Newspapers
Olney Times 1872 -- 1960
Olney Daily Mail 1906 -- 1987
Misc. Olney papers 1872 -- 1993
(Olney Weekly Times, The Olney Daily Ledger, The Olney
Evening Star, The Olney Semi-Weekly Republican, the Olney Republican)
Sumner Press 1882--1963
St. Marie Tribune 1901 -- 1918
Noble County Commoner 1885 -- 1999
Census
Federal Census Returns 1820 -- 1930
for counties of
Clay, Crawford, Edwards, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland, Wabash
& Wayne
(Federal
Census microfilm rolls usually have three counties per roll, so many
other counties are available.)
IGI
1992 IGI
for the United States
1988 IGI for rest of world except South American and Mexico
CDs
400 Family Tree Maker
CDs
Illinois
State Historical Society
Illinois
State Archives
USGenWeb
Illinois Archives
Vital
Records -- Illinois
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Books
A
collection of approximately 2500 books is housed in the Anderson Library
at Olney Central College. The collection is owned by the Genealogy Society
and is not cataloged. Use is limited to onsite visits during library hours
of operation. Examples include:
- Family
History for families in this region
- Census
Indices through 1850 for most states east of the Mississippi River
- New England
books, including a complete collection of the Barbour Indexes from Connecticut
- Mayflower
recored
- Complete
collection of Hinshaw's Quaker Records
- Complete
collection of PERSI
The society
has purchased all books that are available for a nine-county region of
southeastern Illinois. (Clay, Crawford,
Edwards, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland, Wabash & Wayne)
Collection of Richland County Information:
- Family
files
- Funeral
records
- Scrapbooks
- Cemeteries
- City
and County Directories
Newspaper
Obituary Collection
1980 - present
- Newton
Press Mentor
- Mount
Carmel Daily Republican Register
- Olney
Daily Mail
- Sumner
Press
Other
obituaries from the area dating back to the 1920's are also available.
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