Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois Genealogy

History
See Wikipedia articles entitled "Nauvoo, Illinois", "History of Nauvoo, Illinois", and "Nauvoo Historic District".

Land Records

 * Nauvoo Land and Records Office - Email, mail, or visit in person to request a search of their land records database for individuals who lived in Nauvoo between 1839 and 1846.

Online Databases

 * Nauvoo Community Project by Brigham Young University - Database includes the residents of the Nauvoo area from 1839 to 1846

Websites

 * Church History Library

The Church History Library has digitized and published online some Nauvoo records. Search the catalog for call number MS 16800. Includes:


 * Book of assessments for the various municipal wards (1st-4th) for various years (1842-1844)
 * Poll books (1843, 1845)
 * Judicial records

Also see Church History Library call number MS 3443 - Nauvoo (Ill.) record of deeds, 1842 April-1843 September. Book A is the record of land deed entries dating from 1840-1843. Book B is the record of land deed entries dating from 1841-1846. Deeds continued to be registered in the volume after the death of Joseph Smith and the dissolution of Nauvoo as a corporate entity. A photocopy of the index to book A is cataloged as Ms 4869; it has not been digitized.

There are also Nauvoo journals that are available only at the Family HIstory Library.