Calhoun County, Illinois Genealogy

United States Illinois Calhoun County

Calhoun County Organization
Calhoun County's civil records start the following years:

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

Historical Facts
Calhoun County is named for who served in politics and became Vice-President of the United States.

Boundary Changes

 * 10 January 1825: Calhoun County was created from Pike


 * Interactive map of Calhoun County boundary changes.

Places/Localities
To see a list of places in Calhoun 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.

Biography

 * Portrait and Biographical Album of Pike and Calhoun Counties, Illinois: Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with Portraits and Biographies of All the Presidents of the United States, and Governors of the State. Chicago: Biographical Pub. Co., 1891. Digital versions at Ancestry ($); Internet Archive
 * Portrait Biographical Album of Pike and Calhoun Counties, Illinois. Chicago, IL, USA: Biographical Publishing, 1891. Digital version at Ancestry ($). Reprint 19823 with index

Cemeteries
Find A Grave, list of cemeteries. Additional information can be found at local level (city, township, etc.)


 * Calhoun 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.
 * Calhoun County cemeteries 1981
 * Cemeteries of Calhoun Co., Ill.; pub. 19--?
 * Cemeteries of Calhoun County, Illinois 1978
 * Honor roll, Calhoun County, state of Illinois, Veterans' Commission, 1956.

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


 * Calhoun County, Illinois 1830 census.
 * United States census, 1850, Calhoun County, Illinois
 * U. S. census, Calhoun County, Illinois, 1860, indexed
 * Ancestry.com (FI$)
 * heritagequestonline.com (LAR)

State

 * State census, 1855 and 1865 Ancestry.com (FI$)
 * State census, 1855 Historical Collections index,
 * State census, 1865
 * Name index to early Illinois records

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, Calhoun County on page 186.]

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

Civil War
Civil War service men from Calhoun 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 Calhoun County.


 * - 97th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company C.


 * Genealogy Trails. (Civil War) Military Data for Calhoun County. (accessed 31 May 2011)

Probate Records
Online Resources


 * 1829-1902 An unspecified number of are available at the Family Search Records online database. The collection does not have an every name index, but the images are available to browse and may have indexes within each volume.


 * Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) Collection

The following records may be accessed through: IRAD-Western Illinois University (WIU) and search for Alexander County records. For information on how to use IRAD see the IRAD Wiki page


 * 1834-1843 Probate Settlement Record


 * Family History Library Collection

1829-1916 Probate records, 1819-1902; index to probate files


 * Estate book, ca. 1832-1843
 * Estate records and wills, 1829-1974
 * Will Records 1870-1916
 * Probate records, 1859-1904


 * SAMPUBCO - Index of testators of wills.

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

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Calhoun County, IL Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)