Quincy, Adams County, Illinois Genealogy

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
 * Past and Present of the City of Quincy and Adams County, Illinois; pub. 1905 Internet Archive (F); 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; 1989;

Calvary

 * Calvary Cemetery records; copied 1962 by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * 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

1837
Census of the town of Quincy, taken August 1837

1865
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 History

 * Historical sketches of the first half century of the First Congregational Church of Quincy, Illinois, organized December 4th, 1830, and of the First Union Congregational Church organized March 6, 1869; typescript 1898
 * History of the Catholic Church in Quincy; pub. 2006
 * St. Rose of Lima Parish: 1892-1992, our first 100 years; pub. 1993

Church Records
Quincy, Illinois Church Records

Directories
Quincy (Illinois) city directories


 * 1855/56 Quincy city directory... by Gibson &amp; Morrison
 * 1857/58 Quincy city directory, and business mirror... by McEvoy &amp; Beatty; published by Whig Office Steam Power Press
 * 1859/60 Williams' Quincy directory, city guide, and business mirror... by C. S. Williams
 * 1884-5 Gould's Quincy city directory for 1884-5 ... David B. Gould
 * 1887 Stone's Quincy city directory ... 1887 ... H.N. Stone &amp; Co.
 * 1889-90 Stone's Quincy city directory for 1889-90 ... H. N. Stone &amp; Co.
 * 1891-1892 Stone's Quincy city directory, 1891-1892 ... [H.N. Stone &amp; Co.]
 * 1894-1895 Stone's Quincy city directory, 1894-1895 ... H. N. Stone &amp; Co.
 * 1896-1897 Stone's Quincy city directory, 1896-1897 ... H. N. Stone &amp; Co.
 * 1898-1899 Wallin &amp; Gille's Quincy city directory for 1898-1899 ... Wallin &amp; Gille.
 * 1900-1901 Stone's Quincy city directory, 1900-1901 ... H. N. Stone &amp; Co.

Emigration and Immigration
Quincy, Illinois immigrants from Munsterland, Westphalia, Germany

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


 * Freiburg Funeral Home records, 1885-1889, 1897-1911 The funeral home is now under the name of Duker and Haugh Funeral Home.


 * Haugh &amp; Son Funeral Home Records, 1885-1911 (now Dukar &amp; Haugh Funeral Home) 823 Broadway Quincy, IL 62301 1885-1886 - 961865 Item 3 1896-1903 - 961866 1903-1908 - 967867 1908-1911 - 967868


 * Zehender Robinson Stormer Cookson Funeral Home 1435 State Quincy, IL 62301

Genealogy
Family History Center

Newspapers

 * The Quincy Public Library Newspaper Archive includes local newspapers from 1835 through 1919. Newspaper articles include mentions of births, marriages, and deaths, details of family celebrations (and feuds), delinquent taxes, unclaimed letters at the Post Office, out of town guests, legal notices, mentions of crop failures or outbreaks of certain diseases, and the travels of local community members.

Indexed and searchable, and linked to images of the actual pages. View either the article alone, or the entire page where it appears. 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


 * Card index to the Quincy Herald-Whig, 1982-1987;
 * The Quincy Daily Herald,; pub. 1896 . No circulation to the FHCs.
 * Quincy Germania; pub. 1919-1921
 * The Quincy Journal; pub. 1894-1896
 * Death and marriages from early Quincy papers, 1835-1850

Deaths and Marriages

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

Libraries and Museums
Quincy Public Library (217) 223-1309 526 Jersey St., Quincy, IL 62301

Ancestry library from library computers only. HeritageQuest on-line.