Ogle 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 Ogle County typically starts with "977.332". Some common subject headings for Ogle County are:

Ogle County (Ill.) --Biography.
Ogle County (Ill.) --History.
Ogle County (Ill.) --Maps.

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County Histories

Historical encyclopedia of Illinois / edited by Newton Bateman, Paul Selby ; and History of Ogle County / edited by Horace G. Kauffman, Rebecca H. Kauffman. Chicago : Munsell Pub. Co., 1909.
Call Number: 977.332 B31H

Boss, Henry Rush. Sketches of the history of Ogle County, Ill., and the early settlement of the Northwest. Polo, Ill., H. R. Boss, 1859.
Call Number: 977.332 B65s

The history of Ogle County, Illinois, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics ... history of the Northwest, history of Illinois ... etc. Chicago : H.F. Kett, 1878.
Call Number: 977.332 K51

Census

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Atlases

General Map Company. Ogle County plat book. Rockford, Ill. : General Map Co., c1949.
Call Number: Q. 912.77332 G28O

W.W. Hixson & Co. Plat book of Ogle County, Illinois. Rockford, Ill. : W.W. Hixson & Co., [1930?]
Call Number: 912.77332 H64p

Geo. A. Ogle & Co. Plat book of Ogle County, Illinois. Chicago, 1893.
Call Number: F. 912.77332 OG5P

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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