Woodford County, Illinois Genealogy

United States Illinois  Woodford County

Parent County

 * 1841--Woodford County was created 27 February 1841 from Tazewell and McLean Counties. County seat:  Eureka

Neighboring Counties

 * LaSalle
 * Livingston
 * Marshall
 * McLean
 * Peoria
 * Tazewell

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 Woodford County and links to the information for the individuals buried there.


 * Woodford 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 Woodford 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.

Maps
Woodford County, El Paso and Metamora 1876 from the David Rumsey Map Collection.

Military

 * Civil War Civil War service men from Woodford 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 Woodford County.


 * - 51st Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company D.
 * - 77th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies C, F, and H.
 * - 85th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company E.
 * - 86th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company A.

Web Sites

 * Woodford County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History(Linkpendium)
 * Woodford County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History(Linkpendium)