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Lake County Genealogical Society

We are happy to have the Genealogical Society's Research Facility in our library!

The Research Facility is on the second floor of the Fremont Public Library and is commonly referred to as the Genealogy Room by the volunteers who staff it. It is open 75-85% of the time that the main library is open and only when a volunteer is on duty. It would be wise to call ahead
(847-918-3208) before making a visit.
Find more information at Genealogy Room .

The Lake County (Il) Genealogical Society (also known at LCIGS) was formed in 1978 with the intent to assist those interested in researching their family history.

Lake County Genealogy Sites

There are three web sites and one mailing list specifically for Lake County, Illinois. They complement one another and you should use all of them. There is now and always will be some overlap. The web sites are always being updated so be sure to check out each one of them often.

  1. Lake County (IL) Genealogical Society web site

    1. What is available in old fashioned materials such as books, manuscripts, and microforms

    2. Addresses for libraries and other repositories where these materials may be found, and

    3. Relevant indexes, records or databases to help you determine which sources will be of help to you.

  2. Lake County Genealogy web site. Here you can add your surnames and other information about Lake County and/or your ancestors. The queries archive is at this site but queries are now hosted by Rootsweb.

  3. Zion Genealogical Society web site. This site concentrates on people and events in and around the Zion area.

Materials

The Research Facility (called the Genealogy Room by the LCIGS volunteers offers hundreds of periodicals, reference materials, microfiche and microfilm. More information about particular holdings can be found on the LCIGS Genealogy Room page.
The collection includes:

  • Illinois Census records, including all Lake County records to date

  • Family histories

  • Lake County Probate Index & records (on microfilm)

  • Lake County Yearbooks

  • Quarterly Newsletters from across the country

  • An extensive Lake County obituary file

For those specifically researching Lake County relatives, Fremont Library has useful materials in its own collection in the main library.
See some of them on the library's Local History page.

Meetings

The Society has monthly meetings with informative speakers on all aspects of genealogical research. The most recent list of topics and speakers can be found on the LCIGS Meetings page.

When:

Second Tuesday of every month (except November and December) at 7pm

Where:

Fremont Public Library's Meeting Room (2nd floor)

Research Trips

The Society periodically offers trips to research facilities such as the State Historical Library in Madison, Wisconsin, and the Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois.
Information about any upcoming trips will be on the LCIGS News page.

Workshops

The Society also conducts an annual genealogical workshop at the College of Lake County. Several noted genealogical speakers conduct seminars and vendors offer genealogical material for sale.

See Workshop for more information.

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