The Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois

c/o John A. Logan College, 700 Logan College Road, Carterville, Illinois 62918-9599

Publications

General Interest

ATLAS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, 1876.
Individual maps of all 102 counties in 1876, together with the plat of Chicago and other cities. Many landowner names, schools, churches, and cemeteries are on these maps. By Warren and Beers. 11 x 17 inch. SOFT COVER--$23.00

ILLINOIS PLACE NAMES.  Compiled by James N. Adams.  An Illinois State Historical Society Occasional Publication. Indexed, 610 pages, 1989. Hard cover - $22.00.

MAPS FROM THE COVERS OF THE SAGA OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.
Maps by W. Galen Richison locate ghost towns, early trails, original settlements in the 28 Southern Illinois counties. 53 pages, 1986. Reprint 1997. SOFT COVER--$6.00

GENEALOGY SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ANCESTOR CHARTS. VOLUMES I through X.  Price reduced!
Four-generation ancestor charts from society members. Each of the ten volumes contains 200 pages, indexed.  SOFT COVER--$10.00 each (specify volumes ordered). Full set of ten vols.--$80.00.

HISTORY OF ALEXANDER, UNION AND PULASKI COUNTIES, ILLINOIS. Edited by William Henry Perrin in 1883.
Contains biographical sketches, portraits, and an index by Winnetka Public Library. Over 1,100 pages, reprint 1999. HARD COVER--$65.00

THE MICHAEL HARTMAN DILLOW AND ANNA MARGARETH HOLSHOUSER FAMILY. Compiled by Paul Dean Dillow.
These volumes span 12 generations of this family (1730 to 2000), and contain about 20,000 names. Traces the family's European origins, American roots in Pennsylvania, and subsequent migrations to Rowan County, NC and Southern Illinois. Included are reproductions of a number of old land patents, deeds, and wills. Each volume has a full name index.

• VOLUME I -- Michael Sr. (1755-1805). First Child of Michael and Anna. 2000. HARD COVER--$45.00
• VOLUME II, Book 1 -- Jacob Sr. (1757-1826) and his children (except Peter). 2001 HARD COVER--$45.00
• VOLUME II, Book 2 -- Jacob Sr. (1757-1826)) and his son Peter. 2001 HARD COVER--$45.00

REVOLUTIONARY WAR PIONEERS WHO SETTLED IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. Compiled by Darrel Dexter.
Pension and service papers of 45 veterans of the American Revolution who settled in Alexander, Johnson, Pope, Pulaski, Union and Hardin counties, Illinois, and a list of officers and soldiers of the Illinois Regiment. Indexed, 210 pages, 1992, 1995. HARD COVER --$30.00, SOFT COVER--$20.00

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ALEXANDER COUNTY, ILLINOIS, CENSUS RECORDS.

• VOLUME I, 1820-1855. Transcribed by Darrel Dexter.
  Included are the 1820, 1830, 1840 and 1850 federal censuses; 1820, 1840 and 1855 state censuses; 1850 agricultural census and 1850 mortality schedule. Indexed, 162 pages, 1991. HARD COVER--$23.00, SOFT COVER--$18.00

• VOLUME II, 1860. Transcribed by Darrel Dexter, Louise P. Ogg and Russell Ogg.
  Included are the 1860 federal census, agricultural census and mortality schedule. Indexed, 180 pages, 1993. HARD COVER--$23.00, SOFT COVER--$18.00

Franklin County

HORSE PRAIRIE CEMETERY, SESSER ILLINOIS. TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS AND FAMILY RECORDS.
By Clara Crocker Brown and Ronald R. Stockton.
Horse Prairie Cemetery was opened in 1840 as a churchyard cemetery. It is still active. As of 2002 it contained 829 graves. This graveyard inventory has extensive family and genealogical information on 646 of those persons. There are graveyard poems, a map of the graveyard, photographs, an analysis of death patterns, and a name index of those interred. 88 pages, 2004. HARD COVER--$35.00

MAPLE HILL CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS. Compiled by Lawrence Lemons.
Maple Hill Cemetery is located in Sesser, Franklin County, Illinois. Includes cemetery map showing the block and row where each grave is located. 110 pages, 1997. SOFT COVER--$15.00

Hamilton County

LEGACY OF KIN, HAMILTON COUNTY, IL. Relationships, Vital Statistics, Marriages, Abstracted from Obituaries and Notices in Hamilton County Newspapers. Compiled and annotated by Harold G. and Christine Felty.
Each volume is over 1000 pages, and contains an every-name index. GSSI reprint, 2000. Hard cover only.  Volume I - 1859-1957 -- Out of Print.  Volume II - 1958-1992 -- $105.00.

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MONROE COUNTY, ILLINOIS 1860 FEDERAL CENSUS. Compiled by Ruth Weilbacher Stewart.
Complete name index. 320 pages, 1997. HARD COVER--$30.00, SOFT COVER --$25.00

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PERRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, 1860 FEDERAL CENSUS. Compiled by Lee and Naomi Schick.
Also included is a short history of the county and early map of Perry County townships. Indexed, over 220 pages, 1989. HARD COVER--$23.00, SOFT COVER--$18.00

PERRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, MARRIAGE RECORDS 1868-1896, A Few Through 1903. Compiled by Lee and Naomi Schick.
Included are transcriptions of 5,200 marriages from Marriage Book B. Indexed, 135 pages, 1992. HARD COVER--$22.00, SOFT COVER--$17.00

Pope County

POPE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, CENSUSES. Transcribed by Ricky T. Allen.

• EARLY CENSUS RECORDS, 1818-1850. Includes 1818 and 1820 state censuses, 1820, 1830, 1840, and 1850 federal censuses and the 1850 mortality schedule. The maiden and previous married names of many females, gleaned from a variety of sources, have been annotated to the 1850 census by the compiler. The early census records of Pope County include the area that later became Massac and Hardin Counties. Surname index, foreword. 269 pages, 2002. Out of Print

• 1860 FEDERAL CENSUS AND MORTALITY SCHEDULE. A transcription of the county's residents just prior to the Civil War. Surname index, foreword, map of county showing townships and post offices in 1860. 192 pages, 2002. HARD COVER - $38.00

• 1870 FEDERAL CENSUS AND MORTALITY SCHEDULE. This census enumerates the new residents who came to Pope County after the Civil War as well as the older families remaining in the county. Surname index, foreword, map showing townships and post offices in 1870. 191 pages, 2002. HARD COVER - $38.00

• 1880 FEDERAL CENSUS AND MORTALITY SCHEDULE. This book is very comprehensive, containing all data included in the census. The index includes all heads of household and everyone in the household with a surname different from the head. Foreword, map of the county showing 1880 precincts. 259 pages, 2002. HARD COVER - $40.00

Pulaski County

PULASKI COUNTY, ILLINOIS GENEALOGY NOTES.

• VOLUME I.  Out of Print.

• VOLUME II. Compiled by Wanda Atherton, Glenna Badgley and Martha McMunn.
  Included are histories and photos of towns; information about county schools and teachers, with a list of all 8th grade graduates beginning in 1889; list of men who served in the Black Hawk War, Civil War, World War I and World War II; transcriptions of marriage records from 1861-1880; 1939-40 plat maps. Indexed, 487 pages, 1992. Reprint 2002. HARD COVER--$48.00.

"WHERE THEY SLEEP," Cemetery Inscriptions of Pulaski County, Illinois. Five-volume series compiled by Wanda L. Atherton, Glenna C. Badgley, Martha W. McMunn, Margaret K. Black and Ethel K. Harville.

• Book I. Includes cemetery inscriptions from Butter Ridge, Ullin City, Sowers (Wetaug German Reformed), Mize, Mt. Pisgah, Cache Chapel, New Hope, St. Catherine, Price, Grand Chain Masonic, Ohio Chapel, Hill, Pleasant Hill and Yoakum cemeteries. 141 pages, 1993.  SOFT COVER--$20.00

• Book II. Includes cemetery inscriptions from Rose Hill, Liberty, New Shiloh, Treadway-Stokes, Kennedy, Lackey, Concord, Old Mathis Farm, Smith, Roach, Steers, Calvin-Barber, Caledonia Freewill, Olmsted Masonic, Redden, Mt. Zion, Carns, Eastwood, Chaney, Echols, Old Caledonia, Olmsted and Richey cemeteries, and a list of all veterans buried in the county. 127 pages, 1993.  SOFT COVER--$20.00

• Book III. Includes cemetery inscriptions from America, Garner, Wilson, Cairo City, Pearson, Sheets, Old Shiloh, Poor House, Lyerly-Cloud, Solomon Hill, Jackson and Cavalry cemeteries. Alexander County residents are buried in Cairo and Calvary cemeteries. 154 pages, 1993. HARD COVER-$25.00

• Book IV.  Out of Print

• Book V. Includes cemetery inscriptions from township 16 south, range 1 west: Spencer Heights, St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Mounds and Green Lawn Memorial Gardens in Villa Ridge. 115 pages, 1995. HARD COVER--$20.00

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UNION COUNTY, ILLINOIS, CEMETERIES.

• VOLUME I.  Transcribed by Darrel Dexter.  Included are inscriptions from 25 cemeteries in Township 18 South, among them St. Johns, Friendship, Hinkle, Big Creek, and American Legion.  Surname index, over 195 pages, 1990.  SOFT COVER -- $25.00.  HARD COVER -- $30.00,  Last copies.

• VOLUME II.  Out of Print

• VOLUME III.  Out of Print

• VOLUME IV.  Transcribed by Darrel Dexter.
  Includes inscriptions from 28 cemeteries in the county, including Anna, Anna State Hospital, Ebenezer Hall, Collins, Venerable, Mt. Tabor, and County Poor Farm cemeteries. Photos of some tombstones. Indexed, 340 pages, 2004. HARD COVER--$38.00  Just two copies left.

UNION COUNTY, ILLINOIS, GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION.

• VOLUME I.   Out of Print.

• VOLUME II. Transcribed by Darrel Dexter.
  Contains land records, divorces, military census 1862, mortality schedules, apprenticeship records, and more. Indexed, over 230 pages, 1996, 1997. SOFT COVER--$25.00

• VOLUME III. Transcribed by Darrel Dexter.
  Contains death records 1877--1883; naturalization records 1818-1918; excerpts from commissioners records 1871-1883; Negro Book A; 1880 mortality schedule; land records 1820-1835; medical practitioners 1877-1918. Complete-name index, 288 pages, 1997. SOFT COVER--$25.00

• VOLUME IV. Early Courthouse Records 1839-1918. Transcribed by Darrel Dexter.
  Contains 1839 and 1846 Tax Lists, 1881-1918 Divorce Records and 1877-1899 Death Records, including stillbirths and deaths at the Illinois Southern Hospital for the Insane in Anna. Every name index, 298 pages, 2003. HARD COVER--$35.00

Back in Print! UNION COUNTY, ILLINOIS MARRIAGE RECORDS 1818-1868.  Transcribed by Darrel Dexter Mary Ann King Hahn from original licenses and registers.  Indexed., 180 pages,  1993.  Reprint, 2008.  HARD COVER--$35.00.

UNION COUNTY, ILLINOIS MARRIAGE RECORDS 1869-1885. Transcribed by Darrel Dexter.
Includes transcriptions of 3600 marriages from original licenses and registers and a listing of all those who performed marriages 1818-1885. Every-name Index, 300 pages, 2002. HARD COVER--$35.00.

UNION COUNTY, ILLINOIS MARRIAGE RECORDS 1886-1892. Transcribed by Darrel Dexter.
Transcriptions of 1500 marriages from original registers include the name of the groom, the name of the bride, the date of the marriage, the name of the person officiating, and the book and page number where the marriage was recorded.  The ages of the bride and groom, their residences, their places of birth, the names of their parents (including the mother's maiden name), and the number of their previous marriages (if any) have been added from the original marriage licenses.  Included also is the occupation of the groom, the place of marriage, and the names of witnesses. . Every-name Index, 325 pages, 2007. HARD COVER--$40.00.

UNION COUNTY, ILLINOIS MARRIAGE RECORDS 1893-1900. Transcribed by Darrel Dexter.
Transcriptions of 1500 marriages from original registers include the name of the groom, the name of the bride, the date of the marriage, the name of the person officiating, and the book and page number where the marriage was recorded.  The ages of the bride and groom, their residences, their places of birth, the names of their parents (including the mother's maiden name), and the number of their previous marriages (if any) have been added from the original marriage licenses.  Included also is the occupation of the groom, the place of marriage, and the names of witnesses. Every-name Index, 397 pages, 2008. HARD COVER--$50.00.

Back in Print!  UNION COUNTY, ILLINOIS, PROBATE RECORDS 1818-1855. Compiled by Darrel Dexter.
Information from 537 files includes name of deceased, date of death, appraisal of personal property, description of land, amount of sales, names of all purchasers, names of widow, children or other heirs, amount of inheritance, location of sources and more. 313 pages, 13,000-name index, 1996. Reprint 2009. SOFT COVER--$30.00, HARD COVER--$40.00

UNION COUNTY, ILLINOIS, PROBATE RECORDS 1856-1868. Compiled by Darrel Dexter.
Information from 555 files. The estates of many Civil War soldiers are included in this volume. 326 pages, 15,000-name index, 1999. Reprint 2003. HARD COVER--$38.00. Just two copies left.

Back in Print! UNION COUNTY, ILLINOIS SOLDIERS. Compiled by Darrel Dexter.
Includes information on the service of nearly 2500 soldiers from Union County in the American Revolution, War of 1812, Creek War, Seminole War, Black Hawk War, Mexican War, and Civil War; also officers from Union County in Illinois Militia and names of all soldiers in the 109th Illinois Infantry. Alphabetical list, over 190 pages, 1997. Reprint 2009.  SOFT COVER--$28.00

INDEX TO OBITUARIES AND DEATH NOTICES IN THE JONESBORO GAZETTE 1858-1883. Transcribed by Darrel Dexter.
Includes the name of deceased, death date, residence, place of death, cause of death, age, birth date and place of birth. Indexed, 132 pages, 1996. SOFT COVER--$15.00

Washington County

WASHINGTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS, 1865 STATE CENSUS. Compiled by Inez Bost Eisenhauer and Donna Timpner Vuichard.
Complete-name index. 162 pages, 1997. SOFT COVER--$15.00

Williamson County

THE STORY OF CARTERVILLE: ITS HUNDRED YEARS 1871-1971. Written by Maranda Cavanas Scoby for the centennial celebration of Carterville, Illinois. Development of this coal mining town from the early 1870s, describing its businesses, stores, churches, and schools. Indexed, 193 pages, 1991. HARD COVER--$17.00

HILL FUNERAL HOME DEATH CERTIFICATE RECORDS: Carterville, Williamson County, Illinois. Copied by Jean Burke and Jean Jones from photocopies of death certificates filed by Hill Funeral Home in Carterville, Illinois from 28 Jan 1928 to 01 July 1959. Records include date and place of death, cause of death, date and place of birth, marital status, name of spouse, occupation, name and birthplace of father, maiden name and birthplace of mother, place of burial, and other items of personal information. Not all records are complete. Appended is a list of clergymen, a list of attending physicians, and an index to cemeteries and their location, if known. Over 500 pages, including every name index. 2001. HARD COVER--$39.00

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS, 1860 FEDERAL CENSUS. Compiled by Jo Ann Ladd Hatfield and Helen Sutt Lind.
Indexed, over 250 pages, 1987. SOFT COVER--$25.00

Book prices include shipping within the United States for members of GSSI.  Non-members should add $5.00 shipping and handling for the first book, and $2.50 for each additional.

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