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Projects

• Alexander Co IL      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Alexander County Illinois Trails History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• The Historic Cairo, Illinois Website      (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Illinois Afrigeneas      (Source: African Ancestry in Illinois)
• Shawnee Community College Local History Project 

Adjacent counties

• Ballard County, KY  to the east
• Cape Girardeau County, MO  to the west
• Mississippi County, MO  to the south
• Pulaski County  to the east
• Scott County, MO  to the west
• Union County  to the north and northeast

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

• Alexander County Biographies Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Alexander County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Alexander County GEDCOM Index 
• History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, Illinois  1883     (Source: Internet Archive)
• A history of southern Illinois  A narrative account of its historical progress, its people, and its principal interests, Vol. 3     (Source: Online Collections at BYU)
• 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)
• Personal Interviews      (Source: Shawnee Community College Local History Project)

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (31)

Church Records

• Church of the Redeemer - Episcopal, Cairo, Illinois  included in Illinois Society, D.A.R. genealogy records, 1940-1941     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Directories

• 1864-65 Cairo City Directory  Partial transcription     (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Bibliography of Cairo City Directories  City Directories of the United States of America
• Ohio River Directory, 1871-72  includes Cairo     (Source: Google Books)

History (61)

Introduction and Guides

• Alexander County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Alexander County      (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
• Alexander County Illinois Genealogy  Resources for Family History Research     (Source: Kindred Trails)
• Alexander County Records      (Source: The Records Project)
• Alexander County Resources      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Alexander Genealogy      (Source: GenDir)
• Cyndi's List of Illinois locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Alexander County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Family History Library Holdings  (Click on "View Related Places" for Cities, Townships, etc. within the county)     (Source: Family History Library)
• Heritage Quest Resources      ($)
• Libraries in Alexander 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  Alexander County, Illinois     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards (17)

Maps and Gazetteers (26)

Military Records and Histories

• Alexander County Military Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Army transport at the Cairo levee  Drawing of steamboats in a line in the river and people by the shore and approaching the shore at night, the moon visible over the city on the embankment
• Cairo, IL  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883      (Source: Internet Archive)
• U. S. Marine Hospital, Cairo, Illinois  Photograph

• Civil War

  • Cairo, Illinois      (Source: Illinois in the Civil War)
  • Civil War Units      (Source: Illinois in the Civil War)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Alexander County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Alexander County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Illinois Poorhouse History 
• Illinois State Genealogical Quarterly Index 
• Migrations through Alexander County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Miscellaneous Data      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Southern Claims Commission  Alexander and Cairo County     (Source: Footnote)

Newspaper Records

• Alexander County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Cataloged Titles      (Source: Illinois Newspaper Project)
• Newspapers Published in Alexander County      (Source: Illinois Newspaper Project)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Illinois Obituary Project      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Obituaries      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Recent Obituaries  The Cairo Citizen

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (13)

School Records and Histories (11)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Alexander County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• The Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (187)

Transportation and Industry

• Alexander County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Building histories of Alexander County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Illinois Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Official register of legally qualified physicians, 1912      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Patents  Alexander County, Illinois     (Source: Google Patents)
• Steamboats on the Mississippi River  Historical Marker     (Source: Illinois State Historical Society)

Vital Records (12)

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