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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
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.
Census Data at the Library
U.S. Census microfilm: We own 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.
Today's hours
We're open 1:00PM to 5:00PM
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.
