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Hardbacks

  • PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF ADAMS COUNTY, ILLINOIS, 1892 reprint/hardback 6600 name index added, 624 pages.
    $62.50 + $5.00 Shipping and Handling.
  • STONE'S TRI-COUNTY DIRECTORY, 1892 reprint/hardback. Covers Adams County Illinois, Marion & Lewis Counties, Missouri, surname indexed.
    $25.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.

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Census

  • 1850 CENSUS OF ADAMS COUNTY ILLINOIS Surname index.
    Each volume $15.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.
    • Vol. I: Keene, Houston, Northeast, Honey Creek Clayton, Gilmer, Columbus, Concord, Liberty, McKee, Richfield, Beverly, and Camp Point Townships. (214 pages)
    • Vol II: Lima, Ursa, Mendon, Melrose, Burton, Fall Creek and Payson Townships. (198 pges)
    • Vol III: Riverside and Ellington Townships plus the City of Quincy. (190 pages)
  • 1860 CENSUS OF ADAMS COUNTY ILLINOIS Surname index.
    Each volume $15.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.
    • Vol I: Ellington, Melrose, Fall Creek and Payson Townships (135 pages)
    • Vol II: Burton, Liberty, Richfield, Beverly, McKee and Concord Townships (148 pages)
    • Vol III: Clayton, Columbus, Camp Point, Houston, Northeast and Keene Townships (138 pages)
    • Vol IV: Gilmer, Honey Creek, Mendon, Ursa and Lima Townships (145 pages)
    • Vol V: Wards 1, 2, and 3 of the City of Quincy (158 pages)
    • Vol VI: Wards 4, 5, and 6 of the City of Quincy (138 pages)

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Early Adams County

  • DEATHS & MARRIAGES FROM EARLY QUINCY PAPERS 1835-1850 Vital information from newspaper obituaries and marriage announcements. ( 50 pages).
    $5.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.
  • 1841 TAX LIST FOR ADAMS COUNTY, ILLINOIS Map of County on cover with land descriptions in property tax section, includes personal tax section. ( 74 pages)
    $5.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.
  • EARLY RECORDS INDEX, ADAMS COUNTY, ILLINOIS An everyname index for Chancery, Law and People's Case Files, and other files all pre-1850. Included are Family History Library microfilm numbers needed to order films of actual cases.
    Each volume $10.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.
    • Vol. I: A - D (163 pages)
    • Vol. II: E - K (155 pages)
    • Vol. III: L - R (176 pages)
    • Vol. IV: S - Z (149) pages)

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Marriages

  • MARRIAGES OF ADAMS COUNTY ILLINOIS List of grooms in alphabetical order, brides indexed.
    Each volume $15.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.
    • Vol I: 1825 - 1860 (181 pages)
    • Vol II: 1861 - 1875 (206 pages)
    • Vol III: 1876 - 1890 (198 pages)
    • Vol IV: 1891 - 1899 (119 pages)

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Divorces

  • DIVORCE INDEX OF ADAMS COUNTY ILLINOIS An Index of all names mentioned in cases from 1825 - 1922. (relationships given). Gives Family History Library microfilm number needed to order film.
    Each volume $15.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.
    • Vol. I: A - K
    • Vol. II: L - Z

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Wills

  • ADAMS COUNTY ILLINOIS WILL INDEXES Everyname index for Will Boxes 64 through 124 (1890's - 1922) & Box 330 (earliest wills for the county). Included are Family History Library microfilm numbers needed to order films of actual will packets.
    Each volume $15.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.
    • Vol. I: A - H (300 pages)
    • Vol. II: I - Q (229 pages)
    • Vol. III: R - Z (234 pages)

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Cemeteries

  • CEMETERIES of ADAMS COUNTY ILLINOIS Surname index.
    Each Volume $10.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling
    • Vol. I: Melrose, Fall Creek, Payson, and Richfield (186 pages)
    • Vol. II: Burton, Columbus, Concord, Liberty, McKee and Beverly (174 pages)
    • Vol. III: Lima East & West, Ursa, Mendon and Ellington (202 pages)
    • Vol. IV: Keene, Houston, Honey Creek and Gilmer (188 pages)
    • Vol. V: Camp Point and Clayton (193 pages)
    • Vol. VI: Northeast, plus additions and corrections to Vol. I through Vol. V. (121 pages)
  • QUINCY MEMORIAL PARK Burial records for this cemetery plus those of an early Quincy cemetery located at 24th and Maine Streets. Surname index. (240 pages)
    $10.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.
  • QUINCY CEMETERIES, QUINCY ILLINOIS Graceland, Veterans' National and Valley of Peace Cemeteries Surname index. (187 pages)
    $10.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.
  • GREENMOUNT CEMETERY QUINCY ILLINOIS 1875 1986 Surname index.
    Each Volume $10.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.
    • Vol. I: Minister's Circle, Blocks 1 - 6 (194 pages)
    • Vol. II: Blocks 7-10, Old South Singles, Good Shepherd, Blocks A-F, Circle C (184 pages)
    • Vol. III: Blocks G-N, Circle K, M Singles, Baby Land, Blocks O & R (153 pages)
  • WOODLAND CEMETERY QUINCY ILLINOIS Surname index.
    Each Volume $10.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.
    • Vol. I: Blocks 2 - 9 & 19 (113 pages)
    • Vol. II: Blocks 10 - 12 (200 pages)
    • Vol. III: Blocks 13 - 16, Workhouse Hill & Rogers Vault (155 pages)
    • Vol. IV: Blocks 17 & 18, Mausoleum & additional burial information (204 pages)
  • ST. BONIFACE CATHOLIC CEMETERY QUINCY ILLINOIS Surname index. (113 pages).
    $10.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.
  • ST. PETERS CATHOLIC CEMETERY QUINCY ILLINOIS & ADAMS COUNTY CATHOLIC CEMETERIES Surname Index. Includes map to locate county cemeteries. (70 pages)
    $10.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.
  • CALVARY CATHOLIC CEMETERY QUINCY ILLINOIS Surname Index. (207 pages)
    $10.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.
  • SUNSET CEMETERY, ILLINOIS VETERANS HOME QUINCY ILLINOIS 1887-2000 7320 burials.Lists Registry number, rank, regiment, birth and death dates. (211 pages)
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Miscellaneous

  • HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN QUINCY Rev. Bruener 1887 - Translation to English by Lester Holtschlag . Church History plus 33 illustrations, full name index. (263 pages)
    $20.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.
  • BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS, AND FAMILY ITEMS - Abstracts from the Mendon Dispatch 1906-1910. Mendon, Adams County IL. (176 pages)
    $15.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.
  • FREIBURG FUNERAL HOME RECORDS 1885-1889, 1897-1911,
    $15.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.
  • ADAMS COUNTY CORONERS INQUEST, 1834 - 1906 Early inquests name jurors. All citations give cause of death and name those that testified. (156 pages)
    $10.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.
  • CORONERS INQUEST INDEX OF ADAMS COUNTY ILLINOIS 1825 - 1922, Index of all names mentioned in inquest. Gives Family History Library microfilm numbers for cases.
    $15.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.
  • INDEX TO QUINCY AND ADAMS COUNTY HISTORY and REPRESENTATIVE MEN, VOLS I & II 1919 The two volumes are in one book. Find the reference to your relative that you didn't know was even in this history.
    $10.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.
  • ALIEN REPORT (DECLARATION OF INTENTION) 1840 - 1852 Contains actual photocopies of 245 records. Each page may include place of birth, port & date of departure.
    $15.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.
  • INDEX TO LANDRUM'S QUINCY (80 pages). Name index to the four volume set of Landrum's Quincy, a compilation of weekly columns in the Herald Whig by Carl Landrum.
    $7.00 + $3.50 Shipping and Handling.

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