Lawrence County, Illinois Genealogy

United States Illinois  Lawrence County

Parent County

 * 1821--Lawrence County was created 16 January 1821 from Crawford and Edwards Counties.

County seat: Lawrenceville

Neighboring Counties

 * Crawford
 * Knox County, Indiana
 * Richland
 * Wabash

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 Lawrence County and links to the information for the individuals buried there.


 * Lawrence 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 Lawrence 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.

Catholic
FamilySearch has made parish records from three Belleville Diocese Catholic churches in Lawrence County available online. The records include first communions, confirmations, marriages, and deaths:


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Military
Civil War Civil War service men from Lawrence 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 Lawrence County.


 * - 61st Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Companies H and K.
 * - 62nd Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company A.
 * - 66th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company I.
 * - 70th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company K.
 * - 91st Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company F.

Books


 * Satterthwaite, Geraldine, and Terry Warren. Civil War Men, Lawrence Co. Bridgeport, Ill. (?: G. Satterthwaite, 2000). A list of civil war young men from Lawrence county taken from the original County Civil War records that have been lost. Library with this book.

Societies and Libraries

 * Genealogical Society of Southern Illinois John A. Logan College Library 700 Logan College Road Carterville, Illinois 62918 Telephone: 618-985-2828, Ext. 8338 Hours: vary by season, see website

The Society focuses on Alexander, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lawrence, Marion, Massac, Monroe, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Richland, Saline, St. Clair, Union, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, White, and Williamson counties. The Society's book and microfilm collection is housed at the John A. Logan College Library. The Society publishes a newsletter (click here for recent issues) and a quarterly journal The Saga of Southern Illinois (click here for a topical index that breaks down what has been published for each county).


 * Lawrence County Historical Society (LCHS) P.O. Box 425 Lawrenceville IL 62439 (618) 943-1200 e-mail: [mailto:history@umfleet.net history@umfleet.net] The Lawrence County Historical Society was organized in 1961 for the collection and preservation of Lawrence County History.  Lawrence Lore is the Lawrence County, Illinois Historical Society blog.  Each day the editor posts articles about Lawrence County history.  Research is from primary sources.  names of individuals are included.  Articles include biographies, obits, military records, business owners, as well as general news items.  Finding aids are provided in the form of topic names as well as a search engine to use for specific names.  Photographs are included in web albums such as identified school pictures.

Web Sites

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