DeWitt County, Illinois Genealogy

United States &gt; Illinois &gt; DeWitt County

Parent County

 * 1839--DeWitt County was created 1 March 1839 from Macon and McLean Counties. County seat: Clinton

Neighboring Counties

 * Logan
 * Macon
 * McLean
 * Piatt

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries of DeWitt County Illinois

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Clinton
 * Farmer City

Local Histories

 * Portrait and Biographical Album of DeWitt and Piatt Counties, Illinois. Chicago: Chapman Brothers Publishing Company, 1891.

Maps

 * Cemetary Maps of DeWitt County

Societies and Libraries
DeWitt County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 632 Clinton, Illinois 61717-0632

dewittcgs@yahoo.com

This library has extensive DeWitt County only extractions of many census. They have marriage index. They publish a quarterly Journal with extracts about people from old newspapers that include births, marriages and funerals. The also include little family notices about who was visiting who and who was at weddings and other family news items.

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
 * DeWitt County Illinois GenWeb