Putnam County, Illinois Genealogy

United States Illinois  Putnam County

History
The county is named after Revolutionary War Major General Israel Putnam (1718-1790).

Parent County

 * 1825--Putnam County was created 13 January 1825 from Fulton County. County seat: Hennepin

Places / Localities

 * Putnam County Gazetteer (by Home Town Locator)

Neighboring Counties

 * LaSalle
 * Marshall

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. Completeness of these listings varies widely.


 * Find A Grave also gives a list of cemeteries in Putnam County and links to the information for the individuals buried there. There is also a map of cemeteries in Putnam County  (may not be complete). You can click on map entries to get to a particular cemetery listing.


 * Putnam 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.


 * Putnam County Cemetery Site links by Linkpendium


 * Florid, Putnam, St Francis Cemeteries Transcriptions by Illinois Genealogy Trails


 * Search by name Boyle Family Cemetery, Mount Palatine Cemetery, Putnam Cemetery, Saint Francis Cemetery by Internment.net


 * Illinois Cemeteries by county (by Access Genealogy)


 * 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 Putnam 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

 * Township map of Putnam County
 * Outline of Putnam County Over Google Map --  by Home Town Locator

Military

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


 * - 77th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company B.

Vital Records
Early Marriages in Putnam County (1831-1844), courtesy: ILGenWeb

Web Sites

 * Putnam County Links, Illinois Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * IL Gen Web Putnam County Site
 * Illinois Genealogy Trails Putnam County Site
 * USGenWeb Archives Putnam County Site
 * Rootsweb Putnam County Site
 * Rootsweb Putnam County Site