Christian County Genealogical Society Library Resources
Atlas and Plat Books (coming soon)
Birth Records
- Christian County Birth Index (bound) 1877-1881
- Christian County Birth Index (microfiche) 1878-1916
Christian County History
- Atlantic
Monthly - 1914
- "Cities,
Counties, Constellations, Courthouses, Clocks" - Courthouse Clock
- Christian Co.
History - Sesquicentennial Edition - 1968 with 1880
- Christian Co.
Holdings at Decatur Gen Soc Library - 1992
- Christian
County "Rich In History" by Terry Ryan
- Christian
County Bi-Centennial Minutes
- Commonwealth
Edison - Archaeology Survey - 1998
- Depression -
1920—1941 Wm. S. Ladd
- Early Christian
County History - Millennium Ed. 2000 - (reprint of 1976)
- Early County
History & Towns - Dorothy Drennan
- Elegant Homes
from a Past Era
- Elks Charity
Minstrel - 1912
- First Court
House - Restoration - 1971
- Historical
Encyclopedia of IL. & History of Christian Co. - 1918 - Vol. I
- Historical
Encyclopedia of IL. & History of Christian Co. - 1918 - Vol. II
- Historical
Society - 1965—1966 - Book of Facts
- Index - 1880
& 1968 County History - Sesquicentennial Ed. by Winetka Lib
- Index -
Biographies in 1880 History
- Index -
Portrait & Biographical Record - 1893 - (original)
- Inventory of
Historic Landmarks
- Kay Fatso the
Circus Elephant (died in Taylorville 1994)
- Lake
Taylorville
- Newspaper -
Taylorville Record - 1941 (Bound)
- Newspapers
- Past &
Present by McBride - 1904
- Personal
Planner
- Poems - G.C. Francis
- Portrait &
Biographical record - 1893 (reprint)
Railway Business Directory 1873
Histories of Christian County Towns & Villages:
Assumption Edinburg Harvel Hewittville Morrisonville Mt. Auburn/Morganville Owaneco Palmer Pana Stonington Taylorville
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Feature Articles on Christian County Townships in CCGS Quarterlies:
Assumption Township - 1990 Quarterly Vol. VII - Spring edition
Bear Creek Township - 1990 Quarterly Vol. VII - Fall edition
Buckhart Township - 1988 Quarterly Vol. V - Spring edition
Greenwood Township - 1986 Quarterly Vol. III - Fall edition
Johnson Township - 1986 Quarterly Vol. III - Winter edition
Locust Township - 1987 Quarterly Vol. IV - Winter edition
May Township - 1987 Quarterly Vol. IV - Fall edition
Mosquito Township - 1986 Quarterly Vol. III - Spring edition
Mt. Auburn Township - 1989 Quarterly Vol. VI -Winter edition
Pana Township - 1987 Quarterly Vol. IV - Summer edition
Prairieton Township - 1987 Quarterly Vol. IV - Spring edition
Ricks Township - 1988 Quarterly Vol. V - Summer edition
Rosamond Township - 1990 Quarterly Vol. VII - Summer edition
South Fork Township - 1989 Quarterly Vol. VI - Fall edition
Stonington Township -1988 Quarterly Vol. V - Fall edition
Taylorville Township - 1989 Quarterly Vol. VI - Summer edition
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Census
- U.S. Federal Census - Transcribed from original (in binder)
- 1820 * 1840 * 1850 * 1860 * 1870
- Illinois State Census - Transcribed from original (in binder)
- US Census Enumeration - Transcribed from original (in binder)
- U.S. Federal Census on microfiche
- 1840 * 1870 * 1880 * 1900 * 1910 * 1920
- Illinois State Census on microfiche
- Cass - Clay County Census on microfiche
Churches (coming soon)
Deaths
- Index of Deaths before 1900
- Index of Deaths - from Pana Gazette (Aug. 1865, 1868-1886)
- Register of interment permits - Stonington area (1902-1920)
- Stocks Funeral Home Index - Morrisonville (1918-1914)
- Bivens Funeral Home Index - Morrisonville (1941-1979)
- McCracken Funeral Home Index - Pana
- Stumpf Funeral Home Index- Pana (1952-1976)
- Stumpf Funeral Home Records
- Christian County Death Index (on microfiche)
Directories
- Christian County Directory
- 1972
* 1973 * 1975 * 1976 *
1977 * 1979 * 1983 * 1985
- Farmers & Breeders of Christian County by Prairie Farmer 1918 (reprint)
- Taylorville City Directory
- 1919-1920
* 1925 * 1928 * 1932 *
1936 * 1940 * 1942 * 1944
* 1947
- 1949 * 1952
* 1954 * 1956 * 1958 *
1959 * 1961 * 1963 * 1965
* 1966
- 1968 * 1987
* 1988 * 1989 * 1990 *
1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1994
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Maps
- Christian County (18x20) - Locates 911 address
- Christian County (18x24) - Located Cemeteries
- Christian County (24x30) - Locates Residences & Cemeteries - 1992
- Illinois State Map (11x16) - Loctes Counties - 1837
- Illinois State Maps - 1987-88, 1991-92, 1995, 1996
- Taylorville
- Taylorville (20x20) 1963
- Taylorville City Plat (20x18) - Locates streets
- Christian County Wall & Plat Maps - reprints in binder
- 1872, 1891, 1902, 1911, 1918 & 1924
- World Atlas - Colliers
- Illinois - Atlas of State - 1876
- Christian County Plat - 1891
- Christian County - 1891 - Standard Atlas
- World Atlas - 1901 - New Popular Atlas
- Standard Atlas - 1911
- Christian County - 1924 - Plat Book & Complete Survery
- World Atlas - 1931 - Literary Digest
- Christian County Plat Maps
- Christian County Plat Book & Farmer's Directory
- Christian County Atlas & Plat Book - 1973
- World Atlas - 1975 (4th edition)
- Christian County Plat - 1979
- Christian County Land Atlas & Plat Book - 1989
Marriage Records
- Marriages of Christian County - Vol. A 1839-1866 (bound and on CD)
- Marriages of Christian County - Vol. B 1866-1884 (bound and on CD)
- Marriages of Christian County - Vol. C 1884-1902 (bound and on CD)
- Marriages of Christina Co. residents married in Sangamon Country (bound)
- Marriage Index - Christian Co. Vol. A, B, C, D and part of E (1866-1924) on microfiche
- Marriage Index Register Vol. A (1839-1866) on micorfiche
- Marriage Index Register Vol. B (1866-1844) on microfiche
- Marriage Index Register Vol. C (1884-1902) on microfiche
- Marriage Index Register Vol. D (1902-1921) on microfiche
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Military
- Civil War - Illinois Prisoners at Andersonville, Ga
- Civil War - William Martin Provine Diary (1864-1865)
- Civil War Veterans Buried in Christian County
- Civil War Veterans of Christian County - featured in CCGS 1986 - Quarterly Vol. III - Summer edition
- Civil War Veterans of Illinois (1997)
- Honor Roll of Christian County (1956)
- Honor Roll of Christian County (supplement by William J. Robe)
- Spanish American War - Letters by Corp. William P. Elliott
- WWI & WWII - Service records - Pana Community
- WWI - Company "C" 123rd Reg.
- WWI - History of Battery A - 123rd Field Artillery
- WWII - Service records - Assumption Community
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Newspapers
These holdings are on film. Click on newspaper title for list of exact dates available.
Schools
- IL State Teachers Assoc. (1909) Journal of Proceedings - 56th meeting
- Institute Booklet (1916) A. Flangan Co.
- Mound School History (Johnson Twp) J.W. Dappert - 1936
- Mound School History (Johnson Twp) Attendance 1879-1945
- Randallville Attendance Records (1873-1929)
- Rural Schools of Christian County - Names & District #
- School Directory
(H.L. Fowkes) 1918-1919
- Schools of Christian County - Directory 1913-1914
- Schools of Christian County - Yearbooks
- 1916-1917 * 1917-1918 * 1918-1919
- Taylorville Township High School - 1892
- Taylorville Township High School - Jr. Class 1894
- Taylorville Township High School "The Souvenir" Catalog & Students 1894
- Taylorville Township High School - 1907
- Taylorville Township High School - Students & Courses
- 1912 * 1915-1916 * 1917-1918
- Taylorville Township High School - Classes of 1920-1929
- Reunion 1982 * Reunion 1986 * Reunion 1990
- Taylorville Township High School - Classes of 1927-1928
- Reunion 1963 * Reunion 1968
- Taylorville Township High School Alumni 1890-1929
- 1902 Vol Now: Preserving Taylorville School - District History
- High School Yearbooks
- 1914, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1923-1925, 1927-1929
- Morrisonville "Crest" & "Mohawk"
- 1937, 1949, 1955-1959, 1961-1971, 1973-1980
- 1957, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1985, 1986, 1988
- Stonington "Red & White" and "Stoney Echoes"
- 1916-1920, 1927, 1928, 1936-1942, 1946, 1948-1952, 1954, 1956
- 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974-1976, 1978-1985
- 1913-1955, 1962-1964, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1980-1986
- Miscellaneous School Year Books
- Kinmundy High School "Amulet" - 1916
- Millikin University "Millidek" - 1929 (Decatur)
- Nokomis High School "Old Nokomis" - 1923, 1929 & 1930
- Tovey Elementary - 1984
- Tri-City High School "Tri-Hi" - 1943 (Sangamon County)
Society Publications
- A complete list of our Publications can be found here.
Surname Index
- From our Quarterlies: (Winter 1983 through Winter 2008)
- This index identifies what quarterly these persons are mentioned in.
- Click on any letter below to view a pdf file of surnames beginning with that letter.
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(Compatible with Acrobat 7.0 and later. Click here to download a free copy)