Search Catalog Search Website
Note: For NewspaperArchive, you will be required to register your email and click on the verification link to create a password. Check your junk or spam folder if you don't see the email. Once you have created an account, you can use it to log in anytime you are visiting NewspaperArchive through the library's links.
NewspaperArchive introductory video
Microfilm is viewable on the library's new microfilm reader, which allows you to capture copies and email or print them. The library may also InterLibrary Loan microfilm from other libraries for you to view at our library. This service is available to Fremont Cardholders only. If requesting film from outside the U.S. fees may apply for shipping costs. Call or stop by the Adult Help Desk for more information.
Chicago Tribune: The library holds a few random microfilms from October 1980, May 1982, and April 1987. We can InterLibrary Loan reels from other libraries.
Lake County Independent: Feb. 1893 - Dec. 1907
LC Ind./Waukegan Weekly Sun: Jan. 1906 - April 1916
Libertyville Independent: Apr. 1916 - Dec. 1929
Lake County Register: Jan. 1922 - April 1930
The Independent-Register: April 1930 - Dec. 1987
The Herald: April 1971 - March 1984
The News-Sun: Jan. 1988 - Dec. 2003
Mundelein News: Jan. 1999 - March 2006
Mundelein Review: Jan. 1999 - September 2019
Mundelein Journal: March 2006 - Jan. 2007
Grayslake Journal: April 2007 - Feb. 2009
The library has yearbooks for local schools in our Local History section. They do not check out, but you may view them in the library and make copies.
Libertyville Township High School Nautilus 1930-1933
Libertyville High School Nautilus various years 1955-1985
Mundelein High School Obelisk 1961-2024
Carmel High School Spirit 1998-2001
The Fremont Public Library is located in Mundelein, Illinois and part of Fremont Township. Records going back to the beginning of settlement in the area can be found in numerous places.
Free access to eBooks and images of Chicago and Illinois history, including Mundelein via this link.
The Fremont Township Clerk's office has the Township board meeting minutes back to 1850. They have listings of people registered to vote in 1868, 1870, 1871 and 1873. They also have a list of people who voted in the election of 1897.
To ask about records held by Fremont Township, contact:
Fremont Township Offices
22376 Erhart Road, Mundelein, IL 60060
Phone: 847-223-2847
Fax: 847-223-2858
U.S. Census microfilm: The Library owns the reels that include Fremont Township covering every decade census from 1820 to 1930 (except for 1890).
We also have the Lake County, IL Census data in book form for the following dates:
1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1900 | 1930
We also have an Index in book form of the Lake County, IL Military Census of 1862
For more information on genealogy in Lake County, try the Lake County (IL) Genealogical Society or the Lake County ILGenWeb site.
We also have the Illinois Death Index by Name for all deaths in Illinois from 1950 and earlier on microfiche.
In honor of the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, members of the Fremont Library community shared their personal World War II memories. You can view them here.
601 East Noel Drive
P.O. Box 582
Mundelein, IL 60060
Phone: 847-566-7743
Former Mundelein Soo Line depot converted into a museum. Exhibits feature railroad memorabilia, pioneer tools, business machines, quilts, 1774 flint-lock gun, war uniforms and weapons and Diamond Lake artifacts. 1890 caboose on site.
The Lake County Clerk's Office has the following vital records:
Marriage Licenses - back to 1839
Birth Records - back to 1871
Death Records - back to 1877
For current fees and restrictions on requests for vital records, contact the clerk's office at 847-360-6630 or visit their website .
Before March 1, 1839, the area now comprising Lake County belonged to a bewildering number of government bodies. To see the changes in Illinois county borders, go to Illinois County Boundaries - 1790 - Present.
Records of wills and probates are kept by Clerk of the Circuit Court. These records go back to the 1830s. Indexes of the wills are kept at the probate desk at the Circuit Court office.
For more assistance searching genealogy in Lake County contact The Lake County (IL) Genealogical Society.
The Library can assist with searches for obituaries we may have in our microfilm and/or online collections of local newspapers for patrons who do not live in district. To submit a name to be searched, please include as much information as you can about the individual in an email to the Adult Help Desk. A librarian will assist you within 5 days.
Have a Fremont Library Card? Try Heritage Hub to search local newspaper obituaries!
