. part of the Genealogy Trails Group Jasper County, Illinois Genealogy and History Welcome to the Illinois Genealogy Trails Jasper County website! This website is full of searchable genealogical data. This is not a site of just links - these pages are full of everything you need to find your family's history, including obituaries, biographies, marriages, birth notices, census data, cemetery listings and much more. My name is Kim Torp and as your county host I try to post as much data online as possible in order to make it freely available to all. We gratefully accept contributions of raw data such as census information, marriage/birth/death records, obituaries, county histories, biographies, old newspaper items - anything that would help someone build their family tree!!! Feel free to email me with your contributions - every little bit helps. These pages are updated frequently, so CHECK BACK OFTEN! All the information on these pages has been laboriously gathered at great time and expense by myself and some very generous volunteers. We welcome you to search for Jasper County families and history here.... HOWEVER, please respect the amount of effort we have put into this endeavor and DO NOT take anything from these pages to place on other websites. Feel free to link to this main page (only). Please read the copyright statement. And conversely, please don't submit information to me that you have copied off of another website.... I try very hard to obey copyright laws. *Can you identify anybody in this picture?** My Hicks Family My ancestors established their family homestead in this county in 1851. The Hicks homestead was located in Grove township, near the town of Gila and next to Kern's, "sometimes called Hicks", Graveyard. Immediate neighbors were the Eagleton, Jack, and Bolton families. Some families that married into my Hicks line were Wilson, Strole, Printz, Wright, Hinton, Linthicum and Thompson. My Hicks family also previously lived in Coles County, IL, Bracken County, KY and Kanawha County, WV before coming to Jasper County. More information on these locations can be found at my personal website at Hicks Genealogy Page **I regret that I do not have the time to perform personal research for you** But if you're related, email me NOTE: PLEASE CHECK YOUR LISTING ON THE RESEARCHERS LIST TO MAKE SURE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IS CURRENT. ONLINE DATA CENSUS DATA Vital Records - Birth, Marriage, Divorce, Death Records and Obituaries Cemeteries Land Records & Property Tax Excerpts Military Data Politics in Jasper County AND Legal Records Miscellaneous Data Items (Poor Farm, Letters from former residents, parties/reunions, hotel arrivals, "events" in the area) Data about Jasper Residents/Gossip Biographies from the Jasper Co. History book; newspaper gleanings; Jasper co. Families; Weather News History of Jasper County AND Photos of Jasper County School Records Research Aids and LINKS  What's New! View Updates to this Site. (Updates may not be immediately included)   Website Updates Feb 2012: Gossip news for HOLM, HENDRICKSON, THOMPSON, GEDDIS; Fire at Hidalgo in 1903 Nov 2011: DANFORTH family bio; Willow Hill Class Pictures for 1938, 1939, 1944 and a picture of the band; HOLM obit; LONG gossip news; TEETS-CARLSON wedding announcement. July 2011: Willow Hill Businesses and School additions: 1940 Class pix and 1946 Seniors Dec 2010: 1910 College Hill Class; Kern School Teachers; 1940/41 Dark Bend students July 2010: Picture of WEAVER House. Marriage Info for WEAVER-STARK Jan 2010: 1858-59 Marriages, 1912-1914 Probate Records, 262 birth records transcribed from the 1884 Birth Register; Teachers of Round Prairie School Nov 2009: Wills of SMITH, VANDERHOOF; 1921 Willow Hill Football Team picture with names July 2009: Burials in WARD Cemetery; FINNEY obit To be notified of updates to this Jasper County website and our other Illinois Genealogy Trails county websites, subscribe to the Illinois Genealogy Trails Mailing List Surrounding Counties: Coles County -- Richland County -- Cumberland County Clark County -- Crawford County -- Clay County Visit our National Website Illinois Genealogy Trails - Visit our main Illinois History & Genealogy Website Awards this Website has received This site was updated 13 July 2011 Message from the Webmaster Please understand that, while I do have a genealogical connection to Jasper County, I am not a resident there. 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