Addresses For Genealogy Research
In
Washington County IL
and surrounding counties

under construction




Please send any new addresses/resource centers and the "how-to's" you find for researching Washington County to:
Robert Middleton, midd@look.ca
After 2 Aug 02 mid@telus.net
Thanks.
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Courthouse Research
Library Research
Society Research
Private Research



Please include a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope (LSASE) with any correspondence to the following addresses. Thank you.

Courthouse Research

Washington County Court House
101 East St. Louis St.
Nashville, IL 62263
As of Aug.10/98 I am waiting for a list of their holdings and price for a lookup.

Generally, for snail mail requests, a single look up by the courthouse is $10.00 and a photo copy is a $1.00 for regular size paper and $2.00 for legal size paper. They will not do a land title search.

A courthouse researcher commented, "we did do research at the county courthouse and they were really nice. We searched through land records and picked out quite a few. They let us use big tables in the back. But it is a small courtouse! They copied all of our pages for us. I don't remember now how much a page we paid but it wasn't much. We didn't get copies of any certificates because the courthouse had burned after my ancestors moved from there! But they did have a Marriage Record book that listed my ancestors. I just hand copied stuff from it."

Other courthouse researchers have commented that the courthouse workers would prefer you come to the courthouse to do your research, otherwise correspondence by mail gets put back until they can get to it.
Library Research

The Nashville Public Library
219 East Elm St. Nashville, Il 62263
Phone (618) 327-3827 They have an answer machine. Fax (618) 327-4820
Nashville Public Library hours in Washington County are:
Mon-Thurs. 1pm-8:30pm
Fri 1pm-6pm
Sat 9am-4pm

The Nashville Library informed me that they can not do research at this time, but will provide me with info on their holdings in the future. They recommend private researchers. The Nashville Public Library does have the old Washington County newspapers on microfilm.


Also check the following library sites:
http://www.library.sos.state.il.us/io/io.html
http://www.shawls.lib.il.us/
http://www.rsa.lib.il.us/lweb.htm
The above addresses gets you into databases for searching books. The 2nd one is Shawnee Library which has inter library loans of books that can be arranged if your local library is in the system. There is one for northern Illinois and it is found at the state site I believe. Hope this helps some of you.

IRAD (Illinois Regional Archives Depository) for old county records the county let go of.
Each University having an IRAD takes in surrounding counties' old records if a county wishes to deposit old records at an IRAD.
Illinois Regional Archives Depository
c/o Special Collections
Morris Library – 6632
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL 62901-6632
Telephone: (618) 453-3040
Hours: Monday – Friday, except state holidays 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m
Research Policy for IRAD
All the local county records held at IRAD at SIU - note that there are only a few for Washington County but IRAD at SIU also has microfilms of the Washington County records.

LDS Family History Center
located in a town near you. Check your phone directory. At the LDS center, you can order/rent for minimal charge microfilms from Salt Lake City of pre-1900 records. Washington County records HAVE NOT been allowed to be microfilmed. The LDS was pretty thorough in microfilming pre-1900 county records and you will probably find most other pre-1900 records in the county offices also on microfilm at Salt Lake City.

Belleville Public Library

Society Research

Please join the local societies. Remember, they are being run by volunteers and many times the money for things like pencils, paper, paper clips, toilet paper are coming out of those volunteers pockets just to keep the society running for people like you and me trying to research their ancestors in Washington County IL. So, when you join, send an extra dollar or two for those extra little things needed for the society.

We need the cost of membership for each of the societies. Thank you.

The Washington County Historical Society. 326 South Kaskaskia Street, Nashville, Il. 62263

Marissa Genealogical and Historical Society P.O. Box 47 Marissa, Il 62257-0047 serving st. clair, washington, randolph, and perry counties

Freeburg Genealogical and Historical Society (St. Clair Co.) P.O. Box 69 Freeburg, Il 62243

St. Clair Co. Genealogical Society P.O. Box 431 Bellville, Il 62222-0431 Quarterly Indexes are Surname Searchable
St Clair County IL Genealogical Society materials are housed at the Belleville Public Library

Clinton County Historical Society 1091 Franklin St. Carlyle, Il 62231

Randolph County Genealogical Society 600 State St., Suite 306, Chester, Il 62233

Private Research

Note the disclaimer at the top of this page. Please contact the researcher for research costs. You are responsible for getting references for below listed researchers. Please include LSASE with correspondence.

Mrs. Sue Ibendahl 1000 Lincoln Road, Oakdale, IL 62268 (Researches only in the school summer months - send LSASE to Sue for details.)

Mary W. Parker, M.S. 200 Bunker Hill Road Belleville, IL 62221-5764 "On Site Photos"

Diane Walsh <rengen@compu-type.net> "Mary Parker and I have taken the NGS course AG:ABC and attend lectures to strengthen our research skills."

Marilynn Kaye Weems, P.O. Box 5 Ina IL 62846 "Family Research"
Phone: (618) 242-2381 - (Better check with Marilynn to see if she is still researching.)

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