Tazewell County, Illinois Genealogy

United States Illinois  Tazewell County

Parent County

 * 1827--Tazewell County was created 31 January 1827 from Sangamon County. County seat: Pekin

Neighboring Counties

 * Fulton
 * Logan
 * Mason
 * McLean
 * Peoria
 * Woodford

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

Archives and Libraries
Illinois Regional Archives Depository

Illinois State Universtiy 2016 Warehouse Road Campus Box 1520 Normal, Illinois 61802 Phone: 309-452-6027

Illinois Regional Archives Depository System - Local Governmental Records Listings Arranged by County

Cemeteries
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 Tazewell County and links to the information for the individuals buried there.


 * Tazewell 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 Tazewell 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.

Local Histories

 * Early History of Washington, Illinois and Vicinity. Washington, Ill.: Tazewell County Reporter, 1929. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Military

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


 * - 31st Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company I.
 * - 44th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies A and K.
 * - 73rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company B.
 * - 85th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies A and E.
 * - 86th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company G.
 * - 94th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company I.
 * - 100th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company A.

Societies and Libraries
Tazewell County Genealogical and Historical Societywas established in 1978 with the following mission: "to stimulate interest, to collect, preserve, and safeguard records, and to provide related educational services for the purpose of increasing and enriching public knowledge of our [Tazewell County] heritage." We currently (2011) have about 400 members.

Our library (the Ehrlicher Research Center) is located at 719 N Eleventh Street in Pekin, Illinois. The library is open Monday 9 am-1 pm, Tuesday 9 am-1 pm and 7-9 pm, Wednesday 9 am-4:30 pm, Thursday-Friday 9 am-1 pm, and Sunday 2-4:30 pm central time (closed on holidays and holiday weekends). We will also try to open at other times by advance appointment.

Our collection currently contains over 5000 volumes including family histories; county histories; atlases; cemetery books; marriage books, census records, newspapers on microfilm; funeral home records; surname card file; surname correspondence files; obituary index; church directories; historic photo collection; research publications from surrounding counties of McDonough, Fulton, McLean, Mason, Menard,and Peoria as well as other Illinois counties and other states; Civil War Records including "The War of the Rebellion. A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 128 Volumes. Washington. 1882-1900". Our German collection including a complete set of "Germans to American" and Ostrfriesland OSB books is one the largest in the state of Illinois.

We also offer research services for those that can't make the trip to our library.Web Sites


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