Pope County, Illinois:
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Projects

• Illinois Afrigeneas      (Source: African Ancestry in Illinois)
• Illinois AHGP Pope County Page      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Pope County ILGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Pope County Illinois Trails History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Hardin County  to the east
• Johnson County  to the west
• Livingston County, KY  to the east
• Massac County  to the southwest
• Saline County  to the north
• Williamson County  to the northwest

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

• 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)
• llinois miscellaneous genealogical records  from counties, Bond, Boone, Calhoun, Cook, Crawford, Du Page, Johnson, Knox, Lake, Will, Pope : Kentucky county, Mercer : Missouri county, Ralls     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Pope Co, Illinois, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Pope County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Pope County Biography Abstracts      (Source: Pope County ILGenWeb)
• Pope County Biography Abstracts      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Pope County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Pope County GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries (22)

Census Records and Indexes (57)

Church Records

• Members of the Golconda Church      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Some Deaths from the Presbyterian Church Records      (Source: Pope County ILGenWeb)

Court and Legal Records

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

Directories

• 1888 Grandpier Precinct  Voter List     (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• 1888 Monroe Precinct  Voter List     (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• 1888 Polk Precinct  Voter List     (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• 1888 Union Precinct  Voter List     (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• 1888 Voter List      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

Estate Records

• Illinois Probate Records  1819-1970     (Source: Family History Library)
• Pope County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

History (23)

Introduction and Guides (11)

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• Pope County Land      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Pope County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Massac, Pope Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (10)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards (18)

Maps and Gazetteers (27)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Pope County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Pope County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

• Civil War

  • Civil War Enrollments      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
  • Civil War Units      (Source: Illinois in the Civil War)

• Revolutionary War

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

• World War I

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

• World War II

  • Army Casualties      (Source: U. S. National Archives & Records Administration)
  • Pope 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  Pope County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Newspapers Published in Pope County      (Source: Illinois Newspaper Project)
• Pope County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Pope County Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Aly Funeral Home Records      (Source: Pope County ILGenWeb)
• Illinois Obituary Project      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Pope County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Illinois--Pope County--Robbs.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Illinois--Pope County--Shawnee National Forest.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Illinois--Robbs.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• 1925 List of Schools 
• Bay City School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• History of Grasty School  Near Dixon Springs     (Source: Pope County ILGenWeb)
• History of Robbs High School      (Source: Illinois High School Glory Days)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Database of Servitude and Emancipation Records  includes Servitude Register, 1816-1819     (Source: Illinois State Archives)
• Pope County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• The Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois 
• Pope County Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (352)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Pope County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Directory of Coal Mines in Illinois  Pope County
• Extant Illinois Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• The Geology of Hardin County  and the adjoining part of Pope County     (Source: Google Books)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Official register of legally qualified physicians, 1912      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Patents  Pope County, Illinois     (Source: Google Patents)
• Pope County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Pope County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)

Vital Records (11)

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