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Monroe County, IL Genealogy

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Welcome to Monroe County, IL
Genealogy
 

This county is adoptable.
See this webpage for more information if you are interested.

Note: some of these links will take you to a Rootsweb site. Unfortunately, Rootsweb has posted the following information recently:

  • Mailing Lists Archives (last updated in 2020) will be retired on 6 April 2023 and migrated to an alternative, free platform. Once migration is complete, we’ll provide a link to them on the RootsWeb home page.
  • WorldConnect family trees (last updated on 9 August 2021) will be retired on 15 April 2023 and migrated to Ancestry as a new free-access collection later in the year. For help removing a tree or its content, contact us.
  • Hosted websites will become read-only beginning in early 2024. At that time, all logins will be disabled, but hosted sites will remain on RootsWeb as static content. Website owners wishing to maintain their sites must migrate to a different hosting provider before 2024.

Welcome to the Monroe County ILGenWeb Project website. The ILGenWeb project is seeking new volunteers to assist it in developing county, and town project sites. If you have some spare time and are interested in history and genealogy and like helping others find their ancestors, please let them know. See ILGenWeb Adoption Information for more information!

A County website such as this is made up of many different volunteers who have provided genealogy data, sometime countywide, but most of the time specific to their family research within Monroe county. It is these contributions that have made this county website what it is today.

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The Illinois counties surrounding Monroe County are St. Clair and Randolph.

Monroe County Data

Monroe and Surrounding County Helpful Links

Census Records
Index to the 1818 Monroe County Census Book 1820 Monroe County Census Census Lookups - 1820 - 1860 - Click here to request a lookup
1820 Census Index

1830 Census Index

1850 Mortality Schedule
1930 Census Columbia Precinct-Township

 
Birth, Death, Marriage Records
Transcribed Monroe Co. Births Scanned Birth Records Transcribed Marriages
Scanned Marriage Records Transcribed Deaths Monroe County Marriage Records  

Grooms Index     Brides Index

Deaths
Obituaries Scanned Death Records  
Scanned Funeral Card Collection St. Clair County Funeral Cards

 

Monroe County Cemeteries
Monroe Co Cemetery List Cemetery Listings and Tombstone Pictures Grave Yards in Illinois - Monroe County
Clicking on GPS coordinates will display Google Map of selected cemetery
Search for cemetery records in Monroe County at Findagrave.com

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Court Records
Wills and Probates Chancery Court
Bk-1 1835-1905
Chancery Court
Sec A Box 70 1852-1859
Chancery Court Records - A73 & A75-A80 Index Book #2 Chancery Court
A81 - A89 Index Book #3
Chancery Court
A-90 to B3 Index Book #4
Chancery Court
Drawers B-4 thru B-15, Index Book #5
Chancery Court
B-16 thru B-31 Index Book #6
Chancery Court
B-16 thru B-31, Index Book #6
Chancery
B-32 thru B-47, Index Book #7
1816 Monroe County Taxpayers Justice Court Records
(Justice of the Peace Henry Reichenbach)
Heinrich Kemp Naturalization Papers 1857-1859 Misc. Documents / Agreements Immigration Records
Military
Military records at the Illinois State Archives Civil War Regimental and Unit Histories Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Monroe County
Civil War Soldiers Buried in Monroe Co Civil War Soldiers (Photos) WWI Soldiers of Monroe County
WWII Soldiers World War II Army Casualties American Legion Post 581 Veteran Grave Registration Records 1927-1945 by Albert C. Metter
Korean War Soldiers Korean War Project Vietnam Conflict Casualties - Searchable Archive
James Lemon Letters James Lemon Monument / DAR Dedication Robert Lemon (Article about very early pioneer times in Illinois) Submitted by Janet Flynn
Revolutionary War Records

Camp Shelby Induction 1918
(Monroe County Boys who entrained for Camp Shelby, Mississippi,)

Camp Taylor Induction 1918 (Monroe County Boys Who Entrained For Camp Zachary Taylor, KY)
Federal Pension Roll of 1883 Spanish American War Veterans buried in Illinois

Monroe County Servicemen Buried Overseas
Churches - Schools - Clubs - Groups - People (Pictures)
Churches Schools Groups and Organizations From Around The County
People of Monroe Co Unidentified Photographs Can you name them. Monroe County Surnames
2007 Family Reunions - Submit your reunions here Kate Miles Photo Album The Ancestry of Esther Kraus
Church Records
St. Paul's UCC
Family Letters Photos Album from the Families of Rodenberg, Koester, Koch, and Ulrich Teresa Rosemann Autograph Book
News Articles, Towns, Pictures, Directories and Maps
PICTURES Views around Monroe County
1875 Monroe County Map 1875 Maps by Townships Monroe County
Monroe County Plat Book 1918 Prairie Farmers Directory
Pages 1-185
Pages 186-323
Historical Homes and Buildings in Columbia, IL
Newspaper Articles News Articles 2 News Articles 3
News Articles 4 Old Advertisements East St. Louis, Columbia and Waterloo Railway Official Timetable
History of Monroe County
1883 Monroe County History Portrait and Biographical Record of Monroe Co. 1894 Short Historical Sketch
Whiteside Family References Indian Hostilities in Monroe County 1786-1795 Cash Book For the Town of Columbia Starting 1859 to 1901
From: The Territorial Papers of the United States, Volume II; The Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, 1787-1803
Monroe County when it was part of the Territory.
History of Columbia and Columbia Precinct 1859-1959
Columbia's Centennial Celebration July 3, 4 and 5, 1959
Index to the Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory (Dawes)
Resources
Monroe County Publications NOTICE!! Monroe County Veterans Books Are Here
Click here for order form.
The Monroe County Genealogy Society is happy to announce the arrival of the new book - Veterans of Monroe County, IL.
Monroe and Surrounding County Helpful Links
Monroe County Genealogy Society Brickwall Site
Submit Your Monroe County Brick Walls Here
Libraries Monroe Co. Genealogy Society Visit here for more Monroe Co Resources
Monroe Co. Communities Illinois State Records Monroe Co. Historical Society
Monroe Co Independent USGenWeb Archives - Illinois The Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois

Monroe County Illinois Trails
Famous Illinoisians with Civil War Ties (BLM) - Search for Illinois Land Patents Ellis Island Online
Old School Annual Yearbook Project German History - Virtual Library Monroe County Directory
Genealogy Place
a free genealogical search engine

Babel Fish Translation Locate Communities and Places
Old Newspapers, mostly NY area.
However, the newspapers included many little tidbits about Illinois
The Political Graveyard Monroe Co., IL Preserving Photos and Documents
GenealogyBuff (free)    
Research
Genealogy Related Newsgroups Care of grave stones Passenger Lists on the Internet
Map of Bavaria What symbols on grave stones mean Social Security Death Index
Melungeon History Free Genealogy Forms GNIS Geographical Locator
Handy Relationship Chart Maps of Germany. Catholic Parish Addresses in Germany
GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) New Ship Lists at Castlegarden Missouri Death Certificates 1910-1955
St. Louis, MO. Probate Court Database St. Louis, MO.Coroner's Inquest Database Perry County Genealogy Society
A Brief History of the Civilian Conservation Corps 1933-1942    

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