ILLINOIS GENEALOGY TRAILS
HISTORY AND GENEALOGY

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If you arrived here without visiting all of Illinois Genealogy Trails, please visit us before you leave. We have military, census, various state records (some unusual), and many other online resources.

Illinois Genealogy Trails History and Genealogy Index Page

For State-related help on locating records, helpful hints and suggestions, see the Illinois Genealogy Trails help page. For State links to data online see our State Links page

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Links to FREE online databases on the web

ADAMS

Adams County, Illinois Genealogy Trails


ALEXANDER


Alexander County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

BOONE


Boone County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

History:  
Belvidere and Boone Co Community Website

BOND

McKendree Chapel Cemetery, Tamalco Township

Mt. Auburn Memorial Park, Greenville

BROWN

Brown County Online

Brown County in the Civil War

BUREAU

Bureau County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

CALHOUN

Calhoun County Online

CARROLL

Carroll County Illinois Genealogy Trails

Online databases
presented by the Carroll County Genealogical Society

CASS

Cass County Illinois Genealogy Trails

MAGA Website - Lots of Online Data!

CHAMPAIGN 

Champaign County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

Index to Baptisms/Confirmations/Marriages/Deaths from Lutheran Churches (Bethelem Evangelical, St. John's Evangelical, Evangelical St. Peters
"This Week in Champaign History" - Newspaper stories from the past issues of Champaign newspapersHistory of Sadorus - First settlement in Champaign county. Presented by the Village of Sadorus

CHRISTIAN

Christian County, Illinois Genealogy Trails
Berea Cemetery, Mosquito Township

CLARK

Clark County, Illinois Genealogy Trails 

CLAY

Clay County, Illinois Genealogy Trails


CLINTON
 

Clinton County, Illinois Genealogy Trails
Bill Couch's Clinton Co. Page.

COLES

Coles County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

More links to Coles County websites

COOK

Cook County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

Visit our Cook County website for more links dealing with Chicago & Cook Co.

CRAWFORD

Crawford County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

CUMBERLAND

Cumberland County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

Greenup Cemetery

More links to Cumberland County websites

DANE

NAME CHANGED IN 1840 TO CHRISTIAN

DEKALB

Dekalb County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church, Roselle, DuPage County, Illinois - Index to Baptisms/Confirmations/Marriages/Deaths

DEWITT

Dewitt County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

Evergreen Cemetery, Waynesville
Union Cemetery, Waynesville

Barnes Cemetery, Dewitt

DOUGLAS

Douglas County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

DUPAGE

Du Page County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

History:  
Graue Mill and Museum
Military:  First Division Museum at Cantigny

EDGAR

Edgar County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

EDWARDS

Edwards County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

Biographies of the following family names, located on Connie's Family History Pages:
Ben Batson Family, William Batson, William Knodell Family, William Melrose Sr., Benjamin Howard Sheperd Family, Skinner Family

Black Hawk War:
Enrollment List of Captain Solomon Hunter’s Company [located on Connie's Family History Pages]

EFFINGHAM

Effingham County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

 FAYETTE

Fayette County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

Burials/photos of selected Cemeteries in Fayette county

Faye Moreland's Family Website - including 1949 Telephone Book of Fayette Co. and obituaries

FORD

Ford County, Illinois Genealogy Trails
Find other links on the IL Trails Ford County page

ARNOLD genealogy



           
FRANKLIN
         

Franklin County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

Cemeteries:  
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Odd Fellows Cemetery-Benton
Osage Public Cemetery

Look Ups: 
Martha will do lookups for 1860 census

FULTON

Fulton County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

FOR LOOKUPS CONTACT JUDY GOODWIN

Fulton County Online


The Plainfied Quakers

Masonic Lodges of Fulton County

Military:


Pioneers:  
Nathan BEADLES of Lewistown

Writings:

 GALLATIN

Gallatin County Illinois Genealogy Trails

Family Website: The Dillards of Gallatin County

 GREENE

Greene County Online

MAGA website - Lots of online data here

 GRUNDY

Grundy County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

Gardner Braceville Cemetery, Coal City

History of Minooka - presented by the Village of Minooka

HAMILTON

Hamilton County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

Yesterdays of Hamilton County


McLeansboro Online - Stories concerning the only hanging in Hamilton, Earthquake of 1968, Tornado of 1925, various histories, etc.

Hauntings:  Lakey's Creek

Home pages: 

HANCOCK

Hancock County, Illinois Genealogy Trails


History:

 HARDIN

Hardin County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

 HENDERSON

Henderson County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

Community Histories

 HENRY

Henry County, Illinois Genealogy Trails
History:  History of Henry County

 Bishop Hill Colony - Utopia on the Prairie

IROQUOIS

Iroquois County, Illinois Genealogy TrailsEarly Canadian Settlers in Iroquois County

Biography of Allen Pinkerton and Larch Farm - View other related information at Genealogy Planet

Krumwiede Family

Onarga, Illinois - presented by Patricia Dissmeyer Goff

 JACKSON

Jackson County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

Cemeteries: Click here for various cemetery listings/photos

JASPER

Jasper County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

More links to Jasper County websites

 JEFFERSON

Jefferson County, Illinois Genealogy Trails 

Look Ups:
Martha will do lookups for 1971 Directory, Park Avenue Baptist Church , 900 Park Avenue, Mt Vernon, IL.

JERSEY

Jersey County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

 JO DAVIESS

 Jo Daviess County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

Famous People:  U.S. Grant

JOHNSON

Johnson County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

KANE

Kane County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

More links to Kane County websites

KANKAKEE

Kankakee County, Illlinois Trails

Kankakee County Death Index - presented by the Kankakee Valley Genealogical Society

KENDALL

Kendall County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery, Aurora


Excerpts from the Kendall County History - posted on the HOLLENBECK Genealogy website

KNOX

Knox County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

History of Knox County

History of Galesburg

Linwood and East Linwood Cemetery Listings & Maps presented by the City of Galesburg

Famous People:  Mary Ann "Mother" Ball Bickerdyke

LAKE

Lake County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

History:    Martin's General Store...of Old Mill Creek, Millburn, ILSelect their Historical Archives link and these are some of the items you'll find:

Highland Park Obituary Index for 1874-2001 - presented by the Highland Park Public Library

Barrington Courier-Review
Indexes for Birth, Deaths and Marriages 1890-2001

Barrington Area Cemeteries

LASALLE

La Salle County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

1850 Census of LaSalle County

History of LaSalle County


GOTTLIEB and MARTIN
Surnames from Ancestral Footsteps in the Sands of Time

John HOSSAK, Abolitionist

LAWRENCE

Champaign County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

LEE

Lee County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

History of Lee County

Lee County Historical Society website:

Lee County Genealogical Society Website (this is the genweb site, run by the Society)

LIVINGSTON

Livingston County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

1860 Census
(partial)

Dennis V Carter’s "Livingston County, Illinois, Family History: Genealogy"

LOGAN

Logan County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

History:  History of Logan County

Cemeteries:
New Union Cemetery, Lincoln
Old Union Cemetery, Lincoln
Steenbergen Cemetery (located on Connie's Family History Pages)

History of Mt. Pulaski (located on Connie's Family History Pages)

Early Land Purchases in Pulaski (located on Connie's Family History Pages)

Winter of the Deep Snow, 1830-1831 (located on Connie's Family History Pages)

MACON

Macon County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

Click here for selected Macon County cemetery listings/photos on courtesy of Wayne Hinton

MACOUPIN

Macoupin County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

MAGA website - lots of online data

MADISON

Madison County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

Selected Madison County cemetery listings/photos- courtesy of Wayne Hinton

Sons of Spanish American War Veterans - Nelson A. Miles Camp No. 610

U.S. War Veteran Memorial Markers in Collinsville, IL

MARION

Marion County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

MARSHALL

Marshall County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

History of Toluca

MASON

Champaign County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

History of Mason County

History of Havana, IL

MASSAC 

Massac County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

McDONOUGH

McDonough County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

Brief History of McDonough

McDonough County Genealogical Society


FOR LOOKUPS CONTACT
JUDY GOODWIN

McHENRY  

McHenry County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

"
Old Algonquin"

McLEAN

Champaign County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

Bits & Pieces of McLean County (aka McLean County Heritage) - Pam Haithcock's website filled with Newspaper excerpts, tax lists, histories, photos, obituaries, civil war letters

Found at AccessGenealogy.com:

  • History of Arrowsmith Township
  • History of Downs Township
  • History of Dry Grove Township
  • History of Money Creek Township
  • History of White Oak Township

McLean County in the Civil War

Genealogy:  The Bement Family History

MENARD

Menard County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

MAGA Website
- Lots of Online Data!

Gillespie City Cemetery
Masonic Lodges of Macoupin County

MERCER

Mercer County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

History of Mercer County

Mercer County, Illinois in the Civil War

Life Along the Mississippi River in the 1800's - New Boston & Eliza Townships

Keithsburg Chronicles - Family website. Obituaries

MONROE

Monroe County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

History of Waterloo

MONTGOMERY

Montgomery County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

MORGAN

Morgan County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

MAGA website - Lots of online data!

MOULTRIE

Moultrie County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

The History of Moultrie County and Sullivan, IL

EARP - Wyatt Earp and related lines

OGLE

Ogle County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

Ogle County History

Ogle County in the Civil War

Court Naturalization Papers Index, 1872–1906

PEORIA 

Peoria County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

Peoria County Illinois Genealogy Resources (AHGP)

1883-84 Peoria Directory

PERRY

Perry County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

History of Tamaroa Township
History of Du Qoin

Slideshow of historical pictures - presented by the city of Du Qoin

PIATT

Piatt County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

PIKE  

Pike County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

POPE

Pope County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

PULASKI  

Pulaski County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

      African American Resource:  Deb Davis Grand Chain Gang II

PUTNAM 

Putnam County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

RANDOLPH

Randolph County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

RICHLAND

Richland County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

ROCK ISLAND

Rock Island County, Illinois Genealogy Trails Civil War:  Confederate POW's Listed in Arkansas Units who died in Rock Island, IL Prison Camp.

The Path to Heaven - Rock Island Cemetery Listings

ST. CLAIR

St. Clair County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

Mascoutah Herald Obituaries, 1912-1971 - presented by the Mascoutah Historical Society

SALINE

SALINE County, ILLINOIS GENEALOGY TRAILS

SANGAMON

Illinois Genealogy Trails Sangamon County

Mary Marsh Cason, her life and her account of the Whitman Massacre in Oregon Territory.

MAGA website - Lots of online data here
Burials at Camp Butler
Photos of Prisoner of War Graves at Camp Butler

SCHUYLER 

Schuyler County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

SCOTT

Scott County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

MAGA website

SHELBY

Illinois Genealogy Trails Shelby County

Herrick Online:

STARK 

Stark Co., Illinois Genealogy Trails

Stark County Genealogy Resources
(AHGP)

STEPHENSON

Stephenson County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

Stephenson County Genealogy from Accessgenealogy.com

TAZEWELL

Tazewell County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

UNION 

Union County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

VERMILION

Vermilion County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

WABASH

Wabash County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

WARREN

Warren County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

Warren County History
- from the The Past and Present of Warren Co., Il, published in 1877 - presented by "Warren County Illinois Genealogy"

WASHINGTON

Washington County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

WAYNE

Wayne County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

Bethel (aka "Brushy") Cemetery located on Connie's Family History Pages

WHITE

White County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

WHITESIDE

Whiteside County, Illinois Genealogy Trails
History of Whiteside County   
1850 Census
Friends of Erie Cemetery

WILL

Will County Illinois Genealogy Trails

WILLIAMSON

Williamson County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

WINNEBAGO

Winnebago County, Illinois Genealogy Trails

WOODFORD

Woodford County Illinois Genealogy Trails

HOME PAGES WITH MULTIPLE COUNTIES


Connie's Family History Pages - For Illinois researchers, Logan and Edwards Counties are covered. Other states with data include Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon and Wisconsin.

Surnames:

EARP -
Wyatt Earp and related lines

HICKS - dealing with Hickses from West VA, Virginia, KY and Illinois

HUBBARD/STOCKARD Family in Bureau County

MARSH and HIMES -
various Illinois Counties, including Macon, Piatt, Clark, Wayne,Marion, Clay, McLean, Coles, Pike, Fayette, Shelby, Christian, Montgomery and Bond.

LANDON - Census project - listing all Landons in Illinois (as well as other states). Main page

Mystery Families - Submit your missing ancestors


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