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United States Illinois  Warren County

County Organization


County records are most often kept at the County Courthouse or another local repository. For further information about where the records for Warren County are kept, see the Warren County Courthouse page.

Historical Facts
Warren County was named for the physician and soldier, He served at Lexignton and was a Major general of the Massachusetts militia. He died at the battle of Bunker Hill.

Boundary Changes

 * 1825 – Warren County was created 13 January 1825 from Pike County.

Neighboring Counties

 * Fulton
 * Henderson
 * Knox
 * McDonough
 * Mercer

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 Warren County and links to the information for the individuals buried there.


 * Warren 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 Warren 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.

Census
Census records were created by federal or state governments. For tips on using and accessing original census records online, see Illinois Census.

Published census indexes, transcriptions, or abstracts for a county are often created by individuals, genealogical, or historical societies. Known publications for Warren County include:

 1840 Pensioners A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. Washington, D.C., 1841. ; ; digital version at Google Books. [See Illinois, Warren County on page 188.]

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

History

 * The Past and present of Warren County, Illinois : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &amp;c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, general and local statistics, map of Warren County, history of Illinois, Constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, etc., etc. Chicago: H.F. Kett &amp; Co., 1877. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Warren County. Chicago: Munsell Pub. Co., 1903. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Civil War
Civil War service men from Warren 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 Warren County.


 * - 36th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company C.
 * - 50th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies A, B, C, D, and K.
 * - 59th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company B.
 * - 61st Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company I.
 * - 83rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies A, B, C, F, and H.

Marriage
The original Warren County marriage records are held by the McHenry County Clerk and the Illinois Department of Health.

The following indexes to McHenry marriages are available:


 * 1831–1915 – Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 Search for Warren County marriages in this online index then find the complete marriage record in one of the above-mentioned repositories.
 * 1831–1983 – Marriage Record Index IRAD-WIU Search for Warren records. How to use IRAD
 * 1837–1850 – Illinois Marriages to 1850 at Ancestry ($); Index, INCOMPLETE
 * 1851–1900 – Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900 at Ancestry ($); Index, INCOMPLETE

Copies of Warren County marriage records are available as follows:


 * 1837-1923–Marriage Records IRAD-NIU Search for McHenry records. How to use IRAD
 * 1837–1923–Marriage Registers and Returns, 1837-1923
 * 1877-present– McHenry County Clerk - Vital Records Information and Request Form
 * Marriages in McHenry County may also have been mentioned in area newspapers.

The following abstracts of marriage records are available:


 * 1878–1899–Stengele, Linda, et al. McHenry County, Illinois, Marriages . Crystal Lake, Illinois: McHenry County Illinois Geneal. Society, 2003–2006. Other libraries (WorldCat) FHL lacks volume 1 and it is no longer in print.
 * 1880-1979 Crystal Lake Herald Marriage Index These indexes represent a list of couples whose notice of marriage license issued, or marriage performed or wedding conducted, or news items for anniversaries celebrated, appeared in the weekly Crystal Lake Herald newspaper. Information was not necessarily limited to residents of Crystal Lake and/or Nunda Township. Researchers should look for variant spellings within each index.

The following indexes to Warren marriages are avialiable:


 * 1831–1915 –