Quincy, Adams County, Illinois Genealogy

United States Illinois  Adams County  Quincy

Biography

 * History of Quincy and its men of mark, or, Facts and figures exhibiting its advantages and resources, manufactures and commerce; pub. 1869
 * James D. Morgan collection at the Historical Society of Quincy &amp; Adams County (Illinois) 1843-1907
 * Past and present of the city of Quincy and Adams County, Illinois: including the late Colonel John Tillson's History of Quincy, together with biographical sketches of many of its leading and prominent citizens and illustrious dead; pub. 1905
 * Collins, William Herzog. Past and Present of the City of Quincy and Adams County, Illinois. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1905. Internet Archive; Ancestry ($)

Business Records and Commerce

 * Avery Turner's store. He ran a store in Quincy and kept account books, 1825-1866

Cemeteries

 * Genealogical research papers, 1555-1980: includes 1961 list of members of the Quincy Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; 1989;

Calvary

 * Calvary Cemetery records; copied 1962 by LDS members
 * Calvary Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois, Great River Genealogical Society; 1985

Graceland

 * Quincy cemeteries: Graceland, Quincy National, Valley of Peace and additional deaths; pub. 1993

Greenmount

 * Cemetery records, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois; pub. 1961
 * Greenmount Cemetery (Quincy, Illinois); pub. 1986, 3 volumes
 * Interment worksheets; record of interments, 1875-1985; burial cards

Quincy Memorial
Not to be confused with Quincy National Cemetery.


 * Quincy Cemetery records and cemetery book, 1838-1847; filmed 1992
 * Quincy Memorial Park Cemetery and Early Quincy Cemetery

Quincy National

 * Quincy cemeteries: Graceland, Quincy National, Valley of Peace and additional deaths; pub. 1993

St. Boniface

 * Cemetery records, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois; pub. 1961
 * St. Boniface Cemetery records; pub. 1959
 * St. Boniface Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois; pub. 1984
 * St. Roniface Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois; pub. 1985

St. Peter

 * Cemetery records, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois; pub. 1961
 * St. Peters Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois and Adams County Catholic cemeteries; pub. 1985

Sunset
Sunset Cemetery, Illinois veterans home, 1887-2000; pub. 2001

Valley of Peace

 * Quincy cemeteries: Graceland, Quincy National, Valley of Peace and additional deaths; pub. 1993

Woodlawn

 * Woodland Cemetery; pub. 1990-1992
 * Woodland Cemetery early lot owners; pub. 1979
 * Woodland Cemetery records; pub. 1960-1961
 * Woodland Cemetery records; filmed 1974

Census
1865 State Census Transcription for the city of Quincy.


 * USGenWeb Archives Page 218; Page 219; Page 238; Page 239
 * Adams County ILGenWeb Project: Page 218; Page 219; Page 238; Page 239; Page 251; Page 256; Page 260

Church Records

 * St. Francis Catholic Church Death Index, 1872-1906; http://genealogytrails.com/ill/adams/RCDI/stfrancisdeathindex.html

Funeral Homes
Hansen-Spear Funeral Home

Walter Douglass and Helen Bruenger Hansen opened the Hansen Funeral Home in 1929 at 8th and Jefferson, Quincy, Illinois. It is 4-generations family owned.

The Hansen-Spear Funeral Home 1535 State Street Quincy, Illinois 62301

Genealogy
Family History Center

Newspapers
The Quincy Public Library Newspaper Archive is a great resource for learning about everyday life in Adams County, Illinois from 1835 through 1919. In addition to mentions of births, marriages, and deaths, the newspapers also include details of family celebrations (and feuds), delinquent taxes, unclaimed letters at the Post Office, out of town guests, and the travels of local community members. Legal notices and mentions of crop failures or outbreaks of certain diseases were also published.

The archive is indexed and searchable, and linked to images of the actual pages. You can view either the article alone, or the entire page where it appears. To learn more about the area at the time your ancestors lived there, click on [Browse the Archive] and select a particular timeframe.

Newspapers included in the archive:


 * Quincy Daily Herald
 * Quincy Daily Journal
 * Quincy Daily Whig
 * Quincy Morning Whig
 * Quincy Herald
 * Quincy Whig Republican
 * Quincy Whig

Obituaries
Obituaries published in the Quincy Herald Whig can be searched for a range of years at the newspaper's website.