The Boone County Historical Society Museum is proud to
offer a searchable archive of over 20,000 obituaries for your genealogical
research. Obituaries are valuable because they can reveal wonderful
information about your ancestors life. Our amazing team of volunteers have
spent years archiving the obituaries, death notices, and funeral notices
of Boone County residents.
While you can search our online archive
for free, we charge a fee for each desired announcement. The cost for each
copy is $5. Please be advised that early newspaper publications were
often no more than a death notice which may only be 2 lines of
information.
To Order: Send your request with NAMES and DATES of selected obituaries and the numbers of
copies desired with a check or money order to: The Boone County Historical Museum, 311 Whitney Blvd., Belvidere, IL 61008, ATTN: Lonna. Please write your check out to "The Boone County Historical Museum" along with a way to contact you if we have questions regarding your order. Or, for your convienence we now offer PayPal.
If you have any questions, please email the Obits or give us a call at (815) 544-2580.
Currently our archive is searchable by surname only.
Due to the fact that sometimes all we have is the date the obit was in the paper and not the actual death date, the dates may be off a day or two. If you notice an inncorrect date please email us so that we can correct the entry.
We are actively putting our obits back on the website. Please keep checking back. If you are searching for an obituary please call our Research Center 815-544-2580 or email
The Boone County Historical Museum has made the decision not to place maiden names on the internet as a safety meausre. Thank you for your understanding
Order an Obit
Boone County
Historical Museum,311 Whitney Blvd, Belvidere, IL 61008 Phone:
(815) 544-8391
Fax: (815) 547-1691
