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Guide to Whiteside County, Illinois ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Facts
County seat: Morrison
Organized: January 16, 1836
Parent County(s): Jo Daviess, Henry
Neighboring Counties
Bureau • Carroll • Clinton (IA) • Henry • Lee • Ogle • Rock Island
See County Maps
Courthouse
Illinois, Whiteside County Courthouse.png
Location Map
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Samuel Whiteside

County Information

Description

Whiteside County was named for General Samuel Whiteside, an Illinois officer in the War of 1812 and Black Hawk War. The county seat is Morrison and the county was organized on January 16, 1836. The county is located in the northwestern area of the state.[1]

County Courthouse

Whiteside County Courthouse
200 E Knox St
Morrison, IL 61270
Phone: 815-772-5170
Whiteside County Courthouse

County records are most often kept at the County Courthouse or another local repository. For further information about where the records for Whiteside County are kept, see the Whiteside County Courthouse page.

Whiteside County, Illinois Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Government County Records[2]
Birth* Marriage Death* Court Land Probate Census
1878 1839 1878 1838 1838 1839 1810
*Statewide registration for births and deaths started 1916. General compliance by 1922.

Record Loss

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Boundary Changes

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[4]

Cities
Villages
Unincorporated communities
  • Malvern
Census-designated places
Townships


History Timeline

Resources

Bible Records

Biographies

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Whiteside County, Illinois online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)
List of Cemeteries in the County
See Illinois Cemeteries for more information

Census Records

Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
1850 5,361 —
1860 18,737 249.5%
1870 27,503 46.8%
1880 30,885 12.3%
1890 30,854 −0.1%
1900 34,710 12.5%
1910 34,507 −0.6%
1920 36,174 4.8%
1930 39,019 7.9%
1940 43,338 11.1%
1950 49,336 13.8%
1960 59,887 21.4%
1970 62,877 5.0%
1980 65,970 4.9%
1990 60,186 −8.8%
2000 60,653 0.8%
2010 58,498 −3.6%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

1840 Pensioners

Church Records

Church records may give birth, death and marriage information. It is usually best to locate church records with a search at a local level such as the city, town, or village.

List of Churches and Church Parishes

Court Records

Original court records are held in the office of the Circuit Court Clerk. See Illinois Court Records for more information about using court records.

The following abstracts and copies of original records may be accessed through the FamilySearch Library or the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) located at Northern Illinois University - search for Whiteside County records. For information on how to use IRAD see the Wiki article IRAD (NIU).

Directories

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

African Americans

Funeral Homes

Genealogies

Guardianship

Land and Property Records

Original land records are held in the office of the County Clerk . See Illinois Land and Property for more information about using land records.

The following abstracts and copies of original records may be accessed online, through the FamilySearch Library or the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) located at Northern Illinois University - search for Whiteside County records. For information on how to use IRAD see the Wiki article IRAD (NIU).
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Local Histories

Maps and Gazetteers

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Click a neighboring county
for more resources


Migration

Military Records

Civil War
Regiments. Civil War service men from Whiteside County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Whiteside County.

- 8th Regiment, Illinois Cavalry, Company C
- 13th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies B and G
- 34th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies A, B, and K
- 52nd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company F
- 93rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company F
- 140th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies A, B, and D
- 147th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies B and G
- 156th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company G

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry, index ($)

  • The Digital Archives of the Sterling Public Library has published more than 65,000 digital newspaper pages online for a number of local newspapers including Daily Gazette (2007), Evening Gazette (1887-1892), The Great Northwestern Fair (1884), Republican and Gazette (1861), Sauk Valley Sunday (2007), Sterling Daily Gazette (1917-1951), Sterling Evening Gazette (1894-1906), Sterling Gazette (1866-2007), Sterling Republican Gazette (1861-1865), Sterling Standard (1872-1928), The Sterling Times (1854), and Telegraph (2007).
  • The Sterling Public Library has published an index to the Sterling Daily Gazette that includes "births, engagements, marriages, marriage licesnse, birthdays, wedding anniversaries, divorces, obituaries, retirements, and individual accomplishments."

Obituaries

Other Records

Criminal and Punishments

Public Records

Periodicals

Probate Records

Original estates and wills are held in the office of the Circuit Court Clerk. See Illinois Probate Records for more information about using probate records.

The following abstracts and copies of original records may be accessed through, the FamilySearch Library or the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) located at the Northern Illinois University (NIU) - search for Whiteside County records. For information on how to use IRAD see the Wiki article IRAD (NIU).

School Records

Social Security Records

Tax Records

Vital Records

Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Original birth and death certificates recorded until the year 1916 are kept by the Whiteside County Clerk while those recorded after 1916 are kept by the Illinois Department of Public Health with a copy to the County Clerk. Original marriage records are usually kept by the County Clerk from the establishment of the county to the present. Original divorce records are generally in the office of the Circuit Court Clerk. The website of the Whiteside County Clerk explains how to order birth, marriage, and death records.

The following abstracts and copies of original records may be accessed through online databases, the FamilySearch Library and the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) located at the Northern Illinois University (NIU) - search for Whiteside County records. For information on how to use IRAD see the Wiki article IRAD (NIU).

Birth

Marriage

Death

Divorce

Research Facilities

Archives

Listed below are archives in Whiteside County. For state-wide facilities, see Illinois Archives and Libraries.

Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD)
The Illinois Regional Archives Depositories (IRAD), managed by the Illinois State Archives, houses the archival records of local Illinois counties, townships, municipalities and school districts. The seven Regional Depositories are housed on state university campuses scattered throughout Illinois.

The Northern Illinois University (IRAD-NIU) holds the records for Whiteside County. Learn more about finding and using their records.

Illinois Regional Archives Depository
c/o Regional History Center
Founders Memorial Library, Room 400
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
Phone: 815-753-1807

FamilySearch Centers

FamilySearch Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local FamilySearch Centers or Affiliate Libraries

  • FamilySearch Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
  • FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a FamilySearch center.

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

Libraries

Listed below are libraries in Whiteside County. For state-wide library facilities, see Illinois Archives and Libraries.

Albany Public Library District
201 South Main
Albany, IL 61230
Phone: 309-887-4193

Erie Public Library
802 8th Ave.
Erie, IL 61250
Phone: 309-659-2707
Website

Henry C. Adams Memorial Library
209 West Third Street
Prophetstown, IL 61277
Phone: 815-537-5462
Website

Odell Public Library
307 South Madison Street
Morrison, IL 61270
Phone: 815-998-2012
Website

Rock Falls Public Library District
1007 Seventh Avenue
Rock Falls, IL 61071
Phone: 815-626-3958
Website

Schmaling Memorial Public Library District
501 Tenth Avenue
PO Box 125
Fulton, IL 61252
Phone: 815-589-2045
Website

Sterling Public Library
102 West Third Street
Sterling, IL 61081
Phone: 815-625-1370
Website

Museums

Societies

Listed below are societies in Whiteside County. For state-wide genealogical and historical societies, see Illinois Societies.

Lyndon Historical Society
405 4th St W
Lyndon, IL, 61261-0112
Phone: 815-778-4962
Email: lyndonareahistoricalsociety@yahoo.com
Facebook
Website

Morrison Historical Society
202 East Lincoln Highway
Morrison, IL 61270
Phone: 815-772-3013 or 815-772-4558

Prophetstown Area Historical Society
304 Washington St
Prophetstown, IL 61277
Phone: 815-537-2224
Email: jag1939@thewisp.net
Facebook

Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society
1005 East Third Street
Sterling, IL 61081
Phone: 815-622-6215
Facebook
Website

Tri-Township Heritage House
306 Lime St
Albany IL 61230
Covers Albany, Garden Plain, Newton Twps.

Websites

Research Guides

References

  1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Whiteside County," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiteside_County,_Illinois 04/21/2017.
  2. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Whiteside County, Illinois. Page 192-199 At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 194-197.
  3. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002).At various libraries (WorldCat); FSC Book 973 D27e 2002.
  4. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Whiteside County, Illinois," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiteside_County%2C_Illinois, accessed 10 March 2020.
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