Hamilton County, Illinois:
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Projects

• Hamilton Co., Illinois Genealogy Resource Page      (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Hamilton County ILGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Hamilton County Illinois      (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Hamilton County Illinois Trails History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• The Yesterdays of Hamilton County, Illinois 

Adjacent counties

• Franklin County  to the west
• Gallatin County  to the southeast
• Jefferson County  to the west and northwest
• Saline County  to the south
• Wayne County  to the north and northeast
• White County  to the east

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Hamilton Co, Illinois, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Hamilton County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Hamilton County Biography Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Hamilton County GEDCOM Index 
• Hamilton County Reunions      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• History of Gallatin, Saline, Hamilton, Franklin and Williamson counties, Illinois, from the earliest time to the present      (Source: Internet Archive)
• A history of southern Illinois  A narrative account of its historical progress, its people, and its principal interests (Volume 2)     (Source: Internet Archive)
• A history of southern Illinois  A narrative account of its historical progress, its people, and its principal interests (Volume 3)     (Source: Internet Archive)

Cemeteries (20)

Census Records and Indexes (66)

Church Records

• Catholic Parish Records, Diocese of Belleville  1729-1956     (Source: Family History Library)
• Ladies Aid Book  Broughton Baptist Church, 1908     (Source: Gholson Brothers Pages)
• The Unity Baptist Church      (Source: Gholson Brothers Pages)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Hamilton County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories

• Walpole Business Directory, 1876      (Source: Gholson Brothers Pages)

Estate Records

• Hamilton County Will and Estate Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Illinois Probate Records  1819-1970     (Source: Family History Library)
• Will and Probate Sales      (Source: Gholson Brothers Pages)

History (31)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Naturalization Papers  1863-1905     (Source: The Yesterdays of Hamilton County, Illinois)

Introduction and Guides (11)

Land Records

• Family Maps of Hamilton County, IL      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Hamilton County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings  (Click on "View Related Places" for Cities, Townships, etc. within the county)     (Source: Family History Library)
• Hamilton County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Hamilton County Museum 
• Heritage Quest Resources      ($)
• Libraries in Hamilton County      (Source: Every Library in Illinois)
• Local Governmental Records Holdings      (Source: Illinois State Archives)
• Newberry Catalog  (Only 20% of inventory in online catalog)     (Source: The Newberry Library)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Hamilton County, Illinois     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

• Hamilton County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards (16)

Maps and Gazetteers (32)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Hamilton County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Hamilton County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Servicement from Broughton Area      (Source: Gholson Brothers Pages)

• Civil War

  • Civil War Units      (Source: Illinois in the Civil War)
  • Dr. Edward Dawes Diary      (Source: Gholson Brothers Pages)

• Revolutionary War

  • 1835 Revolutionary War Pensioners      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
  • Veteran Burials      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Hamilton County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Army Casualties      (Source: U. S. National Archives & Records Administration)
  • Casualties      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
  • Hamilton County, Illinois  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data (11)

Newspaper Records

• Cataloged Titles      (Source: Illinois Newspaper Project)
• Chronicling America  Hamilton County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Hamilton County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Hamilton County Newspaper Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Historical McLeansboro Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Newspapers Published in Hamilton County      (Source: Illinois Newspaper Project)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Hamilton County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Illinois Obituary Project      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• McLeansboro, Illinois Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Obituaries from 1996 onward      (Source: Wayback Machine)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Broughton Family Album      (Source: Gholson Brothers Pages)
• Penny Postcards of Hamilton County      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Broughton Photos      (Source: Gholson Brothers Pages)
• Illinois--Hamilton County--McLeansboro.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Illinois--Hamilton County.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Illinois--McLeansboro.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories (10)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Hamilton County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• The Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois 
• Hamilton County Historical Society      (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Hamilton County Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (1,676)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Hamilton County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Directory of Coal Mines in Illinois  Hamilton County
• Extant Illinois Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Hamilton County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Hamilton County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Official register of legally qualified physicians, 1912      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Patents  Hamilton County, Illinois     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Hamilton County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Hamilton County Vital Records Office      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860  includes Hamilton County, 1821 - 1850     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Marriages 1821-1850  Grooms with surnames A-L     (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Marriages 1821-1850  Grooms with surnames M-Y     (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Marriages to 1850  incomplete     (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Hamilton County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Hamilton County     (Source: Family History Library)

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