We publish a Quarterly (click here for sample qtrly index) four times a year in March, June, September and December.  Yearly dues (January 1-December 31) are $20 if you become a member while visiting our library, and $22 if by mail, to cover postage.  Membership is open to any person, regardless of race, national origin, sex, age, or religion who subscribes to the purposes of the Society and pays annual dues. Our society has members nationwide and from a few foreign countries. Society members receive a Quarterly Publication featuring Genealogical and Historical Data from the area, often materials discovered, transcribed and published for the first time. Surnames are listed in the Quarterlies, and queries are accepted.

Our society library is located at 416 South Main Street, Jacksonville, Illinois 62650-2904. 

New hours Feb 1, 2007 to May 1, 2007 11 A.M. to 4 P.M., due to high cost of utilities.
May 1 - Feb 1 - 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Saturdays by appointment. Call (217) 245-9623. If no answer, please leave a message.
Our library has publications for sale, newspaper obits from 1976 to present, copier, scanner, printer, computer with internet access.We strive to collect, preserve, and provide research materials to Family Researchers and Historians interested in Morgan County and adjoining areas within an approximate 50-mile radius of Jacksonville, Illinois (Many records from Scott, Cass, Greene, Pike, Sangamon, Menard, Macoupin & other counties)

Index available for articles published in Past Quarterlies. Non-members, as well as members, may acquire Past Quarterlies by a donation. Inquire about articles or library holdings by phone, letter, or email.

Meetings are held at the society library every fourth Thursday, except November and December, which are combined into one meeting on a date chosen by the local members.
***The Jacksonville Area Genealogical and Historical Society meeting date has been changed.
Beginning with January 2007, the Society will meet every first Sunday in the month at 416 South Main Street, Jacksonville, Illinois, 2:00 p.m. Except for November and December. It is hoped our older members will find this date and time more convenient for them.