Clay County, Illinois:
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Projects

• Clay County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Clay County ILGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Genealogy From and Around Clay City, Illinois 

Adjacent counties

• Effingham County  to the north
• Fayette County  to the west
• Jasper County  to the northeast
• Marion County  to the west and southwest
• Richland County  to the east
• Wayne County  to the south

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

• Biographical and reminiscent history of Richland, Clay and Marion counties, Illinois  (1909)     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Clay Co, Illinois, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Clay County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Clay County GEDCOM Index 
• Hardin Clay Roots      (Source: RootsWeb's WorldConnect)
• 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)
• History of Wayne and Clay counties, Illinois  1884     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Pictures and biographical sketches of the business men of Clay City, Illinois 1930      (Source: Internet Archive)

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (38)

Church Records

• Catholic Parish Records, Diocese of Belleville  1729-1956     (Source: Family History Library)

Court and Legal Records

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

History (19)

Introduction and Guides (11)

Land Records

• 1925 Plat Book  Free surname index     ($)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Clay, Richland Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Clay County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Clay 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)
• Flora Public Library  Genealogy & Local History Information Webpage
• Heritage Quest Resources      ($)
• Libraries in Clay 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  Clay County, Illinois     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Clay County Message Board      (Source: Illinois Trails History & Genealogy)
• Clay County, IL Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• RootsWeb Message Boards      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Southern Illinois (SOIL-L) Discussion List      (Source: RootsWeb)

• IL-EASTERN-L Eastern Illinois Genealogy

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

• ILCLAY-L Clay County Genealogy

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

• SOIL-L Southern Illinois Genealogy and History

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

Maps and Gazetteers (32)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• Revolutionary War

  • Veteran Burials      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Clay County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Clay County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Illinois Poorhouse History 
• Illinois State Genealogical Quarterly Index 
• Migrations through Clay County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

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

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Clay County Obituary Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• The Daily Clay County Advocate-Press  Recent Obituaries
• Daily Clay County Advocate-Press  Flora, IL     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Daily Clay County Advocate-Press      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Flora, Illinois Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Illinois Obituary Project      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• 1954 Centennial Celebration  Flora, Illinois
• Clay County Penny Postcards      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

School Records and Histories

• History of Xenia High School      (Source: Illinois High School Glory Days)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Clay County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• Clay County Genealogical Society 
• The Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois 
• Vinsans Trace Chapter  Flora     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Vinsans Trace Chapter  Flora     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (118)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Clay County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Clay County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Clay County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Directory of Coal Mines in Illinois  Clay County
• 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  Clay County, Illinois     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Clay County Vital Records Office      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860  includes Clay County, 1825 - 1850     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Clay County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Clay County     (Source: Family History Library)

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