Illinois Genealogy

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Comment by Teresa Rogers on March 26, 2011 at 4:03am

I was born in Illinois but raised in ca. My Maiden name is Zimmer of Granite City Illinois. I recently discovered that I also have another surname in Illinois...Trout or Traut.

Comment by Cody Stewart on February 12, 2011 at 9:13pm

Hi,

 

I am researching my great great grandfather.  Joseph Vincent and his wife Sarah "Sally".  He was born in Macomb, McDonough and it looks like Sarah was also born in Illinois... just not sure where yet.  And they lived in Peoria for quite some time.  I've been reading the comments and it looks like there is some great sites that I haven't checked out yet.  Thank you for the hints :-)

Comment by Cheryl Rothwell on February 12, 2011 at 5:46pm

Earliest Records in Illinois Courthouses 

Please note that birth and death records were not absolutely mandatory until 1916 so having an earlier record doesn't mean a complete record. I have found [not in a scientific study] that the summer records are more likely to exist.

Comment by Harold Henderson on February 12, 2011 at 5:40pm

Cheryl's point is well taken. If Pope County cemetery and newspaper records have also failed to provide a death certificate substitute, you might want to check adjacent counties' birth and death records. If the obvious records don't appear there either, then you may need to research indirectly -- for instance, by studying your grandmother's siblings and potential siblings or cousins with her maiden name in the area. Plenty of families have been proven without the benefit of a piece of paper that identifies them in so many words. -- Harold

Comment by Linda Ruth Billington Stewart on February 12, 2011 at 5:16pm

I checked Pope County and the Regional Archives.

Comment by Linda Ruth Billington Stewart on February 12, 2011 at 5:15pm

I checked the county and the Regional Archives.

Comment by Cheryl Rothwell on February 12, 2011 at 3:55pm

There may not be a birth certificate. The earliest birth certificates in Pope are 1877 but all counties can be spotty before 1916. Ditto on the death certificates.

Pope has an 1890 census? I assume you mean 1900.

Comment by Harold Henderson on February 12, 2011 at 9:57am

Linda -- Where have you looked? Have you contacted the Illinois Regional Archives Depository at Southern Illinois University? -- Harold, midwestroots.net

Comment by Linda Ruth Billington Stewart on February 12, 2011 at 9:46am

Hello, I am searching for my grandmother's family. She was born in Pope county in 1896 but I can't find a birth certificate. I think her mother died in childbirth because her father was a widow in the 1890 Census. I can't find a death certificate for her mother, either. Where else can I look? These are the names I's researching:

 

Borthick

Ison

Gillespie

Doyle

 

 

 

Comment by Mary V Johnson on January 14, 2011 at 12:06am

My grandmother and grandfather lives in Illinois.  My grandfather William E. Gilmore was born in Chicago and got a law degree.  He married 2x, the second time to my grandmother Josephine Hardesty of Champaign Illinois.  I would like to know more about my grandfather;s lineage.  He had 2 sisters.

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