Several people said they would be glad to help get the Clinton County information onto the Clinton County ILGenWeb page if they knew what needed to be done. This is the first attempt to define what remains to be done. If any of you could volunteer to do any of the "To-Do" items below, please let us know about it so we can mark it on this listing to prevent two people from working on the same project at the same time. Some items may take an hour, some may take months. Please address your volunteer statement to Clinton County List.
Clinton County is one of the smaller counties of the state and does not have as much printed data available as some of the larger counties. Creating this list has been a surprise that this many items are hiding. Each item is a major find. This site belongs to all of us and anyone can input appropriate information. We would appreciate anything you can do to help get more data online. If you’re ever out and about and see any listing/document/ history that has any Clinton County/town/people/business/history, please get it if possible. Either (1) make a copy, type it up and send it in, or (2) get a copy and send it in or (3) send in the title and location of the information. If you find another source of the items listed, let us know that, too.
All copyright rules apply. If it is common public information, such as from the State or National Archives, there is no copyright. Under revised rules, if it is published by anyone before 1903, there is no copyright. If it is published after 1903, you must obtain snail mail written permission from the author if you intend to use it as they published it, without paraphrasing. For additional information, read Copyright Information HERE and ILGenWeb Archives File Submissions HERE. These say that anything published before 1923 is copyright free, which is the previous version. Either version could be right, it’s a bit hazy where the line is drawn at this time.
Other URL’s for the items mentioned in the "Location of Product" column below are:
· Mormon Family History Centers (FHC) either the FHCs throughout the country or http://www.familysearch.com/
· National Archives (NARA) call 1-202-501-5410.
· State of Illinois IRADs
· Rent from Heritage
· State of Illinois marriage project
· State of Illinois cemetery project
· State of Illinois census project
If you see something on another web page that you would like to see on this web page, tell us about it.
Linda & Dorothy
* following the number represents items that no one is working on that will impact most people
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LOCATION OF PRODUCT |
VOLUNTEER |
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Military Census Militia Roll , 1862-1863. All males from 18 to 45. |
Any Mormon Family History Center (FHC), the State of Illinois and any lending library. |
Laura Baumhueter Cordingley is transcribing. |
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Commercial History of Clinton County, Published July 1913 – A brief description of each business. |
Carlyle Library 977.3COM |
Completed - Laura Baumhueter Cordingley in FL– on line |
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3 |
Directory of Farmers & Breeders , 1920. Not duplicateof 1920 census |
Carlyle Library |
Laura Baumhueter Cordingley in FL– online |
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4 |
1850 Federal Census |
State of Illinois |
Carol Ryan-Spenader in FL has this on-line |
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1855 State Census – Clinton County – microfilm – Order # V122-6. New, silvered personal copy of microfilm received. |
State of Illinois/any lending library. Dorothy has a copy of microfilm for someone to borrow. |
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1865 State Census – Clinton County – microfilm – Probably taken after the Civil War ended? New silvered personal copy of microfilm received. (Same roll as the 1855 census) |
Sherry Peterson in WA has transcribed the East Fork portion in Spring 2001. Need more volunteers. | |
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7 to 10* |
1860, 1870, 1880 and 1900 Federal censuses have been printed and are under copyright for that publication. If someone wanted to also read the microfilm and publish their own version for the internet, that is permissible. But it could hurt the Historical Societies’ sales. Must follow established format. http://www.usgenweb.org/ |
State of Illinois or any lending library. Carol, Jean and Dorothy might have some microfilm/CD that you can use. Copies also in FHC, Carlyle, Greenville, & Belleville, etc. libraries. |
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1910 Federal Census – microfilm – Could be divided by: Breese, Carlyle, Clement, East Fork, Germantown, Irishtown, Lake, Looking Glass, Meridian, Santa Fe, St. Rose, Sugar Creek, Wade and Wheatfield. Must follow established format so it will mesh with the rest of the United States’ transcriptions. Need one transcriber and different proof reader. Can use excel/etc format. http://www.usgenweb.org/ |
Carol Ryan-Spenader in FL will do the Brookside portion from ordered CD. | |
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12 |
1920 Federal Census – Following established format so it will mesh with the rest of the United States’ transcriptions. We have one transcriber and different proof reader. |
Personal microfilm and microfilmed copies at Belleville and Carlyle libraries. Probably more locations. |
Jean Koehler in NC is transcribing from her CD. Dorothy is proofing from microfilm in IL. About half on line. |
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1930 Federal Census . Scheduled to be made public on 1 April 2002, falls under the 72 years privacy act. Could be divided by Township for transcribing. |
Nowhere yet. |
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14 |
1913 Plat Book – Identifies land owners, some businesses, some patrons. |
Property owners online. We need someone to copy the plats in the book to borrow from Illinois State Library. Or court house. | |
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15 |
Delinquent Tax Roll |
Laura Baumhueter Cordingley in FL working on it. | |
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16 |
Preservation Society |
Laura Baumhueter Cordingley in FL working on it. | |
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17 |
Old Settlers Association |
Laura Baumhueter Cordingley in FL working on it. | |
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18 |
Lake Branch Cemetery – DAR 1974 Inventory |
Laura Baumhueter Cordingley in FL finished. On Temp Page. | |
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19 |
Initial Land Purchases – First owners of land from the government. |
On the Illinois site |
Dolly Tamoria, Charlotte Silva and Nancy Bower are working this item. May be online Spring 2001. |
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20 |
Land Transactions after initial purchases. |
Carlyle Court House |
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Internal Revenue Lists for Illinois – 1862. Order National Archives microfilm publication: Microcopy # 764. Or order the Clinton County portion from Family History Centers. First year begins at the end of #1534562, the majority is on #1534623 and the last year finishes on the first part of #1534624. |
National Archives and Family History Centers. |
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26* |
Internal Revenue Lists for Illinois – 1863. |
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27* |
Internal Revenue Lists for Illinois – 1864. |
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28* |
Internal Revenue Lists for Illinois – 1865. |
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29* |
Internal Revenue Lists for Illinois – 1866. |
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32 |
1870 Mortality Schedule – Probably will never find a copy of this listing. A politician in Cook Co. borrowed the original back in the olden days and didn’t return it. But keep looking. First half of the alphabetical Counties. |
NOT at State, IRAD, FHC, NARA, NARA-Chicago or Broderbund CD #164 |
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32a |
Obituaries – Everyone who has obits from papers could type them in any word document or email and send to cspenader@charter.net |
Maybe newspapers, maybe your own files |
Everyone. |
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Cemeteries - The follow group have either not been read and/or published inventories. If it is a city or church cemetery, try to check your readings with those records, too. Also need re-readings for copyrighted cemeteries. |
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33 |
Ammons Cemetery |
Germantown Township |
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33.5 |
St. Boniface Cemetery in Germantown |
Cathy Rakers in ILL is reading cemetery, should be on line in Fall 2001 | |
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34 |
Chambers Cemetery |
Brookside Township |
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35 |
Dunbar Cemetery |
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36 |
Garrison Cemetery |
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37 |
Gilmore Cemetery |
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38 |
Jolliff Cemetery |
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39 |
Harpstrite Cemetery |
Looking Glass Township |
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40 |
McKee Cemetery |
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41 |
New Memphis Cemetery – Main city cemetery |
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41.1 |
New Memphis – family cemetery out in weeds. Contact Steve Kehrer at 588-4180 in fall or winter. Maybe 15 or 20 stones. |
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41.2 |
New Memphis – any thoughts on 100 stones that a farmer plowed under years ago? Steve mentioned it. Can this be the I. O. O. F. cemetery? |
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41.3 |
St. Peter’s Lutheran Cemetery in New Memphis |
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42 |
Resurrection Cemetery in New Baden |
Cathy Fox in IL | |
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43 |
St. Bernard Cemetery in Albers |
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44 |
St. Damian Cemetery in Damiansville |
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45 |
St. George Cemetery in New Baden |
Cathy Fox in IL | |
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46 |
Treloggen Cemetery |
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47 |
Unknown named Cemetery – SE Qtr of SW Qtr of Section 32, 1N5W3, Inactive |
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48 |
Unknown named Cemetery – SE Qtr of NE Qtr of Section 14, 2N5W3, Inactive |
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49 |
Jamestown Cemetery, SE/NW Section 2 3N4W3 |
St. Rose Township |
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52 |
Taylor Cemetery |
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53 |
Unknown named Cemetery – Halfway between St. Rose & Jamestown? Section 15, 3N4W3, Inactive |
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54 |
Knolhoff Cemetery |
Lake Township |
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55 |
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Hoffman |
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56 |
Lutheran Cemetery in Ferrin |
Meridian Township |
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58 |
David Nichols Cemetery |
Wade Township |
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59 |
Beckemeyer City Cemetery |
Tom Kruse in IL has completed this. On main sight. | |
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60 |
Poettker Farm Cemetery |
Sugar Creek Township |
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61 |
St. Mary’s Cemetery in Trenton – it might be computerized |
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St. Francis Cemetery in Aviston |
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63 |
Unknown named Cemetery – north of Aviston – Section 11, 2N5W3, Inactive – now owned by Feldman |
Katie Kollman & hubby from IL will inventory | |
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64 |
St. Cecilia Cemetery in Bartelso |
Santa Fe Township |
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65 |
St. Felicitas Cemetery north of Carlyle, Beaver Creek |
Wheatfield Township |
Tiffany Jansen in MO has partial listing on-line. |
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66 |
Unknown named Cemetery – Section 13, 2N4W3, Inactive |
Breese Township |
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67 |
Gerdes Cemetery |
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69* |
Churchs – Need a current listing of the names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers of all of the protestant churches in the County where people could write for records. And any remarks. Catholic addresses online. |
Clinton County |
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70 |
St. John’s UCC of Breese records – 1859 – 1981. Index, Holy communions, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, members, deaths. Burials are on-line. Order microfilm # 1876922 . |
Family History Centers, State of Illinois library or any lending library |
Janet Reed in NC ordered microfilm in Jan 2001. |
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71* |
St. John’s UCC of Trenton records – 1889 – 1949, prior records burned. Confirmations, baptisms, marriages, burials. Order microfilm # 1976581. |
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72 |
Shattuc Methodist Church . Includes history of church. "In My Father’s House" by Ruth Nighswander Riggs. Order FHC # 1007929. |
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75 |
St. George’s Catholic Church – Baptisms, Marriages, Communions, Burials |
New Baden |
Cathy Fox in IL |
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76 |
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church – Church records |
New Memphis |
Gloria Dettliff in MO is transcribing Spring 2001 |
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77 |
Amish-Mennonites – Maybe article about their presence in the county. |
Clinton County |
Jeanne McKenzie might try to find info |
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78 |
Evangelical Immanuel Church (Lutheran) - Carlyle – 125th Anniversary records |
Pam’s mom |
Pam Safriet will transcribe |
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83-5 |
All other church histories and records. |
Clinton County |
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86 |
Funeral homes – Need a current listing of the names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers of all of the current funeral homes in the County where people could write for records. And who might have records from out-of-business funeral homes. And any notes. |
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Listing of Funeral Homes’ records . At least these: |
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Brefeld Funeral Home |
Aviston |
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88 |
Frerker Funeral Home |
Beckemeyer |
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89 |
Bruegge Funeral Home |
Breese |
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90 |
Moss Funeral Home |
Breese |
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91 |
Frerker Funeral Home (Fire destroyed early records) |
Carlyle |
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92 |
Zieran-Day Funeral Home |
Carlyle |
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93 |
Moss Funeral Home |
Germantown |
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94 |
Hempen Funeral Home |
New Baden |
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95 |
Moss Funeral Home |
Trenton |
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95.1 |
Monument Companies – Names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and comments if they have any information to help genealogists |
Clinton County |
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95.2 |
Newspaper Offices – Names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and comments as to reproduction of articles. |
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96 |
Cemeteries – Driving instructions to most of the Clinton County cemeteries. |
Dorothy has started. Kathy Timmerman will do the graphics, ETA summer 2001. | |
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97 |
Nursing homes – Listing of names and addresses of current and previous nursing homes. |
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98 |
Hospitals – Listing of names and addresses of current and previous hospitals. |
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99* |
Deaths - County-wide – 1825 to 1850 |
Newspapers on microfilm? |
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100* |
Deaths – County-wide deaths – 1851 to 1877 |
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101* |
Deaths – 1878 to 1900 deaths |
Carlyle Court House [some] and the State of Illinois/IRAD/FHCs. One copy at O’Fallon FHC indefinitely. |
Laura Baumhueter Cordingley is working on it. |
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102* |
Deaths – 1900 to 1928 deaths |
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103 |
Marriages – 1825 to 1849 |
State of Illinois |
Laura Baumhueter Cordingley has transcribed all data for county, already on State. Online ETA Mar 2001 |
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104 |
Marriages - 1850 to 1874 |
Carlyle Court House [some], State of Illinois, FHCs, IRAD, Dorothy has microfilm you can use. Copy at O’Fallon FHC indefinitely. Dorothy will send excess file index for starting point of the 1878 onward. |
Dorothy Falk - IL has transcribed all data for State/ County. |
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105 |
Marriages -1875 to 1900 |
Dorothy Falk has transcribed the index for State/county data bases. | |
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105a |
Marriages – 1878 to 1900 – Need the rest of the data besides the index transcribed. |
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106 |
Marriages - 1901 to 1913 |
Dorothy has transcribed the index for the State/county data bases. | |
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106a* |
Marriages – 1901 – 1913 – Need the rest of the data besides the index transcribed. |
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106b* |
Marriages - 1914 to 1920 – State will now allow marriages to 1920 in the Illinois data base. |
Dorothy is transcribing the index for this group. ETA May 2001. | |
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106c* |
Marriages – 1914 – 1920 - Need the rest of the data besides the index transcribed. |
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107* |
Birth Record Record – 1877 – 1880 – Book 1 – Either whole book or make an index. |
Carlyle Court house, IRAD, FHC’s . One copy at O’Fallon FHC. |
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107a |
Birth Record Record – 1881 – 190? – Book 2 - Either whole book or make an index. |
Dorothy has started on Bk 2 – 1884-6. Stopped to do marriages. | |
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107b* |
Birth Record Record – 190? – 1915 – Book 3 – Either whole book or make an index. |
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108* |
Birth Record, Delayed – 1867 – 1928 – Either whole book or make an index. |
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109* |
Probate Court Files Index – Includes Estates, a few Wills, Commitments, Guardianship, |
IRAD, Family History Centers, Court House |
Circuit Clerk hopes to have this index online |
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109.1* |
Wills – Court clerk’s handwritten copy of the wills, including heirs. |
Nancy and John Moss – MO have partial on line. | |
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110 |
Probate Appraisement Record – |
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Estate files – 1855 – 1873. Index or Whole files. |
Family History Centers, Court House |
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111.1 |
Chancery Files – Index or whole files |
Carlyle Court House |
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111.2 |
Divorce Records – Index or whole files |
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111.3 |
Adoption Records – Index or whole files |
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112 |
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113 |
Deed Record – 1825 – 1915 – Index will go on line in Spring 2001 |
Court House, IRAD at Carbondale |
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114 |
Germantown ’s 1894 original document Assessor’s Book. Real Estate and Personal Property. |
IRAD at Carbondale |
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115 |
Santa Fe Township 1884 (1894?) Assessor’s book. John Boles passed it to Oswald Heinzmann who gave it to Rudolph Heinzman who gave it to Robert Stein who gave it to Norman Stein of Shattuc. |
Personal Possession |
Jim Stein – IL will check on this book. |
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Assessor’s Books – Where are the other 13 Clinton County Townships’ 1894 original document Assessor’s Books? County Assessor doesn’t have them. County Treasurer doesn’t have them. IRAD doesn’t have them. |
Has anyone seen them? |
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128* |
Election Returns – Illinois - 1818 – 1848. Published 1923. And Voting Registers. Order microfilm # 1035628. |
Family History Centers |
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129* |
Naturalization Records – Declarations, Finals, Entry Books 1857 – 1904 |
Carlyle Court House has originals, IRAD and FHC have microfilm. |
Circuit Clerk has completed the index, on line. |
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130 |
1809 – 1956 Clinton County Annals – Is there anything in here that is appropriate for our web page? One thin book. |
St. Louis County Library (south of I64 and Lindbergh) and Carlyle library |
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131 |
Need volunteer to make trips to a library that has microfiche of the all-Illinois lists of deaths and marriages to look-up information for out of state researchers. Trips at your convenience. Until these items get on-line. |
Some Illinois libraries and FHC |
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132 to 140 |
Organizations - history and membership of. |
Clinton County |
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141 |
WWI and II List of service men and women who served. FHC is working on WWI now, then will do the voluminous WWII next – could be 2003 or 2004 until completed. |
Not at the FHC yet. Are they anywhere else? |
Partial list of WW2 departures on line. |
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142* |
World War I Selective System draft registration cards 1917 – 1918, Clinton County. Order microfilm # 1504090 and 1504099. |
Family History Centers, NOT at State of Illinois. One copy at O’Fallon FHC indefinitely. |
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144 |
Militia, ranger and riflemen in Illinois record of services in protecting the frontier. 1810 – 1813. Clinton County was primarily part of St. Clair County during this time period, |
Family History Centers |
Completed 16 Nov 1999 by Dolly Tamoria – MO. |
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144a |
National Battlefields – Need information on our guys that are buried in National Battlefields. |
Could be online. Each Battlefield. |
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145 |
School histories |
Anywhere |
Everyone |
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146 |
Diaries, personal histories , anything for Clinton County people or for the County. | ||
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147 |
Photographs of people or places relative to Clinton County. | ||
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148 |
Graduates from schools. |
Clinton County |
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Need someone to volunteer to answer emails and queries on at least these three books: |
Anywhere |
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150 |
Meridian Township -After All These Years: A History of from Territorial Days |
Dorothy will do simple look-ups. Copies still available for sale. | |
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151 |
East Fork – Quick Family and township info |
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152 |
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153 |
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Other data bases |
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154 |
Civil War soldiers’ descriptions – by unit |
State of Illinois Archives. Microfilm has been ordered – ETA Spr 2001 |
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155 |
Civil War soldiers’ photos – by unit |
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156 |
Biographies – Type Clinton County portions of Portrait and Biographical Record – Clinton, Washington, Marion and Jefferson Counties |
State Libraries, personal copies |
Connie Albers in MO has begun – summer 2000 |
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157 |
Biographies – Type Clinton County portions of the 1881 History of Marion and Clinton Counties and |
Pam Safriet in IL has begun – summer 2000 | |
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158 |
Township histories - Type Clinton County portions of the 1881 History of Marion and Clinton Counties |
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159 |
Towns histories – Type Clinton County portions of the 1881 History of Marion and Clinton Counties |
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160 |
Church histories – Type Clinton County portions of the 1881 History of Marion and Clinton Counties |
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161 |
Other – Type your choice of Clinton County portions of the 1881 History of Marion and Clinton Counties |
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163 |
Excerpts from Keyesport newspaper - |
State Library has microfilm |
Penny Sanders – IL has completed the excerpting. |
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163.1 |
Excerpts from Carlyle newspapers |
State Library and Carlyle Library have microfilms |
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170 |
1850 – Federal Agricultural Census - it gives the amount of land, livestock (broken down by cows, sheep, horses, etc) and crops (wheat, rye, oats, etc). |
National Archives in Washington, DC, Illinois State Archives |
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171 |
1860 – Federal Agricultural Census and 1870 Evaluation of Acreage. For Heritage, both on V123-5. |
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172 |
1865 – Federal Agricultural Census – Post Civil War |
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173 |
1870 – Federal Agricultural Ce nsus. For Heritage, order # V123-13. |
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174 |
1880 – Federal Agricultural Census . For Heritage, order V123-25. |
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174.1 |
1850 – Federal Industrial Census |
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175 |
1860 – Federal Industrial Census |
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176 |
1870 – Federal Industrial Census |
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177 |
1880 – Federal Industrial Census |
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178 |
1850 – Social Statistics |
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178.1 |
1860 – Social Statistics |
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178.2 |
1870 – Social Statistics |
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179 |
1820 – Federal Manufacturing Census |
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180 |
1880 – Federal Manufacturing Census |
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181 |
1880 – Handicapped, Dependent & Delinquent Inhabitants |
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182 |
1825 to 1863 and 1874 to 1922 County Board Transcripts |
Illinois State Archives |