Please note: The website that hosts our local newspapers and obituary index is currently down. Please use Newspapers.com for newspaper access or contact us for assistance.
Frequently Asked Questions
See our House History Guide.
Please note: The website that hosts our local newspapers and obituary index is currently down. Please use Newspapers.com for newspaper access or contact us for assistance.
Online
Index: Libertyville newspaper index 1894-1932
Full-Text:
- Lake County Independent
- Lake County Independent and Waukegan Weekly Sun
- Libertyville Independent
- Lake County Register
- Newspapers.com Library Edition (requires a CMPLD card for access outside the library). Includes:
- Little Fort Porcupine
- Waukegan Weekly Gazette
- Lake County Independent
- Libertyville Independent
- Lake County Register
- Libertyville News
- Daily Herald
- America’s News
Includes the Libertyville Review, Vernon Hills Review, and Daily Herald
Microfilm
- Little Fort Porcupine (1845 – 1847 select issues)
- Waukegan Weekly Gazette (1850 – 1886 select issues)
- Lake County Independent (February 1894 – April 21, 1916)
- Libertyville Independent (April 28, 1916 – 1929)
- Lake County Register (January 7, 1922 – April 1, 1930)
- Independent-Register (April 3, 1930 – December 1987)
- The News-Sun (January 1988 – December 1999)
- Daily Herald (January 1999 – 2023)
- Libertyville News (1932 – 1941)
- Libertyville Review Oct 1982-Dec 2004 (Cook Park Library)
- Vernon Hills Review July 1960-December 2004 incomplete (Aspen Drive Library)
Newspapers
- Little Fort Porcupine (1845 – 1847 select issues)
- Waukegan Weekly Gazette (1850 – 1886 select issues)
- Lake County Independent (February 1894 – April 21, 1916)
- Libertyville Independent (April 28, 1916 – 1929)
- Lake County Register (January 7, 1922 – April 1, 1930)
- Independent-Register (April 3, 1930 – December 1987)
- The News-Sun (January 1988 – December 1999)
- Daily Herald (January 1999 – 2023)
- Libertyville News (1932-1941)
Local records
- High School Board of Education Board Minutes (1916-1926)
- Libertyville Township Highway Commissioners Record (1888-1972)
- Libertyville Township Town Record (1850-1965)
- School Trustees, Superintendent of Schools/ESR Record Book Minutes (1841-1866)
Research Online:
- Libertyville’s Historic Milwaukee Avenue Walking Tour – historical photos and background information on Milwaukee Ave. buildings
- Maps
- Newspapers available online:
- Libertyville newspapers (1894 – 1932) – Temporarily unavailable, access via Newspapers.com
- Newspapers.com Library Edition (requires a CMPLD card for access outside the library)
- Obituary Index (1894-2004) – Temporarily unavailable, contact us for assistance
- Online Exhibits – includes Made in Libertyville, Mail Order Houses, Growing Up in Libertyville in the 30s and 40s, and more
- Photos, Postcards, Documents – Over 3,900 items from the Libertyville Historical Society collection of the Illinois Digital Archives
- Telephone Books (select years 1904 – 1959)
In person:
- Books – search the local history book collection in our catalog for use in the library
- Local History File – Over 900 Subject and House Folders with newspaper clippings and other print materials
- Maps
- Sanborn Maps – Illinois (in-library use only)
- Map File Inventory
- Microfilm (see FAQs for inventory)
- Newspapers
- Libertyville Review (October 1982-December 2004, incomplete, at Cook Park Library)
- Vernon Hills Review (July 1960-December 2004, incomplete, at Aspen Drive Library)
- Telephone Books (select years 1913-2010)
- Yearbooks
- Libertyville High School (1918-1942, 1944-2011, 2014, 2015, 2022 at Cook Park Library)
- Vernon Hills High School (2001-2012 at Aspen Drive Library)
- Mundelein High School (1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968 at Cook Park Library)
- Carmel High School (1968, 1972, 1976-1979, 1981 at Cook Park Library)
- Highland Middle School (1953-56, 1958-1960, 1962, 1963, 1970 at Cook Park Library)
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