What a wonderful look at life in the mid-west in the 1800’s.  This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of McHenry County, Illinois and its people.

This is a scanned copy on CD of the original Book published in 1922.

History

of

McHenry County,

Illinois

By  Special Authors and Contributors

Volume 1 and Volume 2

Illustrated

Chicago:

Munsell Publishing Company

1922

950 pages on 1 CD

An essential resource for Genealogists

Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.

This book on CD is SEARCHABLE * 

CONTENTS

Volume 1

Chapter I. Topography, Geology and Natural Features

Chapter II. Indian Occupation
Chapter III. Early settlers and settlements
Chapter IV. Land titles
Chapter V. Organization and government
Chapter VI. Political representation
Chapter VII. Education
Chapter VIII. Churches
Chapter IX. Courts, bench and bar
Chapter X. Medical profession
Chapter XI. Journalism
Chapter XII. Banks and banking
Chapter XIII. Agriculture and county fairs
Chapter XIV. Dairy and live stock interests
Chapter XV. Railroads and industrial enterprises
Chapter XVI. Military
Chapter XVII. Days of mourning
Chapter XVIII. Personal reminiscences
Chapter XIX. Fraternal societies and organizations
Chapter XX. Public libraries
Chapter XXI. Woman's clubs
Chapter XXII. Miscellaneous
Chapter XXIII. Alden township
Chapter XXIV. Algonquin Township
Chapter XXV. Burton Township
Chapter XXVI. Chemung Township
Chapter XXVII. Coral Township
Chapter XXVIII. Dorr Township
Chapter XXIX. Dunham Township
Chapter XXX. Grafton Township
Chapter XXXI. Greenwood Township
Chapter XXXII. Hartland Township
Chapter XXXIII. Hebron Township
Chapter XXXIV. Marengo Township
Chapter XXXV. McHenry Township
Chapter XXXVI. Nunda Township
Chapter XXXVII. Richmond Township
Chapter XXXVIII. Riley Township
Chapter XXXIX. Seneca Township
Chapter XL. The part of biography in general history - Citizens of McHenry County and outlines of personal history - Personal sketches arranged in encyclopedic order

Volume 2

Biographical Index