Scott County, Illinois:
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Projects

• Free Genealogy Resources for Scott County      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Greene & Scott County Illinois Genealogical Material 
• Scott County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Scott County ILGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Greene County  to the south and southeast
• Morgan County  to the northeast
• Pike County  to the west

Bible Records

• Scott County Bibles      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

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

• History of the Springfield Baptist Association, 1881  with sketches of the churches of which it is composed, and biographical sketches of deceased ministers     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Portrait and biographical album of Morgan and Scott Counties, Illinois  1889     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Scott Co, Illinois, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Scott County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Scott County Family Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Scott County GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries (62)

Census Records and Indexes (39)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Scott County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Scott County Justices of Peace  Illinois Handbook of Information for the Year 1870     (Source: Illinois Digital Archives)

Directories

• Illinois state gazetteer and business directory, 1864-65  Exeter - Business directory, page 365     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Illinois state gazetteer and business directory, 1864-65  Glasgow - Business directory, page 392     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Illinois state gazetteer and business directory, 1864-65  Manchester - Business directory, page 447     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Illinois state gazetteer and business directory, 1864-65  Naples - Business directory, page 477     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Illinois state gazetteer and business directory, 1864-65  Winchester - Business directory, page 600     (Source: Internet Archive)
• The Nurseryman's Directory for the United States, 1883  Naples, page 99     (Source: Core Historical Literature of Agriculture, Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University)
• Prairie farmer's directory of Morgan and Scott Counties, Illinois  c1917     (Source: Internet Archive)

Estate Records

• Scott County Wills and Estates      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

History (32)

Introduction and Guides (11)

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives (10)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• IL-WESTERN-L Western Illinois Genealogy

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

• ILSCOTT-L Scott County Genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (47)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Scott County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883      (Source: Internet Archive)
• The military history of Scott county  From "Standard Atlas of Scott County, Illinois" (1903)     (Source: Morgan Area Genealogical Association)

• Civil War (41)

• Mexican American War

  • Return of Soldiers from Mexican War, St. Louis, Missouri Courthouse  July 2, 1847 Reception for returning Missouri and Illinois Soldiers; July 9, 1847 - Funeral honors for Col. John J. Hardin and Lieut. B. R. (Bryan R.) Houghton of the Illinois Volunteers

• Revolutionary War

  • Veteran Burials      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• Spanish American War

  • Volunteer Soldiers of '98 & '99  Spanish American Volunteer Soldiers     (Source: Morgan Area Genealogical Association)

• World War I

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

• World War II

  • Army Casualties      (Source: U. S. National Archives & Records Administration)
  • Casualties      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
  • Scott County, Illinois  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)
  • World War II Army Enlistment Records  Created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946     (Source: U. S. National Archives & Records Administration)

Miscellaneous Data (11)

Newspaper Records

• Cataloged Titles      (Source: Illinois Newspaper Project)
• Chronicling America  Scott County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Newspapers and periodicals of Illinois, 1814-1879  Bluffs (Page 32), Exeter (175), Manchester (232), Naples (258), Winchester (357 - 358)     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Newspapers Published in Scott County      (Source: Illinois Newspaper Project)
• Scott County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Scott County Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Winchester Republican  April 5, 1845     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Coonrod Funeral Home, Winchester  Obituary Archives (from 2000)
• Illinois Obituary Project      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Mackey-Daws Funeral Homes, Obituary Archives  Archives starting 2006
• Scott County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (11)

School Records and Histories

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

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Scott County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• Suit for freedom, 1840 - 1841, Cephas, Diana, a woman of color and Cephas, Josiah, sold to Charles Collins, Naples, IL  Enter "Cephas" in search box

Societies

• Morgan Area Genealogical Association 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (141)

Tax Lists

• Taxes remain due and unpaid for the year 1840  Scroll 1/2 down page     (Source: RootsWeb)

Transportation and Industry (27)

Vital Records

• Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860  includes Scott County, 1839 - 1850     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916  Dec. 1877-June 1903     (Source: Illinois State Archives)
• Scott County Vital Records Office      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Scott County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Scott County     (Source: Family History Library)

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