researching land records on the kane county website

This tutorial has been set

up for the purpose of

helping people research

city records at the Kane

County Recorder’s

Website.

Begin by navigating to:

http://www.kanecountyrecorder.net

You should end up at the page

shown on the next slide

Click “Land Records Search”

This will bring

you to the

page shown

on the next

slide

First Search

through the older

records

(1837 to 1982)

by clicking

“Tract Books”

We will now go through an

example of researching a

section of land

Therefore you will

concentrate on the lower

half of the webpage as

shown on the next slide

Click through the choices at the bottom for

the township (Geneva), section

number, and quarter section you are

researching. Then click the first page in the

last column. This will immediately take you

to a track book page similar to the one

shown on the next slide

The next slide shows a

view of this same page

with a zoomed view

On this page you can see an

entry for the city of Geneva

as Grantee for this parcel.

(The document type is a

QCD or quit claim deed)

By reading across this

row, you can determine the

document

number, book/page

number, grantor, grantee, do

cument type, date of

document, date of

recording, and description

summary

You can transcribe this

information and place the

URL into your database

We will now go through an

example of researching a

subdivision

Therefore you will

concentrate on the upper

half of the webpage as

shown on the next slide

Click through the choices at the top for the

town (Geneva), subdivision, and block

number (if applicable) that you are

researching. Then click the first page in the

last column. This will immediately take you

to a track book page similar to the one

shown on the next slide

The next slide shows a

view of this same page

with a zoomed view

On this page you can see an

entry for the city of Geneva

as Grantee for this parcel.

(The document type is an

easement)

By reading across this

row, you can determine the

document

number, book/page

number, grantor, grantee, do

cument type, date of

document, date of

recording, lots, and

description summary

Now, we will search for

sections of land with

documents dated between

1982 and the present

In the left

sidebar, click

“Advanced”

This brings up a

page like the one on

the next slide

Let’s search first for the

grantor in the section of land

we are researching

We are looking for

The city of Geneva as

a grantor

And we are looking at

Section 3 Township

39 Range 8, the NE

quarter section

Once you have input your

search parameters, click

“Search” at the top of the

page.

This will take you to the

results of your search. The

page will be similar to that

on the next sheet.

Although you can see a lot of the

document info here, you can also

click the paperclip to bring up the

actual document. The URL to be

placed in the database is the URL

of the actual document.

You should also go back and follow

through these same steps looking

for the city as the grantee

Now we will search the newer

records (between the years

1982 and the present) for

records in a subdivision.

Go back to the “Advanced”

choice in the menu at the left.

This will bring you to a page

similar to that on the next slide

Let’s search first for the

grantor in the section of land

we are researching

We are looking for

The city of Geneva as

a grantee

And we are looking at

Westhaven

Subdivision

Note: to get the subdivision

code, see the next slide

To find the subdivision code to

be used as the search

parameter, click “Lookup

Subdivision Codes” under the

box where you input the code.

This brings up a window shown on the

next slide where you can search for your

subdivision and find the code

Once you have all your

search parameters in

place, click “Search” at the

top of the page. This will

bring up a page similar to

that shown on the next slide.

Although you can see a lot of

the document info here, you

can also click the paperclip to

bring up the actual document. A

sample document is shown on

the next slide. The URL to be

placed in the database is the

URL of the actual document.

You should also go back and

follow through these same

steps looking for the city as

grantor

Thank you for taking the

time to go through our

tutorial!

Questions:

Pam Broviak

pbroviak@geneva.il.us