Morgan County, Illinois Genealogy

United States Illinois  Morgan County

Parent County

 * 1823--Morgan County was created 31 January 1823 from Sangamon County. County seat:  Jacksonville

Record Loss
December 6, 1827 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research
 * http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424

Neighboring Counties

 * Brown
 * Cass
 * Greene
 * Macoupin
 * Pike
 * Sangamon
 * Scott

African American
The following have information concerning African American research.


 * African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records
 * Illinois State Archives pamphlet on African American Research describes what ;records are at the State Archives with an online method for ordering records.
 * African-American Resources for Illinois

Cemeteries
Illinois cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.


 * Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried. Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone.  May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.


 * Find A Grave also gives a list of cemeteries in Morgan County and links to the information for the individuals buried there.


 * Morgan Co. IL USGenWeb Tombstone Project usually gives the names of the deceased in alphabetical order by last name with birth and death dates plus any remarks.


 * Illinois Cemeteries by county.


 * The Family History Library Catalog lists . Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.


 * ePodunk list of Morgan County cemeteries gives the names of the cemeteries in the county with a link to more information such as address, phone number, and web site.

Military

 * Civil War Civil War service men from Morgan County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Morgan County.
 * - 33rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies F and K.
 * - 68th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company A.

Newspapers
Warren Haley's abstracts of thousands of obituaries published in Jacksonville newspapers between 1976 and 1996 are available online, courtesy: Researching Your Roots in Central Illinois.

Birth Records
Researching Your Roots in Central Illinois offers the following free online birth indexes:


 * Delayed Birth Records Morgan County IL 1858 - 1878
 * Delayed Birth Records Murrayville Area Morgan County IL (1870s-1910)
 * Morgan County Births 1880, transcribed from the Jacksonville Journal by Myra N. Martin
 * Waverly Delayed Birth Records (1870s-1910s)

Marriage Records
Researching Your Roots in Central Illinois offers the following free online marriage indexes:


 * Morgan County, Illinois Marriages 1926 - June 1938 (sorted by grooms)
 * Morgan County, Illinois Marriages 1926 - June 1938 (sorted by brides)

Death Records
Researching Your Roots in Central Illinois offers the following free online death indexes:


 * Death Dates Abstracted from Morgan County Estate Papers (1850s-1880s)
 * Morgan Death Records File#1, File#2
 * Death Dates Abstracted from an Administrators' Bond Book VI July 1849 to January 1861 Morgan County IL (abstracted by Florence Hutchison)
 * Coroner's Inquest Book A - Starting 1869
 * WWII Deaths from Morgan County, Illinois
 * Anderson Funeral Home Records: 1840-1849, 1850-1854, 1864-1865, 1865-1869

Web Sites

 * Morgan County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Morgan Area Genealogy (Researching Your Roots in Central Illinois) ****One of the best sites about Morgan County Genealogy. Includes Cemeteries, Census, Church Records, Civil War Records, Deeds, Funeral Home Records, Local Histories, Naturalizations, Obituaries, Old Settler Society Records, Probate Records, School Records, State Hospital Admissions, Tax Lists, Vital Records
 * Morgan Area Genealogy (Researching Your Roots in Central Illinois) ****One of the best sites about Morgan County Genealogy. Includes Cemeteries, Census, Church Records, Civil War Records, Deeds, Funeral Home Records, Local Histories, Naturalizations, Obituaries, Old Settler Society Records, Probate Records, School Records, State Hospital Admissions, Tax Lists, Vital Records