to be provided at the circulation desk when requesting a yearbook and the yearbooks may not leave the library. Please call the library or email Local History for more information.