Source Information

Ancestry.com. Kendall County, Illinois Voters and Tax-Payers Directory, 1876 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: Biographical Directory of the Voters and Tax-Payers of Kendall County, Illinois. Chicago, IL, USA: Geo. Fisher, 1876.

About Kendall County, Illinois Voters and Tax-Payers Directory, 1876

This database contains a biographical directory of the voters and tax-payers of Kendall County, Illinois. Published in 1876, this work also contains a map of the county, a historical sketch of the county, a business directory, statistics about the county, and a listing of officers of societies, lodges, and other organizations. The directory of the voters and taxpayers is organized alphabetically by township and provides the name of the voter or taxpayer, their occupation, and other pieces of information about the individual such as where they are from, their birth place, their political affiliation, their religious affiliation, their address, or how much their home or farm is worth.

Directories are great sources for locating our ancestors in a specific time and place. Use the information listed about your ancestor in this directory to supplement information already known or to further your genealogical research. For instance, if your ancestor's political affiliation is listed, study what was going on politically at the time. Who was the president? What types of issues did Democrats and Republicans support? Studying these things will help you learn a little bit more about your ancestor and develop an idea of what kind of person he was.