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Left pictures are the Rushville Square - top: 1900, middle: about 1920's, bottom: mid 1960's.
Right is a creek in Browning Township.



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Schuyler County is located in West Central Illinois, was formed in 1825 from Pike and Fulton Counties.
 It's surrounded by Adams, Brown, Cass, Mason, Fulton, McDonough and Hancock Counties.
The county seat is Rushville.
Available Records:
Federal Census are available from 1830;
Birth and death records from 1877; Marriage records from 1825;
Divorce, Probate and Civil Court Records from the Clerk of the Circuit Court

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BIOGRAPHIES
  OLD SETTLERS of Schuyler County
   WOMEN of Schuyler County
  BIOGRAPHIES of People Around Schuyler Co.
  Biographical Review of Cass, Schuyler & Brown Co., IL 1892
CEMETERIES
  NAMES AND LOCATIONS

  Private Cemetery Moved - March 1872 
COURTHOUSE RECORDS
  Naturalization and Citizenship 
CENSUS
  Census Index
  1850 Index
   1850-1880 Mortality Schedules
DEATHS
  Death Certificate Index
  Deaths from 1916-1950 Illinois Death Index 
  Funeral Cards 
Obituaries Index 
  Probates & Wills Index 
GENEALOGY - Donated Lines
John Brown line from Janet Pease
James Wesley Davis from Rose Mary Lawson
Huff-Manlove from Linda Manlove
Lenover Family from Tammy Lenover Matthews
Sloan-Humphreys from Dann Norton
 David Frederick Edwards by Mrs. M. Fred Edwards
Henry Kelly Family by Steve Butler
HISTORIES
History of Schuyler County and Courthouse
Businesses
Montooth Horse Barn and Business
Churches
Bader Christian Church, Bader
 First Presbyterian Church, Rushville
  LAND RECORDS
   Land Records
MARRIAGES
First 100 Marriages in Schuyler County
 Marriage Books - By year
Marriage Licenses & Applications Images
MAPS & PLATS
  1872 Schuyler County Plat including townships and cities
MILITARY
Military Index
MISCELLANEOUS INFO
  Schuyler County Convicts in Joliet Prison - link to IL main site
              Copeland, R. S.      Ward, William
OLD NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
  Newspaper Index 
PHOTOS & IMAGES
  Ink Drawings
  Photos
Research Help

  Vital Records Addreses

  Illinois Public Land Survey System
  Illinois Meridians and Base Lines

  Schuyler County Jail Museum & Historical Society
TALES & LORE
  Schuyler County Tales & Lore
TAX ROLLS
1838 Tax Roll Payers		 GENEALOGY TRAILS
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 In Memory 2004-2007


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*Note: Unless otherwise stated, ALL DATA and INFO are donated, transcribed and submitted by
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