Cass County, Illinois:
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Projects

• Cass County ILGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Cass County Illinois Trails History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Menard & Cass County Illinois Genealogical Material 

Adjacent counties

• Brown County  to the west
• Mason County  to the north
• Menard County  to the east
• Morgan County  to the south
• Sangamon County  to the southeast
• Schuyler County  to the northwest

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (16)

Cemeteries (49)

Census Records and Indexes (40)

Church Records (11)

Court and Legal Records

• Cass County Justices of Peace  Illinois Handbook of Information for the Year 1870     (Source: Illinois Digital Archives)
• Cass County, Illinois Circuit Court Cases, 1873      (Source: Cass County Historical & Genealogical Society)
• Cass County, Illinois Circuit Court Cases, 1893-1898      (Source: Cass County Historical & Genealogical Society)
• Cass County, Illinois Guardianship Book A-1      (Source: Cass County Historical & Genealogical Society)
• Cass County, Illinois Sheriffs 1837-1938      (Source: Cass County Historical & Genealogical Society)
• Lincoln's defense of Duff Armstrong  the story of the trial and the celebrated almanac     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Cass County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Murder at a Methodist Camp Meeting  The Origins of Abraham Lincoln's Most Famous Trial     (Source: The History Cooperative)

Directories

• Bibliography of Beardstown City Directories  City Directories of the United States of America
• Cass County (Ill.) Farm Directory Issued January, 1931      (Source: Cass County ILGenWeb)
• Cass County, Illinois City, County, and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)
• Directory of Cass County Patrons  Standard Atlas of Cass County, Illinois 1899     (Source: Historic Map Works)
• Directory of Patrons  Atlas Map of Cass County, Illinois 1874     (Source: Historic Map Works)
• Farmers' Directory  1917     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• The Farmers' Review farm directory of Cass, Mason, Menard and Sangamon Counties, Illinois  c1917     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Illinois State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1858 and 1859  Beardstown (p. 12)     (Source: Internet Archive)
• The Nurseryman's Directory for the United States, 1883  Virginia, page 105     (Source: Core Historical Literature of Agriculture, Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University)

Estate Records

• Cass County Probate Book A, July 1837 - January 1848      (Source: Cass County Historical & Genealogical Society)
• Cass County Probate Book D, December 1853-July 1858      (Source: Cass County Historical & Genealogical Society)
• Cass County Probate Book E, February 1858-August 1861      (Source: Cass County Historical & Genealogical Society)
• Cass County Probate Book F, August 1861-September 1864      (Source: Cass County Historical & Genealogical Society)
• Cass County Will & Estate Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Cass County, Illinois Probate Book B, 1848-1849      (Source: Cass County Historical & Genealogical Society)
• Cass County, Illinois Probate Book C, 1849-1852      (Source: Cass County Historical & Genealogical Society)

History (62)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• California Gold Rush Wagon Train From Cass County, IL      (Source: Cass County ILGenWeb)

Introduction and Guides (13)

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives (12)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Cass County Message Board      (Source: Illinois Trails History & Genealogy)
• Cass County, IL Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• RootsWeb Message Boards      (Source: RootsWeb)

• IL-CENTRAL-L Central Illinois Genealogy

  • IL-CENTRAL-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • IL-CENTRAL-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • IL-CENTRAL-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• ILCASS-L Cass County Genealogy

  • ILCASS-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ILCASS-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ILCASS-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• ILMAGA-L Morgan Area Genealogy

  • ILMAGA-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ILMAGA-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ILMAGA-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (45)

Military Records and Histories

• Arenzville Veterans 
• Arenzville Veterans      (Source: burgoo.org)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883      (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • Civil War Units      (Source: Illinois in the Civil War)
  • Downing Post No. 321, Grand Army of the Republic, Virginia  Roster of Post as of January 1st, 1913     (Source: Internet Archive)
  • G. L. Douglas Post No. 592, Grand Army of the Republic, Ashland  Roster of Post as of January 1st, 1913     (Source: Internet Archive)
  • Missouri's Union Provost Marshal Papers  1861 - 1866; Beardstown, Illinois

• Revolutionary War

  • Veteran Burials      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• World War I

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

• World War II

  • Army Casualties      (Source: U. S. National Archives & Records Administration)
  • Cass County, Illinois  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)
  • The Town Tattler, Arenzville  Newsletter to WW II servicemen     (Source: burgoo.org)
  • World War II Army Enlistment Records  Created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946     (Source: U. S. National Archives & Records Administration)

Miscellaneous Data

• 1879 - 1911 Chattel Mortgages Cass Co., Illinois      (Source: Cass County ILGenWeb)
• Beardstown Postmasters beginning 1830  Enter Beardstown for City and choose ILLINOIS for State
• Cass County Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Cass County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Cass County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Illinois State Genealogical Quarterly Index 
• Migrations through Cass County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Official register of physicians and midwives now in practice, 1877-1884  Cass County, pages 14, 15, 254     (Source: Internet Archive)

Newspaper Records

• Cass County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Cataloged Titles      (Source: Illinois Newspaper Project)
• Chronicling America  Cass County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Newspapers Published in Cass County      (Source: Illinois Newspaper Project)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (10)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (14)

School Records and Histories (23)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Cass County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• Cass County Historical & Genealogical Society 
• Morgan Area Genealogical Association 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (329)

Tax Lists

• 1844 Unpaid Taxes for Cass County  from Winchester Republican     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry (27)

Vital Records (13)

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