Genealogy Projects tagged with Joliet on the Geni Family Tree

Joliet, Illinois

This project is for those who were born, lived or died in Joliet, Will County , Illinois. Official Website In 1673, Louis Jolliet, along with Father Jacques Marquette, paddled up the Des Plaines River and camped on a huge earthwork mound, a few miles south of present-day Joliet. Maps from Jolliet's exploration of the area showed a large hill or mound down river from Chicago, labeled Mont Joli...