McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society Publications

Purchases of all publications are non-refundable.
Please note that Foreign postage is $7.00 per book.

Cemetery Books

Volume I: Northwest Townships (Out of Print)
Includes Alden, Chemung, Dunham, Greenwood, Hartland, Hebron.

Volume II: Southwest Townships (Out of Print)
Includes Coral, Dorr, Grafton, Marengo, Riley, Seneca.

Volume III: Northeast Townships
$38.00 (plus $3.00 P&H)
Contains cemetery histories, inscriptions for Richmond, Burton, and McHenry Townships. Spiral bound, indexed.

Volume IV: Southeast Townships
$45.00 (plus $3.00 P&H)
Contains information on burials in cemeteries located in Algonquin and Nunda Townships, including the towns of Crystal Lake, Algonquin and Cary and several private and abandoned burial grounds. The book is over 500 pages, includes a surname index, histories and maps, 8 1/2x11, spiral bound.


Marriage Books

McHenry County Marriages Volume IV: 1894-1899
$20.00 (plus $3.00 P&H)
MCIGS has completed the research for the fourth volume in a series of Marriage Books of McHenry County, IL. Volume IV starts in 1894 and includes the information on the bridal party from the State Board of Health Returns.

McHenry County, IL Volume III: 1886-1893
$20.00 (plus $3.00 P&H)
All data contained in the Illinois State board of Health Return for a Marriage, including full names of the bride and groom, residence, age at next birthday, place of birth father's name, mother's name, number of marriages of each, groom's occupation, place and date of marriage, names of witnesses, and by whom married. 242 pages indexed spiral bound.

McHenry County, IL Marriages Volume II: 1878-1885 (Out of Print)
Available online in our members section and at local area public libraries including McHenry Public Library and Crystal Lake Public Library. All data contained in the Illinois State board of Health Return for a Marriage, including full names of the bride and groom, residence, age at next birthday, place of birth father's name, mother's name, number of marriages of each, groom's occupation, place and date of marriage, names of witnesses, and by whom married. It contains 242 pages of records, plus an index. It is 8½ x 11, spiral bound, soft cover.

McHenry County Illinois Early Marriages 1837-1877.
Available online in our members section. Also available for purchase through Lulu.com in paperback or e-book format.
Arranged alphabetically by the name of the groom; includes all information contained in the original marriage records; plus Bride's Index and Miscellaneous Name Index for ministers, parents, witnesses, etc.

 

MCIGS Connection Quarterly

McHenry County Illinois Connection Quarterly
This quarterly journal of the society offers information about early McHenry County and its families, old county records, ancestral or "ahnentafel" charts, Bible records, queries, etc. Annual subscription is a benefit of membership. Back issues are available to order at $9.75 ($14.75 Foreign) per set (4) postpaid. Single issues may be purchased for $3.00 ($4.75 Foreign) each, postpaid.

10th Anniversary Quarterly Index; 1981-1991
$7.00 $5.00 (plus $3.00 P&H)
A comprehensive every-name and subject index reference to more than 25,000 names appearing in the newsletters and quarterlies of MCIGS. This compilation represents the first ten years of previously un-indexed material containing the names of numerous states and foreign countries; plus hundreds of excellent research source articles. 170 pp. arranged alphabetically.

 

Other Publications

1870 Federal Census, McHenry County, IL
$15.00 $10.00 plus P&H.
Includes head of household and all residing at that place at time of census, with age, sex, color, profession (head of household only), place of birth, etc. 374 pp. indexed.

Abstracts of Notices Published in the Woodstock Sentinel 1856-1862
$12.00 $10.00 plus P&H.
Contains articles and announcements abstracted primarily from pages 3 and 4, which generally carried local news, vital records, information, obituaries, human interest stories. 80 pages, indexed, 8 1/2 x 11 softcover.

Abstracts of Notices Published in the Woodstock Sentinel 1863-1866
$12.00 $10.00 plus P&H .
Contains articles and announcements abstracted primarily from pages 3 and 4, which generally carried local news, vital records, information, obituaries, human interest stories. 100 pages, indexed, 8/1/2 x 11 softcover.

Early Records of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church,
Volume I, 1852-1868 NOW ONLINE!
Early registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, translated from ecclesiastical Latin from St. John's Baptist Church in Johnsburg, IL. Currently out of print.

Early Records of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Volume II, 1869-1882
Early registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, translated from ecclesiastical Latin from St. John's Baptist Church in Johnsburg, IL. Currently out of print.

Early Records of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Volume III, 1883-1909
$7.00 $5.00 plus P&H.
Early registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, translated from ecclesiastical Latin from St. John's Baptist Church in Johnsburg, IL. 104 pp. indexed.

McHenry County IL Declarations of Intent, 1851-1906
$7.00 $5.00 plus P&H
Pertinent genealogical information extracted from original courthouse records. 80 pp. Indexed;

McHenry County IL Genealogical Society Surname Index—1989
$5.00 plus P&H.
Names and identifying data for ancestors researched by MCIGS members with numerous references to counties, states and countries other than McHenry County. 60 pp. arranged alphabetically.

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McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 184, Crystal Lake, IL 60039-0184