McDonough County, Illinois Genealogy

United States Illinois  McDonough County

Parent County

 * 1826--McDonough County was created 25 January 1826 from Schuyler County. County seat:  Macomb

Neighboring Counties

 * Fulton
 * Hancock
 * Henderson
 * Schuyler
 * Warren

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 McDonough County and links to the information for the individuals buried there.


 * McDonough 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 McDonough 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.

1840 Pensioners

 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. Washington, D.C., 1841. ; ; digital version at Google Books. [See Illinois, McDonough County on page 187.]

Local Histories

 * Clarke, S. J. History of McDonough County, Illinois: Its Cities, Towns and Villages, with Early Reminiscences, Personal Incidents and Anecdotes, and a Complete Business Directory of the County. Springfield, Ill.: D.W. Lusk, State Printer and Binder, 1878. Digital versions at Ancestry ($); Google Books; Internet Archive.
 * Portrait and biographical record of Hancock, McDonough and Henderson counties, Illinois : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county (1894)
 * History of McDonough County, Illinois: Together with Sketches of the Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Individuals, and Biographies of the Representative Citizens: History of Illinois, Embracing Accounts of the Pre-historic and Historic Races and a Brief Review of Its Civil and Military History. Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Co., 1885. Digital versions at Ancestry ($); Internet Archive.
 * Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of McDonough County. Chicago: Munsell Pub. Co., 1907. Digital version at Ancestry ($); USGenWeb (partial)

Military

 * Civil War Civil War service men from McDonough 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 McDonough County.


 * - 55th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies F and G.
 * - 59th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company C.
 * - 64th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (Yates’ Sharpshooters), Companies A and D.
 * - 65th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (Scotch Regiment), Company E.
 * - 78th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies C and I.
 * - 84th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies A, C and F.

Probate
McDonough County Probate Case Files Index, 1833-1925, courtesy: Illinois State Archives

McDonough County Guardian's Case Files Index, 1838-1933, courtesy: Illinois State Archives

Macomb Public Library
Macomb Public Library District 235 S. Lafayette Macomb, Illinois 61455-2231 (309) 833-2714

http://www.macomb.lib.il.us/library/

McDonough County Genealogical Society
PO Box 202 Macomb IL 61455 309/255-5161 http://www.mcdcgs.com/mcgsfront.html

The McDonough County Genealogical Society Research Center is located within the Western Illinois Museum, 201 S. Lafayette St., Macomb, Illinois.

Web Sites

 * Mcdonough County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History(Linkpendium)
 * Mcdonough County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History(Linkpendium)