Local History
Email: Localhistory@idapubliclibrary.org
Before making plans to visit our Local History room, please call 815-544-3838 to make an appointment in order that we may serve your needs better.
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