Resources
- 1878 History of Knox County Illinois
- 1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll
- 1886 Portrait and Biographical Album of Knox County Illinois
- 1899 Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and Knox County, 1388 pages, Knox County begins at page 617
- 1908 History of the Swedes in Illinois, Volume 1, Volume 2
- 1908 Galesburg: The Home of Many Colleges, a Railroad, Inter-Urban and Manufacturing Center consists of 108 pages of photographs
- 1912 History of Knox County Illinois: Its Cities, Towns and People
- 1915 History of the Disciples of Christ in Illinois by Nathaniel S. Haynes, 670 pages
- 1918 Annals of Knox County Commemorating Centennial of Admisstion of Illinois as a State of the Union in 1818
- 1938 Inventory of the County Archives of Illinois, No. 48, Knox County, 470 pages
- 1939 The Forty-Niners in Death Valley: A Tentative Census by Carl I. Wheat
- 1940 Stories from Illinois History
- 1954 American Aerial County History Series: Knox County, Illinois
- 1963 Omer N. Custer, a biography and political analysis of a political boss
- Naturalization Records - Illinois County Naturalization Records, 1800-1998, at familysearch.org, has a great many record images for Knox County
- Coal Mining in Illinois
- BUTT Family Website - with allied families GREEN, DUVALL, WILLIAMS, Lambert, RIDNOUR, Comyn, HICKEY, Dossett, ...
- Galesburg Newspaper Collection - Star 1935-1941 & Republican 1870-1872, included in a focus on African-American Struggle and Progress in Knox County
- Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection
- Chronicling America
- ObitCity
- USGenWeb Archives – Knox County, Illinois
- Illinois Secretary of State Databases
- ILGenWeb Resources for Illinois Genealogy Research
- Illinois Society Sons of the American Revolution
- Knox County Cemetery Records Online
- Illinois State Genealogical Society Cemetery Locations
- Illinois Tombstone Transcription Project
- Wikipedia, Knox County, Illinois
- Digital Public Library of America
- The Library of Congress has some Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps available for Abingdon, Altona, Galesburg, Knoxville, Oneida, and Yates City
- USGS GNIS - Geographic Names Information System
- Vital records were recorded beginning:
Birth - 1878
Marriage - 1830 (no parental information prior to 1878)
Death - 1878
Probate - 1830
Deeds - 1818
Court - 1836 -
Knox County Clerk
Knox County Courthouse
200 South Cherry Street
Galesburg, IL 61401
(309) 345-3815
(309) 345-3834 Probate section - City of Galesburg
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Galesburg Register Mail
140 S. Prairie Street
P.O. Box 310
Galesburg, Illinois 61402-0310
(309) 343-7181 -
Galesburg Public Library
40 East Simmons Street
Galesburg, IL 61401
(309) 343-6118 - Knox County Genealogical Society
Post Office Box 13
Galesburg, IL 61402
email: knox.co.genie@gmail.com
Info at Galesburg Public Library - Knox County Historical Society
Post Office Box 1757
Galesburg, IL 61402-1757 - Galesburg Illinois in Vintage Postcards by Carley R. Robison, Arcadia Publishing, 2000, nearly 130 pages, ISBN 0-7385-0762-8.
- The Best of Galesburg by Andrea Vitale, G. Bradley Publishing, Inc., 1999, 160+ pages, ISBN 0-943963-68-0.
- The Ancestor Hunt
- Genealogy Trails
- ILKNOX Query Board and Mailing List at groups.io
- Message Board at Rootsweb
- Message Board at GenForum
- Deciphering Old Hand Writing
- Know Your DNA - not a genealogy-based website. Their focus is on hereditary health issues. There are DNA kit comparsons and additional DNA-related topics.
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