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EDGAR COUNTY,
ILLINOIS
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Welcome to the Illinois Genealogy Trails Edgar County website.
This county is now being hosted by
Kevin. If you have any data you would like to contribute to this
county's website: family histories and genealogies, biographies,
births, marriages, deaths, obituaries, cemetery and census data,
county and town histories, newspapers, family, group or class
pictures, old postcards, &c., please contact me at
colonialtrails@yahoo.com
You are welcome to browse the information on
these pages to garner the data needed to
continue your research into your family
history. However, please remember that this
information, in many cases, represents years
of painstaking research on the part of the
many generous volunteers who have donated
their information to this site. You can show
your respect for these efforts by not taking
things to use on other websites and/or to
claim as your own (see
below). We thank you in advance for your
consideration
WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE
TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU. WE DO OUR BEST TO PRESENT FREE
MATERIAL THAT WILL HELP YOU RESEARCH YOUR FAMILY IN ILLINOIS AND MANY
TIMES, FOREGO OUR OWN PERSONAL RESEARCH TO DO SO. WE HAVE SET UP A
RESEARCH HELP PAGE TO ANSWER MOST OF THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
ABOUT RESEARCH IN ILLINOIS. PLEASE REFER TO THIS PAGE BEFORE CONTACTING US FOR HELP. THANKS!
Recent Updates
About the Genealogy Trails
Group
*For your convenience, this will
search Clark, Crawford & Edgar Counties
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| Edgar County was formed in 1823 out of
Clark County.
It was named for Irishman John Edgar who was an officer in the Royal
Navy who switched sides during the Revolutionary War rather than
fight the colonists. He became a a pioneer merchant,
politician and land speculator in early Illinois
Townships in Edgar County are:
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| If you need help with your research, please
visit our Illinois
Research Help page. You'll find
many helpful suggestions, resources and links. For
resources specific to Edgar County, see
Edgar County Resources
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Don't miss visiting the State areas of Illinois Genealogy Trails, linked below. Most of these records do include Edgar county
folks.
Illinois State Military
Includes Revolutionary War
Soldiers buried in the State of Illinois, Revolutionary
War pensioners, the 1840 Illinois State Military Census, the
War of 1812, the Civil War and more.
Illinois State Data
Includes State-wide history
and data, including our new Illinois Prisoner Register
project.
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Illinois Census
Locate Census by State or
County that is available through
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EDGAR COUNTY RESOURCES
Edgar County, Illinois
Courthouse
115 West Court Street
Paris, IL 61944
(217) 465-4151
County Clerk's Office holds
Land Records
Vital Records
(birth, death and
marriage)
Circuit Clerk's Office
holds
Divorce Records
Probates and Wills
Other Court Records
Be sure to call before you
send your request for prices and guidelines
*A list of dates records are
available can be found on our Courthouse
Earliest Record Holdings page
Edgar County Historical Complex
Edgar County Records held at IRAD - To search, enter EDGAR
in the County box
Illinois State Archives
Military, Marriage,
Death Index and other online databases.
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| Copyright and Disclaimer The information contained on the pages of this site is free for your personal use,
however the original data remains copyrighted by the individual
contributors. The particular compilation of the data in
the format presented herein is copyrighted by
L. K. Ortman for use
by Illinois Genealogy Trails History and Genealogy. As such, this data is not to be used for profit, or
for presentation elsewhere without express permission of the owner.
Every effort is made to insure that all texts, pictures and other data
presented here were obtained from sources for which permission has been
obtained or the copyright has expired. Please report any copyright
violation to
L. K. Ortman.
© 2006-2008
L. K. Ortman, Illinois
Genealogy Trails History and
Genealogy
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