Monroe County

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Monroe County Illinois

Monroe County was established January 6, 1816 before Illinois became a state. It was once a part of Randolph and St. Clair Counties. The Monroe County seat was originally Harrisonville from 1816 to 1825, and is now Waterloo 1825-present and was named for James Monroe, 5th president of the United States.

The counties surrounding Monroe County are St. Clair and Randolph.

Welcome to the Monroe County, Illinois site, my name is Sharon , I am the coordinator for the Monroe County website. I look forward to seeing this site grow. I am very interested in Monroe County, my maternal grandparents like their parents before them were from this area, they began arriving here in the mid 1800's from various areas in Germany and many of their descendants are still living here.

I hope some of you will be interested in volunteering and or sharing any interesting information, pictures, obits, news articles or any data pertaining to Monroe County. I would like to honor our soldiers from the various wars by adding pictures and a short bio. To volunteer or submit data please email me. I welcome any and all suggestions from you. Please feel free to email me. To submit data email Sharon.

For questions or help with the site email Sharon County Coordinator.

Monroe County Data

The items not linked are things we will be adding soon, so come back often to see what has been added.

Monroe and Surrounding County Helpful Links

Join the Monroe Co IL Mail List

Search the ILMONROE archives

Browse the ILMONROE archives

Monroe Co. Message Board

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Census Records

Index to the 1818 Monroe County Census Book

1820 Monroe County

Census

Census Lookups 1820 - 1860

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1820 Census Index

1830 Census Index

1850 Mortality Schedule

1930 Census Columbia Precinct-Township

Monroe County Birth, Death, Marriage Records

Transcribed Monroe Co. Births	Scanned Birth Records	Transcribed Marriages
Scanned Marriage Records	Transcribed Monroe Co Deaths	Monroe County Marriage Records Grooms Index Brides Index
Obituaries	Scanned Death Records
Scanned Funeral Card Collection	St. Clair County Funeral Cards	,

Monroe County Cemeteries

Monroe Co Cemetery List

Cemetery Listings and Tombstone Pictures

Monroe County Court Records

Wills and Probates	Monroe Co Chancery Court Records Index Bk-1 1835-1905	Monroe Co Chancery Sec A Box 70 1852-1859
Chancery Court Records A73 & A75-A80 Index Book #2	Chancery Court Records A81 - A89 Index Book #3	Chancery Court Records A-90 to B3 Index Book #4
Chancery Court Records, Drawers B-4 thru B-15, Index Book #5	Chancery Court Records B-16 thru B-31, Index Book #6	Chancery Court Records B-32 thru B-47, Index Book #7
1816 Monroe County Taxpayers	Justice Court Records (Justice of the Peace Henry Reichenbach) Monroe County, Il.	Heinrich Kemp Naturalization Papers 1857-1859
Misc. Documents / Agreements	Immigration Records	.

Military

Military records at the Illinois State Archives	Civil War Regimental and Unit Histories	Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Monroe County
Civil War Soldiers Buried in Monroe Co	Civil War Soldiers (Photos)	WWI Soldiers of Monroe County
WWII Soldiers	World War II Army Casualties	American Legion Post 581 Veteran Grave Registration Records 1927-1945 by Albert C. Metter
Korean War Soldiers	Korean War list of Soldiers Killed in Action for Missouri (Missingand Captured Declared Dead Included) 1950-1957	Vietnam Conflict Illinois Military Personal who Died (Missingand Captured Declared Dead Included)
James Lemon Letters James Lemon Monument / DAR Dedication	Robert Lemon (Article about very early pioneer times in Illinois) Submitted by Janet Flynn	Monroe County Servicemen Buried Overseas
Revolutionary War Records	Camp Shelby Induction 1918 (Monroe County Boys who entrained for Camp Shelby, Mississippi,)	Camp Taylor Induction 1918 (Monroe County Boys Who Entrained For Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky)
Federal Pension Roll of 1883	.	.

Churches - Schools - Clubs - Groups - People (Pictures)

Churches	Schools	Groups and Organizations From Around The County
People of Monroe Co	Unidentified Photographs Can you name them.	Monroe County Surnames
2007 Family Reunions Submit your reunions here.	Kate Miles Photo Album	The Ancestry of Esther Kraus Church Records St. Paul's UCC
Family Letters	Photos Album from the Families of Rodenberg, Koester, Koch, and Ulrich	Teresa Rosemann Autograph Book

News Articles, Towns, Pictures, Directories and Maps

Current and Past Names of Places in Monroe County	PICTURES Views around Monroe County	1875 Monroe County Map 1875 Maps by Townships
Monroe County	Monroe County Plat Book	1918 Prairie Farmers Directory Pages 1-185 Pages 186-323
Historical Homes and Buildings in Columbia, IL	Newspaper Articles	News Articles 2
News Articles 3	News Articles 4	.
East St. Louis, Columbia and Waterloo Railway Official Timetable	NEW Old Advertisement NEW	.

History of Monroe County

1883 Monroe County History from the "Combined History of Randolph, Monroe and Perry Counties, Illinois"

Portrait and Biographical Record of Monroe Co. 1894

Monroe County, Illinois Short Historical Sketch

Indian Hostilities in Monroe County 1786-1795

CASH BOOK

For the Town of Columbia Starting

1859 to 1901

Whiteside Family References

From: The Territorial Papers of the United States, Volume II; The Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, 1787-1803

Monroe County when it was part of the Territory.

History of Columbia and Columbia Precinct 1859-1959

and

Columbia's Centennial Celebration July 3, 4 and 5, 1959

Native American

Index to the Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory (Dawes)

Publications

Monroe County Publications

Resources

Monroe County Resources
NOTICE!! MONROE COUNTY VETERANS BOOKS ARE HERE Click here for order form. The Monroe County Genealogy Society is happy to announce the arrival of the new book, Veterans of Monroe County, Illinois.
* View The Monroe County Genealogy Society Brickwall Site*
* SUBMIT YOUR MONROE COUNTY BRICKWALLS HERE*
Monroe and Surrounding County Helpful Links
Libraries	Monroe Co. Genealogy Society Visit here for more Monroe Co Resources	Monroe Co. Communities
Illinois State Archives	Monroe Co. Historical Society	Monroe Co Independent
USGenWeb Archives	The Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois	Join the IL-OBITS mail list Browse the IL-OBITS archives
National Archives and Records Administration	Monroe County Illinois Trails	Famous Illinoisians with Civil War Ties
(BLM) Search for Illinois Land Patents	Ellis Island Online	Old School Annual Yearbook Project
German History - Virtual Library	Monroe County Directory	Genealogy Place a free genealogical search engine
Babel Fish Translation	Locate Communities and Places	Preserving Your Photographs
Free Translation Site	The Political Graveyard Monroe Co., Illinois	Preserving Photos and Documents
GenealogyBuff Free Research	Genealogy Related Newsgroups	Care of grave stones
Passenger Lists on the Internet	Map of Bavaria	What symbols on grave stones mean
Social Security Death Index	Melungeon History	Free Genealogy Forms
GNIS Geographical Locator	Handy Relationship Chart	Maps of Germany.
Catholic Parish Addresses in Germany	GAR (Grand Army of the Republic)	New Ship Lists at Castlegarden
Missouri Death Certificates 1910-1955	St. Louis, MO. Probate Court Database	St. Louis, MO.Coroner’s Inquest Database
Randolph County Genealogy	Perry County Genealogy	A Brief History of the Civilian Conservation Corps 1933-1942
Children in America 1900 - 1924	Old Newspapers, mostly NY area. However, the newspapers included many little tidbits about Illinois .	.

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