Randolph County, Illinois:
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Projects

• Kaskasia Illinois Trails History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Randolph County ILGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Randolph County Illinois Trails History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Jackson County  to the southeast
• Monroe County  to the northwest
• Perry County  to the east
• Perry County, MO  to the southwest
• Saint Genevieve County, MO  to the southwest
• St. Clair County  to the north
• Washington County  to the north and northeast

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

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (48)

Church Records

• Catholic Parish Records, Diocese of Belleville  1729-1956     (Source: Family History Library)
• Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records, Caskakias  1695-1834, 1887     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records, Prairie du Rocher  1761-1799     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Randolph County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Rules for the government of officers and employees of the Southern Illinois Penitentiary, Chester, Ill  (1879)     (Source: Internet Archive)
• A Trial Scene in Kaskaskia in 1781      (Source: Internet Archive)

Directories (14)

Estate Records

• Illinois Probate Records  1819-1970     (Source: Family History Library)
• Randolph County Estate, Probate, & Wills      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

Ethnic

• African American Coal Miner  Information Center

History (44)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives (11)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards (20)

Maps and Gazetteers (37)

Military Records and Histories (14)

Miscellaneous Data (13)

Newspaper Records

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

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Chester, Illinois Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Illinois Obituary Project      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Pyatt Funeral Home  Pinckneyville, DuQuoin, Coulterville and Oakdale, Illinois
• Randolph County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Red Bud North County News  Red Bud, IL     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Suntimes Obituaries, Chester  1999 to present

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Penny Postcards from Illinois      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Eden vicinity      (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Fort Gage      (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Prairie du Rocher      (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Redbud      (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Sparta      (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Tilden      (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• An act to incorporate Shiloh College - In force January 8, 1840      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Evansville School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• History of Baldwin High School      (Source: Illinois High School Glory Days)
• History of Kaskaskia Academy of the Visitation      (Source: Illinois High School Glory Days)
• History of Percy High School      (Source: Illinois High School Glory Days)
• History of Tilden 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

• Database of Servitude and Emancipation Records  includes Record Book 1 1736-1782, Deed Record J-M 1797-1815, Servitude and Emancipation Registers 1809-1863, Kaskaskia Manuscripts 1714-1816     (Source: Illinois State Archives)
• Escape Betwixt Two Suns  A True Tale of the Underground Railroad in Illinois     (Source: Questia Online Library)     ($)
• Randolph County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• The Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois 
• Liberty Bell of the West Chapter  Chester     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Randolph County Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (204)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Randolph County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Directory of Coal Mines in Illinois  Randolph 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)
• Oil Investigations in Illinois in 1914  Anticlinal structure in Randolph County     (Source: Google Books)
• Patents  Randolph County, Illinois     (Source: Google Patents)
• Randolph County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Randolph County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)

Vital Records

• Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860  includes Randolph County, 1809 - 1850     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Randolph County Death Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Randolph County Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Randolph County Vital Records Office      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Randolph County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Randolph County     (Source: Family History Library)

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