Where is mcdonough county illinois

See Illinois Court Records for more information about using court records. Original land records are held in the office of the County Clerk.

See Illinois Land and Property for more information about using land records. Online microfilm are indicated by the camera icon in the catalog entry. Copies of books found in the FamilySearch Catalog may be found in WorldCat catalog and ordered from your local library through interlibrary loan. Civil War service men from McDonough County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company within a regiment that originated in their county.

Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of McDonough County. Original naturalization records are held in the office of the County Clerk. See Illinois Naturalization Records for more information about using naturalization records.

Original estates and wills are held in the office of the Circuit Court Clerk. See Illinois Probate Records for more information about using probate records. IRAD is a system of Illinois Regional Archives Depositories managed by the Illinois State Archives, housing the archival records of local Illinois counties, townships, municipalities and school districts. The seven Regional Depositories are housed on state university campuses scattered throughout Illinois. Colchester, IL Phone Email: colchesterlibrary yahoo.

See also How to order Illinois Vital Records or order electronically online. Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Original birth and death certificates recorded until the year are kept by the McDonough County Clerk while those recorded after are kept by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Original marriage records are usually kept by the County Clerk from the establishment of the county to the present. The county is. The county has the unusual distinction of forming a perfect square by Mercator map projection. The county seat, Macomb , Isis at the very middle of the McDonough, and the courthouse itself is almost precisely located at the center of the county. Macomb is also where the concept for the legendary Republic of Forgottonia was created and where both its fictitious capitol, Fandon and Governor, Neal Gamm was decided upon.

The first documented Americans in McDonough County were soldiers from the War of , followed shortly thereafter by teams of surveyors in that crisscrossed the county in a grid of half mile squares. Included are newspapers, manuscripts, business records, photographs, and more from the early 19th Century to the present.

Coverage is uneven, and less is found when searching for materials further from Macomb. See the office on the sixth floor for collection finding aids and holding lists. Connect with us:. Accessibility Diversity Employment Sustainability Veterans.