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History of LaSalle County, Illinois. Its topography, geology, botany, natural history, history of the Mound builders, Indian tribes, French explorations, and a sketch of the pioneer settlers of each town to 1840, with an appendix, giving the present status of the county, its population, resources, manufactures and institutions (1877)
Past and Present of LaSalle County, Illinois containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, general and local statistics, map of La Salle County, ... published 1877 by H.F. Kett & Co. in Chicago
Memorial of the Ebersol Family of Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois by A. M. Ebersol, 1879
The City of La Salle: Historical and Descriptive: with a Business Review, by A.L. Hennessey, published in 1882, 24 pages
Starved Rock: A Historical Sketch by Eaton Osman, published in 1895
Patriotic Roster of LaSalle County, Illinois, published 1899 by J. B. Parsons
Biographical and Genealogical Record of LaSalle County, Illinois published in 1900, Volume 1, Volume 2
Biographical Records of LaSalle and Grundy Counties Illinois published in 1900, Volume 1, Volume 2
Life of a Woman Pioneer as Illustrated in the Life of Elsie Strawn Armstrong 1789-1871, written by James Elder Armstrong, published in 1931
La Salle County Centennial Directory of Former Ottawa Residents published in 1931
Stories of Pioneer Days in LaSalle County, Illinois published in 1932
A Brief Survey of LaSalle County, Illinois published in 1933 with townships map and place names
1940 Stories from Illinois History
The Library of Congress has Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps available for Earlville, LaSalle, Marseilles, Mendota, Ottawa, Peru, Seneca, Streator, and Utica
Primitive Baptist Library website includes Primitive Baptist Church webpage devoted to church and family history research assistance with a webpage specifically targeting LaSalle County
Illinois Free Trader, Ottawa, 1840-1843
Ottawa Free Trader 1843-1896, 1901-1914
Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection
Chronicling America
ObitCity
Illinois Secretary of State Databases
Illinois Society Sons of the American Revolution
Digital Public Library of America
LaSalle County Historical Society & Museum
LaSalle County Genealogy Guild
About LaSalle County offices
LaSalle County government offices
Wikipedia, LaSalle County, Illinois
Family Websites with LaSalle County roots
- Knutson, Elizabeth Olsdatter Finnestad History
- Mailander Family Home Page Mailander, Kuehlem, LaBolle, Balenseifer, Sauer, Fallon, Nevin and many more.
- Illinois Girl's Genealogy Kohr, Donna, Born, Croissant, Foockle, Lindenmeyer, Starkey, Steepe, Schell & more.
- John Hossack of Ottawa. "Abolitionist, Underground Railway Conductor, Canal Builder. Grain and Lumber Merchant. Crusader for Human Rights and Liberty. Man of God. He feared God and loved his Fellow Man."
Illinois Valley Genealogy facebook group
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
IndexMundi map of Illinois with information about each county
The Ancestor Hunt
Genealogy Trails
ILLASALLE Query Board and Mailing List at groups.io

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