part of the Genealogy Trails Group WELCOME TO POPE COUNTY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY POPE COUNTY WAS FORMED IN 1816 FROM PORTIONS OF GALLATIN & JOHNSON COUNTIES. This county is currently available for adoption. Should you wish to adopt this county or submit data to this site, please review our Illinois Trails Volunteer Information page to read our info and then contact Kim If you have research questions, please refer to the Illinois Genealogy Trails Research Help page. Here we have FAQ's, Resource links and step by step suggestions/instructions to help you along with researching your ancestry in the state of Illinois. Until this county is hosted, we regret that we are unable to assist you with your research. Pope County Historical Society P.O. Box 837 Golconda, IL 62938 Pope County Courthouse Golconda, IL 62938 POPE COUNTY DATA POPE COUNTY HISTORICAL REMINISCENCES Register of Pastors from the Golconda Presbyterian Church Members of the Golconda Presbyterian Church - 1819 to 1911 History of the Golconda Presbyterian Church - from the 1879 "History of the Presbyterian Church in the State of Illinois" Cemeteries and their Locations(NEW!) INDEX TO BIOGRAPHIES --- Descendants of James King 1850 MORTALITY INDEX 1860 MORTALITY INDEX NEWSPAPER ARTICLES CRIME DEATHS ELECTIONS ESTATE SETTLEMENTS FORECLOSURES LEGAL SALE STEAMER (RIVER) NEWS BIRTHS "H" Surname --- "L" Surname --- "T" Surname DEATHS World War 2 Casualties from Pope County DATA FOUND AT ILLINOIS GENEALOGY TRAILS State Data - Includes the Illinois State Prisoner database, newspaper database and much more Events - The many events throughout Illinois' history Military - RW Soldier burials, Pensions, Census, Civil War, WW I and II Census - A list of online census, county and state-wide Mailing List - Join the Illinois Genealogy Trails Mailing list LINKS TO SURROUNDING COUNTIES Hardin / Johnson / Massac / Saline / Williamson Visit our new National GENEALOGY TRAILS site GENERAL ILLINOIS LINKS The Illinois State Archives Online databases include state-wide marriage and death index. Much more! Federal Land Patents Online St. Louis Catholic Cemeteries Illinois State Historical Library Many thanks for visiting! Return To The Illinois Genealogy Trails County Selection Page ©2000-2008, Illinois Genealogy Trails