I have a database of over 10,000 known graves in Edwards Co IL compiled from every known cemetery index in the possession of Edw Co Hist Society.  The database belongs to me although I have given a copy of it to the Historical Society for its use at their location.

The data was taken from indexes/readings done over many years and I cannot be responsible for any errors in information BUT it is a wonderful tool.........and its always best to refer back to the original source data such as the death record, church record or tombstone itself.

I am offering to do lookups in this database...........I can search or do reports by any field - last name, first name, dob, dod, or cemetery name and can then email a report to the requestor.........for example, if someone is searching for BOND, I can send them a report of every known BOND grave in the county up to about the mid 1970's, including dates, inscription (if any), name of cemetery and any notes. In some cases, I even have grave photos.

Below is a list of the resources I have at home in which I am willing to perform lookups:  Please note - I cannot do a search for specific surname in every source I have - inquiries need to be specific as to source, particularly in regards to the various history books which contain a lot of submitted data and I cannot violate copyright laws, I cannot do a broad surname search and copy every instance of a surname in these books but I can give them name of the book, page etc and a synopsis of data found.

History Of Edwards Co IL 1844-1980 Past & Present Vol 1

History of Edwards Co IL vol 2

Combined History of Edwards, Lawrence & Wabash Counties, Il 1883

Fed Census 1820-1880

State Census 1825-1865

Population tables for settlement of Wanborough 1822-1829

Index to Newspapers by George Bassett 1869-1906 marriages, births and deaths only

Court Indexes: Guardians, Insane, Adoption and Insolvents

Burial records of St Johns Episcopal Church 1842-1929

Index to Death Books 1-4 Dec 1877-1933

Misc School records 1865, 1873-1875, 1878-1880, 1883-1888

Flowers History of the English Settlement, pub 1909. By George Flower prior to 1862 (does not have a name index)

Prairie Albion by Charles Boewe

Obituaries from Newspapers for years 1940, 1946, 1958, 1959

My own personal database of over 9000 entries.

Please use this email for inquiries:  mygenealogy@mchsi.com

Donna Colyer Bethel - I do not live in Edwards Co although I have in the past.