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New! 1865 Census, partial - Jersey Landing, Phills Creek, Piasa, Richwood, click on Census

Your help needed! 1865 State Census for Jersey County. Marty Crull is working on a transcription of the 1865 Jersey County census. Still needed are volunteers to transcribe Delhi, Jerseyville, Mississippi and Grafton using Excel. Photocopies will be sent for the transcription. Also needed are volunteers living nearby who can verify and correct transcription errors. Contact Marty Crull at Tri County News, RR 1 Box 9, Carrollton, Illinois 62016 for details.

Jersey County Timeline, and place names Jersey County History, book indexes, people, places, history Maps Register of Births, Index 1860-1900+ 1879 Births Jersey Co. Marriages 1839-1841+ Jersey Co. Marriages, Books 1 - 4 Jersey Co. Tax Lists 1872 Atlas, Subscribers Census 1840-1870, 1900-1930 Indexes, Transcriptions Index to Register of Deaths 1878-1900+ 1850 Mortality Schedule 1860 Mortality Schedule 1870 Mortality Schedule is missing Deaths 1851-53, 1882-84, 1889, 1893-95 partial lists from newspapers Jersey County Probate Index Funeral Records Jersey County Obituaries Index A-Z Jersey County Obituaries Jersey County Cemeteries Information, Photos, Burial Index, Lists of Burials, and Burials in Abandonded Cemeteries

Early Settlers Naturalization Index Updated The Quest for Gold Jersey County Company of emigrants to California Jersey County Military Veterans Civil War Black History Biographies, Jersey County Jersey County Photo Album Newspaper Excerpts, people & history, Various dates - 1840 - 1950s Early Newspaper Ads Jersey County ILGenWeb Archives Jersey Co. Early Land Owners New! Jersey County Townships Page Early Land Owners, Cemeteries for townships Jerseyville History Jersey County Schools Early memories School Days and Radio Watching Lookups Free, please limit requests Post & Review Queries View Old Query Book & Surname File

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Jersey County Research

• Addresses for Jersey County Research
• Jersey County Historical Society. Jersey County Historical Society, 601 N. State St., Jerseyville, IL 62052, phone 618-498-3514, open on Thursday afternoon 1 until 4, Friday and Saturday from 10 until 4. The annual Apple Fest will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2008 from 9 am to 5 pm. Historical tours of the Cheney Mansion, Lone Star School, the Log Cabin, museum and Flautt Addition at only $5.00 per person. A Pet Parade will be at 10 am with a Pet show to follow. Jesse & the South Band and the Christian Band of Otterville will entertain everyone in the afternoon. There will be craft and period demonstration booths for everyone's enjoyment. The Society will hold a quilt raffle, basket raffles, and Children's Tea Party raffle will be available. Children's games will be conducted by the Methodist Church Youth Group. The Society will be serving Pioneer Stew, Ham and Beans with cornbread, Chicken Strips, Fish, Fried, Hot Dogs, Pie and Cake and Kettle Korn. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy a fun day. For more infor call 618-498-2876, 618-946-4240 or email t31scott@frontiernet.net. Please contact the society if you would like to volunteer for Apple Fest.
• Family Histories located at the Jersey County Historical Society, partial list.
• Illinois State Archives Online Databases. Has a global search of all databases. Records include: Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Illinois Servitude and Emancipation Records, Illinois Veterans, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index (1763-1900), Illinois Death Certificates, pre-1916 and 1916–1950, Records in the Illinois Regional Archives Depositories (IRAD).
• Illinois Digital Archives. Provided by the Illinois State Library.

• Tri County Preservation Society, Marty Crull's website. Covers Jersey, Greene and Calhoun counties
• Jerseyville Library Resources
• Jersey County Cemeteries online at the Illinois State Genealogical Society cemetery location project. Help is needed to up-date Jersey County information. There is an email address on the page for additions and corrections.
• Can you help by providing the missing information on any of these Jersey Co. Cemetery Burials?
• West Central Illinois Morgan Area Genealogical Association & Waverly G & H Society
• Illinois Gazetteer 1864 Illinois state gazetteer and business directory, for the years 1864-5 (1864) or flip book view Illinois Gazetteer 1864. Large files.

Links - Jersey County Families, Information

• Reddish Murder Mystery
  
• French Family CARTER, FOLEY, FRENCH, GUNN, LYON, McGUIRE, MURPHY, READ, SCHNEIDER, WHITE
  
• Crull Family ALLEN, BENNETT, CRULL, DANIELS, ELLIS, HUGHES, LEGATE, MYERS, SCOGGINS, VOSE
  
• Daisy's Roots Yvonne James-Henderson's line.
  
• Wright Family.
  
• Boyds, Clarks
  
• Hutchinson and Barnum, Bailey & Hutchinson Circus
  
• CORY, CHAFFIN listed under CONVERSE and ROBISON
  
• CHAPPELL/CHAPPLE, DOYLE
  
• Freiman Genealogy ALBERT, BOPP, DOUGHERTY, FREEMAN, KAPPEL, PLUMMER, MACKER, WIELAND
  
• KALAL (KALLAL).
  
• Jerseyville High School 1949 Student album, includes an index.
  
• WESTFALL genealogy Westfall, Kraushaar. Click on My Childhood Memories for life in Jersey Co. 1940s - 1950s.
  
• DUNHAM family, Jerseyville, Illinois. GRAVES, GIBSON, PARKER, BEEMAN.
  
• WHITFIELD family. John Whitfield who lived in Grafton, IL and Quarry, IL.
  
• CHENEY, D'ARCY, PLOWMAN families.
  
• ASH family.