Genealogy

Some of the following sources are specific to Edgar County. Others are broader in scope, but may include Edgar County information.

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1	Edgar County Genealogy Library Among the many treasures in Edgar County Genealogy Library are microfilm of early Paris newspapers, recently updated cemetery listings, and an obituary file complete from 1985 to date.
2	Illinois Newspaper Project Find newspaper titles located in libraries. Locations are usually in-library access to microfilm or paper copies, not online access
3	Edgar County Clerk's Office
4	Penny Postcards from Illinois A display of historic picture postcards of towns in Edgar County.
5	Edgar County IL GenWeb The USGenWeb Project site for Edgar County
6	Graveyards of Illinois Lists of cemeteries in Illinois, organized by county, and located on Google maps.
7	Illinois State Archives Databases Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900; Statewide Death Indexes, pre-1916 - 1950; a number of Illinois veteran databases, and a public domain land tract sales index.
8	Illinois State Genealogical Society Links to ISGS projects and quarterlies, plus other Illinois records and resources.
9	Wabash Valley Obituary Index & Vigo County Marriage Index Vigo County Public Library's Wabash Valley Obituary Index includes Edgar and Clark County obituaries published in Terre Haute newspapers.
10	Social Security Death Index at GenealogyBank GenealogyBank, a subscription site, offers free access to its Social Security Death Index.
11	RootsWeb The largest and oldest source of free genealogy information on the Internet.
12	FamilySearch One of the largest free online sources of genealogy information.
13	Illinois in the Civil War Links to information about Illinois units in the Civil War.
14	Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library - Genealogy Services Information about the genealogy services provided by Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois
15	Illinois Harvest Public gateway to digitized resources about Illinois
16	Illinois Digital Archives Contains a large number of historical images and documents pertaining to the state of Illinois.
17	National Archives Includes access to electronic resources in its AAD (Access to Archival Databases)
18	Cyndi's List Contains more than 264,000 links to genealogy sources on the Internet
19	Linkpendium Contains more than 7 million genealogy links and is searchable by surname or location.
20	Edgar Cemetery History and information about Edgar Cemetery. Does not include online burial records.