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Subject: [ILKANE] New Kane County Publication
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 16:21:13 -0400

New Publication from the Kane County Genealogical Society

Approximately 10 years ago, in an effort to address storage
issues, the Kane County Circuit Court began to microfilm
probate records and remove the original records to a
landfill. Upon learning of this course of action, the Kane
County Genealogical Society lead the effort to preserve
these valuable documents by coordinating the distribution of
the original records to 12 historical societies throughout
the county--a 2+ year project.

As a result of the distribution, an index revealing the
location of the probate records was not readily available.
To assist family historians in furthering their research,
the KCGS worked with the historical organizations to create
an index of the probate court records.

>From listings created by some organizations and assisting
other societies in the organization of their records, KCGS
is proud to announce the newest publication: Index to: Kane
County, IL Probate and Guardianship Records, housed in local
historical societies.

This publication contains approximately 34,000 entries
covering the span of probate records from county inception
in 1836 through the late 1950's and includes: name or names
on the probate file or guardianship file, year of death or
guardianship bond, the society housing the original record,
and contact information for the organizations holding the
records.

The spiral book contains 188 pages and costs $35 postage
paid for KCGS members or $40 postage paid for non-members.
Orders will be delivered after September 7, 2003.

To place an order send a check or money order to:
Kane County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 504
Geneva, IL 60134

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