Resources
- Flower's Letters from the Illinois--January 18, 1820 - May 7, 1821
- 1883 Combined History of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash counties
- 1907 Standard Atlas of Edwards County, Illinois
- 1907 Pioneers of Civilization in Illinois by Evarts B. Greene
- 1909 History of the English Settlement
- 1912 A History of Southern Illinois Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
- 1912 Walter L. Mayo, a Pioneer of Edwards County, Illinois
- 1915 History of the Disciples of Christ in Illinois by Nathaniel S. Haynes
- 1918 History of the Episcopal Church in Edwards County, Illinois
- 1940 Stories from Illinois History
- Illinois County Clerk and Recorder Portal to search Deed Indexes for Edwards county using free Guest Access. For a minimal fee, you can also download the deeds, paying for them online. This is much faster and less costly than requesting copies from IRAD after giving them the book and page references.
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Edwards
County Clerk
Courthouse
50 East Main Street
Albion, IL 62806 -
Edwards County Historical Society is located
at 212 W. Main St. Albion, ILL 62806
in
the former Emmerson House. It doubles as a
museum, with many rooms preserved from the
pioneer days. The building itself was an early
residence in Albion and is the birthplace of
Illinois Governor Louis L. Emmerson and the home
of Jesse Emmerson, son of Alan Emmerson. - Stone-Rhodes family website
- Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection includes Albion Journal
- Chronicling America
- ObitCity
- USGenWeb Archives – Edwards County, Illinois
- Illinois Secretary of State Databases
- ILGenWeb Resources for Illinois Genealogy Research
- Illinois Society Sons of the American Revolution
- Men of the 40th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry This site has a complete list, including the Name, County, Rank, Age, Place of Birth, Physical Description, Marital Status, Occupation, etc., where available. Company I was composed of men from Edwards, Clay, and Wabash Counties.
- Genealogical Society of Southern Illinois has a pdf available of a fantastic map of Edwards County
- The Library of Congress has some Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps available for Albion and Grayville
- Wikipedia, Edwards County, Illinois
- Illinois State Genealogical Society's list of Edwards County Cemeteries
- Digital Public Library of America
- USGS GNIS - Geographic Names Information System
- FamilySearch
- FindAGrave
- The Ancestor Hunt
- Genealogy Trails
- Surnames / Researchers
- ILEDWARDS Query Board and Mailing List at groups.io
- Message Board at Rootsweb
- Message Board at GenForum
- Deciphering Old Hand Writing
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