Resources
There are many genealogy-related websites to help you with your Alexander County, Illinois, family history development.
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- Illinois Secretary of State Databases
- Digital Public Library of America
- FamilySearch
- Find-A-Grave
- Internet Archive
- 1876
Atlas of the State of Illinois
- 1883
History of Alexander, Union, and Pulaski Counties, Illinois, 944 pages
- 1894 Historical and Descriptive Review of Illinois,
Volume 1
- 1905
Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois
- 1910
A History of the City of Cairo, Illinois, by John M. Lansden,
303 pages
- 1912 A History of Southern Illinois
Volume 1,
Volume 2,
Volume 3
- 1940
It Happened in Cairo
- 1940 Stories
from Illinois History
- 1968
Alexander County Profiles,
a compilation of essays, 66 pages
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Church Records - Illinois, Diocese of
Belleville, Catholic Parish Records, 1729-1956, Alexander
County, at familysearch.org, has record images for Cairo and
Sandusky.
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Naturalization Records - Illinois Naturalization
Records, 1800-1998, at familysearch.org, has record images for two
Alexander County collections: (1) Declarations of intention
1921-1929 no 101-124, and (2) Naturalization index 1857-1941
- Free and American: A Study of Eleven Families of Color by Darrel Dexter - includes
chapters about Arthur & Patience Hawley Allen, Joseph Allen, Johnson Allen, Beverly Brown,
Thomas & Dicey Chavis, Thomas & Betsy Gipson Bass, Nancy Hockens Bryant, Joseph &
Elizabeth Ivey, Cain & Elizabeth Bracken, and Moses Hunter; families of Alexander, Bond, Franklin,
Gallatin, Jackson, Johnson, Pope, Saline, Union, White, and Williamson counties.
- HonorStates
Military Gold Stars, those who died while in service during WWI, WWII, Korean, and Vietnam
- SamPubCo -
Alexander County IL Will Book Testators Index
- Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection
- ObitCity
- Obituaries from Cairo Newspapers
- Illinois Secretary of State Databases
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Genealogical Society of Southern Illinois has a pdf available of a fantastic
map of Alexander County
- The Library of Congress has some Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps available
- Shawnee Community College Library
- Wikipedia,
Alexander County, Illinois
- Alexander County Courthouse, 2000 Washington Avenue, Cairo, IL 62914
County Clerk (birth, marriage and death records) Phone 618-734-7000
County Recorder (land records) Phone 618-734-7001
Circuit Clerk (court and probate records) Phone 618-734-0107
- The Ancestor Hunt
- ILALEXANDER
Query Board and Mailing List at groups.io
- Safford Memorial Library is a most remarkable library for a small town and
has a great deal of historical documentation on the entire area.
Monica
Smith, Librarian [Ms. Smith is also the contact for the Custom House Museum just
across the street.]
Safford Memorial Library
1609 Washington Avenue
Cairo,
Illinois 62914
618-734-1840
- Monument Works has been in business for a long time. For
many years they were the only people around in the business, and they have an
extensive record of internments in the tri-county area.
Mr. John W. Bell
Bell Monument
Works
3615 Sycamore
Cairo, Illinois 62914
618-734-0456
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