Bond County, Illinois Genealogy

United States Illinois  Bond County

Parent County
4 January 1817: -- Bond County was created from Madison County.

Places/Localities
To see a list of places in Bond County, click on [Show], above. The preceding list of places includes incorporated cities and towns, unincorporated towns and communities, and place names that may have been used in family histories. Some have well-organized records and even have web sites. Some are simply social communities with no official records, but which may be referenced in small-town newspapers. The list is provided to help researchers identify localities within the county. As records or histories of these localities are identified, a page will be added for each of these place names.

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

Archives and Libraries
IRAD Depository LIB 144 University of Illinois at Springfield One University Plaza, MS BRK 140 Springfield IL 62703-5407 Telephone: (217) 206-6520

Cemeteries

 * 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 Bond County and links to the information for the individuals buried there.


 * Bond 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.

Census
For tips on accessing census records online, see Illinois Census.

Court Records
IRAD Holdings

Some of the major court records for the county collected from the various courts include


 * Circuit Court Records 1831 to 1870
 * Circuit Court (Chancery) Records 1843 to 1875
 * County Court Case Files 1890 to 1962
 * County Court Judgment Dockets 1890 to 1926
 * County Court Records 1854 to 1963
 * County Court (Chancery) Records 1859-1871
 * Jail Registers 1906 to 1955

Births
IRAD Holdings


 * Birth Certificates 1899 to 1970
 * Birth Records 1877 to 1923
 * Birth Records Index 1877 to 1911
 * Delayed Birth Records Index 1890 to 1921
 * Corrected Birth Records1896 to 1952

Marriages
IRAD Holdings


 * Marriage License Application 1909 to 1971
 * Marriage Licenses 1937 to 1970
 * Mariage Records 1821 to 1937
 * Marriage Record Index 1821 to 1970

Deaths
IRAD Holdings


 * Death Certificates 1889 to 1907
 * Death Records 1878 to 1972
 * Stillbirth death Certificates 1889 to 1907
 * Death Records Index 1878 to 1927
 * Burial Permits for Veterans 1932 to 1965

Websites

 * Bond County ILGenWeb (The USGenWeb Project). May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * Bond County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Bond County Fact Sheet (Illinois State Archives)