Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois Genealogy

United States Illinois  Hancock County  Nauvoo

History
See Wikipedia articles entitled "Nauvoo, Illinois", "History of Nauvoo, Illinois", and "Nauvoo Historic District".

Websites
Nauvoo Community Project

"Family history students at Brigham Young University's Center for Family History and Genealogy are working in conjunction with LDS Church Historic Sites to identify the residents of Nauvoo, Illinois, from 1839 to 1846."

Searchable online database.

Church History Library

The Church History Library has digitized and published online some Nauvoo records. Search the catalog for call number MS 16800. Includes:


 * Book of assessments for the various municipal wards (1st-4th) for various years (1842-1844)
 * Poll books (1843, 1845)
 * Judicial records

There are also Nauvoo journals that are available only at the Family HIstory Library.