Genealogy @ the Algonquin Area Public Library

Newspapers & Obituaries

General Sources | Specific Newspapers

General Sources

Newslibrary
Search for articles including obituaries across the country. Free abstracts. Full-text available for a fee.

Legacy
Recent obituaries (within the last 60 days) from more than 1,000 newspapers. Older obituaries available for a fee.

US Newspaper Project
Find the local repositories for the state you are researching. Note that USNP records are cataloged in OCLC WorldCat.

Wisconsin Name Index
Search more than 100,000 Wisconsin obituaries and biographical sketches.

Specific Newspapers

Algonquin Area Obituary Index, Jan 2005 - Present
Indexes obituaries appearing in the Northwest Herald. Includes abstracts for Algonquin and Lake in the Hills residents. Full-text copies available from the Algonquin Area Public Library upon request.

Algonquin Countryside, 2003- Present
Weekly newspaper for Algonquin. Home/remote access is available to library cardholders. See also, Pioneer Press.

Barrington Courier Review Index
Births, Deaths, and Marriages 1890-2003.

Barrington Review
Digitized images from the Barrington Review 1914-1921 and April 1925-November 13, 1930.

Chicago Sun-Times 1986- Current
Library Subscription database available from Newsbank.
[home/remote access]

Chicago Tribune 1985-Present
Library Subscription database available from Newsbank.
[home/remote access]

Chicago Tribune Historical 1849-1985 (Proquest)

Search full-image articles, classifieds, marriage notices, obituaries, and much more from 1849-1985! Great for all kinds of research needs. Available inside the library only.

Crystal Lake Herald Newspaper Death Notices, 1880 through 1979
Indexed by the McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society. May include some Algonquin residents.

Crystal Lake (Nunda) Herald Marriages July 1880 - 1979
Indexed by the McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society. May include some Algonquin residents.

Daily Herald 1995 – Current
Library Subscription database available from Newsbank. Covers the Northwest Chicago Suburbs. [home/remote access]

Daily Herald Index 1901-1956
Index to major stories in the Daily Herald from 1901 to 1956. The index includes the headlines and a brief note of story content, not the entire article. Complete articles can be ordered through Interlibrary Loan with a citation.

Lake in the Hills Countryside, 2003-Present
Weekly newspaper for Lake in the Hills published by Pioneer Press. Searchable online archive available from Pioneer Press.

Marengo Republican Newspaper Death Notices
Indexed by the McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society. Covers the years 1872-1874, 1881-1888, 1890-1939, and 1970-1989.

McHenry Plaindealer Newspaper Death Notices Index, 1875-1877
Indexed by the McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society.

Northwest Herald
Major newspaper for McHenry county. See also Algonquin Area Obituary Index.

Pioneer Press
Pioneer Press serves the suburbs of Chicago with 53 community newspapers including the Algonquin Countryside and the Lake in the Hills Countryside. Search the online archive from 1996-Present by keyword and year.

Wilmette Newspaper Index
News 2005 to 1991 and scattered earlier issues from 1898; Obituaries 2005-1978, 1923-1929.

Woodstock Sentinel Newspaper Death Notices, 1856 through 1889
Indexed by the McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society