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Important Addresses

smallest leaf button graphicFord County Courthouse
200 West State Street
Paxton, IL 60957


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Office of County Clerk and Recorder
Room 101 Courthouse
Paxton, IL 60957
379-2721

smallest leaf button graphicFord County Historical Society
P.O. Box 213
Paxton, IL 60957-0213

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Townships of Ford County

Brenton (formerly Stockton)
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Dix (formerly Drummer Grove)
Drummer
Lyman
Mona
Patton (formerly Prairie City)
Peach Orchard
Pella (formerly Brenton)
Rogers (formerly Grant)
Sullivant
Wall

Towns/Villages of Ford County

Kempton, Piper City, Roberts,
Sibley, Melvin, Elliott, Gibson City, Paxton


Surrounding counties:

Livingston, Iroquois, Vermilion, Champaign, McLean



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smallest leaf button graphic Ford County Fact Sheet

smallest leaf button graphicWorld War II Casualites for Ford Co

smallest leaf button graphic1895 Map of Ford County

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Genealogical Data Online

History of Ford 1859 to 1959

smallest leaf button graphic1860 Mortality Schedule
[In 1850, Ford is enumerated with Vermilion county]

smallest leaf button graphic1917 Business Directory

smallest leaf button graphic1940 Gibson City Directory

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1940 Plat Map of Gibson City

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1947 Gibson City Directory

smallest leaf button graphicFord County Residents listed on the
Joliet Prison Convict Register

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Biographies of Ford County Residents

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Obituary Index

CEMETERY RECORDS
Drummer Township Cemetery Transcriptions:

smallest leaf button graphicDrummer Township Cemetery Burials - the most complete record to date, newly revised 4/2012

smallest leaf button graphicDrummer Twp Cemetery Reading done by Ford County residents and researchers Ernie & Betty Schroeder.
Surnames A-G, H-P, Q-Z

smallest leaf button graphicDrummer Township Cemetery Burials - from Sexton Records

smallest leaf button graphicBrenton Cemetery Listing Piper City

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Elliott Cemetery Listing

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Farmersville Cemetery Listing

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Hall Cemetery Listing

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Lyman Township Burials

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Meharry Cemetery Listing

smallest leaf button graphicMelvin Cemetery Listing

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smallest leaf button graphicPleasant Grove Cemetery Listing

smallest leaf button graphicPontoppidan Church Cemetery Listing

smallest leaf button graphicSt. Joseph's Cemetery (Caberry, Ill)

smallest leaf button graphicTen Mile Grove Cemetery Listing

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MILITARY RECORDS
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1883 Pensioners on the Rolls
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World War 1 Dix township soldiers

SCHOOL RECORDS
Class of 1929 - Graduation Program, including Class List.
Melvin-Sibley High School Graduates 1892-1940

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This site was updated June 2012


Since we restarted the counter on August 1, 2001, this site has had
Visitors.

Thanks for Visiting Illinois Genealogy Trails Ford County!!!!


Many thanks to our former host Carrol Mick for all her work on this site.

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