Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois Genealogy

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

Resources
Many records are kept on the county level and a list of resources covering Nauvoo can be found on the Hancock County, Illinois Wiki page.

Cemetery

 * Inscriptions Found on Tombstones and Monuments in Early Latter-day Saint Burial Grounds at Ancestry - index only

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

 * 1830-1844 – Digital version, alphabetical, list of converts in Nauvoo from 1830-1844
 * 1839-1844 –  Indexed in, More information
 * 1839-1845 by Susan Easton Black – digital version, Indexed in, More information
 * 1839-1845 – Digital version, alphabetical index
 * 1839-1846 – Digital version, index at the end of the volume
 * 1840-1845 by Susan Easton Black and Harvey B. Black – Digitized images, 7 volumes, alphabetical order by surname
 * 1840-1859 –  Indexed in, More information
 * 1842-1843 – Digital version, index at the end of the volume
 * 1844 –  Indexed in, More information
 * 1845–1846 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * 1845-1846  –  Indexed in, More information
 * - Digital version, listed in alphabetical order
 * – Digital version, alphabetical

City Records

 * 1841-1845 Nauvoo Records 1841-1845, MS 16800 at Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Digitized images including City Council Proceedings, City Elections, City Treasury, Public Revenue and Taxation, Judicial Proceedings for Mayor’s and Municipal Court

Land Records

 * 1839-1846 Nauvoo Land and Records Office - Email, mail, or visit in person to request a search of their land records database for individuals who lived in Nauvoo between 1839 and 1846.
 * 1839-1859 by Susan Easton Black, Harvey B. Black, Brandon Plewe – Digitized images, 7 volumes, alphabetical order by surname
 * 1842-1846 Nauvoo Record of Deeds, Book A and B, 1842-1846 at Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Digitized images
 * by E.O. Reaugh – Digitized images
 * by Nauvoo Restoration Inc. – Digitized images

Newspapers

 * 1839-1844 – Indexed in, More information

Redress Petition

 * LDS Redress Petition Listing, 1843 at Ancestry - index only

Residents of Nauvoo

 * 1839-1846 Nauvoo Community Project by Brigham Young University - Database includes the residents of the Nauvoo area from 1839 to 1846

Taxation

 * Nauvoo, Illinois Tax Index, 1842 at Ancestry - index only

Vital Records

 * Marriages in the Nauvoo Region, 1839-1845 at Ancestry - index only