St. Clair County, Illinois Genealogy

United States &gt; Illinois &gt; St. Clair County

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

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 records of cemeteries in St. Clair County. 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

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Belleville
 * East St. Louis

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

Web Sites

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