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Welcome to Illinois was established January 6, 1816 before Illinois became a state. It was once a part of Randolph and St. Clair Counties. The seat was originally Harrisonville from 1816 to 1825, and is now Waterloo 1825-present and was named for James Monroe, 5th president of the United States. The Illinois counties surrounding are St. Clair and Randolph . Welcome to , Illinois ILGenWeb Welcome to the ILGenWeb Project website, my name is Dennis Partridge and presently I am the county coordinator for Monroe County, Illinois. The USGenWeb project is seeking new volunteers to assist it in developing state, county, and town project sites. If you have some spare time and are interested in history and genealogy and like helping others find their ancestors, please let them know. See here for more information! A County website such as this is made up of many different volunteers who have provided genealogy data, sometime countywide, but most of the time specific to their family research within Monroe county. It is these contributions that have made this county website what it is today. Do you have anything you can contribute? If so please let me know using the contact me at the top right of every page and I'll help get you started on the process. Data Search this site powered by FreeFind CLICK HERE FOR MORE SEARCH OPTIONS - INCLUDING WHAT'S NEW? FEATURE Monroe and Surrounding County Helpful Links Census Records Index to the 1818 Census Book 1820 Monroe County Census Census Lookups 1820 - 1860 Click here to request a lookup 1820 Census Index 1830 Census Index . 1850 Mortality Schedule 1930 Census Columbia Precinct-Township Monroe County Birth, Death, Marriage Records Transcribed Monroe Co. Births Scanned Birth Records Transcribed Marriages Scanned Marriage Records Transcribed Monroe Co Deaths Monroe County Marriage Records Grooms Index Brides Index Obituaries Scanned Death Records Scanned Funeral Card Collection St. Clair County Funeral Cards Monroe County Cemeteries Monroe Co Cemetery List Cemetery Listings and Tombstone Pictures Grave Yards in Illinois - Clicking on GPS coordinates will display Google Map of selected cemetery Search for cemetery records in at Findagrave.com Monroe County, IL (17,711 names) All of Find A Grave (100.7 million names) Restrict search to Surname Monroe County Court Records Wills and Probates Monroe Co Chancery Court Records Index Bk-1 1835-1905 Monroe Co Chancery Sec A Box 70 1852-1859 Chancery Court Records A73 & A75-A80 Index Book #2 Chancery Court Records A81 - A89 Index Book #3 Chancery Court Records A-90 to B3 Index Book #4 Chancery Court Records, Drawers B-4 thru B-15, Index Book #5 Chancery Court Records B-16 thru B-31, Index Book #6 Chancery Court Records B-32 thru B-47, Index Book #7 1816 Taxpayers Justice Court Records (Justice of the Peace Henry Reichenbach) , Il. Heinrich Kemp Naturalization Papers 1857-1859 Misc. Documents / Agreements Immigration Records . Military Military records at the Illinois State Archives Civil War Regimental and Unit Histories Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Civil War Soldiers Buried in Monroe Co Civil War Soldiers (Photos) WWI Soldiers of WWII Soldiers World War II Army Casualties American Legion Post 581 Veteran Grave Registration Records 1927-1945 by Albert C. Metter Korean War Soldiers Korean War list of Soldiers from Vietnam Conflict Casualties - Searchable Archive James Lemon Letters James Lemon Monument / DAR Dedication Robert Lemon (Article about very early pioneer times in Illinois) Submitted by Janet Flynn Servicemen Buried Overseas Revolutionary War Records Camp Shelby Induction 1918 ( Boys who entrained for Camp Shelby, Mississippi,) Camp Taylor Induction 1918 ( Boys Who Entrained For Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky ) Federal Pension Roll of 1883 Spanish American War Veterans buried in Illinois . Churches - Schools - Clubs - Groups - People (Pictures) Churches Schools Groups and Organizations From Around The County People of Monroe Co Unidentified Photographs Can you name them. Surnames 2007 Family Reunions Submit your reunions here. Kate Miles Photo Album The Ancestry of Esther Kraus Church Records St. Paul's UCC Family Letters Photos Album from the Families of Rodenberg, Koester, Koch, and Ulrich Teresa Rosemann Autograph Book News Articles, Towns, Pictures, Directories and Maps Current and Past Names of Places in PICTURES Views around 1875 Map 1875 Maps by Townships Plat Book 1918 Prairie Farmers Directory Pages 1-185 Pages 186-323 Historical Homes and Buildings in Columbia, IL Newspaper Articles News Articles 2 News Articles 3 News Articles 4 . East St. Louis, Columbia and Waterloo Railway Official Timetable NEW Old Advertisement NEW . History of 1883 History from the "Combined History of Randolph, Monroe and Perry Counties, Illinois" Portrait and Biographical Record of Monroe Co. 1894 , Illinois Short Historical Sketch Indian Hostilities in 1786-1795 CASH BOOK For the Town of Columbia Starting 1859 to 1901 Whiteside Family References From: The Territorial Papers of the United States, Volume II; The Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, 1787-1803 when it was part of the Territory. History of Columbia and Columbia Precinct 1859-1959 and Columbia's Centennial Celebration July 3, 4 and 5, 1959 . Native American Index to the Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory (Dawes) Publications Publications Resources Resources NOTICE!! MONROE COUNTY VETERANS BOOKS ARE HERE Click here for order form. 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