History of Plano, Illinois
I have an extensive database of many early Plano families. Please contact me for more information.

Obituary Index of the Plano Record
This is a work in progress. So far I have only indexed January 2003 - July 2008
Obituaries - January 2006 - July 2008
Obituaries - January 2003 - December 2005

Early Newspaper Extractions Referring to Plano

Text of a speech by H. A. Adams on the Future of Plano, Jan. 8, 1856

"The Town Cupid Forgot"
A July 16, 1905, article from the Chicago Tribune on Plano's shy bachelors.

The Sears Family before 1836

The Sears Family since 1836

The Cox Family before 1840

The Cox Family since 1840

The Hadden Family before 1838

The Hadden Family since 1838

Link to Kendall County GenWeb site

Allied family lines

The Pomeranians and Luxemburgers

The Papenfuss Family
of Pomerania, Germany and La Crosse, WI

The Lehman Family
of Kries Pyritz, Brandenberg, Germany, and La Crosse, WI

The Michels Family
of Waldbillig, Luxembourg and Aurora, IL

The Tietz Family
of Pomerania, Germany and La Crosse, WI

The Marquardt Family
of Kreis Neu Stettin, Pomerania, Germany and La Crosse, WI