Johnson County, Illinois:
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Projects

• Johnson County Illinois History & Genealogy 
• Johnson County Illinois Trails History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Johnson County, Illinois      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Shawnee Community College Local History Project 

Adjacent counties

• Massac County  to the south and southeast
• Pope County  to the east and southeast
• Pulaski County  to the southwest
• Saline County  to the northeast
• Union County  to the west
• Williamson County  to the north

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)
• Johnson Co, Illinois, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Johnson County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Johnson County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Johnson County GEDCOM Index 
• 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)     ($)
• Personal Interviews      (Source: Shawnee Community College Local History Project)

Cemeteries (10)

Census Records and Indexes (42)

Church Records

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

Court and Legal Records

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

DNA Project

• Johnson County Illinois DNA Project      (Source: Family Tree DNA)

Estate Records

• Illinois Probate Records  1819-1970     (Source: Family History Library)

History (21)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives

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

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards (16)

Maps and Gazetteers (23)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Johnson County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Johnson County Pension 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

  • 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  Johnson County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Ed Annable Publishing  Johnson & Pope Counties, Illinois - Genealogy & History     ($)
• Illinois Poorhouse History 
• Illinois State Genealogical Quarterly Index 
• Johnson County Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Johnson County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Johnson County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Johnson County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Southeastern Illinois Resource Books  On Pope, Johnson, Massac and Hardin Counties     ($)

Newspaper Records

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

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Blue Funeral Home  Obituaries from 2003 to present
• Illinois Obituary Project      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

School Records and Histories

• History of Buncombe High School      (Source: Illinois High School Glory Days)
• History of Cypress High School      (Source: Illinois High School Glory Days)
• History of Grantsburg High School      (Source: Illinois High School Glory Days)
• History of New Burnside High School      (Source: Illinois High School Glory Days)
• History of Simpson High School      (Source: Illinois High School Glory Days)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Johnson County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• Daniel Chapman Chapter  Vienna     (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Daniel Chapman Chapter  Vienna     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• The Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois 
• Johnson County Genealogical & Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (103)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860  includes Johnson County, 1834 - 1850     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Johnson County Birth Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Johnson County Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Johnson County Vital Records Office      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Johnson County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Johnson County     (Source: Family History Library)

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