Bond County, Illinois Genealogy

United States Illinois  Bond County

Parent County
4 January 1817: -- Bond County was created from Madison County.

Places/Localities
To see a list of places in Bond County, click on [Show], above. The preceding list of places includes incorporated cities and towns, unincorporated towns and communities, and place names that may have been used in family histories. Some have well-organized records and even have web sites. Some are simply social communities with no official records, but which may be referenced in small-town newspapers. The list is provided to help researchers identify localities within the county. As records or histories of these localities are identified, a page will be added for each of these place names.

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
IRAD Depository LIB 144 University of Illinois at Springfield One University Plaza, MS BRK 140 Springfield IL 62703-5407 Telephone: (217) 206-6520

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


 * Bond 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.

Census
For tips on accessing census records online, see Illinois Census.

Births
IRAD Holdings


 * Birth Certificates 1899 to 1970
 * Birth Records 1877 to 1923
 * Birth Records Index 1877 to 1911
 * Delayed Birth Records Index 1890 to 1921
 * Corrected Birth Records1896 to 1952

Marriages
IRAD Holdings


 * Marriage License Application 1909 to 1971
 * Marriage Licenses 1937 to 1970
 * Mariage Records 1821 to 1937
 * Marriage Record Index 1821 to 1970

Deaths
IRAD Holdings


 * Death Certificates 1889 to 1907
 * Death Records 1878 to 1972
 * Stillbirth death Certificates 1889 to 1907
 * Death Records Index 1878 to 1927
 * Burial Permits for Veterans 1932 to 1965

Websites

 * Bond County ILGenWeb (The USGenWeb Project). May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * Bond County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Bond County Fact Sheet (Illinois State Archives)