Welcome to Clay County History & Genealogy presented by Illinois Genealogy Trails Part of the Genealogy Trails Group Volunteers Dedicated to FREE Genealogy This county is available for adoption! Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data for the free use of all researchers. If you would like to volunteer to help us add data to this website and/or become host of this county site, please view our Volunteer Information page and email Kim (A desire to transcribe data and the know-how to make a basic webpage is required) This County website currently does not have a host. This means that there is no one available to help answer your questions about this county's history or to help you with your family's genealogy within this county. If you need help getting started with your research, please visit our Research Page where you will find links to the available online databases, as well as links to the most helpful researching sites. Census New 1840 Complete Census History Birth Records Cemeteries Obituaries Marriage Records Clay Co. Townships Portraits of the Past Newspaper Stories [Updated] Clay Co. Lookups Wills & Probates Land Records Death Records Bible Records Join our Mailing List    Website Updates 12 May 2008: Newspaper Stories Visit the Illinois State Site Surrounding Counties Marion Deanna Henaghan Richland Needs Adoption Fayette Needs Adoption Jasper Kim Torp Wayne Laurie Selpien Effingham Judy Edwards ©2000-2008 Illinois Genealogy Trails The data from 2003-2004 was submitted by host Vicki Martin. Copyright includes all contents of this site. It may not be quoted or retransmitted without a full citation to the author, and may not be put into print -- in whole or part -- without the individual author's express permission. Submitters retain all copyright, along with the hosts.