The following books have been generously shared with the museum by members of our community and those families that have ties to this area. These books are not indexed. We invite you to visit the museum to study these histories. This list will be updated as histories are received.
| Surname | Title |
| Ames | Ezra M. Ames and Orpha M. Ames |
| Baker | Family History – 10 Generations 1734 – 1984 |
| Bausman | Family Tree |
| Benson | The Benson Story – Dedicated to Arthur and Esther |
| Benson | From 1865 to the Present Thomas and Elizabeth Benson |
| Benson – Knutson | From Horse & Buggy to the Moon |
| Berg – Eames | Family History |
| Berg Family | Family History |
| Bleie to Bly | Norway to USA 1832 to present |
| Boland, Lyons, Donnelly, Horan & Hayes | A Study of Five Families |
| Breese | A History of the Breese Family – Part II |
| Brown – Jordal | Register Report of Families |
| Carlson – Larrson | Descendants of August Johan Carlson & Gertrude Alice Larson |
| Carlson – Mullins | Ernest Edward Carlson & Mary Ann Mullins |
| Carlson – Stram | Charles Leander Carlson & Nina Stram Family |
| Challand, Shirley | A Tribute – written by daughter |
| Challand | Life of a Century Lived by Henry Challand 1823 – 1923 |
| Challand | Reuben Challand, Jr. & Mary Emily Cutts |
| Charlesworth | William Charlesworth family |
| Chestnut | John Chestnut of County Antrim, Northern Ireland and His Descendants |
| Clapsaddle | Diary of Henry Clapsaddle |
| Clapsaddle | Clapsaddle Family Heritage Book |
| Clapsaddle | The Mohawk Valley Family – Clapsaddle Family History |
| Cocks – Bates | Descendants of Henry Cocks & Catherine Bates |
| Cody | Peter O. Cody Family 1818 – 1946 |
| Colton | Charles Wesley Colton Family |
| Cox (Cocks) Henry | Family Tree |
| Debolt | The Debolt Story 1739 – 2002 |
| Douglass | The Douglass Family |
| Dugan, Hickey,Cox, Ryan | Family History |
| Eakle | The Eakle Family of Progress Corner |
| Eames. | Soren Eames and Marth Olson Descendants |
| Eden – Edwards | A Family Search |
| Espe | Peter and Elias Families – Gold Rush Reunion |
| Ferguson – Boston | Family History |
| Field | The Family of Bennett Field |
| Firkins | George Leonard and Lydia Chappel Descendants |
| Firkins | Leonards and Firkins 1776 – 2009 |
| Gates | The Gates Family – A Brief Genealogy |
| Gingrich | Gingrich Genealogy |
| Govig, Hill, Espe | Traveling West in the Search for Gold in 1859 |
| Greeley, Powers, Fuller | Noah Greeley & Anna Powers |
| Greene | The James Green Family |
| Greene Family | The James Green Family |
| The Greens of the East Branch | Daniel Moon Greene — Ancestors and Descendants |
| Greentown | The Story of Greentown |
| Grove | The Grove Family History |
| Haines | Memoirs |
| Hallam & Isham | Memories of the Hallam & the Isham Family |
| Halverson | Sigur Halverson and Susanna Oldsdatter Tevito Descendants |
| Hanson – Espe | The Hanson Heritage |
| Hardy | Helen Hardy’s Memoirs |
| Hart – Malloy | The Tree of Hart – Patrick Hart and Mary Malloy |
| Henderson | The Henderson Family |
| Henderson | Our House of Hendersons |
| Henderson – Cooper | The Henderson and Cooper Families |
| Houghtby | The Houghtby Family |
| Hyde – Baker | The Hyde and Baker History |
| Johnson | Andrew and Sarah Johnson Family History |
| Johnson | John T. Johnson’s Descendants |
| Johnson | The Family of John and Elizabeth Johnson |
| Jordal | The Jordal Family |
| Keene – Merritt | The Keene and Merritt Family History |
| Kirby – O’Donnell | Descendants of James Kirby & Mary O’Donnell of Alto Twp., Lee Co., Illinois |
| Lake | The Lake Family |
| Landes – Oberholtzer | Descendants of Abraham Landes and Magdalena Oberholtzer Landes |
| Larson | John Larson Family |
| Malmberg | History of Lee, Illinois and The Malmberg Family |
| Mickelson | The Mickelson Family Archives |
| Mueller | Hallie Mueller – My Life as a Teacher |
| Mullins | The Mullins Family |
| Mullins – Storey | Mullins – Storey Scrapbook |
| O’Donnell, Dugan, Hickey, Minnehan | Family History |
| Olmstead | The Olmstead Family History 1632 – 2006 (Two Parts) |
| Olson | John Heartfield (Hjerthager) Olson |
| Olson – Ovesdatter | Ole Olson and Brita Ovesdatter Family History |
| Ostewig | The Ostewig Family |
| Ostewig | K. O. Ostewig 1842 – 1902 The Sage of the Mississippi |
| Overby | The Overby Family |
| Piercy | Memoirs of Blanche Piercy |
| Quilhots | Quilhots in America |
| Ray – Enders | Ancestors and Descendants of John Ray and Elizabeth Enders |
| Risetter | Lars Risetter Family |
| Severson | Sevie Andrew Severson and Anna Tomane Olson |
| Shreffler | Period of Nostalgia by Keith Shreffler |
| Storey’s | Memoirs |
| Stryker | Memoirs |
| Todd | From Then to Now |
| Todd | Tidbits From the Pass |
| Todd | Ye Book of Todd |
| Town – Grove | Towne Family Historyand Others: Ellen M. Town, William Grove, Delia Pine |
| Trumpour | Paulus Trumpour Register Report |
| Tysdale | The Tysdale Family Tree 1807 – 1971 |
| Waterman | Memories of the Early Years The History of Waterman, IL |
| Weber | The Weber Family History |
| Wright | Descendants of Hamilton Wright |
| Wrigley | The Wrigley Family History |
