Local History
Email: Localhistory@idapubliclibrary.org
Hours: Monday 10-4:30
Tuesday 1-8
Wednesday Closed
Thursday 1-8
Friday 10-4:30
Saturday 10-5 (2nd and 4th Saturdays only)
We are always looking for donations of new research material, particularly Pre-1900 photographs of Boone County. We have equipment to make copies if you don't want to part with the originals.
For lookups of Vital Records (Birth, Death, Marriage and Obituaries only), please mail a self-addressed stamped envelope plus copy fees (15 center per copy plus postage) to Ida Public Library - Local History, 320 N. State St., Belvidere, IL 61008
Local History and Genealogy Links
Our holdings include:
Local Obituaries (1851-present)
Boone County Cemetery Listings
Belvidere High School Yearbooks 1912-Present
Belvidere City Directories
Maps, plats and atlases
Ancestry.com & HeritageQuest subscriptions
Events, People & Business Histories
Microfilm:
Sanborn maps
Newspapers (1851-present)
Church records
Birth, Marriage, Death and Probate Indexes
War records
Census
Deeds, Mortgages, Grantor/Grantees
City of Belvidere - Misc. records