Perry County, Illinois:
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Projects

• Perry County Genealogy and History      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Perry County Illinois Trails History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Perry County, Illinois History and Genealogy      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Franklin County  to the east and southeast
• Jackson County  to the south
• Jefferson County  to the east and northeast
• Randolph County  to the west
• Washington County  to the north and northwest

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

• Combined history of Randolph, Monroe and Perry counties, Illinois  1883     (Source: Internet Archive)
• 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)
• Perry Co, Illinois, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Perry County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Perry County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Perry County GEDCOM Index 
• Perry County, Illinois Family Biographies      (Source: My Genealogy Hound)
• Portrait and biographical record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe counties, Illinois  1894     (Source: Internet Archive)

Cemeteries (25)

Census Records and Indexes (48)

Church Records

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

Court and Legal Records

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

Ethnic

• African American Coal Miner  Information Center

History (25)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Illinois, County Naturalization Records  1800-1962     (Source: Family History Library)

Introduction and Guides (13)

Land Records

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

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      ($)
• Libraries in Perry 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  Perry County, Illinois     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Perry County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Pinckneyville Public Library  Genealogy Collection
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards (17)

Maps and Gazetteers (39)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Perry County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Perry County, Illinois Veterans      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• Civil War

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

• Korean War

  • Korean War Casualties      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• Revolutionary War

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

• Vietnam War

  • Viet Nam War Casualties      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

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

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Du Quoin Evening Call  Recent Obituaries
• Du Quoin Evening Call      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Du Quoin, Illinois Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Illinois Obituary Project      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Perry County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Pyatt Funeral Home  Pinckneyville, DuQuoin, Coulterville and Oakdale, Illinois

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Penny Postcards from Illinois      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Du Quoin Historical Slide Show 
• DuQuoin Early Cabinets  Mangold Family Album
• Pictures of Willisville, Illinois 

School Records and Histories

• History of Du Quoin Lincoln High School      (Source: Illinois High School Glory Days)
• History of Tamaroa High School      (Source: Illinois High School Glory Days)
• History of Willisville High School      (Source: Illinois High School Glory Days)
• History of Willisville-Percy High School      (Source: Illinois High School Glory Days)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Perry County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• Beaucoup Creek Chapter  Pinckneyville     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• The Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (209)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• Death Index 1916 -1950  (Middle of the page)     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860  includes Perry County, 1827 - 1850     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Marriages, 1827-1850  Free surname index     ($)
• Perry County Birth Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Perry County Death Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Perry County Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Perry County Vital Records Office      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Perry County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Perry County     (Source: Family History Library)

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