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The traditional Polish community in Chicago, Illinois , an organization-rich ethnic settlement that developed in the years after the Civil War, reached maturity and almost complete institutional self-sufficiency before World War I. Polish Chicago, sometimes referred to as “Polonia,” has been shaped by at least three distinct immigration waves. The first and largest lasted from the 1850s to the...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Crawford County, Illinois. Official Website Crawford County was formed in the Illinois Territory on December 31, 1816 out of Edwards County. At the time of its formation, it encompassed about one third of the territory, but it was reduced to its present borders by 1831 as it spawned new counties. It was named in honor of William H. ...
Wikipedia =Monmouth College is a four-year coeducational private liberal arts college located in Monmouth, Illinois, United States. Monmouth is a selective, exclusively undergraduate four-year institution that enrolls approximately 1,300 students from 35 countries. Students choose courses from 35 major programs, 30 minors and 16 pre-professional programs in a core curriculum that features stron...
This project is for those who are buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Havana, Mason County, Illinois. Notable Interments Scott Wike Willis (1892-1968) - US Congress Links Find a Grave Genealogy Trails
This is an umbrella project for all projects related to Jews from Illinois .Subproject: Jews of Chicago Virtual Jewish World: llinois, United States The first known permanent Jewish resident was John Hays , grandson of an early New York Jew, who settled in Cahokia in 1793. Farmer, trader, and soldier, Hays served as the county's postmaster until 1798, when he was appointed sheriff. The only oth...
Wikipedia =Illinois State University (ISU), founded in 1857, is the oldest public university in Illinois and is located in Normal, Illinois. The University emphasizes teaching and is recognized as one of the top ten largest producers of teachers in the US according to the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education. The University's athletic teams are members of the Missouri Valley Co...
This cemetery is located on 2434 County Road 2400 E, Royal, Champaign County, Illinois. Find a Grave
Please add profiles of those who are interred at Knoxville Cemetery located in Knox County, Illinois. Find a Grave Knoxville Burying Ground
Wikipedia Western Illinois University (WIU) is a public university located in Macomb, Illinois, United States. It was founded in 1899 as Western Illinois State Normal School. Like many similar institutions of the time, Western Illinois State Normal School focused on teacher training for its relatively small body of students. As the normal school grew, it became Western Illinois State Teachers...
Evergreen Memorial Cemetery was originally two cemeteries. One was a family cemetery begun about 1825 on the farm of John Kimler. His relatives sold it to the City of Bloomington in 1850 and it became Bloomington City Cemetery , often referred to as "Old City" Cemetery. The second cemetery was founded by the Bloomington Cemetery Association in 1857, under the leadership of Linus Graves, and was...
This cemetery is located on corner of Empire Street (Route 9) & Airport Road, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois. Find a Grave Billion Graves
The Jewish Graceland Cemetery project began in the 1980s. Norman Schwartz provided the early inspiration, essential guidance, and much of the original work. JGSI volunteers spent many hours at the cemetery recording gravestone information and locations. This information was indexed and recorded in an off-line database which has helped many people over the years. Jewish Genealogical Society of...
This cemetery is located in Jacksonville Township and is one of two with the same name (East Cemetery) in this county. The cemetery is located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Myrtle Street and E Lafayette Avenue. The cemetery is owned and operated by the city of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) f...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Kendall County, Illinois. Official Website Kendall County was formed in 1841 and was named after Amos Kendall, who was the editor of the Frankfort, Kentucky, newspaper, and went on to be an important advisor to President Andrew Jackson. Kendall became the U.S. Postmaster General in 1835. Adjacent Counties DeKalb County Kane...
This cemetery is located on 2000N Road (Hwy 32). Lovington, Moultrie County, Illinois. It's also known as Lovington Cemetery . Find a Grave
The cemetery is located in Larkinsburg Township on the northeast corner of the intersection of County Road 1690 N and Fawn Drive, Iola, Clay County, Illinois. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 1821631 ( Keen Chapel Cemetery ). Find a Grave
Established in 1892, this cemetery is located in Loudon Township, Avena, Fayette County, Illinois, on the north side of County Road 2700 N (County Road 6), about 0.6 miles west of its intersection with County Road 1900 E. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 1955098 ( Dunkard Cemetery ). This cemetery is closest to the roa...
This cemetery is located on County Road 2800 East, Kappa, Woodford County, Illinois. Find a Grave Genealogy Trails
This cemetery is located on 15 Lowe Road, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois. Find a Grave
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Kankakee County, Illinois. Official Website An act of the Illinois Legislature created Kankakee County in February 1853 and was named for the Kankakee River. French Canadian Settlers came to Kankakee County in 1834, after the federal government signed the Treaty of Camp Tippecanoe in 1832. They were soon joined by migrants from Ne...
This cemetery is located on Shabbona Grove Road, Waterman, DeKalb County, Illinois. Find a Grave
This cemetery is located on 845 County Road 1875 North, Johnsonville, Wayne County, Illinois. Find a Grave
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Johnson County, Illinois. Johnson County was organized in 1812 out of Randolph County. It was named for Richard M. Johnson, who was then a U.S. Congressman from Kentucky. It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known locally as "Little Egypt". Adjacent Counties Massac County Pope County Pulaski County Saline C...
This cemetery is located on the corner of Greenwood Avenue and Morris Avenue, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois. The Jewish Cemetery has been serving the Jewish community of the Bloomington-Normal area since its first burial on February 4, 1876. Since then, over 200 burials have taken place. The Jewish Cemetery is a temple administered cemetery and acts in accordance with Jewish laws. Mos...
Please add people who were born, lived or died in Jersey County, Illinois. The county was the former home of the Kickapoo, Menomini, Potawatomi, and Illiniwek Confederation American Indians. The first European explorers to visit the area, Father Marquette and Louis Jolliet, arrived in 1673. It was founded on February 28, 1839 and was named for the state of New Jersey, from which many of the ea...