Galena (Ill.). Treasurer: Galena Block Book Tax Records, 1836-1924
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Contents List

Container Title
Reel   1
Assigned Vol. No.   1
“Record Book, 1836” (Tax Sales Record)
Scope and Content Note: Original survey and resurvey; land sale records.
Reel   1
Assigned Vol. No.   2
“1860-1871” (Miscellaneous Records)
Scope and Content Note: Cemetery and interment records noting date, age, disease.
Reel   1
Assigned Vol. No.   3
“Record Book, 1836” (Tax Sales Record)
Scope and Content Note: Land and tax sale records. Severe deterioration.
Reel   1
Assigned Vol. No.   4
“Tax Book, 1838” (Assessment Roll)
Reel   2
Assigned Vol. No.   5
“Tax Book, 1850” (Tax Roll)
Scope and Content Note: Tax roll of real and personal property. Water damaged.
Reel   2
Assigned Vol. No.   6
“Tax Book, 1851” (Tax Roll)
Scope and Content Note: Real and personal property.
Reel   2
Assigned Vol. No.   7
“Record Book, 1852” (Tax Roll)
Scope and Content Note: Includes school tax records.
Reel   2
Assigned Vol. No.   8
“City Treasurer's Fiscal Report May 1923 to May 1, 1924” (Miscellaneous Records)
Scope and Content Note: Disorganized. Includes water works funds, municipal disbursements, and balance on hand.
Reel   2
Assigned Vol. No.   9
“Tax Book, 1852-1870” (Tax Sales Records)
Reel   2
Assigned Vol. No.   10
“Tax Book, 1853” (Tax Roll)
Scope and Content Note: Includes sidewalk levies.
Reel   2
Assigned Vol. No.   11
“Tax Book, 1854” (Assessment Roll)
Reel   2
Assigned Vol. No.   12
“Tax Book, 1855” (Tax Roll)
Scope and Content Note: Heavy water damage.
Reel   2
Assigned Vol. No.   13
“West Galena Tax Book, 1855” (Assessment Roll)
Reel   2
Assigned Vol. No.   14
“Assessor's Rolls, 1856” (Tax Roll)
Reel   2
Assigned Vol. No.   15
“Assessor's Book, 1858” (Tax Roll)
Reel   3
Assigned Vol. No.   16
“Tax Book, 1859” (Tax Roll)
Scope and Content Note: Some pages difficult to read.
Reel   3
Assigned Vol. No.   17
“Galena Block Book, 1859” (Assessment Roll)
Scope and Content Note: Includes table of contents.
Reel   3
Assigned Vol. No.   18
“Block Books, 1860” (Assessment Roll)
Scope and Content Note: Contains an insert for the first through fifth wards. Some is unreadable.
Reel   3
Assigned Vol. No.   19
“Real Estate Record Book, 1860” (Tax Roll and Miscellaneous Records)
Scope and Content Note: Includes sidewalk and lamp taxes. Also includes orders for sale for back taxes and a listing of the stockholders in the Minnesota Packet Company.
Reel   4
Assigned Vol. No.   20
“Galena Block Books, 1861” (Assessment Rolls)
Scope and Content Note: Include Upper and East Galena.
Reel   4
Assigned Vol. No.   21
“Real Estate, 1861” (Tax Roll and Miscellaneous Records)
Scope and Content Note: Includes a list of shareholders in the Galena, Dubuque, Duluth and Minnesota Packet Company.
Reel   4-5
Assigned Vol. No.   22
“Real Estate, 1862” (Tax Roll)
Scope and Content Note: Includes railroad alterations.
Reel   5
Assigned Vol. No.   23
“Galena Block Book, 1862” (Tax Roll)
Reel   5
Assigned Vol. No.   24
“Real Estate, 1863” (Tax Roll)
Scope and Content Note: Some pages difficult to read.
Reel   5
Assigned Vol. No.   25
“Tax Book, 1863” (Tax Roll and Tax Sales Record)
Scope and Content Note: Includes tax sales records for 1864-1866.
Reel   5
Assigned Vol. No.   26
“Block Books, 1864” (Assessment Rolls)
Reel   6
Assigned Vol. No.   27
“Real Estate, 1864” (Tax Roll)
Scope and Content Note: Some pages hard to read.
Reel   6
Assigned Vol. No.   28
“Galena Block Book, 1865” (Assessment Roll)
Reel   6
Assigned Vol. No.   29
“Real Estate, 1865” (Tax Roll)
Scope and Content Note: Hard to read.
Reel   6
Assigned Vol. No.   30
“Galena Block Books, 1866” (Assessment Rolls)
Reel   7
Assigned Vol. No.   31
“Real Estate, 1866” (Tax Roll)
Scope and Content Note: With corrected valuation.
Reel   7
Assigned Vol. No.   32
“Real Estate, 1867” (Tax Roll)
Scope and Content Note: Includes war tax.
Reel   7
Assigned Vol. No.   33
“Assessment Rolls, 1867” (Assessment Roll)
Scope and Content Note: Assessment for special tax due to judgment against Galena.
Reel   7-8
Assigned Vol. No.   34
“Special Tax, 1867” (Tax Roll)
Scope and Content Note: For judgment tax.
Reel   8
Assigned Vol. No.   35
“Block Books, 1867” (Assessment Roll)
Reel   8
Assigned Vol. No.   36
“Real Estate, 1868” (Tax Roll)
Reel   8
Assigned Vol. No.   37
“Block Books, 1868” (Assessment Rolls)
Scope and Content Note: In poor condition.
Reel   8-9
Assigned Vol. No.   38
“Real Estate, 1868” (Tax Roll)
Scope and Content Note: For judgment tax.
Reel   9
Assigned Vol. No.   39
“Real Estate, 1869” (Tax Roll)
Scope and Content Note: Some pages water-stained.
Reel   9
Assigned Vol. No.   40
“Galena Block Books, 1869” (Assessment Rolls)
Scope and Content Note: Water-stained.
Reel   9
Assigned Vol. No.   41
“Special Tax, 1869” (Tax Roll)
Scope and Content Note: Includes list of municipal bond purchasers.
Reel   10
Assigned Vol. No.   42
“Special Tax, 1870” (Tax Roll)
Reel   10
Assigned Vol. No.   43
“Galena Block Books, 1870” (Assessment Rolls)
Scope and Content Note: Dark and water-stained.
Reel   10-11
Assigned Vol. No.   44
“Real Estate, 1870” (Tax Roll)
Reel   11
Assigned Vol. No.   45
“Real Estate, 1871” (Assessment Roll)
Scope and Content Note: For judgment tax.
Reel   11
Assigned Vol. No.   46
“Real Estate, 1871” (Tax Rolls)
Reel   11
Assigned Vol. No.   47
“Galena Block Books, 1871” (Assessment Rolls)
Reel   11
Assigned Vol. No.   48
“Galena Block Books, 1872” (Assessment Rolls)
Reel   11
Assigned Vol. No.   49
“Real Estate, 1872” (Assessment Roll)
Scope and Content Note: For judgment tax.
Reel   12
Assigned Vol. No.   50
“Galena Block Books, 1872” (Assessment Rolls)
Reel   12
Assigned Vol. No.   51
“Real Estate, 1872” (Tax Rolls)
Reel   12
Assigned Vol. No.   52
“Galena Block Books, 1873” (Assessment Rolls)
Reel   12
Assigned Vol. No.   53
“City Tax, 1873” (Tax Roll)
Reel   12-13
Assigned Vol. No.   54
“Bond Tax, 1873” (Assessment Roll)
Scope and Content Note: Assessment for city bond to pay judgment against Galena. Some pages unreadable.
Reel   13
Assigned Vol. No.   55
“Bond Tax, 1874” (Assessment Roll)
Scope and Content Note: Assessment “for special taxes to pay principal and special taxes to pay interest and costs, of a judgment in favor of Henry Amy, (in pursuance of an order of the United States Court)....”
Reel   13
Assigned Vol. No.   56
“Galena Block Book, 1874” (Assessment Roll)
Scope and Content Note: Difficult to read.
Reel   13
Assigned Vol. No.   57
“City Tax, 1874” (Tax Rolls)
Scope and Content Note: Unreadable through the “N's.”
Reel   13-14
Assigned Vol. No.   58
“Galena Block Books, 1875” (Assessment Roll)
Scope and Content Note: Hard to read in spots.
Reel   14
Assigned Vol. No.   59
“Bond Tax, 1875” (Assessment Roll)
Reel   14
Assigned Vol. No.   60
“City Tax, 1875” (Tax Roll)
Scope and Content Note: Includes list of insurance companies.
Reel   14-15
Assigned Vol. No.   61
“Galena Block Books, 1874, 1876” (Assessment Roll)
Scope and Content Note: 200 pages missing.
Reel   15
Assigned Vol. No.   62
“Bond Tax, 1876” (Assessment Roll)
Scope and Content Note: Assessments to pay judgment tax. Hard to read.
Reel   15
Assigned Vol. No.   63
“Galena Block Books, 1876” (Assessment Roll and Tax Sales Records)
Scope and Content Note: Some pages difficult to read.
Reel   15
Assigned Vol. No.   64
“City Tax, 1876” (Tax Roll)
Reel   15
Assigned Vol. No.   65
“Lots Sold for Taxes, 1855” (Tax Sale Records)
Reel   15-16
Assigned Vol. No.   66
“Record Book, 1870-1877” (Miscellaneous Records)
Scope and Content Note: An indexed miscellaneous volume including municipal operating cost records and receipts for licenses.
Reel   16
Assigned Vol. No.   67
“Taxes for 1886” (Tax Roll)
Scope and Content Note: Arranged alphabetically with undefined x and o markings. Bad physical condition.
Reel   16
Assigned Vol. No.   68
“Record Book, 1891-1897” (Miscellaneous Records)
Scope and Content Note: Ledger of receipts and disbursements.
Reel   16
Assigned Vol. No.   69
“Galena Block Book, undated” (Assessment Roll)
Scope and Content Note: In poor physical condition.