Welcome to McLean County, Illinois History and Genealogy Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. This website is available for adoption. If you are interested in hosting this county website, or any other site for us, view our Volunteer Information page (A desire to transcribe data and basic webpage-making skills are required) WANT TO HELP? Help this site grow by submitting YOUR families' data. Check your attics! Dust off your family scrapbooks! We're looking for DATA for this site!!! If you are interested in adding your families' information or have history of this county and its people to share, Contact Us We'll be happy to help your families' obituaries, news items and other historical data find a home here at Illinois Genealogy Trails, where it will remain free for all to view. WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU.  All data we come across will be added to this website, so please keep checking back. Est. 25 Dec 1830 McLean County was named for John McLean, a pioneer lawyer, territorial judge, first Representative in Congress from Illinois (1818) and United States Senator (1824/1825). It is the largest county in the state of Illinois, with a land area of 1184 square miles and boasts some of the richest soil in the world. It is the top-producing county in the United States for both corn and soybeans. The county seat is Bloomington, which was named Blooming Grove until 1831. Cities and Towns * Anchor * Arrowsmith * Bellflower * Bloomington * Carlock * Chenoa * Colfax * Cooksville * Danvers * Downs * Ellsworth * Gridley * Heyworth * Hudson * Le Roy * Lexington * McLean * Normal * Saybrook * Shirley * Stanford * Towanda Ghost Towns * Benjaminville * Clarksville * Kumler * Allin, named for early pioneer James Allin, father of Dr. Lee Allin Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories / Records County Records Death Records Family Bibles and Records County History Marriages Military Miscellaneous Data Newspaper Stories Obituaries School Records Wills/Probate Records Website Updates: May 2013: Bible records for: PHEGLY, DUBOIS, WHITTAKER, TOMPKINS, WARD, DAUGHERTY, ALSPAUGH families; Burials in Bloomington Cemetery for the WARD and TOMPKINS families; obits for HUSSONG, SNOW, ELLSWORTH, WOOSLEY, SYLVESTER, TEAL Mar 2013: LENZ obit Jan 2013: BAIRD, BARTHOLOMEW, MILLER, FORD bios; obit for GIDEL Dec 2012: BAKER Family Letter telling of Bloomington "boys" in California in 1851; CADUE, PENSIONEAU, PATTERSON, BROWN bios Oct 2012: SCRIVNER, ARBUCKLE, ECKERT, BANASZAK, BEVIS obits; PRICE, DOWNS bio June 2012: bio for ORANGE, MILLER; death notice for WOLF May 2012: Death Notice for ENGLISH; bio for SUTTON, KAUFMAN; HANNA obit; Bible Records for ANDREWS; SEMMEN-WINK marriage announcement; Court news for A. LINCOLN Search Genealogy Trails site AL AK AR AZ CA CO CT WASHDC DE FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VT WA WI WV WY Main Site Powered by FreeFind * Search Hints * Pick the State on the right side To search a specific county, add name of county to left side (ex: "Surname", "McLean County") Don't miss an Update! Join our Illinois Genealogy Trails Mailing List to get email notices when our county sites are updated.   Visit the Illinois State Site Surrounding Counties Woodford County (northwest) Livingston County (northeast) Ford County (east) Champaign County (southeast) Piatt County (south) Dewitt County (south) Logan County (southwest) Tazewell County (west) Visit Genealogy Trails National Site Many thanks to former hosts Teri Colglazier and Judy Edwards for all of their hard work on this site. Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.