Sangamon County, Illinois:
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Statewide resources Selected sites (1)

Projects

• Cherie's Illinois Families  29,186 Individuals
• Illinois AHGP Sangamon County Page      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Macoupin & Sangamon County Illinois Genealogical Material 
• Sangamon County      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Sangamon County ILGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Cass County  to the northwest
• Christian County  to the southeast
• Logan County  to the northeast
• Macon County  to the east
• Macoupin County  to the south and southwest
• Menard County  to the north
• Montgomery County  to the south
• Morgan County  to the west

Bible Records

• Sangamon County Bibles      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (22)

Blogs

• Lincoln's Springfield 

Cemeteries (41)

Census Records and Indexes (44)

Church Records

• Island Grove Methodist Church  History, Infant Baptisms, Marriages, Ministers of Record, and Members     (Source: Morgan Area Genealogical Association)
• Minutes of the Sangamon United (later Regular) Baptist Association  1823-1837     (Source: The Primitive Baptist Library of Carthage)
• Pawnee Assembly of God - Historical Documents 
• Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Baptisms 1880 - 1932  Springfield, Illinois
• Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Confirmation Photographs and Records, 1901 - 1998  Springfield, Illinois
• Trinity Lutheran Graduates/Confirmands 1950-1999 

Court and Legal Records (10)

Directories (13)

Estate Records

• Guardian's Case Files  Index, 1825-1901     (Source: Illinois State Archives)
• Sangamon County Probate Case Files Index  1821-1885     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Sangamon County Will & Estate Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

Ethnic (20)

History (167)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Donner Party      (Source: Wikipedia)
• The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate  Left Springfield, Illinois April, 1846     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Naturalization Records  1862-1864     (Source: Sangamon County ILGenWeb)
• Researcher's Guide to Sutter's Fort's Collections of Donner Party Material  Left Springfield, Illinois April 15, 1846

Introduction and Guides (12)

Land Records

• Family Maps of Sangamon County, IL      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• Sangamon County Land & Deed Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Sangamon County Town Lots Record  1825-1876     (Source: University of Illinois at Springfield)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Sangamon County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Morgan, Sangamon Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Menard, Sangamon Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Christian, Sangamon Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Rock Island, Sangamon Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (35)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• 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)

• IL-LONGNINE-L The ancestors and descendants of the "Long Nine", a group of legislators from Sangamon County that included Senators Archer G. Herndon and Job Fletcher and Representatives Abraham Lincoln, Ninian Wirt Edwards, John Dawson, Andrew McCormick, Dan Stone, William F. Elkin, and Robert L. Wilson. The name "The Long Nine" comes from the fact that these men averaged six feet in height and weighed over 200 pounds. Their efforts in the 1836-1838 legislative session were successful in moving the State capital from Vandalia to Springfield.

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

• ILSANGAM-L Sangamon County Genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (103)

Military Records and Histories (37)

Miscellaneous Data (16)

Newspaper Records (22)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (15)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (39)

School Records and Histories (36)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Roselawn Memorial Park, Springfield  Burial Records Search

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• American Slavery As It Is...1839  Testimony of the Rev. William T. Allen of the Presbyterian Church, Chatham, Illinois; late of Alabama     (Source: Google Books)
• Printer's Error in Call for Antislavery Convention  The earliest comprehensive list of abolitionists in Illinois, 1837     (Source: Illinois State Historical Society)
• Sangamon County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• The Underground Railroad, Springfield, Illinois 

Societies (12)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (1,116)

Tax Lists

• Sangamon County Tax Lists      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

Transportation and Industry (54)

Vital Records (13)

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