Quincy, Adams County, Illinois Genealogy

United States Illinois  Adams County  Quincy

Biography

 * History of Quincy and its men of mark, or, Facts and figures exhibiting its advantages and resources, manufactures and commerce; pub. 1869
 * James D. Morgan collection at the Historical Society of Quincy &amp; Adams County (Illinois) 1843-1907
 * Past and present of the city of Quincy and Adams County, Illinois: including the late Colonel John Tillson's History of Quincy, together with biographical sketches of many of its leading and prominent citizens and illustrious dead; pub. 1905
 * Past and Present of the City of Quincy and Adams County, Illinois; pub. 1905 Internet Archive (F); Ancestry ($)

Business Records and Commerce

 * Avery Turner's store. He ran a store in Quincy and kept account books, 1825-1866

Cemeteries

 * Genealogical research papers, 1555-1980; 1989;

Calvary

 * Calvary Cemetery records; copied 1962 by LDS members
 * Calvary Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois, Great River Genealogical Society; 1985

Graceland

 * Quincy cemeteries: Graceland, Quincy National, Valley of Peace and additional deaths; pub. 1993

Greenmount

 * Cemetery records, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois; pub. 1961
 * Greenmount Cemetery (Quincy, Illinois); pub. 1986, 3 volumes
 * Interment worksheets; record of interments, 1875-1985; burial cards

Quincy Memorial
Not to be confused with Quincy National Cemetery.


 * Quincy Cemetery records and cemetery book, 1838-1847; filmed 1992
 * Quincy Memorial Park Cemetery and Early Quincy Cemetery

Quincy National

 * Quincy cemeteries: Graceland, Quincy National, Valley of Peace and additional deaths; pub. 1993

St. Boniface

 * Cemetery records, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois; pub. 1961
 * St. Boniface Cemetery records; pub. 1959
 * St. Boniface Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois; pub. 1984
 * St. Roniface Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois; pub. 1985

St. Peter

 * Cemetery records, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois; pub. 1961
 * St. Peters Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois and Adams County Catholic cemeteries; pub. 1985

Sunset
Sunset Cemetery, Illinois veterans home, 1887-2000; pub. 2001

Valley of Peace

 * Quincy cemeteries: Graceland, Quincy National, Valley of Peace and additional deaths; pub. 1993

Woodlawn

 * Woodland Cemetery; pub. 1990-1992
 * Woodland Cemetery early lot owners; pub. 1979
 * Woodland Cemetery records; pub. 1960-1961
 * Woodland Cemetery records; filmed 1974

Census
1865 State Census Transcription for the city of Quincy.


 * USGenWeb Archives Page 218; Page 219; Page 238; Page 239
 * Adams County ILGenWeb Project: Page 218; Page 219; Page 238; Page 239; Page 251; Page 256; Page 260

Church History

 * Historical sketches of the first half century of the First Congregational Church of Quincy, Illinois, organized December 4th, 1830, and of the First Union Congregational Church organized March 6, 1869; typescript 1898
 * History of the Catholic Church in Quincy; pub. 2006
 * St. Rose of Lima Parish: 1892-1992, our first 100 years; pub. 1993

Baptist

 * First Baptist Church Church records, 1843-1909 lists of members, baptisms, deaths, minutes of meetings and finance records


 * Vermont Street Baptist Church Church records, 1856-1890 lists of members, baptisms, dismissals, deaths, finance records and minutes of meetings.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Record of members and minutes of meetings, 1840-1845 Restriction: May print only direct ancestor and those born 95+ years ago. All other information must be crossed out.

Congregational

 * First Union Congregational Church Church records, 1830-1909 1830-1909: Minutes, lists of members, marriages, baptisms, admissions and dismissals, communicants, burials, register of families, list of pastors 1869-1911: Minutes, treasurer reports, constitution, list of members, Ladies Society 1910-1923: Baptisms and marriages, members received and removed


 * Manual of the First Congregational Church of Quincy, Illinois: containing historical notice, ecclesiastical principles; with a catalogue of surviving members.


 * Reports of the Ladies Industrial Society, 1917-1922 Records include the Constitution, by-laws, and a few newspaper obituaries.

Episcopal

 * Church of the Good Shepherd Church records, register no. 2, 1887-1902 list of pastor; families, baptisms, 1887-1902; confirmations; communicants; marriages, 1888-1901; burials, 1888-1902.


 * St. John's Episcopal Parish and Cathedral Church records, 1891-1974 2nd filming covers 1891-1931 only.


 * Zion Episcopal Church Church records, 1871-1960 baptisms, 1871-1925 -- confirmations; communicants, marriages, 1871-1909, burials, 1871-1960 - history; families; minutes, including first communicants of the parish of the Good Sheperd of Quincy.

Lutheran

 * Evangelische St. Pauli Kirche (later changed to St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church) Baptisms, deaths, marriages, confirmations &amp; communion, 1873-1945


 * St. James Lutheran Church Church records, 1851-1962 Index to church records Church records, v. 1-2 1851-1865 Church records, v. 3-7 1866-1962


 * St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church Church records, 1856-1929 Includes a 1 p. explanation of the German alphabet and a 1 p. dictionary of frequently used German terms near the beginning of the record.

Methodist

 * Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church Kirchenbuch, 1873-1924 list of pastors; members; baptisms, 1873-1923; marriages, 1874-1921; burials, 1874-1898; finances; quarterly conferences. In 1873 the Bethel M. E. Church split off from the First German Methodist Church. In 1925 they merged into the Union M. E. Church. The Bethel church was also known as the Second German Methodist Church.


 * First German Methodist Church Kirchenbuch, 1848-1942 baptisms, 1848-1913; marriages, 1848-1913, 1941-1942; burials, 1848-1875; pastors and other officials; lists (some alphabetical) of members.

Roman Catholic
St. Francis Catholic Church Death Index, 1872-1906; Genealogy Trails

Funeral Homes

 * Hansen-Spear Funeral Home Walter Douglass and Helen Bruenger Hansen opened the Hansen Funeral Home in 1929 at 8th and Jefferson, Quincy, Illinois. It is 4-generations family owned. The Hansen-Spear Funeral Home 1535 State Street Quincy, Illinois 62301


 * Haugh &amp; Son Funeral Home Records, 1885-1911 (now Dukar &amp; Haugh Funeral Home) 823 Broadway Quincy, IL 62301 1885-1886 - 961865 Item 3 1896-1903 - 961866 1903-1908 - 967867 1908-1911 - 967868
 * Zehender Robinson Stormer Cookson Funeral Home 1435 State Quincy, IL 62301

Genealogy
Family History Center

Newspapers

 * The Quincy Public Library Newspaper Archive

Adams County, Illinois from 1835 through 1919. Mentions of births, marriages, and deaths, details of family celebrations (and feuds), delinquent taxes, unclaimed letters at the Post Office, out of town guests, and the travels of local community members. Legal notices and mentions of crop failures or outbreaks of certain diseases.

Indexed and searchable, and linked to images of the actual pages. View either the article alone, or the entire page where it appears. Click on [Browse the Archive] and select a particular timeframe.

Newspapers included in the archive:


 * Quincy Daily Herald
 * Quincy Daily Journal
 * Quincy Daily Whig
 * Quincy Morning Whig
 * Quincy Herald
 * Quincy Whig Republican
 * Quincy Whig


 * Card index to the Quincy Herald-Whig, 1982-1987;
 * The Quincy Daily Herald,; pub. 1896 . No circulation to the FHCs.
 * Quincy Germania; pub. 1919-1921
 * The Quincy Journal; pub. 1894-1896

Deaths and Marriages

Obituaries
Obituaries published in the Quincy Herald Whig can be searched for a range of years at the newspaper's website.

Newspapers
Death and marriages from early Quincy papers, 1835-1850; 1979 ,