Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois Genealogy

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

City Records

 * 1841-1845 Nauvoo Records 1841-1845, MS 16800 at Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Digitized images including: City Council Proceedings, City Elections, City Treasury, Public Revenue and Taxation, Judicial Proceedings for Mayor’s and Municipal Court

Cemetery

 * Inscriptions Found on Tombstones and Monuments in Early Latter-day Saint Burial Grounds at Ancestry - index only

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.
 * Nauvoo Record of Deeds, Book A and B, 1842-1846 at Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Digitized images
 * by E.O. Reaugh – Digitized images
 * by Nauvoo Restoration Inc. – Digitized images
 * by Susan Easton Black, Harvey B. Black, Brandon Plewe – Digitized images, 7 volumes, alphabetical order by surname

Redress Petition

 * LDS Redress Petition Listing, 1843 at Ancestry - index only

Residents of Nauvoo

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

Taxation

 * Nauvoo, Illinois Tax Index, 1842 at Ancestry - index only

Vital Records

 * Marriages in the Nauvoo Region, 1839-1845 at Ancestry - index only

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.