Research Request Form 
Your name ___________________________________ Member_____ 
Non-member ____ Member expiration date _____________________
Mailing address _________________________________
City ____________________  State _____ Zip code ______________
No. of items checked: ___ Fee total $________   Check # _______
Send cash at your own risk.  Cash total $________
PRINT THE NAME OF INDIVIDUAL TO BE RESEARCHED _______________________________________________
FOR ALL DATES: (If known, give day/month/year.  If unknown, give approximate dates.)
Birth Date:___________  Birth County: ______________ Death Date: _______ 
Death County: ___________ Death State: _________ Burial County: ___________ 
Cemetery: _______________Burial State: ______________
Marriage Date: ___________   County Married: _____________
State married: _______________
Full Name of Spouse:____________________________________
Maiden Name, If Female:_________________________________
Time period your ancestors lived in this area, that is, Morgan, Cass, Scott, Pike,
Greene, Macoupin, Sangamon, and Menard counties, Illinois
Before 1821 __ 1821-30 __ 1830-40 __ 1840-50 __ 1850-60 __ 1860-70 __1870-80 __ 1880-90 __
CENSUS RECORDS:  Check each date wanted.  (These are census records printed by the various societies.)

*Prior to 1850, only head of house and number of inhabitants is noted.  Age grouped
according to males and females in household.
(There is no reading for the 1890 U.S. Federal Census.) 

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OBITUARIES:  Our holdings include clippings of obituaries photocopied
filed alphabetically by year.  They start in 1976 and are kept current.  check
which year for individual name wanted ________.  We will search 2 years
before that  date and 2 years after that date and send you a copy of the clipping
if found.  The Jacksonville Public Library, 201 W. College Ave., Jacksonville, IL
62650 will also research for an obit, but you must provide exact year, month
 and day of death/burial.
CEMETERY SEARCH:  In Morgan County we have many cemeteries index-
ed by Bob Dalton.  We will research his volumes and send you results.  Give
name of individual ____________________________________________.
In Jacksonville there are three cemeteries.  We will research our printed
volumes and send you results. Jacksonville City and East ____________; 
Diamond Grove ______; Calvary _____;  Date or approximate date of
death ______________  Died in what county _____________________.
The many country cemeteries in Morgan have been read but not all recently
updated.  Search of these would come under category of "other records" in
our holdings. 
SOCIAL SECURITY RECORDS  We are connected to the internet and will
search Social Security Records.  Result of search will be sent to you.  Name of
individual and date or approximate date of death and place of death, if known
 _______________________________________________________


"Morgan County, Illinois birth and death records were not recorded before 1878.
Marriage recording began in year 1821 when the county was formed.
The Morgan County Clerk issues only one kind of certificate and that is a "certified"
one and the charge as of this date is :
Certified death certificate ------------------------$17.00 each.
Certified birth certificate----------------------------$15.00 each.
Certified marriage certificate----------------------$15.00 each.

DEATH CERTIFICATE You can write to the Morgan County Clerk,
Courthouse, Jacksonville, IL 62650 for a copy of a certified death certificate. 
The cost is $17 each.  Dates begin 1878 and are current.  However, early ones
contain very little information.  The information correctness depends on who gave the
information required on the certificate.
BIRTH CERTIFICATES are $15 each (certified copy).  Dates begin 1878
and are current.  Same as above; correctness of certificate depends on person
supplying information and early ones contain very little information. 
Write to Morgan County Clerk for a copy.
MARRIAGES:  Marriage records begin when a county is formed.  The Morgan
County file begins 1821 and is current.  Note: the first 180 were lost in a court-
house fire.  Records  are inclined to be correct since the persons involved were
responsible for the answers.  If the male was under 21 and the female under 18, 
it was necessary for them to get permission to wed.  This is the only time you
might get names of the parents in the early marriage records.  These records
cost $15 each (certified copy). We have a copy of the MARRIAGES FOR
STATE OF ILLINOIS on fiche for the period ending 1900.  Also can obtain
same information from internet connection.  ____ Check these two sources,
and send results. 
Name of GROOM ________________________________________
Name of  BRIDE _________________________________________
Approximate marriage date ___________________________
Married where ____________________________________.
We will check our printed "Illinois Marriage Index" to be sure there are no
left-outs.  The index does not cover every county in Illinois.  _______checked.
REUNIONS:  Our clipping file begins about 1972 and is current.  It is
alphabetical by surname.  Send surname ____________________ of family
 holding reunion.  If found, we will photocopy the clippings and send to you.
PATENTEES:  These are the first owners of land in a county and purchased at
$1.25 an acre from the government.  We will send you a copy of your individ-
ual's record found in any of these Illinois county records.  ___Morgan, ___ 
Scott, ___Cass, ___Greene, ___Macoupin.

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CITY DIRECTORIES:  Not all years are available.  The first one was printed in 1860 for Jacksonville.  We have 1866, 1890 (this helps fill in for Jacksonville 1890 census which was destroyed by the government when most of the records burned), 1876-1877, 1910 (cannot be photocopied due to age), 1915, 1921, and 1927 to present date.  We will research the year you request and 2 years before and 2 years after that date.  Name person to be researched and year ______________________________________.  Results will be photocopied.
COUNTY ATLAS:  These sometimes contain biographies, pictures of homestead and like, plus maps.  LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION is everything.  They give you the township, range, section, number of acres in the county where they resided or had property.  Copies of material will be sent and a map if there is one. Morgan Co. 1872 Atlas ___. Morgan Co. 1894 Atlas ___. 1917 Farmers Directory for Morgan and Scott Counties ___.   Printed approx. 1926 Morgan Co. Atlas ___.Same terms for research of 1873 Scott Co. Atlas ___; Greene Co. Atlas of 1861-1915 ___;  Sangamon Co. 1874, 1894, 1914 Atlases ___.
COUNTY HISTORIES:  Morgan:  1878, 1889 includes Scott Co., 1976 ___.  Cass:  Perrins 1882 ___.  Adams:  1879 ___.  Brown:  1880-1970 ___.  Menard:  1905 ___.  Greene:  1879; 1882-1989 ___.  Jersey & Greene 1917 ___.  Jersey 1839-1889 ___.  Sangamon: Powers 1876, 1881, 1912 ___.
FAMILY HISTORIES:  WE will research those containing an index of names.  Any references to the person ___________________________ ______________________________ you are researching will be photocopied for you.  Check  here ____.  Other sources in Illinois, Kentucky, Virginia, miscellaneous files, etc. will fall into category of complete search of every record in our library and require $25.00 fee.
LOOKING BACK:  A clipping file with items beginning Sept. 1, 1985.  Not indexed,
Need name ____________________________.  Day, month, year ___________________.
HONOR ROLL:  Adjutant Generals' report of burials of soldiers in Illinois.  Cass ___, Morgan ___, Scott ___.
Need name ____________________________, company and regiment _______________________, which war ______________, if possible.
Any other pertinent information that you may think would be helpful.
OTHER HOLDINGS:  We have a miscellaneous collection too large to index.  Not all counties and not all states, depends on what we have purchased and what has been given as to what these records cover.
WAR RECORDS:  3 volumes of DAR Patriot Index; copy of Blackhawk War; copy of Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Illinois.  One search fee for checking these records.  Give full name of person to be searched and any pertinent data such as dates served, what unit, state, rank, etc.______________________________________________________
PORTUGUESE RESEARCH:  Portuguese Records 150 Years in Morgan County, Illinois 1849-1999, includes 1850 Morgan Co., IL Census and Portuguese burials in Jacksonville City/East Cemetery.    Check ____.
The Portuguese of Morgan County, Illinois, includes 1830 Morgan Co., IL census.  Check ___.
Photocopies will be sent of any records found.

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