Adams County, Illinois Genealogy


 * This article is about a western Illinois county. For other uses, see Adams.

United States &gt; Illinois &gt; Adams County

Parent County
1825--Adams County was created 13 January 1825 from Pike County. County seat: Quincy

Record Loss
December 9, 1835 and January 9, 1875 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research
 * http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424

Populated Places
Adams County is a rural county located in west central Illinois. Most of the population lives in Quincy, which is on the Mississippi River. www.co.adams.il.us/ - 18k

Neighboring Counties

 * Brown
 * Hancock
 * Lewis County, Missouri
 * Marion County, Missouri
 * Pike
 * Schuyler

African American
The following have information concerning African American research. Both should be used:


 * African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records

Illinois State Archives pamphlet on African American Research

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Lima
 * Quincy

Court
http://www.judici.com/courts/cases/case_search.jsp?court=IL001025J

Adams County Courthouse 521 Vermont St Quincy, IL 62301

http://www.co.adams.il.us/legal.htm

Local Histories
http://www.co.adams.il.us/history/index.htm

Maps
http://216.138.41.139/imf/imf.jsp?site=Adams_Co_IL_GIS

Newspapers
The Quincy Public Library Newspaper Archive is a great resource for learning about everyday life in Adams County, Illinois from 1835 through 1919. In addition to mentions of births, marriages, and deaths, the newspapers also include 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 were also published.

The archive is indexed and searchable, and linked to images of the actual pages. You can view either the article alone, or the entire page where it appears. To learn more about the area at the time your ancestors lived there, 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

Vital Records
Adams County Clerk Vital Records Georgia Volm 507 Vermont St Quincy, IL 62301 217-277-2150 http://www.co.adams.il.us/county_clerk/vitalrecords/index.htm

Web Sites

 * Family History Library Catalog
 * Adams County, Illinois Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)