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Putnam County, Illinois
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Location of Illinois in the U.S.
Facts
Founded:	January 13, 1825
County Seat	Hennepin
Courthouse
Address	120 N. 4th Street Hennepin, IL 61327 618-664-0449
Named for: Israel Putnam

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United States Illinois Putnam County

Putnam County Organization

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

Historical Facts

The county is named after Revolutionary War Major General Israel Putnam (1718-1790).^[1]

Parent County

• 1825--Putnam County was created 13 January 1825 from Fulton County.  County seat: Hennepin ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Putnam County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Places / Localities

• Putnam County Gazetteer  (by Home Town Locator)

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• LaSalle
• Marshall

Records and Resources

Biography

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. Completeness of these listings varies widely.
  

• Find A Grave also gives a list of cemeteries in Putnam County and links to the  information for the individuals buried there. There is also a map of cemeteries in Putnam County  (may not be complete). You can click on map entries to get to a particular cemetery listing.
  

• Putnam 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.
  

• Putnam County Cemetery Site links by Linkpendium
  

• Florid, Putnam, St Francis Cemeteries Transcriptions by Illinois Genealogy Trails 

• Search by name Boyle Family Cemetery, Mount Palatine Cemetery, Putnam Cemetery, Saint Francis Cemetery by Internment.net
  

• Illinois Cemeteries by county (by Access Genealogy)

• The Family History Library Catalog lists some records of cemeteries in Putnam County.  Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.

• ePodunk list of Putnam 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

Church Records

Court Records

Ethnic Research

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

Genealogy

History

Land and Property

• 1800s-Present - Use the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Land Patent Index to obtain original federal land transfer records including homestead, military warrants, and cash entry patents. These records help a research establish location and lead to National Archives' records which may include genealogical information. Earlier land transfer records are housed at the National Archives.

• 1800s-Present - Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales from Illinois State Archives also provides an index to federal land sales.

Maps

• Township map of Putnam County
• Outline of Putnam County Over Google Map  --  by Home Town Locator

Military

• Civil War
  Civil War service men from Putnam 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 Putnam County.
  

- 77th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company B.

Naturalization

Newspapers and Obituaries

Probate Records

Repositories

County Courthouse

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

Family History Library

Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD)

Public Libraries

Social Groups Online

Societies

Taxation

Vital Records

Birth Records

Marriage Records

• 1831-1844 Early Marriages in Putnam County from ILGenWeb

Death Records

• 1916-1950 Database of Illinois Death Certificates at Illinois State Archives; Index

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog
• Putnam County Links, Illinois Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• IL Gen Web Putnam County Site
  
• Illinois Genealogy Trails Putnam County Site
  
• USGenWeb Archives Putnam County Site
• Rootsweb Putnam County Site
  

References

1. ↑ "Putnam County, Illinois," Wikipedia.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).