Christian County, Illinois Genealogy

United States  Illinois  Christian County

Parent County

 * 1839--Christian County was created 15 February 1839 fromSangamon and Shelby Counties. It was formerly Dane County, until the name was changed to Christian County 1 February 1840. County seat: Taylorville

Neighboring Counties

 * Macon
 * Montgomery
 * Sangamon
 * Shelby

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

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.


 * Find A Grave also gives a list of cemeteries in Christian County and links to the information for the individuals buried there.


 * Christian 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.


 * The Family History Library Catalog lists . Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.


 * ePodunk list of Christian 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
{{USCensusPop | title = Historical Census Browser, University of Virginia, Geospacial and Statistical Data Center | publication-date = 2004 | url = http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/index.html }}
 * 1840=1878
 * 1850=3203
 * 1860=10492
 * 1870=20363
 * 1880=28227
 * 1890=30531
 * 1900=32790
 * 1910=34594
 * 1920=38458
 * 1930=37538
 * 1940=38564
 * 1950=38816
 * 1960=37207
 * 1970=35948
 * 1980=36446
 * 1990=34418
 * 2000=35372
 * footnote=UVa Census Browser 1830-1890 {{Citation

Web Sites

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