Edgar County, Illinois Genealogy and History  Welcome to the Illinois Genealogy Trails Edgar County website.  This website is available for adoption! If you have any data you would like to contribute to this county's website: family histories and genealogies, biographies, births, marriages, deaths, obituaries, cemetery and census data, county and town histories, newspapers, family, group or class pictures, old postcards, &c., please SEND IT TO US. WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU. We do our best to present free material that will help you research your family in Illinois and many times, forego our own personal research to do so. WE HAVE SET UP A RESEARCH HELP PAGE TO ANSWER MOST OF THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT RESEARCH IN ILLINOIS. PLEASE REFER TO THIS PAGE BEFORE CONTACTING US FOR HELP. THANKS! About the Genealogy Trails Group Need help with your research in Illinois? Visit the Illinois Genealogy Trails research help page . Lots of pointers and suggestions on locating records. Edgar County was formed in 1823 out of Clark County. It was named for Irishman John Edgar who was an officer in the Royal Navy who switched sides during the Revolutionary War rather than fight the colonists.  He became a a pioneer merchant, politician and land speculator in early Illinois. Townships in Edgar County Brouilletts Creek Buck Edgar (Bloomfield) Elbridge Embarrass Grandview Hunter Kansas Paris Prairie Ross Shiloh Stratton Symmes Young America Communities in Edgar County include: Incorporated Cities and Towns Brocton Chrisman Elbridge   Grandview   Hume Kansas Metcalf Paris Redmon Vermilion Unincorporated Villages Edgar Horace Bloomfield Our Online Data SEARCH OUR SITES Cemeteries Biographies Obituaries Vital Records Edgar County Death Index 1916-1915(A - J Surnanes online) Miscellaneous Death Listings The Edgar County 1844, 1845 and 1846 Delinquent Tax List Edgar County Misc. Births and Marriages Cummins Family Births and Marriages Will of William Craig Newspapers Edgar County Obituaries Edgar County Newspaper Clippings Census 1818 Census of Crawford - Includes present Edgar County Land Records Deed Book 1825-1832 Military Edgar County Revolutionary War Soldiers Roster of the 79th Illinois Infantry WW II Casualties Civil War Soldier's Burials Miscellaneous Data  Convicts in the Joliet Prison Queries & Research  Archived Queries from 2002-2003  Recent Updates If you need help with your research, please visit our Illinois Research Help page. You'll find many helpful suggestions, resources and links. For resources specific to Edgar County, see Edgar County Resources Join the Illinois Genealogy Trails Mailing List to be kept notified of updates Don't miss visiting the State areas of Illinois Genealogy Trails, linked below. Illinois State Military Includes Revolutionary War Soldiers buried in the State of Illinois, Revolutionary War pensioners, the 1840 Illinois State Military Census, the War of 1812, the Civil War and more. Illinois State Data Includes State-wide history and data, including our new Illinois Prisoner Register project. Illinois Events Events in Illinois, including epidemics, earthquakes and more. Illinois Census Visit the Illinois Counties surrounding Edgar: Clark Coles Douglas Vermilion   Vigo County, IN Vermillion County, IN   EDGAR COUNTY RESOURCES Edgar County, Illinois Courthouse 115 West Court Street Paris, IL 61944 (217) 465-4151 County Clerk's Office holds Land Records Vital Records (birth, death and marriage) Circuit Clerk's Office holds Divorce Records Probates and Wills Other Court Records Be sure to call before you send your request for prices and guidelines *A list of dates records are available can be found on our Courthouse Earliest Record Holdings page Edgar County Historical Complex Edgar County Records held at IRAD - To search, enter EDGAR in the County box Illinois State Archives Military, Marriage, Death Index and other online databases. Copyright and Disclaimer The information contained on the pages of this site is free for your personal use, however the original data remains copyrighted by the individual contributors.  The particular compilation  of the data in the format presented herein is copyrighted for use by Genealogy Trails History Group. As such, this data is not to be used for profit, or for presentation elsewhere without express permission of the owner, nor should the data presented on these pages be presented in such a way that the work appears to be part of another site (i.e. frame-capturing).  Every effort is made to insure that all texts, pictures and other data presented here were obtained from sources for which permission has been obtained or the copyright has expired.  © 2009-2012 Genealogy Trails History Group © 2006-2008 Kevin Ortman and Illinois Genealogy Trails History Group