Scope and Contents The North Central Illinois Genealogical Society records consist of 10 volumes of cemetery inscriptions from 8 different townships within Winnebago County, Illinois, 1 volume of surnames which appeared in the Pecatonica News from 1872-1917, and a 1986 directory of members of the Society. Within the volumes of township cemetery inscriptions, each cemetery is named, inventoried and indexed separately. The location of each cemetery is given at the beginning of its listing....

Scope and Contents The Prairie View Grange No. 1786 Collection documents the establishment and history of a farming organization in Pecatonica, Illinois from 1915 to its dissolution in 1970. The main series of the collection consists of a partial set of minute books (1931-1970) containing information about the members’ concern with agricultural problems. These books also relate how social events relieved the loneliness and isolation typical of the farming life. A major weakness in the collection is the lack...