Champaign County, Illinois Genealogy

United States &gt; Illinois &gt; Champaign County

Parent County

 * 1833--Champaign County was created 20 February 1833 from Vermilion County. County seat: Urbana

Neighboring Counties

 * Douglas
 * Edgar
 * Ford
 * McLean
 * Piatt
 * Vermilion

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. Local volunteers through Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness may take photographs of headstones found in county cemeteries.


 * 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 Champaign County and links to the information for the individuals buried there,


 * Champaign 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 Champaign County. Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.


 * ePodunk list of Champaign 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.

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Champaign
 * University (Urbana)

Societies and Libraries
Urbana Free Library 210 West Green Street Urbana, IL 61801 (217) 367-4025 (217) 531-7088 fax

Expanding on an index-card based index created in the 1960's and 1970's, the Urbana Free Library has created an on-line index of Champaign County historical records of genealogical interest called the Champaign County Historical Archive. Included are newspaper mentions of birth, marriage and death notices, along with official county records of birth, marriage, death, wills, probate, cemetery and other records. The index includes details (names and dates) that make it easy to identify records of interst.

Copies (non-certified) can be requested using the library's printable PDF Request Form.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog
 * Champaign County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)