Malta Historical & Genealogy Society
Index Project
Our newly computerized and indexed archive information includes obituaries, family histories, photos, schools, businesses, churches, organizations, sports, celebrations and property abstracts. Press Ctrl-F to locate family names or events. The first column will give you the physical location you need to request copies. Requests for copies should be submitted in writing to Malta Historical Society, 127 N. Third, PO Box 171, Malta, IL 60150. The staff will fill your request as time permits.
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| 102 038 000 | Abstract - North east 1/4 of north west 1/4 of section 35, township 41 - John Mix purchased from United States 1853, William Isham, Mark Howard, David Attwood, Daniel Sprague, George Watkins, Charles Watkins, O. Cross, Henry Bidwell, Isaac Ulter, Phillip Dedrick, Martin Dedrick, Benjamin Hale, Eugene Dedrick, Catherine Dedrick estate will, Frederick Huber estate, Mary Hueber estate, Elmer Elliott guardianship, Russell Elliott, Nellie Long divorce from Robert Long, Ruby Elliott Haumesser, Bertha Hueber. | Abstract |
| 102 039 000 | Abstract - North east 1/4 of section 18, township 41, Esmond - Gustavus Eastman purchased from United States 1853, Thomas Van Horn estate, Gurdon Hewitt, Joshua Brockes, Henry Pooler, Mary Van Hron estate, William Ashelford, Adam Cliffe, Frank Willis, Francis Willis, P. H. Scamp, Ray Eychaner estate, Don Eychaner estate, Clarence Batty will, Loren Hayes, Robert Eklund, Almen Johnson estate. | Abstract |
| 102 040 000 | Abstract - North east 1/4 of section 35, township 41, county plat, John Mix purchased from United States 1853, Willan Isham, Mark Howard, Henry Bidwell, James Waterman, Elliot Doan, Joseph Doan, Edward Mayo, Ephriam Hall, James Hooker estate will, George Hooker, Gurdon Hewitt, Oliver Bailey, Amos Townsend, Franklin Hall, Julia Hooker estate, Mary Hooker, Henry Warner, George Brust, Charles Hooker. | Abstract |
| 102 040 001 | Cont - abstract - Everette Weaver estate will, George Drake, Ruth Elliott, Dorothee Weaver Aves, Russell Aves, Iva Weaver, Bernice Weaver, Charles Weaver divorce mentally ill and will, Pearl Hallbery, Florence Weaver, Edward Lawler. | Abstract |
| 102 041 000 | Abstract - North 42 feet of lot 3, block 3, village of Malta - Charles Sheppard purchased from United States 1847, Titus Wetmore, James Byers, Dwight Booth, John Atwood, Lawrence Knidle, Frederick Bahr, Seth Hapgood, Thaddeus Ingersoll, Calvin Pearce, Swan Swanson, August Nelson, Albert Kinney, F. L. Harrington, Charles Pease, Jacob Plapp, Samuel Nelson, Alphonso Wetmore, Daniel Sprague, Lyman Smith, Peter Pratt. | Abstract |
| 102 041 001 | Cont - abstract - Carl Saur, Cornulius O'Brien estate, Charles Abbott, Smith Oil & Refinning Company John Doane estate will, Paul Laschowsky estate will, Lorenz Kendle, John Plapp, William Unwin, Hawken Askelson. | Abstract |
| 102 042 000 | Abstract - Lot 6, south one foot of lot 5, Love's addition; lot 9 and 10, block 2, village of Malta - Charles Sheppard purchased from United States 1853, Titus Wetmore, Frederick Love, Phineas barnes, C. J. Quinn, Avory Delong, Alonzo Ellwood, John Watson, James Bridge, Eleanor Townsend, Trustees First Universalist Soceity, Amos Townsend estate, Daniel Pierce, Samuel Veale, James Lock, William Keast, Charles Cruise estate. | Abstract |
| 102 042 001 | cont - abstract - Lula Cruise, Mary Baker, William Huether, Daniel Powers, Frank Rowan, John Kane, Mary Hart, George Reddy, Amelia Coulter, Herman Berthold, D. Quinlan, Nina Jones, Orrie Coburn, Hulda Gibbs, Edith Steele. | Abstract |
| 102 043 000 | Abstract - Fractional block K, original village of Malta - Charles Sheppard purchased from United States 1853, Titus Wetmore, Samuel Nelson, Alphonso Wetmore, Charles Safford estate, Thomas Brooke, Jacob Willett, James Condon, Frederick Brundage. | Abstract |
| 102 043 001 | Abstract - Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, block 7 in Sprague's addition, village of Malta - John Mix purchased from United States 1853, William Isham, Mark Howard, Daniel Sprague, Henry Bidwell, Clara Safford, Edward Safford, Jacob Willett, Thomas brooke, James Condon, Frederick Brundage. | Abstract |
| 102 044 000 | Abstract - Lots 1,2,3,4, and 5, block 4, original town of Malta - Charles Sheppard purchased from United States 1853, Titus Wetmore, Seth Butler, Trustees of schools, Charles Boynton, Artemas Lloyd, Amasa Cox, Charles Christianson, Martin Dedrick, Belle Holland, C. P. Unger, Francis King, Wilbur Vanderkar estate, Leslie Cutlip, Albin Swanbum, Ward Goble, Louis Conti, Blanche Swanbum. | Abstract |
| 102 045 000 | Abstract - West 1/2 of south east 1/4 and south west 1/4 of section 7, township 41, county plat, John Hutcheson. | Abstract |
| 103 001 000 | Abstract - Original village, Block 13, lot 5, 1853 - 1906 Sheppard purchased from United States 1853, Wetmore, Nelson, Waterman, Fields, Sprague, Ball, Cross, Solon, Hooker, Dedrick, Lester, Chapple, Bone, Hooker will 1870, Dedrick will 1905, Haish notary public, 1906 deed Edwin Bone to Eugene Dedrick, First National Bank. | Abstract |
| 103 002 000 | Abstract - Sprague addition, lot 6, block 10, north east 1/4 of south west 1/4, section 23, 1854 - 1942, Mix purchased from United States 1854, Isham, Bidwell, Howard, Sprague, Seeley, Barry, Warne, Dean, Radcliff, Sherwood, Maurer partition, Haish mortgage, Anderson, Palmqist, Hueber heirs; Mack, Scholl, brothers; Reid, Butler, Askvig, Sheriff Holm, Sprague addition language 1857; Carrie Hueber will, Mauer estate, bill for partition. | Abstract |
| 103 003 000 | Abstract - Sprague addition, block 16, lots 3, 4, 5 and 6 purchased from United States 1853, Mix, Isham, Bidwell, Howard, Sprague, Cooley, Aldrich, Sheldon, Divine, Richmond, Combs, Pierce 1892, Phelps, Countryman, Haish, Downer, Phelps, McArtor, Sarah Phelps will, Merrill Phelps will, Sheriff Reynolds. | Abstract |
| 103 004 000 | Abstract - Sprague's addition block 10, lot 7 1853 - 1956, purchased from United States 1853, Mix, Isham, Bidwell, Howard, Sprague, Seeley, Barry, Warne, Dean, Radcliff, Sherwood, Hart, Hadden, Claxton, Stephens, Adee, Daw, Browne estate, Zellar, Busby, Collins, Adcock, Swanson, Etna. | Abstract |
| 103 005 000 | Abstract - Original village, block 29, lots 1, 2, 3, 6 - 10, 1853 - 1950 purchased from United States 1853, Sheppard, Wetmore, Nelson, Cunningham, Stiles, Sheriff Holcomb, Dutton, Pease, Plapp, Samuel Roberts, Sarah Roberts, Butler, Huntley, Mary Plapp heirs, Judge Latham Castle, Zick. | Abstract |
| 103 006 000 | Abstract - orignial village, block 26, lots 6 - 10 purchased from United States 1853, Sheppard, Wetmore, Sheriff Safford, Waterman, Cunningham, Wright, Hayes, Phelps, Unwin, Painter. | Abstract |
| 103 007 000 | Abstract - original village, block 26, lots 25, 1857 - 1945 purchased from United States 1853, Sheppard, Wetmore, Nelson, Cameron, Feay, Beck, Strope, Montange, Feery, Wyman, Harmes, Meyers, Maier, Peck, Stone, Bauder, Sheriff Safford, Waterman, Cunningham, Wright, Hurd, Bone, Hayes, Phelps, Sheriff sale. | Abstract |
| 103 008 000 | Abstract - original village, block 12, lots 7 and 8, 1853 - 1961, purchased from United States 1853, Wetmore, Ford, Sheppard, Orput, Case, Hooker, Haish, Cameron, Cook, Quinn, Anderson, Longnecker, Padgett, Pease will, Tomes, Johnson, Chapel, Nelson Eldred, Francico, Potter, Schwietzer, O'Brien, Kempson, Lunn. | Abstract |
| 103 009 000 | Abstract - original village, block 29, lots 1 - 10, 1853 - 1973, purchased from United States 1853, Sheppard, Wetmore, Nelson, Cunningham, Stiles, Dutton, Pease, Plapp, Nehring, Balluff divorce, Samuel Roberts, Butler, Huntley, George. | Abstract |
| 103 010 000 | Abstract - orignial village, block 16 - 17, 1853 - 1903, purchased from United States 1853, Sheppard, Wetmore, Nelson, Waterman, Cameron, Haish, Beck, Ingersoll, Watson, Spickerman, Van Stone, Bauder, Sheriff's deed 1860. | Abstract |
| 103 011 000 | Abstract - original village, block 3, lot 8, 1853 - 1973, purchased from United States 1853, Sheppard, Wetmore, Nelson, Love, Balcom, Randall, Langlois, Olson, Hartman, Spitz, Lundberg, Bolt, Rempe, McKiness, Branch, McGee, Eberly, Peterson, Sheriff Helena Dolder. | Abstract |
| 103 012 000 | Abstract - original village, block K, lots 2 - 9; Sprague's addition block 7, lot 2 - 9; 1891 - 1951 Willett, Brundage, Mix, Isham, Bidwell, Safford, Bone, Pike, Bassett, Taylor, Perry, Harris, Ickes, Bone estate, Mary Lincoln Bone, Cliffe, Cash, Judge McEwen. | Abstract |
| 103 013 000 | Abstract - Sprague's addition block 28, lot 1 - 5, Daniel Sprague statement 1857, north 1/2 south west 1/4, section 23. | Abstract |
| 103 014 000 | Abstract - Sprague's addition block 18, 1853 - 1945; purchased from United States 1853, Mix, Isham, Bidwell, Howard, Sprague, Spickerman, Hooker, Krum, Downing, Briggs, Lloyd, Hamilton, Kettlestrings, Whalen, Haish, Sherwood, Apgar, O'Brien, Welch, Spickerman estate, Lyman Sherwood will, Carrie Sherwood will, Goldie Sherwood will. | Abstract |
| 103 015 000 | Abstract - Sprague's addition, block 28, lot 4 and 5 - Mix purchased from United States 1853, Isham, Bidwell, Howard, Orput will, Pendegrass, Jukes, Campbell estate 1908, Haish, Freeman (Chester Freeman's grandmother), Harr, McAllister, Hayes, Mann, Miller, Haar, Ann Orput will, Ida Campbell will, Elizabeth Freeman, Judge Pond, Sheriff Hohm, Peters. | Abstract |
| 103 016 000 | Abstract - Sprague's addition, block 4, lot 2 - 1853 - 1957 - Mix purchased from United States 1853, Isham, Bidwell, Howard, Utter, Anderson, Sprague 1867, Roe, Cafferny, McRae, Sorenson, Riley, Sullivan, Hadden, Keast, Haish, Haskins, Bryant, Hiland, Willett, Wilson, Veale, Stone, Brown, Sammann, Haish will, William Pond, Judge Poust. | Abstract |
| 103 017 000 | Abstract - Francisco's subdivision, block 2, lot 7 and 8, and 2 feet of lot 6 (original town), Sheppard purchased from United States 1853, Wetmore, McAlenny, Munger, Dean & Company, Murphy, Hopkins, Corkings, Hurt will, Laschowsky will, Francisco, Hooker, Goodrich, Balcomb, Coady, Burke, Miller, Hall, Haish, Badgley, Anderson, Pierce, Murphy, Smiley, Moody, Bartlett, Reid, Tanner, Sheriff Holcomb, Cassius Poust, Latham Castle. | Abstract |
| 103 018 000 | Abstract - Sprague's addition, block 22, east 1/2, lots 7 and 8 - Mix purchased from United States 1853, Isham, Howard, Bidwell, Sprague, Brooke, Safford, Condon, Brundage, Wegner, Doane, Kuschel, Lorensen, Conlin, Adams, Hoard, Willey. | Abstract |
| 103 019 000 | Abstract - Sprague's addition, north 1/2 of lot 8, lots 2 and 9 - Mix purchased from United States 1853 - Isham, Bidwell, Howard, Utter, Henry Madden will, Eliza Madden will, Smiley, Conrad, Arnold, Letheby, Haish estate, Webber, Hapgood 1869, Ball, Wilson, Veale, Riley, Haish, Bone, Weaver, Butler, Byro. | Abstract |
| 103 020 000 | Abstract - Sprague's addition, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, block 25 (West 1/2 of south west 1/4, section 23), Mix purchased from United States 1853, Isham, Bidwell, Howard, Sprague, Booth, Orput, Arkills, Bartlett, Barnes, Doane, Hall, Watkins, Monroe, Herington, Harrington, Lindsey, Mathewson, Graeff, Countryman, Joslyn, McCarty, Fleck, Townsend, Elliot, Harvey, Jane LaBrant estate. | Abstract |
| 103 021 000 | Abstract - Sprague's addition, block 19, lot 8, Mix purchased from United States 1853, Isham, Bidwell, Howard, Phelps, Dean, Countryman, Deily, Johnson, Elliott, Bartlett, Butler, Bridgewater. | Abstract |
| 103 022 000 | Abstract - Sprague's addition, East 1/2 of block M, lots 2 and 9, block 9 - purchased from United States 1853, Mix, Isham, Bidwell, Howard, Sprague, Utter, Peters, Smiley, Lynde, Liversy, Pierce, Butler, Zellar, Sewell Barkley will, Helen Barkley will, Haish, Countryman, Mary Decker will, Benjamin Decker will, Storm, Mattson, Central Illinois Light Company. | Abstract |
| 103 023 000 | Abstract - Sprague's addition, lot 8, block 10, Mix purchased from United States 1853, Isham, Howard, Bidwell, Sprague, Seeley, Barry, Warne, Dean, Radcliff, Sherwood, Chapell, Lewis, Winders, Lamb, Claxton, Nelson, Chapell estate, Lamb will. | Abstract |
| 103 024 000 | Abstract - Original town, Lot 9, north 1/4 of lot 8, block 12 - Sheppard purchased from United States 1853, Wetmore, Orput, Nelson, Goodrich, Eldred, Nelson, Francisco, Trustees of schools, Cook, First Baptist church, Quinn, Anderson, Padgett, Brown, Pease, Holmes, Rolph, Kingham, First Baptist Trust, Cauch, Holmes, Corey, Longnecker, Tomes, Johnson, Haish, Smiley, Kempson, O'Brien, Ravatt, Hamsmith. | Abstract |
| 103 024 001 | Cont - Abstract - Lunn Strawbridge, Antonsen, Gustafson, Steele, Lunn, Seyller, Lunn, Rebhorn, Butler, Pendergrass, Kempson will estate insanity. | Abstract |
| 103 025 000 | Abstract - original village, block 1, lots 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12 - Sheppard purchased from United States 1853, Wetmore, Safford, Waterman, Sheppard, Hooker, Watkins, Haish, Wright, Hevenor, Doane, Hurd, Pierce, McNichols, Board of Trustees, Tindall, Smiley, Spickerman, Brown, Countryman, Senator Samuel Wright, Anna Spickerman estate. | Abstract |
| 103 026 000 | Abstract - original village, lots 4, 5, 6, block G - Sheppard purchased from United States 1853, Wetmore, original town of Malta, Nelson, Archer, Robinson, Thomas, Reed, Parkhurst, Homan, "Country Clerk", Flannery, Strong, Corey, Rolf, Clark, Lock, Charles Doane will estate, Weaver, Willrett, Teager, Montgomery. | Abstract |
| 103 026 001 | Cont - abstract - Harriet Doane estate, Judge McEwen. | Abstract |
| 103 027 000 | Abstract - original village, block 23, lot 5, 6 - Sheppard purchased from United States 1853, Wetmore, Nelson, Brennan, Love, Dutton, Engstrom, Anderson, Parker, Delbridge, Busby, Smallridge, Countryman, Martha Delbridge will, Thomas Delbridge will. | Abstract |
| 103 028 000 | Abstract - original village, block 9, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, block 10, lot 10, next to railroad, Gray Farm west 1/2 of south west 1/4, section 16 - purchased from United States Sheppard 1853, Wetmore, Nelson, Lyon, Orputt, Francisco, Mason, Trustees of School, Cook, Cunningham, Roger, Cook, Boynton, Stevens, Hadden, Andrews, Delsey, Jenny, Lanckton, Tindall, Smiley, Griswold, Haish estate will, Myers, Sammann, Hiland, Collins, Campbell. | Abstract |
| 103 028 001 | Cont - Abstract - National Bank & Trust, Sheriff Safford, Statement of marriage Nora Haish and William Haish, Etta Stone estate, Fayetta and Edgar Willett divorce, Sheriff Helena Dolder, Mary Collins will, O'Brien will, Campbell will, Pyfer will. | Abstract |
| 103 029 000 | Abstract - Original town, block 29, lots 4, 5 - purchased from United States 1853, Sheppard, Wetmore, Nelson, Cunningham, Sheriff Holcomb, Stiles, Dutton, Pease, Plapp, Samuel and Sarah Roberts, Butler, Huntley, Judge Castle, Nora and Cal Bailuff divorce. | Abstract |
| 103 030 000 | Abstract - Original town, block 23, lots 1, 2, 9, 10 - Sheppard purchased from United States 1853, Wetmore, Nelson, Love, Engstrom, Anderson, Rylander, Lock, Smiley, Wetz, Rogers, Switzer, Ashelford, Lutz, Nils Anderson estates. | Abstract |
| 103 031 000 | Abstract - East 1/2 of lots 3, 4, 5, block 12, south west 1/4 of section 14, Sheppard purchased from United States 1853 - Wetmore, Orput, Nelson, Sprague, Munger, Hooker, Cross, Rolf, Ball, Pease, Pierce, Hoyt, Doane, Rowe, Willrett, Schafer, Henry Munger estate, John Doane will, Russell Huntley's addition, Sheriff William Runnells. | Abstract |
| 103 032 000 | Abstract - Original village block 19, lots 3, 4, 5, 6 - Sheppard purchased from United States 1853, Wetmore, Bassett, Francisco, Smith, Corey, Cory, Pease, White, Cook, Hitchcock, Hardner, McClure, White, Clark, Puffer, Walters, Delbridge, Plapp, Bronwell, Johnson, Vaupel, Hart, DeKalb Trust & Savings Bank, Hart, Daniel Corey estate, Alanson Puffer will, Lulu Walters will. | Abstract |
| 103 033 000 | Abstract - Sprague's addition, block 3, lot 6, Mix purchased from United States 1853, Sprague, Isham, Howard, Ball, Hooker, Hunt, Troyer, Scheidecker, Giltner, Smith, Busby, Bone, Lloyd, Korpela, Gustafson, Howard, James Hunt will, Ida Troyer will, Jennie Lloyd estate, Ray Lloyd estate. | Abstract |
| 103 034 000 | Abstract - Original village, block 6, lots 1 - 10, Sheppard purchased from United States 1853, Wetmore, Nelson, Claxton, Hudson, Harris, Ballard, Parker, Mid Continent Petroleum, Trustees of Schools. | Abstract |
| 103 035 000 | Abstract - Original village, block G, lots 1, 2, 3 - Sheppard purchased from United States 1853, Wetmore, Nelson, Stevens, Crandall, Smith, Patterson, Doan, Willrett, Haish, Smith, Pierce, Willrett, Weaver, Montgomery, Conlin, Phillips Petroleum, Fox River Oil, Govig, Mihm, Carlson, Rhodes, Carlson divorce. | Abstract |
| 103 036 000 | Abstract - original village, block 3, lot 1 - Sheppard purchased from United States 1853, Wetmore, Byers, Booth, Madden, Abbot, Watkins, Upham, Tidings, Hadden, Vanstone, McDole, Nelson, Sprague, Pease, Palmqiust, Severson, Postanka, Busby, Ashelford, Smith, Arnold, Calhoun, Macdonald, Sell, Elliott, Hartman, Larsen, McCuiston. Eliza Madden will adoption of daughter. | Abstract |
| 103 037 000 | Abstract - Original town, block 12, lot 1 - purchased from United States 1853 Sheppard, Wetmore, Orput, Munger, Cross, Rolf, Hooker, Ball, Watkins, Chapel, Agnew, Longley, Sprague, Barron, Daniels, Mace, Wright, Hatch, Ravatt, Kittleson, Guardianship Frank Munger, Mary Mace will. | Abstract |
| 103 038 000 | Abstract - original village block 11, lot 10 and block 20, lots 4, 5, 6, 7 - Sheppard purchased from United States 1853, Nelson, Wetmore, Kellum, Love, Cameron, Kinsloe, McAllany, Green, Warwick, Willett, Nelssen, Peterson, Pease, Kennedy, Cliffe, Viet, Clark, Shoop, Stuart, Meyer, Casey, Frank Kennedy estate. | Abstract |
| 103 039 000 | Abstract - original town, block 13, lot 3, 4 - Sheppard purchased from United States 1853, Wetmore, Nelson, Sheriff, Waterman, Safford, Fields, McNichols, Cunningham, Chapell, Winders, O'Brian, VanArtsdale, Warne, Saur, Rumpf, Butler, Hayes, Winders divorce. | Abstract |
| 103 040 000 | Abstract - Sprague addition, block 25, lots 1 - 10, Mix purchased from United States 1853, Isham, Bidwell, Howard, Sprague, Booth, Orput, Arkills, Bartlett, Barnes, Doane, Hall, Watkins, Monroe, Herington, Harrington, Lindsay, Graeff, Countryman, Joslyn, mthewson, McCarty, Townsend, Fleck, Elliott, Pippin, Fritz. | Abstract |
| 103 041 000 | Abstract - Haish subdivision, lot 6, expect west 1/2 of out lot A - Sheppard purchased from United States 1853, Wetmore, Trustees of Schools, Hooker, Chapell, Ball, Pierce, Fargo, Haish, Wedlake, Wilson, Bartlett, Bue, Shoop, Heath, Bolander, Kingstadt, Smith, Moland, Warnimont, Wood, Meier, Elling Bue estate. | Abstract |
| 103 042 000 | Abstract - original town block F, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; block 21, block 30, Sheppard purchased from United States 1853, Wetmore, Nelsonm, Kellum, Woodruff, Love, Cameron, Cunningham, Caffrey, Pierce, Balcom, Cafry, Boynton, Sheriff Safford, Bumphrey, Humphrey, Case, Merkley, Kelley, Magarell, Sheldon, Forsyth, Periolot, Divine, Conrad, Mason, Haish, First National Bank, Clyne vs Weeden. | Abstract |
| 103 043 000 | Abstract - original town, block 29, lots 1, 2, 3,8, 9, 10 - Sheppard purchased from United States 1853, Wetmore, Nelson, Cunningham, Sheriff Holcomb, Stiles, Dutton, Pease, Plapp, Nehring, Samuel Roberts, Butler, Huntley, proof of heirship Plapp. | Abstract |
| 103 044 000 | Abstract - Sprague's addition, block 27, east 1/2 block 27, lots 1,2, 6, 7 - Mix purchased from United States 1853, Isham, Howard, Sprague, Bidwell, Scofield, Schofield, Miller, Mason, Pease, Pendergrass, Lock, Francisco, Homan, Cornwell, Ward, Beloit Service Roofers. | Abstract |
| 103 045 000 | Abstract - Sprague's addition, lots 3, 4, block 15, Gilleix purchased from United States 1853, Beelwell, Howard, Sprague, Grant, Meerkley, Celleerkly, Sheldon, Doggett, Hicks, Shilelow, Reigel, Gundrie, Phelps, mace, Pease, Skelly, Mix, Isham, Bidwell, Olson, Burst, Knodle, Bradt, Hartman, Elliott, Butler, Walter Phelps will. | Abstract |
| 103 046 000 | Abstract - Lot 1, block J; east 100 feet of block I - Sheppard purchased from United States 1853, Wetmore, Nelson, Haish, Burdett, Potter, Smith, Jacob Haish, Laschowsky will, Imperial German Consul, Smiley, Switzer, Barkley will, Pendergrass, Beckwith, Mayo, Hough, Fish, Charles Haish, Westman, Palmquest, Townsend, Bartlett, Barrett Hardware, Fawcett, The Texas Company, Plapp, Willrett, Whippe, Swanson, Taylor, Adams, Lutz. | Abstract |
| 103 047 000 | Abstract - Sprague addition, block 12 - Mix purchased from United States 1853, Isham, Bidwell, Howard, Sprague, Gould, Goodrich, Hooker, Padgett, Longnecker, Henderson, Langlois, Smith, Everett, Ravatt, Gritmacker, Butler, Goving, Susan Hooker estate, Smith vs Haish. | Abstract |
| 103 048 000 | Abstract - Sprague's addition block 19, lots 5 - 8 - Mix purchased from United States 1983, Isham, Howard, Sprague, Bidwell, Phelps, Dean, Countryman, Patterson to Kelsey. | Abstract |
| 104 001 000 | Oversized Newspaper box - miscellaneous issues including - Malta Mail 1913 - 1923 including World War 1, social news, gossip; Malta Journal 1883 - 1892, early business, advertising; Malta Journal 1907; Cleveland Der Chriftlidge Botfdgafter 1898 in German with Grandma Hueber's obit; InterOcean 1908; The Chicago Post 1878; Chicago Daily News 1887; Sycamore True Republican, 1902 and 1957; DeKalb Daily Independent 1917, Malta Record July 31, 1908. | newspaper |
| 104 002 000 | Oversized Newspaper box - miscellaneous issues including - DeKalb Daily Chronicle 1894, 1917, 1902, 1924, 1925, 1928, 1934; 1975 Farm Progress Show special edidtion James Willrett farm; Midweek July 1, 1987 DeKalb County Sesquicntennial issue, great history (2 sets); Rockford Morning Star 1945 Death of President Roosevelt. | newspaper |
| 104 003 000 | Oversized Newspaper box - miscellaneous issues including - June 1956 Centennial edition; Malta Mail 1981 celebrating 125th Anniversary of Malta; Sale bill Agnus Cattle Joe Young Farm; miscellaneous issues on blizzards and flooding, A small village remembers June 11, 1971 a history of Malta, The Farm Quarterly Autum 1956. | newspaper |
| 104 004 000 | Oversized Newspaper box - The Citizen Shopping News July 25 1973 100th anniversary of Barbed Wire history, The Creston Observer 2003 history of Creston, The Rochelle News with Malta1956 centennial, The Rochelle News 1945 World War II news "Victory in Europe", honor roll for Esmond and many of the small towns in the area. | newspaper |
| 104 005 000 | Oversized Newspaper box - 1977 Del Monte farm production area map, 2003 Farm Toy Show supplement in Sublette IA, 1889 Farm Implement News full of advertiments, Treasurer's Book of Joseph C. Pierce 1901, Malta Sesquiceentennial quilt and time capsule poster attendance records for time capsule kids, copy of Certificate of Efficiency Modern Woodmen of America, 1905, B. B. Smiley and 1914 Notary Public certificate; Nauyalis Corner Store poster large photo of water tower for steam engines. | documents |
| 105 001 0001 | Glass negative from Edward Bone and Katherine Pierce - family on front porch with woman with guitar arbor in background. | photos |
| 105 002 000 | Glass negative from Edward Bone and Katherine Pierce - Lake with sailboats. | photos |
| 105 003 000 | Glass negative from Edward Bone and Katherine Pierce - People sitting in yard, badly damaged. | photos |
| 105 004 000 | Glass negative from Edward Bone and Katherine Pierce - Trees with fence. | photos |
| 105 005 000 | Glass negative from Edward Bone and Katherine Pierce - People fishing in pond. Woman along bank on river. | photos |
| 105 006 000 | Glass negative from Edward Bone and Katherine Pierce - School kids in front of school. | photos |
| 105 007 000 | Glass negative from Edward Bone and Katherine Pierce - Three women sitting on ground. | photos |
| 105 008 000 | Glass negative from Edward Bone and Katherine Pierce - Fish. | photos |
| 105 009 000 | Glass negative from Edward Bone and Katherine Pierce - Two women sitting in corn field. | photos |
| 105 010 000 | Glass negative from Edward Bone and Katherine Pierce - Katharine (Katherine) Pierce on horse. | photos |
| 105 011 000 | Glass negative from Edward Bone and Katherine Pierce - Woman on horse. | photos |
| 105 012 000 | Glass negative from Edward Bone and Katherine Pierce - Children in front of school. | photos |
| 105 013 000 | Glass negative from Edward Bone and Katherine Pierce - Wood pile with house in background. | photos |
| 105 014 000 | Glass negative from Edward Bone and Katherine Pierce - Three women and one child. | photos |
| 105 015 000 | Glass negative from Edward Bone and Katherine Pierce - Trees with bee's. | photos |
| 105 016 000 | Glass negative from Edward Bone and Katherine Pierce - Four women sitting. | photos |
| 105 017 000 | Glass negative from Edward Bone and Katherine Pierce - Three women and one man. | photos |
| 105 018 000 | Glass negative from Edward Bone and Katherine Pierce - House with fence in front. | photos |
| 105 019 000 | Glass negative from Edward Bone and Katherine Pierce - Woman sitting in chair. | photos |
| 105 020 000 | Glass negative from Edward Bone and Katherine Pierce - Railroad coach car from 1890's accident. Train wreck. | photos |
| 105 021 000 | Photo album with clasp found in Clayton Dedrick's things but the Grandma was a Van Artsdale with her first marriage to Harry. Walker written on one photo, most unidentified. Tin-type photos. One photo of man with lock of hair. | photos |
| 106 001 000 | Secretary's book of the Malta Concert Band, 1899. Constitution and by laws, donated by Dorothy Stoddard. | Book |
| 106 002 000 | Room register, 1914 - Book to write name, date before you depart. Hoover lapel pin. | Book |
| 106 003 000 | 1900 - Scrapbook with poetry, newspaper clippings, post cards, G.A. R. veterans in Chicago, post card for Field Columbian Museum, some cards from Miss Butler, Gettysburg address, old Cahoka Court house, first court house in Illinois, Chicago; envelope addressed to Miss Carrie Phillips in Chicago, beautiful handwriting, Emilia Phillips. | Book |
| 106 004 000 | Mrs. Ette Willett Stone, mother of Mrs. Stella Daw, 1868, "Women of the War" their heroism and self-sacrifice, Civil War. | Book |
| 106 005 000 | Photo book of Time capsule pictures buried 1956 retrieved 2006. Business, churches, centennial photos, Malta people. | photos |
| 106 006 000 | 1894 "Oral Arithmetic by Grades" school book. | Book |
| 106 007 000 | Autograph book Ed Willett, 1882, June 1938 Stella Willett Daw. | Book |
| 107 001 000 | Prairie Farmer, September 20, 1975; Farm Progress show on the James Willrett Farm. | documents |
| 107 002 000 | The Daily Chronicle, Milestone 150, 150th anniversary of DeKalb County, history, excellent history of county. | documents |
| 107 003 000 | Framed copy of check from Malta High School to Malta Historical / Genealogy Society for $100, May 2000. | documents |
| 107 004 000 | Etna Juvenile Grange #86; 1890 scrapbook made in 1959 - 1964; Grange news in newspaper, awards, officers,Mrs. Elmer Elliott, Mrs. Warren Scholl, Betty Prall, David Prall, Cathy Elliott, Rhys Prall, Larry Scholl, Billy Scholl, Ralph Elliott, Phil Farr, Allan Elliott, Roger Elliott, Barbara Scholl, Peggy Sams, Bonnie Freeman, Mrs. George Farr, Becky Farr, Steven Farr, Caroline Farr, Danny Freeman. | documents |
| 107 004 001 | Etna Juvenile Grange #86; 1890 scrapbook made in 1959 - 1964; Mrs. Elmer Elliott, Mrs. Warren Scholl, Betty Prall, David Prall, Cathy Elliott, Rhys Prall, Larry Scholl, Billy Scholl, Ralph Elliott, Phil Farr, Allan Elliott, Roger Elliott, Barbara Scholl, Peggy Sams, Bonnie Freeman, Mrs. George Farr, Becky Farr, Steven Farr, Caroline Farr, swimming at indoor pool, bowling. | photos |
| 107 005 000 | Northern Ilinois University, February 14, 2008, shooting newspaper coverage February 14 - March 29. | newspaper |
| 107 006 000 | Northern Ilinois University, February 14, 2008, shooting, Poem by Stephanie Briggs "You rest in our hearts, expecially when we pray"; Linda Gustafson memories. | documents |
| 107 007 000 | Northern Illinois University, February 14, 2008, button, Huskie Dog with black ribbon. | Artifact |
| 107 008 000 | Rochelle and DeKalb items from Ivan Prall - Cards, correspondence, 1914 letter to meet someone for permission to "call"; Niagara Falla 1936 frozen. | documents |
| 107 009 000 | Creston items, history, village of Creston envelope, Yates Campaign Committee. | documents |
| 107 010 000 | Shabbona items, Post card of public school and Chief Shabbona, Shabbona Doctors 1900 - 1950. | documents |
| 107 011 000 | Sycamore items - DeKalb County Courthouse booklet, post cards and scans of High school, Old Indian Camp in DeKalb, DeKalb Post Office, State Street, Court house, Elks Home, Westgate hospital. | documents |
| 107 012 000 | DeKalb items, history, Centennial book 1956 - 1956 "Progress Unlimited", post cards and scans of Ellwood school, Huntley Park, Swedish Lutheran church, Wilkinson's hospital in Waterman, public school Shabbona, DeKalb Welcome Arch west; Old Indian Camp, Envelopes Exchange Telephone Company. | documents |
| 107 013 000 | Esmond 1886 - 1981 history. | documents |
| 107 014 000 | Miscellaneous post cards, Wilkinson's hospital in Waterman, Franklin Creek Grist Mill, Mayfield last log cabin, Arsdale Place in Glen Ellyn 1911, John Glenn orbit the earth 1962, Lee Homecoming 1956, Book of Presidents, September 11, 2001 terrorist attack in New York, Threshing Bee in Sycamore. | documents |
| 107 015 000 | Blackhawk story of Hall girls capture. | documents |
| 107 016 000 | Malta Miscellaneous - Malta fires, first post office, incorporation 1869, changing name of Etna to Malta copy of vote, Robbie Burns story, Katherine Pierce post card, First National Bank. | |
| 108 001 000 | Plat Book, 1947, DeKalb County Farm Atlas and Business Guide | documents |
| 108 002 000 | Creston Local News, social news. | documents |
| 108 003 000 | Malta Local News, social news. | documents |
| 108 004 000 | Post cards, school merit cards, beautiful cards, Malta related post cards, compliments of A. S. Kinsloe, Easter cards, valentine cards, Christmas cards, Greetings from Malta, Thanksgiving card. | documents |
| 108 005 000 | 1936 Snow Storm, copies of newspaper articles, 1967 snow storm. | documents |
| 108 005 001 | Miscellaneous Malta News, copies of newspaper articles, 1914 - 2008. Some encapusalated. | documents |
| 108 006 000 | Malta Ordinance Book, original 1869; application for Malta Bevarage Business, block 1, lot 5, village of Malta 1934, Tax levy ordinance "Ordinance Book of the Corporate Town of Malta" USE GLOVES WHEN HANDELING | documents |
| 108 007 000 | Malta Ordinance Book, copy 1869; application for Malta Bevarage Business, block 1, lot 5, village of Malta 1934, Tax levy ordinance "Ordinance Book of the Corporate Town of Malta" | documents |
| 108 008 000 | Veterans; memorial day service program 1999, World War II greeting cards, list of soldiers buried on Malta, list of civil war soldiers, World War I soldiers, Spanish American War veterans, diary of 532nd bomb group, "Lest We Forget: Veterans in Sycamore Area Cemeteries", Harding Funeral train, "Final Spasm of Sulfur island" by Ivan Prall, photo album with clippings of area service World War II, lists of soldiers 1916, "The Colt Army Relover of Brevet Major C. B. Safford United States Colored Troops". | documents |
| 108 009 000 | Malta Business, First Nationa Bank club advertisements, assorted business envelopes 1894 - 1917, miscellaneous duplicate photos, Malta community news 2007, Studebaker advertisment 1925, Peal Estate auction 1902, Malta goes Wet, liquor vote, Library history Wogen. | documents |
| 108 010 000 | Burr Smiley's account of Malta fire 1894, original and copies, | documents |
| 108 011 000 | Copy of scrapbook, January 1892, Dickens party including dance card, corn festival invitation at Watkins home, 1888 party at town house in Malta. | documents |
| 108 012 000 | Funeral cards - John Newhall, Victor Peterson, Elwyn Quincer, Goldie Taylor, Florence Thompson, William Baxter, Harry Ferguson, George Gittleson, Jurgen Greenfield, John Hintzsche, Mrs. Elroy Kempson, Alanson Letheby. | documents |
| 108 013 000 | Orput Wagon Patent, Improvement in draft - equalizers for wagons, copies of 1872, 1873 patent. | documents |
| 108 014 000 | Lion's club - 20th Anniversary dinner pamplet 1980, miscellaneous newspaper articles, roller blading track, Easter egg hunt, notes from Chet Palmer, Scanned photos. | documents |
| 108 015 000 | Bulletin from farm sale 1927, Mrs. William Dawe, Charles Kepner auctioneer. | documents |
| 108 016 000 | Malta School trophies, 1967 Pinewood derby. | documents |
| 108 017 000 | DeKalb County Centennial program, official program, 1834 - 1934 | documents |
| 108 018 000 | Miscellaneous news articles, Womanless Wedding 1946, Doctor Gibbs practice without license, 1893 diptheria outbreak, snow clearing Willretts, Ted Moland horses, new road signs, post office, Ed Phelps, Clark Peterson, Borcher farm early agriculture, james Haumesser accident. | documents |
| 108 019 000 | Original 1906 plat and guide with business. | documents |
| 108 020 000 | The Seelding Mile - Maps, Lincoln Highway history, recollections, presentations, "A Picture of Progress on the Lincoln Highway", "Achievement of the Lincoln Highway 1920". | documents |
| 108 021 000 | Copies - Malta voters list 1870, Poll book 1867; Bert Pendergrass handwriting, All residense of Malta at that time. | documents |
| 108 022 000 | Miscellaneous, old tax papers 1906, old bank checks made out to business in Malta, Hunting license 1924, 1922, First National Bank of Malta, DeKalb County telephone company bills, water bills 1924 1925 1916, fire insurance 1950, Van Artsdale, Dedrick, Western Union telegram, tax rates, Stone and Brown, Brown & Pease invoice 1916. | documents |
| 108 023 000 | Malta Centennial 1856 - 1956 miscellaneous, button, misc papers, parade, quilt, movie file documentary, program financial report, committee notes. | documents |
| 108 024 000 | Tenth census of the United States, Malta 1879, Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Malta, history. | documents |
| 108 025 000 | Titles and deeds, Indenture Warranty deed 1871, Daniel Pierce, Sewell Butler, Phillip Dedrick, Martin Dedrick, Eugene Dedrich and Hannah, Clayton Dedrick, Agnes Masterson, Daniel Sprague and Hannah, Susan Hooker, Virginia and James Pantelakis divorce, Carol Luxton. | documents |
| 108 026 000 | Miscellaneous titles and deeds, abstracts; Jacob Willrett, Charles Haish, First Univeralist Society, John Watson, Amos Townsend, Pierce, Fayetta and Edgar Willrett divorce, Sarah VanArtsdale estate. | documents |
| 108 027 000 | Malta Veterans list no date | documents |
| 108 028 000 | Malta history from Cornsilk 1985. | documents |
| 108 029 000 | Copies of Glass negative photos, CD with photos. | documents |
| 108 030 000 | Blackhawk statue in Oregon Illinois | photos |
| 108 031 000 | Lincoln Highway plaque, contributor | Artifact |
| 108 032 000 | Original birth certificate, Virginia Leona Wenneston, 1902. | documents |
| 108 033 000 | Malta Memories "The Celebrated Past of Malta Schools, 2000" 5 copies | Book |
| 108 034 000 | Copy from DeKalb Chroncile Illustrated Souvenir, Malta history, C. W. Haish, J. C. Pierce, J. Orput, B. Smiley, F. Pease; 1985 Malta Township Financial report. | documents |
| 108 035 000 | Miscellaneous history, county history by Katherine Pierce, Malta History 1937 fish story, Charles Haish, Ezra Plapp, Dick Butler, Glen Butler, Mrs. David Plapp frozen to death, Lib Plapp, Bus auto accident 1950, Abbott trains trees, 1867 news Mr Place, Lynx shot, Forty Years Ago column from Sycamore True Republican, Ed Phelps, 1893 social news, Virginia Menmoth memories, Bridal Revue, Juanita Nelson, bridal gown, history notes by Ivan Prall . | documents |
| 108 036 000 | Scrapbook, Alice Zellar 1926; original in showcases, diary 1926, scrapbook 1926 - 1929. | documents |
| 108 037 000 | Surronding area not Malta, DeKalb map, Chicago street guide 1950, village of Hampshire history, DeKalb County property tax, 1982 DeKalb County history by Al Golden, DeKalb Post Office auction, Question for Mr. Prall from Third graders, copies of letters from Nap Pattersen civil war, Jacob Haish home, Great Train robbery of Kane County | documents |
| 108 038 000 | Transcripts of oral histories, Ivan Prall, Seedling Mile, Lincoln Highway, Ethel Lindgren, Elizabeth Busby, D. C. Needham, Grandpa Gommel by Dale Gommel, Virgie Butler, Daniel Corey. | documents |
| 108 039 000 | Malta murder, Charles Givens, copy of 1877 DeKalb County Commissioners Papers bill for digging grave and other costs of keeping Givens, inquest; original papers at Joiner History Room, wiskey and beer murder. | documents |
| 108 040 000 | 1877 birthday of Burns; auction Jean Smith; 1998 Eliminate Prohibition; Malta Grain and Feed; 1920 Olinger robery; 1931 Sheriff raid liquor sales Steve Sherkin; 1936 Chicago Board of Trade prices beef and hog markets; Malta water system 1989 and 2004 Dioxin; Inner city kids 1997; 1988 Sharon Brown new postmaster; Robert Cardine small town; 1980 editorial blame law not Adams; Dennis Dewey police chief; Beauty Boutique; Barn Dance; 1986 flood; 1967 snow. | documents |
| 108 041 000 | Malta fire souviner, B. B. Smiey original; Malta Largely in Ashes 1894 article about fire; Christmas cards to ElizabethVanArtsdale Ma Dedrick; World War II ration books, token holder, 1998 article written by Ivan Prall about DeKalb Wurlitzer plant and airplanes built there, droans. | documents |
| 108 042 000 | Malta United Methodist church anniversary booklets, 100th anniversary 1859 - 1959 (duplicate) | documents |
| 108 043 000 | Malta Congregational church miscellaneous transactions including 1894 personal property tax assessment, 1891 - 1893 bills, weekly offering envelope. | documents |
| 108 044 000 | Malta Congregational church annual reports and miscellaneous bills. | documents |
| 108 045 000 | Malta Congregational church booklets (duplicates) centennial year 1858 - 1958; 125th anniversary 1858 - 1893. | documents |
| 108 046 000 | Pipe Line construction 2008 - 2009, The Southern Lights Project, crude oil, Welded Construction headquarters in Malta. | documents |
| 108 046 000 | Photos of Welded Construction headquarters (aerial) and pipe line showing both pipes. 2008 new subdivision south west of Malta; Aerial Jonamac Orchard corn maze 2008; Aerial of village looking east 2008. | photos |
| 108 047 000 | NEGATIVE - Building west of bank before razing. Impeach Remfer sign. | photos |
| 108 048 000 | Post card, view of Little Indian Creek, Shabbona. | documents |
| 109 000 000 | NEGATIVES and Slides | photos |
| 110 000 000 | NEGATIVES and Slides | photos |
| 111 000 000 | SLIDES | photos |
| 148 000 017 | picture,Freeman, Letheby, Mace, Griswold, orig. in Box 001 | photos |
| Showcase 001 | Malta Centennial 1956 artifacts - yearbook, telephone book, newspapers, ribbons, banner, buttons, ashtray, scrolls, calendars, brick, plates, seedling mile brick. | Display Case |
| Showcase 002 | DeKalb Knights, sports, Little Ten Tournament, ribbons, scouts, birch log.. | Display Case |
| Showcase 003 | Haish Willett families, sea trunk, crazy quilt, shawl, camisole, painted bottle, curling iron, small rocker, Daw, see updated inventory book 2007 page 149 for detailed listing. | Display Case |
| Showcase 004 | Lion's club items, Plaques, badges, shirt, hat, banners | Display Case |
| Showcase 005 | Malta business, Charles Humberger, Willrett's, Nauyalis Corner Store, Spot-Lite Mart, Gardine Ditcher, Hotel Malta, Schools, Churches, bottles catalogues, grain scoup, Joe Pierce, Malta Bank, First National Bank, Hickey's, Malta Bank book, Keystone Kop badge, Malta centennial items, see updated inventory book 2007 page 154 for detailed listing. Ma Dedrick purses. | Display Case |
| Showcase 006 | Ma Dedrick and train items, Mrs. Dedrick's apron, Children's clothing, lace doiles, date nails. | Display Case |