Schuyler County, Illinois Genealogy

United States Illinois  Schuyler County

Parent County

 * 1825--Schuyler County was created 13 January 1825 from Pike and Fulton Counties. County seat:  Rushville

Neighboring Counties

 * Adams
 * Brown
 * Cass
 * Fulton
 * Hancock
 * Mason
 * McDonough

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 SchuylerCounty and links to the information for the individuals buried there.


 * Schuyler 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 Schuyler 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

 * Biographical Review of Cass, Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois: Containing Biographical Sketches of Pioneers and Leading Citizens. Chicago: Biographical Review Pub. Co., 1892. Digital versions at Ancestry ($); Genealogy Trails; Internet Archive; USGenWeb (partial).
 * Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Schuyler County. Chicago: Munsell Pub. Co., 1908. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Military

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


 * - 62nd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company I.
 * - 73rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company G.
 * - 78th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company A.

Probate
An unspecified number of Schuyler County probate records are available in.

Web Sites

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