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DeKalb County Historical-Genealogical Society
Cornsilk is published by the DeKalb County Historical-Genealogical Society in the months of March, June, September and December. The deadline for submission of information is the 15th of the month prior to publication. Send submissions to: Marcia Wilson, Cornsilk, 433 S. California Street, Sycamore, IL 60178 or [email protected] The current issue is available at the law office of Klein Stoddard Buck & Lewis, 2045 Aberdeen Ct., Sycamore, IL 60178 or by writing DeKalb County Historical-Genealogical Society, PO Box 295, Sycamore, IL 60178. Cornsilk is available by mail by clicking the yellow Order Form button below. Current issues are available for $7.50, back issues are available for $5.00. Add $1.00 shipping each.
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1976-2010 Cornsilk articles have been indexed. This 28 page Word file may require extra time to download. Requests for copies of articles should be sent to [email protected] See Index. |
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The Society has 37 publications available for purchase. Click on the yellow Order Form button for a complete list.
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CEMETERY BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE
The Historical Society walked and
transcribed every cemetery in Dekalb County in the
1970s.
Two books have been updated. They are Mt. Carmel, Sycamore
(2005) and Oak Ridge, Somonauk (2004).
This work is published and available.
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1) Atlases
of Dekalb County 1871 - 1892 - 1905 - 1929 11" x 14" hardbound black & white, about 300 pages with an index. Includes several county maps and all 19 township maps for all 4 years mentioned above. Also includes numerous drawings of important homes in and around the township shown, as well as a treasure trove of historical information. In all, over 170 maps. This Book available for $50.00 plus $4.00 shipping. |
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2)
Boies History of Dekalb County, 1868 This Book available for $25.00 plus $4.00 shipping. |
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3) Voters
and Tax Payers of Dekalb County, 1876 Voters and Taxpayers of Dekalb County is a biographical directory of those taxpayers and voters living in Dekalb Co. between 1870 and 1876 and a history of the county and state; map of the county and a business directory originally published in 1876 and reprinted by the Dekalb Co. Historical Society in 1977. Phyllis Kelley, County Historian and director of the Joiner History Room, calls this book her "Bible". This Book available for $25.00 plus $4.00 shipping. |
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4) Sycamore
According to Luke (McLagen) Information is pending. Soft cover This Book available for $17.00 plus $4.00 shipping. |
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