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Illinois Genealogy Trails Website, dedicated to the Genealogy
and History of Clark
County, Illinois. Your Clark County Host is Kevin. My Clark County ancestors are: Doran,
Hardway, Becknell & Colvin.
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server and are updating our files. Please be patient and
check back if some of the links do not work. Thank you.
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welcome to browse the information on these pages and at the many links
provided to garner the data needed to continue your research into your
family history. However, please remember that this information, in many
cases, represents years of painstaking research on the part of Genealogy
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or transcribed:
family histories and genealogies, biographies, births, marriages,
deaths, obituaries, bible, cemetery and census data,
county and town histories, newspapers, family, group or class pictures,
old postcards, &c.,
please send it to ortmank@yahoo.com.
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About the Genealogy Trails Group
Click on the links below to browse the data, or
enter your search in the form.
* This will
search Clark, Crawford & Edgar Counties
Clark County is located in Southeastern
Illinois. It was originally part of the Northwest territory.
The first pioneer settlement was York, on the Wabash (Ouabache)
River, before 1816. The present county
was formed
out of Crawford
County in 1819, just a short time after Illinois became a
state. At that time, the northern border of Clark County ran all the
way to what would become Wisconsin. The County was named for George
Rogers Clark, whose fame came mainly from his exploits on the
Illinois frontier during the Revolutionary War. The first settlers came
from Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky. Many were veteran soldiers of the
War of 1812. Settlement increased after the construction of
the National Road through
the county. Clark County's first
County Seat was at Aurora, on the Wabash River. The County Seat was moved to Darwin in 1823 when
the good citizens of Aurora realized
that the River could flood higher than they could build. In 1839, a
county-wide election was held to decide on a new County Seat. The
contenders were Marshall,
and Auburn.
The tempers were high as the voting day drew near and the tension grew.
In spite of Auburn changing it's name to Clark Center, Marshall won the
day and has been the County Seat of Clark County ever since.
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| Where to find Records in
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Clerk's Office:
Clark County
Clerk
County Courthouse
501 Archer Ave
Marshall, IL 62441
Phone: (217) 826-8311
Office Hours: M-F 8:00am - 4:00pm
Genealogy Research:
Birth & Death records
begin in 1877, marriage records begin in 1819, land records in 1818.
There is a charge for photocopies
Marriage
Certificates and Marriage
applications are $5.00 each
Birth Certificates
after 1916 must be
certified.....Fee: $9.00
Certified Certificates of Death.....Fee: $9.00
No requests are
handled over phone, requests
must be submitted in writing with checks made payable to the Clark
County Clerk and including a self-addressed, stamped envelope
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Clark
County Genealogical
Society
521 Locust Street,
Marshall, IL 62441
(217) 826-2864
Hours: 12:30 - 3:00pm Thurs-Sat
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