St. Clair County, Illinois Genealogy

United States Illinois  St. Clair County

Parent County
1790--St. Clair County was created 27 April 1790 from the Northwest Territory. County seat: Belleville

Record Loss
Declaration and Naturalization papers issued by the Circuit Court before 1906 were destroyed, with one exception. About 60 original naturalization papers for men whose surname began with "G" survived. This court's record also survived and consists of a sequence number, the name, and the court term the declaration or naturalization took place.

Neighboring Counties

 * Clinton
 * Madison
 * Monroe
 * Randolph
 * St. Louis County, Missouri
 * Washington

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 St. Clair County and links to the information for the individuals buried there.


 * St. Clair 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 St. Clair 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.


 * Cemeteries of St Clair County Illinois Among those online are 23,000+ burials in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Belleville, and a surname index to burials in more than 140 smaller to medium sized cemeteries throughout the county.

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Belleville
 * East St. Louis

Military

 * Civil War Civil War service men from St. Clair 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 St. Clair County.


 * - 43rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies A, B, G and H.
 * - 59th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company E.
 * - 70th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company F.

Vital Records
Vital Statistics Extracted From the Belleville (Ill.) Daily Advocate 1927 - 1954 More than 132,000 vital statistics derived from the Belleville (Ill.) Daily Advocate 1927 - 1954 constitute this database.

Societies and Libraries

 * St Clair County Illinois Genealogical Society


 * Genealogical Society of Southern Illinois John A. Logan College Library 700 Logan College Road Carterville, Illinois 62918 Telephone: 618-985-2828, Ext. 8338 Hours: vary by season, see website

The Society focuses on Alexander, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lawrence, Marion, Massac, Monroe, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Richland, Saline, St. Clair, Union, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, White, and Williamson counties. The Society's book and microfilm collection is housed at the John A. Logan College Library. The Society publishes a newsletter (click here for recent issues) and a quarterly journal The Saga of Southern Illinois (click here for a topical index that breaks down what has been published county-by-county).

Web Sites

 * St. Clair County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * St. Clair County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)