De Witt County

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Where to Start

For the most up to date resources, please use the University's Online Catalog. The dewey call number for De Witt County typically starts with "977.358". Some common subject headings for De Witt County are:

De Witt County (Ill.) --Biography.
De Witt County (Ill.) --Genealogy.
De Witt County (Ill.) --Genealogy --Sources.

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County Histories

The Biographical record of DeWitt County, Illinois. Chicago : S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1901.
Call Number: 920.077358 B524

Index to the Biographical record of DeWitt County, Illinois : a book of biographical sketches. Clinton, Ill. : The Society, 1978.
Call Number: 920.077358 B524INDEX

HISTORY OF DE WITT COUNTY, ILLINOIS, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY. CHICAGO, 1910.
Call Number: 977.358 H62

Portrait and biographical album of Dewitt and Piatt counties, Ill. : containing full page portraits of prominent and representative citizens of the county : together with portraits and biographies of all the Presidents of the United States and Governors of the state. Chicago, Ill. : Chapman Bros., 1891.
Call Number: 977.358 P83

Complete name index to the History of De Witt County, Illinois, 1910, volume I. Thomson, Ill. : Distributed by Heritage House, 1972.
Call Number: 977.358 H62INDEX

Census

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Atlases

PLAT BOOK OF DE WITT COUNTY, ILLINOIS. ROCKFORD, 1930.
Call Number: 912.77358 H64P

Standard atlas of De Witt County, Ill., including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county. Map of the State, United States and World. Patrons directory, reference business directory and departments devoted to general information. Analysis of the system of the U.S. Land Surveys, digest of the system of civil government, etc. Compiled and published by Geo. A. Ogle and Company, publishers and engravers. Chicago : Ogle, 1915.
Call Number: F. 912.77358 OG5S

Patron index - landowners, De Witt County, Ill. Plat book, l891. [Decatur, Ill.] : Decatur Genealogical Society, l970.
Call Number: 929.3 P27P

Land atlas & plat book ... DeWitt County, Illinois / Rockford Map Publishers. Rockford, Ill. : Rockford Map Publishers ; Clinton, Ill. : Distributed by DeWitt County Farm Bureau, 1976-
Call Number: Q. 912.773585 R59T1

Newspapers

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Further Information

More information on can be found on our Web Resources Page as well as in the Illinois County Bibliography, which is shelved with 016.9773.

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