History & Genealogy
of
Champaign County,
Illinois

Towns & Cities in Champaign County:
Allerton, Bondville, Broadlands, Champaign,
Fisher, Foosland, Gifford, Homer,
Ivesdale, Longview,
Ludlow, Mahomet, Ogden, Pesotum, Philo,
Rantoul, Royal, Sadorus, Savoy, Sidney,
St. Joseph, Thomasboro, Tolono, Urbana

The County Courthouse is located at:
Champaign County Courthouse
1776 E. Washington
Urbana, IL 61802

OFF-SITE LINKS:

Urbana Free Library:

• Champaign County Historical Archives

• Historical and Genealogical Index

• Champaign County Genealogy Society

• News Gazette

• Champaign Public Library

• Illinois State Archives Database

• Museums in Champaign County, Illinois honoring various citizens of the county

• "This Week in Champaign History" - Newspaper stories from the past issues of Champaign newspapers

• History of Sadorus - First settlement in Champaign county. Presented by the Village of Sadorus

• Family Search

• Other Genealogy Resources for Champaign County, IL

• History of Urbana's Mrs. Barr Subdivision

• Champaign County ILGenWeb project (NEW!)

Visitor
Since 10 April 2007

Hello, My name is Donald Aikman, I am the Coordinator for the Champaign County IL Genealogy Trails.

If you have information that you feel would be helpful to other researchers and would like to contribute or if you find a error or a broken link please contact:Donald Aikman

Please put Champaign County in the Subject line

Illinois Genealogy Trails, part of Genealogy Trails, is a not-for-profit ALL-VOLUNTEER organization whose goal is to put as much genealogical and historical information online for the free use of all researchers. Visit often to see what's new....

I regret that I do not have the time to conduct personal research !

ON-SITE DATA:

• 1840 Census

• Newspaper Clippings

• Champaign County Residents listed in the Joliet Prison Convict Register (ongoing project)

• Read about the Alton prison breakout attempt of Champaign county resident John W. Hall, alias William Lindsay (on our Madison County website)

• County History (1901)

• Obituaries (updated!)

• Cemeteries

• Burials:

• Homer Cemetery

• Eastlawn Cemetery

• Woodlawn

• Mount Hope

Handy Tidbits:

• Champaign County Post Offices

• Family Relationship Chart

• Meaning of Carvings on Tombstones

• Land Measurement Guide

  Did you ever want to know what it meant when it stated the property was so many Rods or Links long in a deed or abstract? With this guide you will be able to understand .

Civil War (NEW!)

• Champaign Co Regiments

• Champaign Co in Missouri Regiments

• G.A.R Halls

  This is a old list of mine so if I have a wrong post number
  or if you know of others that I don't have listed please let me know.

• 1862 Letter home

  Letter from Private Chauncy Smith, 3rd Missouri Cavalry
  to Samuel Hyde also from the 3rd Cavalry, both are from Champaign.

• Illinois Colored Regiments

  If you know of More Soldiers that I don't have listed
  please let me know, I will be happy to list them.

• Ex-Slaves

  I have only found five as of yet but i'm sure there are more .

• SCHOOLS

  Do you have any old school pictures to contribute ? I would love to add them !

• Biographies

  Coming soon

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Neighboring Counties:

[Piatt]  [Douglas- Adopt me!] 
[Vermilion]  [Ford]
 

WANTED:

Searching for early pictures of Towns and Cities in Champaign County. If you have a picture that has not been seen before and you wouldn't mind sharing with others please email me.


[ If used on this site the copy rights to all the pictures will remain with the contributor. ]

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This website was updated on May 2, 2008