Books About St. Clair County, Illinois

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The Greater Belleville, Saint Clair County, Illinois . . . An illustrated sequel to Belleville, Illinois, Illustrated. (1910). Original author, compiler, publisher J. A. Reid (James Allan Reid)

St. Clair County (Illinois) Genealogical Society

P.O. Box 431, Belleville, Illinois 62222–0431 On the SCCGS See Publications - Books page.

Some of their numerous publications: Census–1840, 1870, 1880, 1890; Cemeteries– over 13 township and large cemetery compilations; Church b,m,d, extracts from registers of 14 churches; St. Clair County, Illinois Research and Resources: A Genealogist's Guide, graduates of Catholic High Schools, c1888 Census of St. Peter's Catholic Church (Belleville), and, currently running in their quarterly (2007), Death Register index 1878 - forward.

Online databases include Quarterly surname index (25 years), Methodist, Baptist, United Church of Christ, and Catholic church register abstracts, finding aid for the Catholic Diocese of Belleville Parish Registers on microfilm, tombstone surname index, Civil War Certificate project, Circuit Court Plaintiff Index 1819–1840, 1870 Agricultural Census, and much more.

Marissa Historical and Genealogical Society

P.O. Box 47, Marissa, Illinois 62257 On the MHGS web site

Other Books for Sale

1850 Federal Census of St. Clair Co., Illinois. Spiral bound, two volume edition of photocopies of the actual census. Typed surname index at back. $55.00. S-K Publications, PO Box 8173, Wichita, KS 67208-0173. Ph (316) 685-3201.

Belleville 1814–1914, available from the St. Clair County Historical Society, 701 East Washington, Belleville, IL 62220. This 120 page book describes Belleville's first hundred years in photographs with comments on Belleville's founding, German immigration, development as an industrial power in southern Illinois and centennial celebration in 1914. $20.00; $23.50 if ordered by mail.

Biddleborn Trinity United Church of Christ Church Records and History 1878 – 2002 . Contains Church History, many pictures, and the Baptisms, Confirmands, Marriages and Deaths 1878 – 2003. Also includes the Trinity Cemetery inventory with plat map. Perfect Bound, 100 pages, indexed. Cost $10.00 plus $3.00 postage and handling. Order from Frieda Lee Feig, 1605 Marissa North Rd., Marissa, IL 62257.

College Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, Illinois. See the alphabetical index now online but offsite here

Dutch Hill Prairie History, revised edition 2005. Contains biographries of approximately 220 families who settled in Southeastern St. Clair County - Dutch Hill area from 1818 to the middle 1800's.Includes early history of Dutch Hill Prairie (Lenzburg Township and part of Marissa Township, St. Clair County, Illinois), the inventories of sixteen cemeteries along with some plat maps. Surname Index. 372 pp., acid free paper, hard bound. $25.00 ppd. Order from St. Clair County Genealogical Society (SCCGS) Publications

Higginson Book Company offers a number of reprints of historical books concerning Illinois, including St. Clair County.

Proceedings of the Annual Encampments of the departments of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) transcribes 32,000 deaths of Illinois G.A.R. members who died 1879–1947. The majority are for men who served in Illinois units but include significant numbers of men who served from Missouri, Ohio, Iowa, Kentucky, New York. These deaths cover a time period in Illinois when deaths were often not recorded at the county level (pre-1916). More information off-site here www.ngpublications.com.

St. Clair County, Illinois Birth & Death Records 1843–1870, indexed, 82 pages, $8.00 ppd. Order from St. Clair County Genealogical Society (SCCGS) Publications - Books.

St. Peters United Church of Christ, Lenzburg, IL History and Records (1878-1978) Book includes baptisms, confirmands, marriages and deaths from the church records. ($20.00)
Supplement: St. Peters United Church of Christ, Lenzburg, IL History & Church records 1978 - 1998 and Cemetery Records 1908 - 1998 with cemetery plat. $5.00. If ordering both books the cost is $28.00 ppd. Available from St. Peters UCC, P. O. Box 186, Church Street, Lenzburg, IL 62255.

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