Welcome to Brown County History & Genealogy part of the Genealogy Trails Group Dedicated to putting genealogical and historical data online This county is available for adoption! If you'd like to join our group and help us put genealogical data online for the free use of all researchers, visit our Researcher's Information page and then email Kim WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU. PLEASE REFER TO THIS PAGE BEFORE CONTACTING US FOR HELP. THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING! Brown County Circuit Clerk Courthouse Bldg 200 West Court Mt. Sterling, IL 62353 (217) 773-2713 Brown County Clerk Courthouse Bldg 200 West Court, Rm 4 Mt. Sterling, IL 62353 (217) 773-3421 Brown County Population 2000: 6,950 County seat: Mount Sterling Named for General Jacob Brown Townships of Brown County BUCKHORN -- COOPERSTOWN -- ELKHORN -- LEE MISSOURI -- MOUNT STERLING -- PEA RIDGE RIPLEY -- VERSAILLES Online Data for Brown County Almshouse Records Biographies Biographies in the 1892 history book (on our Schuyler county website) Cemeteries "Political Graveyard" Census 1850 Mortality Index Churches in Brown County County Demographics, Towns and History Land Tract Sales A-F ¦ G-N ¦ O-Z Military Records Obituaries Pensions   Newspaper Data Pictures of Brown County     Surnames Website Updates: Apr 2013: bio for COCHRAN Mar 2013:  obits for BURNETT, CLEAVES, DOZIER, GOUDSCHAAL, KALLENBACH, KELLY, MCCOMBS, SMITH, TRONE, WOODWARD Jan 2013: McCABE obit, NY bio Dec 2012: PARKER obit Aug 2012: SMITH obit May 2012: Obit for YOCKEY Mar 2012: Bio for MINTER   Brown County Is Bordered By These Neighboring Counties  ADAMS -- CASS -- PIKE -- MORGAN -- SCHUYLER Visit the Main Illinois Genealogy Trails Website To see what other counties Illinois Genealogy Trails has online, visit our County Selection Map At the Main Illinois Genealogy Trails Page, you will find much more data, including: Military Data  Census Data  Illinois State Data  Illinois Events  Help for your Illinois Research  Illinois Genealogy Trails Volunteer Information  Subscribe to the Illinois Genealogy Trails Mailing List to be notified of updates to this website and our other county websites. Visitor Many thanks to previous host Norm Gentry for all his work on this site.   Return to the Illinois Genealogy Trails Main Page Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.