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Fulton County Courthouse, 1954

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Almshouse Register, 1877-1908
completed

 

  Index

 

 

 

Biographical Data

 

  Biographies by Surnames 
  History of Fulton County, 1879
  Portrait and Biographical Album of Fulton County, 1890

  Pioneer Stories
  Henry Wages    James Arthur    Richard Hall    Mrs. Adeline Ray
  Early Fulton County Pioneer Life

 

 

Cemeteries

 

   

Census Info

 

  Census Index
  1850-1880 Mortality Schedules

 

 

 

Deaths

 

  Obituaries Index UPDATED!
  1850-1880 Mortality Schedules
  1934 Deaths - Astoria Argus Newspaper
  Fulton County Deaths from 1916-1950 Illinois Death Index

 

 

 

Family Data

 


  Family Histories - submitted
  Family Websites Links - submitted

 

Photos

Payne Family Photos from Clinton Payne 

 

 


Diaries:

  Lodema Bayless
  Nancy Bayless Kaler

 

Letters

Letter from Aaron Hendrick Aten to his wife, 1838  

Letter from Curtis B. Wilson to daughter, Mary M. Wilson, December 7, 1864


 

 

 

  Marriages

 
   

  Military Index

  Battery B, 233rd Field Artillery Battalion, 44th Division, Illinois National Guard article & picture

85th Illinois Regiment -
COMPLETED
"History of the 85th Illinois Regiment" by Henry J. Aten
Index of all names in the "History of the 85th Illinois Regiment" linked to paragraphs of pages
Letter To Lincoln written by John Aten, Company G
  85th Regimental History from IL Archive
85th Illinois Regiment Muster Roll

 

   

Newspaper Articles 
The Cholera of 1851
A Rambler's Notes, including early Mathew Tatum line and Buckheart Township
A Rambler's Notes, a woman's perspective of early days in Fulton County by Amy (Tatum) Cluts

 

   

Other Types of Data

 

  Early Criminals
  Fulton County Convicts in Joliet Prison - link to IL main site
 Bohannon, William; Dye, Rebecca; Dyer, Charles; Engle, John; Hill, Martin; Jones, Henry;
Kost, Warren; Leshure, Peter; McCarty, Charles N.; Simons, John; Sizelove, Joseph; Smith, Charles;
Spidell, Jacob; Way, Harmon Jr.; Woodruff, George, aka "Whiskey Bill"

 


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Fulton County Courthouse Info
Reading Land Records
Land Locations Explained plus map of Meridians and Base Lines

Brickwalls - Researcher Contributed

Surnames - Submit yours!

Volunteer Lookups 
Libraries 
Churches

Link to Illinois State Archives:
Fulton County Court Cases database

 

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