| Douglas County branched off from Coles County in 1859. The territory that is now Douglas
County was originally known as Upper Okaw and New Albany precincts in Coles County court and county clerk
records. The records kept from that early time period can be located in the courthouse in Charleston,
Illinois. Among the genealogical/reference materials found in the museum's library that might be of value to
researchers and genealogists are the following:
Last update: 07/14/08
- 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900 census books
- Probate index- used to find file numbers for wills, estates, insanity/conservator, delinquents, etc.
(file number can be taken to the circuit clerk’s office to find estate papers.) Please note: Although this
index is in alphabetical order, sometimes you can find things like- Brown coming before Baker, etc.) This
index goes from 1859 until 1963.
- Our First Five Years. Index of volumes 1-6 of the Douglas County Genealogical Society’s newsletters,
Trails and Traces. The index shows three numbers (example; 1-3-18). The first number is the volume or year.
The second number is the issue number within that volume. The third number is the page number the name can
be found on. The museum has all volumes of Trails and Traces.
- All Douglas County cemetery books. Note: The inscriptions found in these books are from existing
tombstones. It is possible that someone’s ancestor is buried in Douglas County, but no tombstone for that
person exists. Cemetery books available: Tuscola; Arcola; Arthur; Fairfield; Campbell-Chesterville-Fillmore-Bourbon-Lower
Lester-Miller-Yoder-Sunnyside; Cartwright-Lewis-Nelson-Mt. Zion (Lewis is also known as Hickory Wyeth.);
Albin-Gwinn-Pleasant Grove-Broadus; Oak Ridge (Camargo); Van Voorhis-Deer Creek-
Murdock-Gill-Hugo-Fairland-Jordan; Villa Grove-Hammet; Newman-Pleasant Ridge.
- Also: Cemetery Inscriptions, Douglas County, Volume 1 - Taylor-Upper and Lower Lester-Ev. Zion
cemeteries. Also: Amish and Mennonite Cemeteries of Moultrie and Douglas County.
- Also: Supplement (additions and corrections to all cemeteries listed above through the year 1982, with
the exception of Cemetery Inscriptions, Do. Co., Volume 1).
- Surname index to Douglas County cemeteries. This is especially good to use if what cemetery an ancestor
is buried in is unknown. It is especially effective to use this book if the name is uncommon. It is more
difficult and time-consuming (but not impossible to use) if the name is common like Smith or Jones. The
surnames are listed by township but there can be more than one cemetery in a township. The first page of the
book shows what cemeteries are found in each Douglas County township.
- 1876, 1884, 1900, 1910 history books of Douglas County.
- Indexes to each of the county history books.
- Naturalization index. This book lists citizens who were naturalized in Douglas County, usually the
country they were from, and the U.S. citizen who sponsored them. This book is so thin it is sometimes hard
to find it on our shelf.
- Obituary listings (1901-1925) in the Arcolian newspaper. Tells name of deceased and in what issue of the
Arcolian that name appears. Names from 1913 issues are not included. The museum does not have the Arcola
newspapers. Check the Arcola library instead.
- Nostalgic Newman News. Especially good to find Newman area births, deaths, marriages. This thick book
has two indexes (one about in the middle). Both indexes have separate birth, death, and marriage sections.
- City Directory of Tuscola 1894. Not indexed, but one section does have an alphabetized listing of the
people who lived in Tuscola in 1894, their addresses, and what their occupations were.
- News Items from the 1896 Tuscola Journal newspaper. Indexed. This book includes everything from marriage
and death announcements to other history-altering events such as new businesses, fires, tragedies, society
events, etc. Sports & politics not included.
- News Items from the 1897 Tuscola Journal newspaper. Indexed.
- 1895 Special Edition of the Saturday Journal newspaper. Indexed. Tells some early history of Tuscola and
mentions a number of influential citizens of the time.
- 1918 Prairie Farmer’s Reliable Directory of Farmers and Breeders, Coles/Douglas County. Alphabetical
listing of farmers, members in the household, where farm was located, and the year that farmer became a
resident of the county.
- 1875, 1893, 1914 Douglas County atlases. Show who owned land and where. Not indexed.
- Directory of School Officers and Teachers of Douglas County. 1908 through 1926, except 1914. Lists the
country schools and tells who were the teachers and officers of each. Not indexed.
Centennial Books
- Atwood
- Arthur
- Newman - 1957 Centennial and 1895 souvenir edition combined.
- Arcola Centennial Homecoming Book/Souvenir Program. Also, Days of Yesteryear Pageant script.
- 1985 Villa Grove History Book
- Other Years. A small, thin red book that gives a short history of Newman.
- Thru the Years in Douglas County. Selected biographical sketches, submitted in 1982-83. Indexed.
- Male Marriage Index 1859 to 1879. Alphabetical listing
- Douglas County Marriages 1859- 1879
- Tuscola: Strolling Through the Past 1857-2007
Biographies
- Quest: Life of Dr. Hugh Irving Conn, well-known doctor in Newman
- Dike Eddleman: Illinois’ Greatest Athlete
- The Arthur Story (short history of the village of Arthur).
- The following family tree lineage books:
- McGuire Genealogy
- Winkler Family History
- Harshbarger Family Genealogy
- Ancestors and Descendants of Joseph Skinner
- Marty-Ruegsegger family
- George Thomas Stevenson Writings
- Charles F. Burmeister Family of Tuscola, IL.
- Innis-Lane (ancient lineage of descendents of Wm. Porterfield and Jessie May Lane Innis)
- The Thompson Family
- Rev. James Johnson England, his wife, Sarah Roush, and descendents
- Mary A. Barnett’s Autobiography and the History of the Barnett Family
- An Oral History of Maynard K. Hine, D.D.S.
- Martin Family Tree (2 volumes, indexed)
- Phipps Family Tree (indexed)
- The Glasscock-Glasscoe of Illinois
- Ewing in Early America
- McCarty-Brown-Fulton-Peck-Hall Family Trees by Wm. Fulton
- “We Came West: We Foustes and Our Kinfolks”, written by Dorothy Fouste Nist.
- Albrights, Clapps, Swings, Thompsons, Rileys, Romines, and Needhams. Volumes One and Two.
- “From the Prairie tthe Mountains: Memoirs of George L. McDermott” (Newman, IL)
- The Lacy Family (alsShobe and Honn families)
- John Ashbrook and Some of His Descendants
- The Family McNutt (alsUtter, Ferbrache, Slassco, Ashbrook, and Featherstun)
- Anthony Worley and Collected Worley Data
- The Temple Saga: The Story of Charley and Susie Temple
- File of Col. Wesford Taggart with material on the Morris & Ingraham Families
- The Hall Tree: The lives of Rev. Martin VanBuren Hall and his wife, Celinda Spore
- Peck Family Tree (Daniel Peck Sr.)
- History of the William Elijah McCarty Family
- Forner Genealogy- Descendants of Henry Forner, Sr.
- Changed in the Middle: by Carole Stackhouse Ackerman
- The Descendants of John and Roda Lewis of Tazewell County, VA.
- Connections; A Family History. Winkler family tree by Judy Winkler Johnson
- History of the Goodspeed Family, Volume 1, by Weston Arthur Goodspeed
- The Allen Family: Descendants of John & Amy Cox Allen with Allied Lines
- Joseph Henry Ewing and Anna Louisa McDonald
- History & Genealogy of the House of O'Neal & Maddox
- Genealogy Sources (Newspaper Article)
- Picture of Maddox Homestead with family
- Mappying Hometown History (Newspaper Article)
- Pedigree Chart of Velma Redden Browning
- History of Maddox Family
- Brothers & Sisters to Nancy O'Neal
- History of Jonathan Hunter
- Maddox-Redden
- John Huffman
- John T. Huffman
- Pictures of William Coffey & Sarah Maddox Coffey
- Picture of William & Sarah Maddox Coffey Home
- History of William Coffey (Sarah Maddox's husband)
- History of Sarah Catherin Maddox
- Obituary of William Holman Maddox
- Obituary of Mary Jane Redden Maddox
- Maddox-Coffey
- Redden-Maddox
- Maddox/Gordy
- Maddox/Cash
- Maddox/Murphy
- Josserands Family
- Maddox/Coffey
- Buildings around Brushy Fork
- Obituary of Sarah Maddox Coffey
- Proposal for gate around Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Picture of William/Sarah Coffey with children
- Obituary of Sarah Maddox Coffey
- Proposal for gate around Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Picture of William/Sarah Coffey with children
- Obituary of Sarah Maddox Coffey
- Picture of Charles Redden w/siblings
- Picture of Josephus/Emily Shelton
- History of Nehemiah Redden DAR Information
- Obituary of William F. O'Neal
- Pictures of William/Sarah Redden O'Neal
- Pictures of Charles/Cynthia Coffey Redden
- Picture of Cynthia Redden in riding habit, cart, & horse
- Obituary of Frank Redden (Charles & Cynthia Redden's son)
- Obituary of Grace Leona "Dollie" Roberts Redden
- Myers/Maddox
- Pictures of Thomas Murphy & Amanda Taylor
- Dint & Keller
- Harvey/O'Neal
- John Hunter
- Issue of Ann Hunter/William Hunter
- O'Neal/Cutler
- Redden/O'Neal
- Redden-Shelton Family Tree
- Genealogy Sources (Newspaper Article)
- Pedigree Chart of Velma Redden Browning
- Great Gift to Leave Your Family (newspaper article)
- Letter to Cynthia Redden about researching Redden History
- Maps of Eastern U.S. (Treaty of 1783)
- Map of U.S.
- Listing of 8 generations of House of Redden
- Record of James Redden land entered in Coles County July 1, 1845
- Births & deaths listed in Redden Bible (contributed by Mrs. James C. Franklin, Lawrenceburg, KY
1966. Owned by Eleanor Collins, Lawrenceburg)
- DAR Information (History of Nehemiah Redden Revolutionary War Service)
- Genealogy of James Redden/Sarah Bristor Redden (had 8 children)
- Genealogy of James Redden Jr./Rebecca Walters Redden
- Notes on Redden Family of Somerset & Worcester Counties, MD
- Correspondence to Eunice Redden for James Redden Sr (DAR Information)
- Articles about John & Nehemia Redden contributed by Dr. Richard J. Uhrbrock, Athens, OH.
- Genealogy of Nehemiah/Leah Melvin Redden
- Typed copy of Nehemiah Redden will
- Typed copy of Leah Melvin Redden will
- Pedigree chart of James Redden Sr.
- History of children of James Sr./Sarah Bristor Redden:
- Leven
- John
- James Jr. (direct ancestor of Velma Redden Browning)
- William
- Edward
- Stephen
- Esther
- Asa
- Newspaper articles about flatboating on the Ohio River
- Genealogy of Esther Redden/Isaac Daniels (1st marriage)
- Genealogy of Esther Redden/Samuel Allison (2nd marriage)
- Typed obituary of Esther Redden Allison (died Sept. 19, 1904)
- Genealogy of Allison-Wendel-Board
- Genealogy of Asa Redden
- Genealogy of James Redden Jr/Rebecca Walters (direct ancestors of Velma Redden Browning)
- Correspondence searching for witness names on James Jr. and Rebecca marriage certificate
- Picture of James/Rebecca tombstones in Gwinn Cemetery
- Picture of 3 of James Jr/Rebecca's children: Josephus, Sarah Ellen & Mary Jane
- Genealogy of James Jr./Rebecca Redden's children:
- Jacob/Elizabeth Winkler Redden & picture of their tombstone Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Eliza Redden/Townsend Wells & obituary of Eliza; copy of letter from Townson to father Asa Wells
in Muskingum Co., Ohio January 1, 1852
- Mary Jane Redden/William Holman Maddox; typed obituaries of William Holman Maddox and Mary Jane
Redden Maddox
- Sarah Ellen Redden/William Fletcher O'Neal; typed obituary of William F. O'Neal; picture of
William & Sarah Ellen Redden O'Neal; typed obituary of William F. O'Neal; picture of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Clark (descendants of the Redden/O'Neal; typed obituaries of the O'Neals
- Josephus Redden/Emily Shelton (Velma Redden Browning's great grandparents)
- Picture of Josephus/Emily tombstones in Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- History of Josephus Redden
- Pictures of Josephus Redden/Emily Shelton Redden
- Pedigree chart of Velma Redden Browning
- Funeral notice of Emily Redden
- Picture of tombstone in Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- History of Josephus Redden & Emily Shelton & Family
- Listing of land belonging to estate of James Redden, Jr. (March 15, 1867)
- Tax assessment for James Redden c/o Josephus Redden 1868
- Supply list bought by Josephus Redden May 5, 1877
- Tax statement for Josephus Redden February 28, 1881
- History of Josephus Redden & descendents
- Shelton-Mustain Family History
- Picture of Josephus Redden with horse, Philip
- Letter from Investment Bankers, Trevett & Mattis to Josephus Redden (December 16, 1901)
- Information of Rice-Shelton-Daniels-Cutler Families
- The Shelton/Mustain Family History
- Civil War letters (2) from F.M. Daniels to Josephus & Emily Redden
- Picture of Josephus Redden family in front of Josephus Redden's house (September 1892)
- Obituary & Funeral notice of Emily Shelton Redden (died January 7, 1895)
- Funeral Notice of Josephus Redden (died September 10, 1903)
- Typed obituary of Josephus Redden
- Picture of Redden family taken at Howell Redden's farm. (Howell was son of Josephus)
- 2nd picture of Redden family taken at Howell Redden's farm
- Pictures of Josephus/Emily Redden's children
- Genealogy of children of Josephus Redden/Emily Shelton
- Elizabeth Jane Redden/George Morrow Grace (1st marriage); Elizabeth Jane Redden/Henry Daniels (2nd
marriage); obituaries of Henry Daniels & Elizabeth Jane Redden Daniels
- Enoch Howell Redden/Louisa Frances Redden; obituary of Frances Redden; typed copy of wedding of
Margery F. Redden to Charles Clement (only daughter of Enoch Redden); typed obituaries of Margery &
Charles Clement
- Sarah Ellen Redden/John Wesley Burgett; picture of hotel that John/Sarah Burgett & Charles/Cynthia
Redden stayed at; obituaries of John & Sarah Burgett
- Charles Albin Redden/Cynthia Jane Coffey (Velma Redden Browning's grandparents)
- Picture of pipeline laid south of Rt. 36 in Douglas Co. (C.A. Redden worked on August 1930)
- Picture of 3 of Josephus/Emily Redden's children (Sarah, Charles, Elizabeth)
- Picture of 3 of Josephus/Emily Redden's children (Sarah, Charles, Elizabeth & daughter-in-law
Frances)
- Picture of Charles Redden & son, Frank, bringing Soldier's Monument from railroad depot to Oakland
Park (1919)
- History of Soldier's Monument & Oakland Park (originally called Centennial Park)
- Picture & story of Liberty Bell thru Oakland
- Picture & story of bank on the square in Oakland since 1874
- Picture of Charles & Cynthia Redden
- Certificate for Postmaster at Brushy Fork for Charles A. Redden
- Genealogy of Charles/Cynthia Redden
- Picture of Charles Redden (2 years old)
- Picture of Charles Redden (young man)
- Picture of Cynthia Coffey Redden (12 years old)
- Picture of Cynthia Redden's house where she lived when she died in 1951
- Obituary of Cynthia Redden
- Obituary of Sarah Maddox Coffey (Cynthia's mother)
- Picture of William & Sarah Coffey's house with family (Cynthia's parents & siblings)
- Picture of Thomas Murphy Taylor & Amanda Ann Coffey Taylor (Cynthia's sister & brother-in-law)
- Obituary of Thomas Taylor (Cynthia's brother-in-law)
- Pictures from scrapbook of Cynthia Coffey Redden of her mother, siblings, & their families
- Deaths of Cynthia & Charles Redden
- Masonic Lodges Charles Redden member of
- Eastern Star Lodge Cynthia Redden member of
- Copy of marriage certificate for Charles/Cynthia Redden
- Picture of Charles Redden family (July 3, 1908)
- Picture of Charles/Cynthia Redden & children, Frank & Hulah
- Pictures of tombstones of Charles/Cynthia Redden & Charles' brother, Enoch/Louisa Oakland Cemetery
- Copy of letter from Emily to son Charles, away at McKendree Commercial Institute
- McKendree College, Lebanon, Il - Charles Redden attended
- Diary of C.A. Redden written on C.A. Redden General Merchandise letterhead (1895)
- Advertisement from J.B. McKinney Land Investment Co.
- Picture of Cynthia Coffey Redden in riding habit, cart & horse she drove in horse shows in Oakland
in 1910 thru 1912
- Picture of Josephus Redden Home with Charles Redden Family
- Pictures of houses owned by Charles/Cynthia Redden
- Picture of pump at Nip 'n' Tuck (Brushy Fork where Charles & Cynthia grew up and lived after
marrying)
- Picture of Charles, Cynthia, grandson Roy and son Frank, taken in Denver, CO in August 1911
- Stories of Charles Redden's farming adventures
- Copies of invitations to Mayor, Charles Redden & wife to Martin's Opera House 1904
- Another copy of picture of Josephus Redden home with Charles Redden Family
- Pictures of Charles Redden family in car
- Funeral notice of Charles Redden (died May 23, 1934)
- Pencil diagram for Charles/Cynthia tombstone
- Pictures of Frank Redden's Infare Dinner (1912)
- Picture of Elliot Gilbert (as a young girl worked for Josephus Redden family) and Charles Redden's
daughter, Hulah
- Picture of Redden Family
- Picture of Charles Redden home in Oakland 1903 & 1904
- Pictures of Charles Redden's farm (1924)
- Copy of Public Sale Bill for Charles Redden 1925
- Obituary of Charles Redden
- Obituary of Cynthia Redden
- Picture of Frank & Hulah Redden (1900)
- Picture of Hulah Redden
- Pictures of Hulah Redden (6 years old) and son (Roy, 3 years old)
- Pictures of Charles Redden and grandson Roy
- Picture of Lewis Redden & family 1911
- Genealogy of Charles/Cynthia Redden's children:
- Hulah May Redden/William Carson McQueen; story of tragic death of couple, funeral notice for
couple and picture of flowers, contract for tombstone for couple, picture of Charles's children's
stones, Hulah/William McQueen & Frank/Grace Roberts Redden (Oakland Cemetery)
- Franklin Delta Redden (Velma Redden Browning's father)
- Picture of Frank Redden when a baby
- Picture of Frank Redden with friends
- Picture of Warren Murphy (cousin) with Frank Redden's goats & wagon
- Copy of letters (2) from Frank to parents, Charles & Cynthia 1908
- Picture of Frank Redden 1911
- Copies of wedding/dinner invitations from parents of Frank Redden & Dollie Roberts
- Pictures of Infare Dinner Table for Frank/Dollie Roberts Redden
- Pictures of Cynthia's mother, Sarah and Charles and Cynthia Redden
- Copy of marriage certificate for Frank Redden and Grace Leona "Dollie" Roberts
- Picture of Frank Redden
- Copy of drawing made by Frank Redden
- Picture of Frank, Dollie, & daughter, Velma Redden Browning
- Obituary of Frank Redden
- Obituary of Grace Leona "Dollie" Redden
- Roy (grandson) of Charles/Cynthia Redden
- Roy's parents, William and Hulah Redden McQueen died in fire. he was adopted by
Charles/Cynthia Redden
- Genealogy of Roy/Mary Lyons
- Pictures of Roy Redden when a boy and later as an adult (Mt. Carmel School)
- Obituary of Roy Redden
- Typed obituary of Mary Lyons Redden
- Genealogy of Velma Redden/Everett Browning
- Obituary of Grace Leona, "Dollie" Redden, Velma's mother
- Story of Everett/Velma Browning as written by Velma
- Graduation picture of Everett Browning
- Graduation picture of Velma Redden Browning
- Copy of Delayed Birth Record of Everett Browning
- Picture of Everett and Velma Browning taken for their 50th wedding anniversary
- Copies of memorabilia from high school days of Everett & Velma (newspaper articles)
- Copy of marriage certificate for Everett Browning & Velma Redden
- Pictures of Everett & Velma taken in the 1930s. Married May 24, 1935.
- Copy of WWII Draft Notice for Everett Browning (1945)
- Published draft numbers in Oakland paper for WWII
- Copies of membership for Everett & Velma in Mt. Gilead church, 1953
- Pictures of Everett/Velma family, son Jack
- Pictures of Jack with grandmother Dollie Redden and great grandmother Cynthia Redden
- Pictures of Jack Browning when a small child
- Pictures of Everett, Velma with son, Jack, and daughter, Judy
- School Picture of Jack Browning 1st grade
- School Picture of Judy Browning 1st grade
- Genealogy of Jack Browning/Barbara Curry (Everett/Velma's son)
- Copy of birth certificate for Jack Browning
- Marriage write-up in paper
- Picture of Jack/Barbara with son Mike, and daughter Joy
- Genealogy of Judy Browning/Dean Lovell (Everett/Velma's daughter)
- Copy of birth certificate for Judy Browning
- Judy FHA Delegate newspaper article
- Judy wedding announcement newspaper article
- Wedding picture of Judy/Dean
- Information on Pleasant Grove Church & Cemetery
- Picture of buildings around Brushy Fork
- Newspaper article on Timber Road
- Newspaper article on Winkler School built in 1851
- Information on Pleasant Grove Church prepared by Charlotte Wax & Velma Browning for DAR
- History of Coffey's family written by Cynthia Coffey Redden and her cousin, Charles Roberts
- The Jarman Baby Project. A listing of approximately 10,000 infants born at Jarman Hospital, Tuscola,
from 1919-1989. Generally lists names of parents and mother’s maiden name. Also biographies of area
doctors who delivered Jarman babies. (See also Jarman Baby Project on this website.)
- Amish/Mennonite genealogies/resources as follows:
- Amish Mennonites in Germany, their Congregations, the Estates Where they Lived, and Their families
- Illinois Directory of the Amish – 1995
- Yost D. Miller Family Record
- Amish and Mennonite Cemeteries of Moultrie & Douglas County
- Jerry S. Otto & Elizabeth Mast Family History 1896-1998
- Family Record of Benjamin D. & Carolina Otto Schrock & Their Descendants
- Family Record of Fred D. Schlabach & Mary A. Yoder 1907-1998
- Family Record of John C. & Katie Herschberger & Lucy Mast Yoder & Their Descendants
- Family Record of Yost M. Yoder & Gertrude Kauffman and Marx Jess & gertrude
- Kauffman Yoder 1850-1982
- History & Family Records of John C. Gingerich & Leah Wagler & Joseph E. Stutzman & Sarah L. Mast 1994
- Family Record of James Edwin Lee & Sarah Miller 1908-1998
- Family Record of Levi & Sovilla Miller Mast
- Family Record of Jacob M. Chupp & Mattie Herschberger & Their Descendants 1902-1998
- Descendants of Barbara Hochstetler
- Descendants of Noah C. Yoder (June 20, 1880-March 03, 1973) & Eliza J. Yoder (July 14, 1885-October
13, 1963)
- Family Record of Andrew J. Mast & Mattie J. Yoder 1873-2002
- Yost D. Miller Family Record
- Descendants of David S. and Lydia Miller Beachy, 1855-2001
- The Family Records of William B. Miller-n-Katie Ann Beachy Miller, 1906-2001
- Family Record of David J. Plank and Lydia Eicher Plank and Their Descendants
- Garden of Memories, A Sprinkling of Memories by a Sprinkling of the John C. Yoder Offspring
- Amish/Mennonite Books:
- Out of the Whirlwind: An Anthology of Amishland Tornado Experiences
- Illinois Mennonite Heritage
- To Train Up a Child by Michael & Debi Pearl
- Timely Talks with Teenagers
- God Knows My Size: Silvia Tarniceriu by Harvey Yoder
- Community Addresses, Arthur, IL 2002
- Hymn Translations – German to English
- The Amish in America: Settles that Failed, 1840-1960 by David Luthy
- Illinois Directory of the Illinois Amish, 3rd Edition
- Love Affair with a Small Town by Rachel Roller. Many references to the people of Newman
- A Collection of History and Memories, Forty Martyrs Catholic Church, Tuscola
- High School Annuals
- Tuscola – 1909, 1921-32, 1935-48, 1970, 1975-76, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1989
- Atwood – 1906, 1908, 1913, 1914-15, 1918-24, 19277-28, 1931-34, 1938, 1940-41, 1943, 1947, 1954-62,
1966
- Newman – 1942, 1981-88, 1990-91; Class of 1942 Golden Celebration
- Arcola – 1922, 1926-27, 1942, 1967-70, 1973-75
- Villa Grove – 1918-1919
- Arthur – 1917, 1942, 1953, 1954, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972,1973, 1974,
1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991
- Hindsboro – 1912; Souvenir Edition of Hindsboro High School History 1909-1951; 1940, 1941
1941
- Atwood High Alumnus, 1961 (lists all alums & faculty from 1887-1921)
- Other School Year Books
- North Ward Elementary School (Tuscola) Yearbooks: 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95
- East Prairie School (Tuscola) Yearbooks: 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1994-95
- Arthur Junior High and Elementary School Yearbooks – 1960/61, 1961/62
Miscellaneous Reference Materials
- Tuscola City Directories: 1930, 1938, 1935, 1937-38
- Telephone books:
- Arthur & Atwood – 1972, 1982
- Newman, Sidell, Broadlands – 1959 through 1990
- Newman – 1920, 1921
- Tuscola-Villa Grove-1942-1947, 1949, 1951-55, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1968, 1975-76
- Hume, Brocton, Newman – 1943, 1945-46, 1948-58.
- Tower of Strength 1859-1959 – First Methodist Church, Arcola history.
- The Early History of Arcola by Cynthia Rothrock
- Merchants, Tradesmen & Manufacturers Financial Condition for Douglas County, Illinois, 1914
- Veterans
- Newman Area Servicemen Lost in World War II. Compiled by Kim McGee.
- Johnnie Has Gone For a Soldier. Volume I, The Last Good War, Battle Front and Home Front News from
Douglas County Newspapers 1941-1945
- Johnnie has Gone for a Soldier, Volume II. Camargo Township Library’s memoirs of area servicemen.
- Adjutant General’s Reports. Adjutant General’s Report. Names and information about Illinois men in the
Civil War. Generally, Douglas/Coles County Civil War veterans can be found in regiments: 21 (Co. D), 25
(Co. H), 54 (Co. B & I), 70 (Co. A), 79 (Co. B, E, G, K), 135 (Co. G), 149 (Co. F), and 154 (Co. B).
- Arcola United Methodist Church, Honoring Our Veterans, Nov. 9, 1997.
- The History of Tuscola Little League: The First 25 Years 1951-1975, by Rick McGuire & Mike Carroll.
- Plat books – 1950, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1990.
- Douglas County Farm Bureau 75th Anniversary book.
- 1990 Farm & Home Directory & Plat.
- Douglas County Map (circa early-mid 1970s)
- Immanuel Lutheran Church Records 1897-1997 Tuscola Lutheran Church.
- Waddington Funeral Home Records, Book 1, January 19, 1920-June 9, 1925.
- Waddington Funeral Home Records, Book 2, June 24, 1925 to September 10, 1930.
- Waddington Funeral Home Record, Book 3, Sept. 11, 1930 to Dec. 3, 1934.
- Waddington Funeral Home Record, Book 4, Dec. 4, 1934 to Dec. 26, 1937.
- Waddington Funeral Home Index of Books 1 through 4.
- Arthur Once Upon a Time. Index of negatives by Christian Fred Eberhardt, Arthur.
Noel Dicks Collection. Early 1900s. Eberhardt died in 1918.
- Arthur Once Upon a Time. Index of Negatives by Delbert Hovermale, Arthur.
Noel Dicks Collection. Late 1940s & early 1950s.
- Arthur Once Upon a Time. Index of miscellaneous Negatives, miscellaneous years.
Noel Dicks Collection.
- A Souvenir Edition Hindsboro High School History 1909-1951. Includes information on students, teachers,
staff, events, miscellaneous information.
- Death Record, Former USI Chemical Co. Employees. 429 names and year of death.
- God’s Plan for Russ. The Story of Russell Stackhouse.
- Douglas County Marriages 1859-1879. Alphabetical listing for both bride & bridegroom.
Coles County Reference Books:
- The Spirit of Independence #2. Landmarks Inc. 1981. A compilation of history of Oakland, IL.
- Early Marriages of Coles County 1851-1870. Indexed. Alphabetical listing for men and women.
- Early Marriages of Coles County 1871-1890. Indexed. Alphabetical by years. The list includes the names
of the couple, date of application, and official performing the ceremony.
- Early Marriages of Coles County 1830-1850. Indexed alphabetically by the years for both men and women.
- 1840 U.S. Federal Census of Coles County. Indexed. Listing by head of family. Also free white males and
free white females.
- The Prairie Sleeps, Vol. III. Cemeteries of Coles County – Charleston and Hutton Townships. Indexed.
Many of the cemeteries include biographical information that tell about the original land donor & history of
the name. Also has a list of abandoned cemeteries (Mt. Zion, Parker, Reat, Whorl). Tombstone data from the
following cemeteries:
- Adkins (Woodson); Old Chambers (West End); Charleston (Old City); (a/k/a Pioneer); Cossel (Huffman);
Ellington; Huckaba (Oliver); Kickapoo (Mt. Zion); Lumbrick (Collum); Mound; Roselawn; Fudge; Salem (Woods,
Shoemaker); Stoner; Unity (Brown’s Chapel); and Yocom. (All Charleston township cemeteries)
- Anderson; Beavers; Brandenburg; Grant; Hurricane; Kelley (Old Kelley); Liberty; McKenzie; Otterbein;
Parker; Salisbury (Giffin); Sargent; Stewart (Sullivan); Stringtown; Whetstone; Riley Brick. Also
abandoned cemeteries: Five Mile House (Cartwright) and Freeman. (All Hutton township cemeteries)
- The Prairie Sleeps, Vol. II. Cemeteries of Coles County – cemeteries of Mattoon, North Okaw, and
Humboldt townships. Many of the cemeteries include biographical information that tells about the original
land donor & history of the name.
Calvary Catholic; Dodge Grove (listed alphabetically with age and death date and cause of Death); Nellie
Ross Hyde Memorial Garden (owned by Odd Fellows/Rebekah Home); Brann-Logan (Brannon); Fuller (on a private
farm); Gearhart (Wade-Hinton) – a family or neighborhood cemetery which has not been used for almost 100
yrs.; Mt. Zion; Pleasant Grove; Smith; Zoar; Old Cooks Mill (cemetery no longer in existence); East Humboldt
(Gardner-Union-Smith-Walker); I.O.O.F.; and West Humboldt (old); Also list of soldiers interred in Humboldt.
- The Prairie Sleeps, Vol. I. Cemeteries of Coles County – cemeteries of Lafayette, Paradise & Pleasant
Grove townships; Bethel; Montgomery; Resthaven; Van Deren; Campground; Dry Grove; Curry (Old Baptist); Zion
Hill; Old Beals; New Beals; Doty; Boles; Old Indian; Pleasant Prairie (New Indian); Janesville (New Gordon);
Leitch; Folger (Lower Muddy); Mt. Tabor (Indian Creek); Kelly; Old Gordon; Shiloh; Upper Muddy; Wright;
Armstrong; Old Spies.
- Coles County History Book 1876-1976.
- 1850 Coles County U.S. federal census.
- Postal History of Coles County1830-1930. Lists postmasters, but not indexed collectively or by
individual towns.
- Telephone Books: Charleston – 1980; Mattoon – 1991.
- Mattoon High School annuals (The Riddle) – 1927-31.
- The Lincoln-Douglas Debate at Charleston, Illinois September 18, 1858.
- Coles County in the Civil War 1861-1865.
- Warbler 1995 “100 Years of Building”. Eastern Illinois University Centennial Book.
- Mattoon: A Pictorial History.
- Coles County Plat Books – year unknown (older), 1981
- Coles-Douglas Plat Book – year unknown
- Assessor’s Book 1866, Coles Co., Morgan Twp.
- Round the Square: Life in Downtown Charleston, IL 1830-1998
Moultrie County Genealogical Reference Books:
- Moultrie County Cemetery Inscriptions, Volume I.
Jonathan Creek, Sullivan, E. Nelson,
Marrowbone, Dora, Lovington, Whitley townships. Indexed.
Bracken Family; Camfield; Graham’s Chapel; Hampton (Shields); Mitchell; New Hope; Oak Grove; Seass; St.
Isadore’s; Strain (Dedman); Turner; Waggoner; Walker
- Moultrie County Cemetery Inscriptions, Volume II.
Whitley, E. Nelson, Jonathan Creek,
Sullivan, Marrowbone, and Lovington townships. Indexed.
Branch Side; French; Ginn (Ellis); Selby; Hagerman; Liberty; Otto Farm; Pea; Thomason (Cook); Taylor
(Hudson); First Waggoner; Wright; Yarnell; Turner (additions to volume I)
- Moultrie County Cemetery Inscriptions, Volume III.
Lynn Creek; Cunningham; Daugherty; Munson-McCormick; Todd’s Point; Wright (Roland); Marrowbone; Snyder;
Selby; Hostetter; Cemetery – name unknown; McDaniels.
- Moultrie County Cemetery Inscriptions, Volume IV.
Keller Cemetery only. It was also known as Lovington cemetery at one point in time.
- Moultrie County Cemetery Inscriptions, Volume V.
E. Nelson, Sullivan, Whitley and Lovington townships. Purvis; Souther’s; Illinois Masonic Home Cemetery;
Smyser; Whitfield; Hewitt.
- 1850 Moultrie County U.S. federal census.
- 1860 Moultrie County U.S. federal census (first and second editions).
- 1870 Moultrie County U.S. federal census.
- 1880 Moultrie County U.S. federal census (volumes I, II, III).
- History of Moultrie County Schools. Lists country and in-town schools, teachers, directors, and
miscellaneous information about the schools.
- Century I: Notes on Sullivan, Il. 1845-1872-1972. A Guidebook to Historic Sites.
- Our 70th Year: Special Commemorative Edition of Moultrie County American Legions. Arthur Post 479;
Bethany Post 507; Dalton City Post 475; Findlay Post 409; Lovington Post 429; Windsor Post 725; Names and
photographs of many veterans and Legion histories.
- Moultrie County, Illinois Marriage Index Volume I. 1843-1860. Indexed by bridegroom’s names as well as
names of brides.
- Moultrie County, Illinois Marriage Index Volume II. 1861-1874. Indexed by bridegroom’s names as well as
names of brides.
- Moultrie County, Illinois Marriage Index Volume III. 1875-1882. Indexed by bridegroom’s names as well as
names of brides.
- Moultrie County, Illinois Marriage Index Volume IV. 1883- 1890. Indexed by bridegroom’s names as well as
names of brides.
- Some Pre-1920 Moultrie County, Illinois Obituaries. Volumes I and II. Each is surname indexed.
- Moultrie County Plat Book – year unknown (older), 1980
- 1910 Federal Census of Moultrie County--Volumes I and II.
Champaign County Genealogical Reference Books:
- Heartland Beat. Pioneers of Champaign County. Has an appendix and an Old Settlers Association Register.
- Around and About Broadlands 1884-1984, Volumes I and II.
- Combined Atlas of Champaign County 1893-1913-1929. Indexed.
- A Look Into Yesteryear. A collection of drawings of neighboring towns is Champaign County.
- Cemeteries in Southern Champaign County. St. Mary, Jessee, Andy Rock, and Rice cemeteries.
- Champaign County Telephone Directories – 1955-1957, 1959, 1962-1963
- Telephone Directory: Bondville, Ivesdale, Ogden, Pesotum, Philo, Royal, Sadorus, Seymour, Tolono – 1966
- Telephone Directory: Tolono, Philo and Pesotum - 1952
- Champaign County Plat Books –1983
- U. S. Census, Champaign County – 1840
- Burials, GAR Cemetery, Homer – 1886-1970
- Dear Edna – a history of Homer, Il.
- Barns of Champaign County
Piatt County Genealogical Reference Books:
- The Prairie is Our Home. A history of Hammond community, including LaPlace, Burrowsville and Lintner.
- Monticello Beacon High School Annual 1930.
- Unity Township Cemeteries, Piatt Couny. Besides these listed, the book also shows the location of two
cemeteries not named and now vanished from the landscape. Mackville; Hammond; Antioch; Harshbarger;
Moore.
- Piatt County Plat Books – 1963, 1981
- 1850 Piatt County Federal Census & Mortality Schedule.
- 1855 & 1865 State Census, Inhabitants of Piatt County and 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, Federal Census
Mortality Schedule.
- 1860 Piatt County Census.
- 1880 Piatt County Census.
- Piatt County Marriages 1841-1874.
- 1860 Piatt County Agricultural Census.
- 1900 Census, Piatt County.
- Piatt County Marriages 1874-1910.
- 1870 Piatt County Census.
- Bement, Illinois Cemetery Records.
- Blue Ridge Township Cemeteries.
- Cerro Gordo Township Cemeteries.
- Goose Creek Township Cemeteries.
- Monticello Township Cemeteries.
- Sangamon Township Cemeteries.
- Willow Branch Township Cemeteries.
Edgar County Genealogical Reference Books:
- Edgar County Plat Book – 1981
- Hume 1873-1973. Photographs and records through the years.
- Edgar County Federal Census – 1880
- Edgar County Federal Census – 1870
- Edgar County Federal Census – 1850
- Index to Edgar Co. Estates & Wills – 1823-1963
- Edgar County Deaths & Some Burials – 1877-1925
- Edgar County Federal Census – 1840
- Edgar County Federal Census – 1860
- Brocton: A Prairie Village, 1976
Vermilion County Genealogical Reference Books:
- Vermilion County Plat Book – 1983
Miscellaneous Genealogical Reference Books:
- A Guide to County Records in the Illinois Regional Archives.
- Handy Index to the Holdings of the Genealogical Society of Utah.
- Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Vol. I. Preliminary inventories. 1934. Each inventory contains
an introduction that briefly states the history and the functions of the agency that accumulated the
records. Indexed numerically.
- Illinois Mortality Schedule 1860. Volume I. Counties, Adams through Effingham. Alphabetically indexed.
- Index to the 1830 U.S. federal census, Vol. IV. Includes Alexander, Pope, Union, Jackson, Franklyn,
Perry, Randolph, Monroe, Washington, Marion, Jefferson, Hamilton and Gallatin Counties, Illinois.
- High School Annuals – Homer 1926 and 1948.
- Civil War Soldiers from Effingham County. Indexed.
- The History of Williamson County, Illinois from the Earliest Times, Down to the Present. Has a separate
index.
- Recollections: Yesterday, Today, for Tomorrow. A History of Bracken County, Kentucky.
- A Documentary History of the Indiana Decade of the Harmony Society 1814-1824, Vol. II. 1820-1824.
- 1905 Historical Souvenir Edition of Williamson County, Il. Indexed.
- History Under our Feet. The Story of Vermilion County, Il. Indexed.
- Edwards County, Il. Past and Present. Volume I. 1980. Indexed.
- With the Colors. Soldiers from Montgomery County 1917-1918-1919. Indexed.
- The Famine Immigrants. Lists of Irish immigrants arriving at the Port of New York. 1846-1851. Indexed.
- Lincoln County, Kentucky Marriages 1780-1850. Indexed.
- Sangamon County, Il. Obituaries 1861-1896.
- Vermilion County, Il. Marriage License Abstracts 1826-1852. Indexed.
- U.S. Federal Census – 1850 – Iroquois County. Indexed.
- 1830 Federal Population Census for Indiana. Alphabetically Indexed.
- 1820 Federal Census for Indiana. Alphabetically Indexed.
- To Save the Union: Indiana Regiments in the Civil War.
- Pioneer Ancestors of Members of the Society of Indiana Pioneers. Applications for membership in the
Society of Indiana Pioneers. Alphabetical. Includes name of ancestor, birth place & date, Indiana county
settled, date settled, and previous residence.
- American Naturalization Processes and Procedures 1790-1985. A review of the U.S. naturalization system
from its beginning as a federal process.
- Census of Indiana Territory for 1807. Facsimile of the original 1807 census manuscript of Knox,
Dearborn, and Randolph Counties in Indiana. Indexed.
- 1795 Census of Kentucky. Constructed from tax lists of Kentucky counties that were in existence in 1795.
- Illinois State Death Index. This index lists names of deceased Illinois residents, date of death, and
county of residence. On Microfiche. Museum has a microfiche reader.
- Grand Army of the Republic Department of Illinois. Transcription of the Death Rolls, 1879-1947
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