Perry County, Illinois Bibliography
| Using various library catalogs, I've attempted to compile a list of all published or archived materials regarding Perry County, Illinois, that could be helpful to genealogists, as well as where these materials are located.
To find those listed at "various libraries" check either www.worldcat.org or ask your local librarian. Some of these materials may be sent to your library via InterLibrary loans. If you have any questions, comments, or corrections, please email me, Anita, at chatterchit@ameritech.net. |
Last updated: April 4, 2008
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| 10th census 1880. Vol. 46, Illinois. Perry, Piatt, Pike. United States.; National Archives.1934 | Census | Atwood-Hammond Public Library | - |
| 12th census of population 1900. Vol. 134, Vol. 135, Illinois. Perry Co., Pope Co. Piatt Co., Pulaski Co. United States | Census | Atwood-Hammond Public Library | - |
| 14th census of population, 1920. Illinois. United States | Census | Various Illinois libraries | Microform format |
| 15th census, population, 1930. Illinois. National Archives and Records Administration, 2002 | Census | Various US libraries | Microform format |
| 1840 Perry County census, 1830 Perry County census, 1862 militia census, 1850 agricultural census, 1835-1850 "entry book" names, plus alphabetical listings and notations by Inez Eisenhauer. [Pinckneyville, IL] : Perry County Historical Society, 1996. | Census, Military Records | Allen County Public Library, C E Brehm Public Library, Duquoin Public Library, Metropolis Public Library, St Louis County Library (MO), University of Illinois and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| 1870 Illinois mortality schedules. transcribed and indexed by Lowell M. Volkel. | Census Records, Death Records, Vital Records | Family History Centers, various Illinois libraries, several libraries in Indiana and Missouri | Originally in five volumes. Volume 4 includes Perry County deaths: June 1, 1869 - May 31, 1870. May have been combined into two volumes later?? |
| 1870 Perry County census by Inez Bost Eisenhauer; Perry County Historical Society. Pickneyville, IL : Perry County Historical Society, 1997. | Census | C E Brehm Public Library, Duquoin Public Library, Metropolis Public Library, University of Illinois, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| 1872 Mississippi Journal. by Friend William Smith. South Pasadena, Calif., Review Press, 1939. | History, Travel | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Describes journey from Pinckneyville to St. Louis and back. |
| 1880 Perry County census by Inez Bost Eisenhauer; Perry County Historical Society. Pickneyville, IL : Perry County Historical Society, 1997. | Census | Belleville Public Library, C E Brehm Memorial Public Library, Metropolis Public Library, Univ. of Illinois, St. Louis County Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| 1900 Perry County, Illinois census by Inez Eisenhauer; Perry County Historical Society. [Pinckneyville, IL] : Perry County Historical Society, Genealogy Branch, [1998] | Census | Belleville Public Library, C E Brehm Public Library, Duquoin Public Library, Metropolis Public Library, University of Illinois, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| 1936 township atlas of Perry County, Pinckneyville, Ill. : Democrat, 1990 | Maps | Metropolis Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | Includes farm/property owners' names? |
| 1955 Duquoin : Gateway to Egypt : Duquoin Community Study and Development by Perry County Historical Society. Pinckneyville, IL : Perry County Historical Society, [2000] | History | Metropolis Public Library and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | "Little Egypt" and "Egypt" are nicknames for southern Illinois |
| 450 Marriages from Illinois by Walter R Sanders. Litchfield, Ill. : W.R. Sanders, [1969?] | Marriage Records, Vital Records | C E Brehm Public Library, Urbana Free Library, Allen County Public Library (plus libraries in MO, TN, TX, WI) | Includes marriages in Perry County, 1827-1830 |
| 4th census of population, 1820 Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky / United States. | Census | University of Southern Indiana | Microform format |
| 5th census of population, 1830 Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky / United States. | Census | University of Southern Indiana | Microform format |
| 6th census of population, 1840 Illinois and Indiana / United States. | Census | University of Southern Indiana | Microform format |
| Advocate. Newspaper : Weekly. Pinckneyville, Ill. : W.W. Sims, Sr. | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Years: 1931?. Previously "The Pinckneyville Advocate" (see) and later became "Perry County Advocate" (see) Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Alexander, Pope, Union, Johnson, Jackson, Franklin, Perry, Randolph, Monroe, Washington, Marion , Jefferon, Hamilont, Gallatin Counties. United States. Census Office. 5th census, 1830. | Census | C E Brehm Public Library, and Marion Carnegie Library | Microform format |
| Argument (in sundry short papers,) for securing Christian education in southern Illinois, through the establishment of Du Quoine female seminary ... by D W Lathrop; Eliza Paine; Albert Smith. New York, Printed by J.D. Torrey, 1856. | Education, History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Newberry Public Library, and Southern Illinois University, plus four other US libraries | Authors used "Du Quoine" for spelling. Note: Mount Holyoke College has book under the simpler title "Du Quoine Female Seminary) |
| Autobiography of pioneer John Brown, 1820-1896 / arranged and published by his son, John Zimmerman Brown. Salt Lake City, Utah : Press of Stevens & Wallis, 1941 | Biography, History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Includes Brown genealogy, and info on the Philip Chapman family? |
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Back when, with Grandma Grandma by Katherine Weinberg Mohlenbrock. [S.l. : s.n.], 2001 |
Biography, History |
Duquoin Public Library, and Sallie Logan Public Library |
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| Before I Forget by Pete Perona. Mulkeytown, Ill. : Mulkeytown Historical Society, [1996?] | Biography, History | Carterville Public Library | - |
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Bender--Tolbert--Wheeler--Zeiser family papers |
Family History |
Family History Centers |
The Tolbert (Tobert?) family lived in DuQuoin in the early 1880s. Voss surname included. |
| Bicentennial plat book of Perry County, Illinois, 1853 / by Genevieve Rainey. Du Quoin, Ill. : Rainey, 1975. | Biography, Maps | C E Brehm Public Library, Duquoin Public Library, Metropolis Public Library, University of Illinois, various US libraries, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Birth records, 1878-1916 Perry County Clerk | Birth Records, Vital Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Birth records: Dr. H.B. Dickinson, Coulterville, Illinois. by Elda McCormick Jones. Marissa, IL : Marissa Historical and Genealogical Society, 2004. | Birth Records, Vital Records | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Dr. Dickinson's records of births 1928-1948: in Randolph, Perry and, Washington County; some in St. Clair. |
| Bit of history - 1874-1951 : the oldest bank in Perry County, Murphy-Wall State Bank & Trust Company, Pinckneyville, Illinois. Pinckneyville, Ill. : Murphy-Wall State Bank & Trust Co., 1951 | History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Allen County Public Library | - |
| Burriss Dial descendants, ancestors, and allied families. by Willis Aaron Dial. Logan, Utah : W.A. Dial, 1964 | Family History | Family History Centers | Main surnames: Dial, Kelley, Moore, Parsons, Taylor, Wells, Zundel |
| Cairo, Ill., Document: June 10, 1863. D. H. Dry. Archival Material. | Military Records | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Appointment for Dry as enrolling officer for Du Quoin (1 page) |
| Cemetery records in the Sparta, Illinois collection. by Mrs. Frank S. Torrens | Cemeteries | Family History Centers | - |
| Centennial celebration, May 12-July 21, 1956 commemorating the centennial of the Perry County Agricultural Association : histories of the Perry County Fair, Pinckneyville and Perry County. by Perry County Agricultural Association. Centennial Committee. Pinckneyville, Ill. : Perry County Advocate, 1956. | History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Illinois State Library, Southern Illinois University, Allen County Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | Allen County book title begins with "Commemorating..." |
| Century of serving the Lord in the First Baptist Church, Du Quoin, Illinois, 1857-1957. First Baptist Church (Du Quoin, Ill.) 1957 | Church History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Includes list of church members in 1957 |
| Chester clarion. 1800s-1896. Newspaper : Weekly. Chester, Ill. : Frank R. McAtee, | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and Danville Public Library | Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Chief Du Quoin ; The town which came after by Inez Eisenhauer. [Du Quoin, Ill. : Inez Eisenhauer], 1987. | History, Native Americans | University of Illinois, St. Louis County Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Church records, 1857-1886. Presbyterian Church (Tamaroa, Illinois) | Baptisms, Church Records | Family History Centers | Includes meeting minutes, members, and baptisms |
| Church records, 1857-1966. First Baptist Church (Du Quoin, Illinois). Nashville, Tennessee : Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1967 | Church Records, Church History | Family History Centers | Minutes of meetings and lists of members |
| Clerk's docket Perry County, Ills., 1860-1863 by Inez Eisenhauer; Perry County Historical Society Pinckneyville, Ill. : Perry County Historical Society, 1999. | Vital Records? | C E Brehm Public Library, Metropolis Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Collection of marriage, church, will, and cemetery records. Daughters of the American Revolution.1951 | Vital Records, Wills | Newberry Library | Includes Perry County, Duquoin wills |
| Combined history of Randolph, Monroe and Perry counties, Illinois: with illustrations descriptive of their scenery and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers. Philadelphia : J. L. McDonough, 1883 | Biography, History | Family History Centers, various Illinois libraries (over 50) several US libraries, various online booksellers (see addall.com), and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | Available as book and in microform. Also see source "Illinois County Histories" |
| County commis[s]ioners, Book A, Perry County, Illinois : April 29, 1855 to January 15, 1862 by Inez Eisenhauer; Perry County Historical Society. [Pinckneyville, Ill.] : Perry County Historical Society, 1999. | Court Records | Metropolis Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| County record, no. 1, book A, 1828-1835. Perry County Commissioner's Court | Court Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Cutler Street Maps, Illinois | Maps | Illinois State Library | Various maps, earliest from 1941 |
| Daniel W. Dry Papers, 1825-1878. Archival materials. (52 items) | Biography, History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Dry was a merchant in Du Quoin and Perry County's first treasurer. Includes documents, invoices, accounts, etc. |
| Database of Illinois Death Certificates, 1916-1950 (online database), Illinois State Archives | Death Records, Vital Records | http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html | Includes Perry County deaths |
| Davis, Baldridge, and Huggins sites : three nineteenth century Upland South farmsteads in Perry County, Illinois by Mary R McCorvie; Michael J McNerney; American Resources Group. Carbondale, Ill. : American Resources Group, 1987. | History | Various Illinois libraries | - |
| Death certificates for the state of Illinois, 1916-1945, excluding Chicago with the exception of stillbirths; index, 1916-1938; internet index, 1916-1950. Illinois Public Board of Health, Archives. | Death Records, Vital Records | Family History Centers | Index is also online (see "Database of Illinois.." above) |
| Death index A, 1878-1915; registers of deaths, 1878-1915; coroner's death certificates, 1911-1915 Perry County Clerk | Death Records, Vital Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Democrat. Newspaper : Weekly. Pinckneyville, Ill. : [s.n.] | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Southern Illinois University, University of Illinois, University of Kentucky | Years: 1880s-1970s?. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also known as "Perry County Democrat" Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Descendants of Elijah Harris (c. 1800-c. 1875) and Eliza Jane Smith (c. 1804-c. 1870). compiled and published by Vernor G. Harris | Family History | Family History Centers | Elijah Harris died in Tamaroa about 1875. Includes information on the Harris, Adams, Bullock, Chaney, Creech, Eldridge, Francis, Hawk, Holmes, Inabnitt, McCalister, Mize, Price, Smith, Simpson, Taylor, Whitaker, Braden, Burdine, Hansford, Knapp, Luthultz, and other related families. |
| Diocese of Belleville...[Belleville, Ill.? : Diocese of Belleville?] 1987 | Church History | Belleville Public Library, several other Illinois libraries, University of Notre Dame, and St Louis County Library | Includes church profiles, histories in the Catholic Diocese of Belleville (which includes churches in Perry County) |
| Down memory lane by Irene Neville. San Jose, [Calif.] : Writers Club Press, 2002. | Biography, History | Pinckneyville Public Library, Amazon.com, alibris.com and other online bookstores | Southern Illinois through the eyes of Irene Neville who was born June 3, 1911, on a farm near Tamaroa. She was 91 years old when she wrote this book. |
| Du Quoin : gateway to Egypt. s.n., 1960? | History | Marion Carnegie Library | - |
| Du Quoin daily news and Du Quoin review. 1930s-1938. Newspaper : Daily. Du Quoin, Ill. : J.E. Weber and A.M. Bierman. | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and Danville Public Library | Years are 1930s-1938. Check with specific library for holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Du Quoin Daily News. Publication: Du Quoin, Ill. : J.E. Weber and A.M. Bierman 1938. Newspaper | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Library only has 1938 (partial)? |
| Du Quoin evening call. Newspaper : Daily. Du Quoin, Ill. : Du Quoin Daily Call Pub. Co. | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Danville Public Library, Lincoln Library, Southern Illinois University, other Illinois university libraries, and the Library of Congress | Years are 1890s onward. Check with specific library for holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Du Quoin mining journal. Newspaper : Weekly. Du Quoin, Ill. : Paul Watkins | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Years are 1850s-1800s. Check with specific library for holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Du Quoin news. Newspaper : Weekly. Du Quoin, Ill. : J.E. Weber | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and Southern Illinois University | Years: 1938-1900s. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Du Quoin phone book, 1909 ; "Number please" : directory, Murphysboro Telephone Company, Perry County Telephone Company, Du Quoin, Pinckneyville, Cutler, Tamaroa, Swanwick, July 1915 by Inez Eisenhauer; Perry County Historical Society.[Du Quoin, Ill.] : Perry County Historical Society, [1987] | Directories | Metropolis Public Library, Allen County Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Du Quoin progress. Newspaper : Weekly. Du Quoin, Perry County, Ill. : J.E. Bowen | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Years: 1865-1800s. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Du Quoin recorder. 1866-1867. Newspaper : Weekly. Du Quoin, Ill. : W.A. Ballard, | Newspapers | American Antiquarian Society | Previous title was "Stars and Stripes," then became the "Du Quoin Tribune" (see those as well) |
| Du Quoin Republican. Newspaper : Weekly. Du Quoin, Ill. : The Union Newspaper Co. | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Years: 1871-1800s. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. (Note: was issued twice a week at some time.) |
| Du Quoin tribune. Newspaper : Weekly. Du Quoin, Ills. : A.J. Alden | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Chicago History Museum, Southern Illinois University, and NY Historical Society. | Years: 1867-1925. Had various titles: "Weekly Tribune," "Tribune and Recorder," and "Weekly Tribune and Recorder." Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Du Quoin, Illinois City Directory, Manitowoc, Wis. [etc.] : Johnson Pub. Co., | Directories | Southern Illinois University, and Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library | Years??? |
| Du Quoin, Illinois. Sanborn Map & Publishing Company.New York : Sanborn Map & Pub. Co. | Maps | University of Illinois | Fire insurance maps, show property boundaries, etc. Years: 1888, 1894, 1900, 1910, 1927 |
| Du Quoin, Illinois: 1967 City Directory. Johnson Pub. Co., [1967?] | Directories | C E Brehm Public Library | - |
| Duquoin tribune (Perry County, Illinois) obituary index : 1867 - June, 1925 by Emily E Fiebig; Cindy Mounce. Publisher: [Swansea, IL? : E. Fiebig?, 2000?] | Obituaries | Belleville Public Library | - |
| DuQuoin, Illinois : a family history by Kathryn Pope Olsen. Tacoma, Wash. : LaserWriting, 2003. | Biography, History | Duquoin Public Library, and University of Illinois | - |
| Eaton, ca. 1755-1878. by Elizabeth Eiker Spurgeon | Family History | Family History Centers | Main surnames: Eaton, Bugg, Bingham |
| Echoes from My Heart by Laura Blackburn Eaton. Chicago: Henry O. Shepard Company, 1900. | Biography | Southern Illinois University | Du Quoin reminiscence? |
| Egyptian Spy. Newspaper : Weekly. Tamaroa, Ill. : J.S. Barr. | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Illinois State Historical Library, and University of Virginia | Years:1859-1800s? Check with library re: specific dates. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Etherton, Henson, Boone : a genealogical history of three pioneer families of Jackson County, Illinois. compiled by Guy Everett Etherton | Family History | Family History Centers | Some family members resided in Coon Ridge, Perry Co., Illinois. Also includes Lipe and Hull surnames. |
| Federal Township Plats of Illinois (1804-1891) (online database) | Land Records | http://landplats.ilsos.net/Flash/FTP_Illinois.html | Plats of each county can be viewed online OR ordered as a CD-ROM |
| First annual rating book of Du Quoin Retail Merchant's Ass'n., August 1910. Du Quoin Retail Merchant's Ass'n. Du Quoin, Ill. : Griffin, printer, 1910. | Business, History | Library of Congress | - |
| General catalogue of the Du Quoin Female Seminary, from September, 1853, to June 19, 1866. Also brief history and present condition of the seminary. Du Quoin Female Seminary, Du Quoin, Ill. 1866 | Education, History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | - |
| Green/Greene--Threlkeld--Jinkins/Jenkins and other connected families, ca. 1710-1950, by Elizabeth Eiker Spurgeon | Family Histories | Family History Centers | Main surnames: Threlkeld, Green, Greene, Jinkins, Jenkins, Montague, Tangen |
| Guardianship records, 1860-1886. Perry County Court | Court Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Haines City & suburban criss-cross directory. | Directories | Cahokia Public Library, Mississippi Valley Public Library (IL) | Years??? |
| Hambletonian winners, 1926 to 1965 / Harness Horse, Inc. Harrisburg, Pa. : Telegraph Press, 1965. | History, Sports | Lincoln Library and various US libraries | The Hambletonian (harness race) was run at the Du Quoin State Fair from 1957-1981 |
| Historic fairgrounds in Illinois since 1854 : multiple property documentation form for National Register of Historic Places by Edward J Russo, 1990 (Archival material/manuscript) | History | Lincoln Library | Not Abraham Lincoln Library. Book includes Du Quoin State Fair. |
| Historical account of Mitchell Lodge no. 85, ancient and accepted masons, 1850 to 1950. by George E Ulrich; and Charles B Roe. Pinckneyville, Ill., 1950. | Organizations, Societies | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and Philadelphia Biblical University | Freemasons |
| History of Catholic elementary schools in Perry County, Illinois by Richard J Longbucco. (Research paper) | History, Education, Churches | Southern Illinois University | - |
| History of coal mining in Illinois including a discussion of the causes and frequency of other occupational accidents and plans for their prevention.....by David Ross | History, Mining | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Speech delivered for the State Mining Institute at Du Quoin, May 26, 1916 |
| History of Perry County Farm Bureau by Clarence McCrary [Illinois : s.n., 1995] | History | Allen County Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| History of Sunfield (Diamond Town) / Sunfield School, 1966. | History | C E Brehm Public Library, and Chester Public Library | - |
| History of the Egyptian Music Camp, 1942-1961 by A T Atwood; D W Hortin. Du Quoin, Illinois : Du Quoin State Fairgrounds, 1961. | History | Eastern Illinois University | The Egyptian Music Camp was located in Du Quoin, IL. |
| History of the Presbyterian Church of Du Quoin, Illinois : being a centennial sermon delivered July 1, 1876. Edward F Fish; Robert R Morefield; Perry County Historical Society. [Du Quoin, Ill.] : Perry County Historical Society, 1994. | Church History | Allen County Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Honor roll, Perry County / by Illinois. Veterans' Commission. 1956 | Cemetaries, Military Records | C E Brehm Public Library | Includes the names, burial places, and other related information of members of the Armed Forces buried in Perry County prior to July 1,1955. |
| Illinois 1980 census enumeration district maps. by United States. Bureau of the Census. Publisher: [Washington, D.C.? : Bureau of the Census, 198-?] | Census, Maps | Various Illinois libraries | - |
| Illinois Census Returns, 1820. by Margaret Cross Norton. Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1934, 1969. | Census | Over 150 Illinois libraries, plus various US libraries. | The Illinois State Census, not the US Census. Perry County is not a separate county yet, see Randolph. |
| Illinois county histories, books 221-224 Cox Library (Tucson, Ariz.). Tucson, Ariz. : Americana Unlimited, 1979 | Biography, History | Arlington Heights Memorial Library | Book 221 is "Combined history of Randolph, Monroe and Perry Counties, Illinois" Book 222 is "Portrait and biographical record of Randolph, Monroe, Perry, and Jackson Counties, Illinois" |
| Illinois death certificates and stillbirths, including Chicago, 1946-1947. Illinois Department of Public Health | Death Records, Vital Records | Family History Centers | Microforms of original certificates. Includes Perry County |
| Illinois Marriage Record Index. [Springfield, Ill.?] : Illinois State Genealogical Society, 1994. | Marriage Records, Vital Records | Various Illinois libraries | Includes marriages in Perry County, 1827-1896 |
| Illinois Marriage Record Index. Illinois State Genealogical Society, 1996. Microform format. | Marriage Records, Vital Records | Freeburg Area Library District | Includes Perry County marriages from 1827-1900 |
| Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database (online database) | Land and Property Records | http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/pubdomsrch.html | - |
| Illinois State Census, 1855. Microform | Census | C E Brehm Public Library | - |
| Illinois State Census, 1855. Microform | Census | C E Brehm Public Library | - |
| Illinois state census, 1865. Marshall County. Peoria County. Piatt County. Pulaski County. Perry County. Putnam County. Edwards County. Ford County. Illinois State Library. 1964. | Census | Bradley University, and C E Brehm Public Library | Microform format |
| Illinois State census, Perry County, 1865 : plus soldiers of Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Black Hawk War, Mexican War, Civil War by Inez Bost Eisenhauer; Perry County Historical Society. [Pinckneyville, IL] : Perry County Historical Society, 1996. | Census | Various Illinois libraries, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Illinois Statewide Marriage Index (online database), Illinois State Archives | Marriage Records, Vital Records | http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html | Includes Perry County marriages from 1827-1900 |
| Index to a combined history of Randolph, Monroe and Perry Counties, Illinois by Walter L Brieschke. Makanda, Ill. : Brieschke, 1986. | Biography, History | C E Brehm Public Library, Willard Library (IN), St Louis Public Library, Wisconsin Historical Society | - |
| Index to the Combined history of Randolph, Monroe and Perry counties of Illinois : originally published by J.M. McDonough, Philadelphia, 1883. Thelma B. Campbell and Carroll Geerling. (index edited by Randolph County Genealogical Society) | Biography, History | Morrison-Talbott Library | - |
| Index to the names of persons appearing in Combined history of Randolph, Monroe and Perry counties, Illinois by Robert J Talamine, Mrs.; Marie Rabbitt Fulk. Thomson, Ill. : Heritage House, 1974. | Biography, History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Allen County Public Library, and Newberry Library | Title varies slightly by library! Check under each author. |
| Inventory of historic landmarks in Perry County. Interim report. by Illinois Historic Landmarks Survey. [Springfield] Dept. of Conservation, 1974. | History, Landmarks | Illinois State Library, and Lincoln Library | Not Abraham Lincoln Library. Available in book and microform format. |
| Inventory of historic structures in Perry County. Illinois Historic Structures Survey.1972 | History, Landmarks | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and Illinois State Library | Available in book and microform format. |
| IOOF cemetery with genealogy, Du Quoin, Perry Co., Illinois. by Shirley Degenhardt. [Illinois?] : Cricket Press, 1993 | Cemeteries | C E Brehm Public Library, Metropolis Public Library, Southern Illinois University, two Missouri libraries, Family History Centers, and can be purchased from the Perry County Historical Society | IOOF=International Order of Odd Fellows (fraternal org.) Note: If searching for Missouri copies, use "I.O.O.F. ....." (with periods) |
| It's Good to be Black. Ruby Berkley Goodwin. 1954. Reprinted by Southern Illinois University Press in 1976. | Biography, African American History | Over 200 US libraries, amazon.com | Autobiography of author who grew up in Du Quoin, with preacher/miner father. |
| Jim Dempsey's nine : the autobiographies of nine brothers and sisters by Maurine Dempsey. Elizabethtown, Ill. : Nelson Pub. Co., 1983 | Biography | Mississippi Valley Public Library District, and Wisconsin Historical Society | Includes genealogy |
| Journal / Perry County Historical Society (Perry County, Ill.) Serial Publication : Monthly. Pinckneyville, IL : Perry County Historical Society | Biography, History | Allen County Public Library | Library has July 2005 to current issue? |
| Judges docket, Perry County, Illinois, 1870-1872 by Inez Eisenhauer. Pinckneyville, IL : Perry County Historical Society, 1999. | Court Records | Metropolis Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Land atlas & plat book retrospect : property information from the past, by Rockford Maps Publishers. | Land and Property Records, Maps | Allen County Public Library | Covers 1963, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1993 |
| Land atlas & plat book, Perry County, Illinois. Rockford Map Publishers.1900s- | Maps | C E Brehm Public Library, John A. Logan College, Marion Carnegie Library, and various Illinois libraries | Also entitled "Atlas & Plat Book..." Check with specific libraries re: their holdings re: years |
| Land records, 1827-1950; index, 1827-1890. Perry County Court | Land and Property Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Letters from the past : by or to the family of Miles Peck, 1837 to 1907 by Inez Eisenhauer. [S.l.] : Perry County Historical Society, Genealogy Branch, 1996. | Biography, History | Metropolis Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Life in the past lane : a brief history of Willisville. by Jessie Vanover Bird; Willisville Women's Organization. Willisville, Ill. : Willisville Women's Organization, 1998. | History | Southern Illinois University | - |
| Map of Franklin and Williamson counties, Map of Perry County by Warner & Beers, 1876. | Maps | Various Indiana Universities, University Library of Columbus, Oberlin College Library | - |
| Map of Perry County, Ill. by Standard Engineering Co., DuQuoin, IL, c. 1908. | Maps | Illinois State Library | - |
| Map of Perry County, Illinois by N Friend, J B Westbrook. Olney, IL, 1873. | Maps | Illinois State Library | - |
| Map of the St. Louis central railroad from Murphrysboro [!] to Pinckneyville ... Jackson & Perry Co.,; St. Louis Central Railroad. | Maps | Newberry Library | Map shows former owners names for territory acquired by railroad company |
| Marriage licenses issued in Perry County, Illinois beginning 1827 to 1850 Cooke, Dorothy I (typescript manuscript, 1959) | Marriage Records, Vital Records | Family History Centers, and Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Also newer book entitled "Perry County, Illinois, marriages..." |
| Marriage records, 1827-1916 Perry County Clerk | Marriage Records, Vital Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Massac, Menard, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Ogle, Perry, Peoria, Piatt, and Scott Counties. United States. Bureau of the Census. 13th census, 1910 | Census | C E Brehm Public Library | Microform format |
| Minutes of Hopewell United Presbyterian Church, Perry Co., Illinois, located west of Pinckneyville, Illinois, members 1834-1863 by Daughters of the American Revolution. Belleville Chapter. Belleville, Ill. : [s.n.], 1975. | Church Records | Belleville Public Library, Newberry Library, and St. Louis Public Library | - |
| Minutes of the Bethel Association of Old School or Predestinarian Baptists, 1932-1954 : volume 3A | Church Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Minutes of the nineteenth annual session of the Nine Mile Baptist Association : held with the Nine Mile Church, in Perry County, Illinois, on Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, October 2nd, 3rd, & 4th, A.D. 1863 | Church Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Miscellaneous and delayed birth records, 1845-1915 Perry County Clerk | Birth Records, Vital Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Miscellaneous Illinois papers M-29B. Springfield, Ill. : Illinois State Historical Library, [1960] [Microform] | Newspapers | Eastern Illinois University | Includes Egyptian Spy (Tamaroa, 1-17-1860) -- Tamaroa item (9-13-1878 to 2-14-1879) -- Perry County Watchman (Tamaroa, 5-17-1871 to 12-27-1871 |
| Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Perry, Pope, Piatt, and Pulaski Counties. United States. Census Office. 12th census, 1900. | Census | C E Brehm Public Library | Microform format |
| Morgan, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Perry, Piatt, Pike, Pope, Pulaski, Putnam, and Randolph Counties. United States. Census Office. 10th census, 1880 | Census | C E Brehm Public Library | Microform format |
| Murphy--Rushing, ca. 1770-1936. by Elizabeth Eiker Spurgeon | Family History | Family History Centers | Main surnames: Murphy, Rushing, Deason |
| Naturalization declarations of intention, petitions, final oaths, 1856-1909 Perry County Clerk of the Circuit Court | Naturalization and Citizenship | Family History Centers | - |
| Naturalization declarations, petitions & final oaths, 1845-1885 Perry County Clerk of the Circuit Court | Naturalization and Citizenship | Family History Centers | - |
| Naturalization records, 1860-1906 Perry County Circuit Court | Naturalization and Citizenship | Family History Centers | - |
| Neville - Kimzey families ca. 1640-1952 | Family History | Family History Centers | Also includes the Armstrong, Bean, Craig, Clark, Walker and other connected families. |
| New geography of Perry County. by Lowell A Dearinger. [Benton, Ill. : Dearinger, 1975] | History | Illinois State Library | - |
| New grocery and provision store, Main street, Du Quoin, Ill., at his old jewelry store ... R. Berrey. Nov. 25, 1865. | History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Just a one-page broadside/ advertisement, but might be fun to see if you visit this library! |
| Nine Mile Primitive Baptist Church records, 1844-1957 | Church Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Ogle, Peoria, Perry, and Pike Counties. United States. Census Office. 6th census, 1840 | Census | C E Brehm Public Library, and Marion Carnegie Library | Microform format |
| One hundred years about the Lord's work : the First Christian Church, DuQuoin, Illinois, 1857-1957. [Du Quoin, Ill. : First Christian Church, 1957] | Church History | Disciples of Christ Historical Society (Nashville, TN) | - |
| One hundred-tenth anniversary. Galum Presbyterian Church ... Sunday June 27, 1954. Pinckneyville (Ill.).1954 | Church History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | - |
| Our Town by Donald F. Lewis. Du Quoin, Ill. : Call Pub. Co., 1942. | Biography, History | Marion Carnegie Library, Southern Illinois University, and University of Illinois | - |
| Ozburns 2nd addition to Pinckneyville. 1861 | Maps | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Hand-drawn map signed by Robert Steele |
| Papers, Barnett Allen Howard. 1885-1949. Archival Material. | Biography, History | Library of Congress | Howard was a farmer, preacher and trader who lived in Du Quoin in the mid 1800s |
| Papers, John W Benedict, 1862. Archival Material | Biography, Military Records | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Certificate of discharge and pay receipt |
| Papers, Lewis Trefftys .1861-1865 Archival Material | Biography, History, Military History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Letters and other papers. Surnames include Wellmuling, Sterling (from Taramoa), Haywood, Culler |
| Papers, Oliver C Adams, 1839-1896 . Archival Material | Biography, History | Duke University Library | Letters, including description of Perry County in 1844 |
| Papers, Samuel Conant. 1842-1940 Archival Material | Biography, History | New England Historic Genealogical Society | Includes letter(s) describing Du Quoin |
| Papers, William T Morris. 1897-1939. Archival Material | Biography, History, Mining | University of Illinois | William T. Morris was a mine inspector as well as a union organizer in Du Quoin |
| Paradise cemetery : cemetery inscriptions taken from Paradise cemetery, southeast of Tamaroa in Perry county by Tamaroa High School. Tamaroa, Ill. : Tamaroa High School, 1983. | Cemeteries | C E Brehm Public Library | - |
| Perry County (Illinois), land atlas and plat book, 1987. Rockford, Illinois : Rockford Map Publishers, c1986 | Land and Property Records, Maps | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | - |
| Perry County Advocate. Newspaper : Weekly. Pinckneyville, Ill. : Elbert E. Walker | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Pinckneyville Public Library and Southern Illinois University | Also see "Advocate." Years: 1930s? to 1980s. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Perry County banner. Newspaper : Weekly v. Pinckneyville, Ills. [Ill.] : Wall & Van Syckel | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Years: 1869 to 1800s. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Perry County bits and pieces by Inez Eisenhauer; Perry County Historical Society. Pinckneyville, Ill. : Perry County Historical Society, [between 1980 and 1996] | History | Metropolis Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Perry County cemeteries. compiled by Lance Feik, Inez and Leonard Eisenhauer. Du Quoin, Illinois : Perry County Historical Society, 1992-1993 | Baptism Records, Cemeteries, Churches | Family History Centers, and Various Illinois libraries, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | includes baptisms for Sacred Heart and St. Bruno |
| Perry County Democrat. Newspaper : Weekly. Pinckneyville, Ill. : E.C.H. Willoughby | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Years: 1878-1880s, later title was "The Democrat". Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Perry County IL plat book, 1920. by Randolph County Genealogical Society. Chester, IL : Randolph County Genealogical Society, [19--] | Land and Property Records, Maps | Allen County Public Library | - |
| Perry County, Illinois, marriages 1827-1850 by Elizabeth Eiker Spurgeon, Dorothy I. Cooke. Indianapolis, IN: Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe, 2003 | Marriage Records | Sarasota County Library System | - |
| Perry County Mine Directory??? | History, Mining | Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Perry County Monitor and Sun. Newspaper : Weekly. Pinckneyville, Ill. : John W. Wells. | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Pinckneyville Public Library | Years: 1880s? Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Perry County real estate tax list, 1890 by Donna Timpner Vuichard; Inez Eisenhauer; Perry County Historical Society. [Pinckneyville, Ill.] : Perry County Historical Society, 1995. | Taxation | Various Illinois libraries, various US libraries, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Perry County times. Newspaper : Weekly. Pinckneyville, Perry County, Ills. [Ill.] : Wm. M'Ewing | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and Knox College | Years: 1856-1800s. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Perry County Watchman. Newspaper : Weekly. Tamaroa, Perry County, Ill. : [A.V. Willoughby & Co.] | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and Boston Public Library (1874) and University of Virginia (1871) | Years: 1870s?. Check with library re: specific dates. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Perry County, Illinois 1850 census. transcribed by Maxine E. Wormer. Thomson, Illinois : Heritage House, c1973 | Census | Various Illinois libraries | - |
| Perry County, Illinois 1860 U. S. census. transcribed by Lee & Naomi Schick; indexed by Ronald L. Schick. [S.l. : s.n., 198-?] | Census | Various Illinois libraries, and various US libraries | - |
| Perry County, Illinois 1910 head of household listing by Floyd Junior Tellor; Melody Ann Tellor; United States. Bureau of the Census. Buncombe, Ill. : From Generation to Generation, 1991. | Census | Southern Illinois University, and Stinson Memorial Public Library | - |
| Perry County, Illinois insanity proceedings, ca. 1852-1924 | Court Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Perry County, Illinois marriage records, 1868-1896, a few through 1903 Schick, Lee | Marriage Records, Vital Records | Various Illinois libraries and various US libraries | - |
| Perry County, Illinois mothers' petitions for relief, reports of investigating officers & decrees by the court, 1913-1937 | Court Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Perry County, Illinois swamp land records, 1850s (includes 1 or 2 entries for years: 1860, 1865, 1874, 1876 & 1894) | Land and Property Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Perry County, Illinois, cemeteries by Elizabeth Eiker Spurgeon | Cemeteries | Family History Centers | - |
| Perry County, Illinois, courthouse entry book, 1834-1850 / by Donna Vuichard. Pickneyville, IL : Perry County Historical Society, 1998. | Court Records | Metropolis Public Library, Mid-Continent Public Library, St. Louis County Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Perry County, Illinois, marriages 1827-1850 with genealogical notes by Elizabeth Eiker Spurgeon and Dorothy I Cooke | Marriage Records, Vital Records | Various Illinois libraries, various US libraries, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Perry County, Illinois. Perry County Historical Society. Paducah, Kentucky : Turner Pub., 1988-1998. (Two volumes) | Biography, History | Family History Centers, Various Illinois libraries, amazon.com, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Petitions for naturalization, 1920-1925. Du Quoin (Illinois). Clerk of the City Court. | Naturalization and Citizenship | Family History Centers | Microform format |
| Pinckneyville advocate. Newspaper : Weekly. Pinckneyville, Ill. : J.P. Parker & T.L. Baxter | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and University of Kentucky Library | Also see "Advocate." Years: 1897-1931. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Pinckneyville City Cemetery. by Floyd Holder; Pearl Holder. (Thesis/dissertation/manuscript Archival Material). [1986?] | Cemeteries | C E Brehm Public Library | - |
| Pinckneyville independent. Newspaper : Weekly. Pinckneyville, Ill. : John A. Wall | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and Chicago History Museum | Years: 1875-1800s. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Pinckneyville Street Maps, Illinois | Maps | Illinois State Library | Various maps, earliest from 1941 |
| Pinckneyville, Perry County, Ill., Map. Sanborn-Perris (later Sanborn) Map Co. Various years | Maps | University of Illinois | Fire insurance maps, show property boundaries, etc. Years: 1886, 1894, 1900, 1910, 1927 |
| Pioneer families of Randolph and Perry Counties, Illinois notes on the Campbell, Crozier, Flack, Milligan, Steele and Thompson families : the Crawfords of Ballynease, Londonderry, Ireland, with descendants in the U.S.A., and their descendants in the Elsey, Garven, Matthews and Robertson families / Robert Crawford Robertson. Chattanooga, Tenn. : R.C. Robertson, 1960 | Biography, History | Urbana Free Library and various US libraries | Microform format |
| Pioneer families of Randolph and Perry Counties, Illinois notes on the Campbell, Crozier, Flack, Milligan, Steele and Thompson families : the Crawfords of Ballynease, Londonderry, Ireland, with descendants in the U.S.A., and their descendants in the Elsey, Garven, Matthews and Robertson families / Robert Crawford Robertson. Chattanooga, Tenn. : R.C. Robertson, 1960 | Biography, History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Newberry Library, Allen County Public Library, Library of Congress, New York Public Library, and ancestry.com (via subscription) | Book format |
| Plat book and complete survey of Perry County, Illinois 1920. Chester, Illinois : Randolph County Geneal. Society, 1991 | Maps | Allen County Public Library, Belleville Public Library, Los Angeles Public Library, Wisconsin Historical Society | - |
| Plat book of Perry County Illinois. W.W. Hixson, [1921?] | Maps | C E Brehm Public Library, Metropolis Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Plat of area around Coulterville, Pinkneyville, DuQuoin, in Perry and Randolph Counties, Illinois | Maps | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Date? |
| Platt book and complete survey of Perry County, Illinois : containing plats of all townships with owners names : also outline map of the county showing location of townships, villages, roads, schools, churches, railroads, streams, etc. : also map of Illinois and the United States, farm animal chart with remedies for diseases, etc. / The Kenyon Company, map makers, Des Moines, Iowa. by Kenyon Company. Pinckneyville, Ill. : Pinckneyville Advocate, 1920 | Maps, Land and Property Records | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | - |
| Population schedules of the ninth census of the United States 1870. Roll 268, Illinois. Perry and Piatt counties United States.; United States. | Census | Atwood-Hammond Public Library | Microform format |
| Population schedules of the seventh census of the United States 1850. Roll 124, Illinois. Perry, Piatt and Pike counties United States.; United States. | Census | Atwood-Hammond Public Library, C E Brehm Public Library | Microform format |
| Portrait and biographical record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe counties, Illinois : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representive citizens of the counties... Chicago : Biographical Publishing Company., 1894 | Biography, History | Family History Centers, Illinois State Library, Various Illinois Libraries, Various US Libraries, Ancestry.com (via subscription), HeritageQuest online (via libraries) and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | Available as book and in microform. Also see source "Illinois County Histories" |
| Probate records, 1864-1889. Perry County Court | Probate Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Proceedings on petition to sell real estate, vol. A, 1867-1884 | Probate Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Proceedings, 1955-1956. by Perry County Historical Society | History? | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | non-published manuscript |
| Program of the golden jubilee convention Illinois Baptist State Association and allied conferences, First Baptist Church,Pinckneyville, Illinois, November 5, 6, 7, 1957. Illinois Baptist State Association.1957 | Church History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | - |
| Railroads of Perry County by Arch L Voight [Pinckneyville? Ill. : Perry County Historical Society?, 1959] | History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | - |
| Randolph County, Illinois funeral home records, 1915-1957. compiled by Kay Jetton and Elda L. Jones | Death Records, Vital Records | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Belleville Public Library, Allen County Public Library, and Mid-Continent Public Library | Includes info from Lynn Funeral homes in Cutler and Willisville. Book has surname indexes. |
| Randolph County, including Marissa, Cutler, Willisville and adjoining territory. Soldiers and sailors home-coming welcome, Sparta, July 4th [1919], 11 a.m. [Program] ...No pub. [1919?] | History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | - |
| Raymond H. Hammes Collection of Illinois records. by Raymond H. Hammes. Springfield, Ill. : State Archives : Microfilmed by the Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City | Land and Property Records | Family History Centers, various Illinois libraries and various US libraries | Land transactions and surveys, including those for Randolph County (county from which Perry was formed). 1678-1827. Microform format. |
| Records 1915-1972 by Beaucoup Baptist Church. Pinckneyville, IL. | Church Records | Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives, Nashville, TN | Microform format |
| Reference & year book for Perry County, Illinois 2000 / The County, [2000?] | Directories | Du Quoin Public Library | - |
| Regulations and premiums for the fourth annual fair... District Fair Association of DuQuoin. DuQuoin, Ill., Beem & Richards, Prs., 1874 | History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | - |
| Roebuck by Pete Perona. Mulkeytown, Ill. : West Franklin Historical District & Genealogical Society, 2001 | Biography, History | Pinckneyville Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | Subjects listed for this book: Charles Feik, and Farm Life in Perry County |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Du Quoin, Illinois by Inez Eisenhauer; Hilda Schneider, historian.; Perry County Historical Society. [Du Quoin, Ill.] : Perry County Historical Society, 1985. | Church History | Allen County Public Library, two Missouri libraries, Family History Centers, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Sacred Heart Cemetery : plus Sacred Heart death-funeral book thru [sic] 1935 ; Sacred Heart baptisims [sic], 1868 thru [sic] 1900 by Inez Eisenhauer; Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Du Quoin, Ill.); Perry County Historical Society (Perry County, Ill.) Pinckneyville, IL : Perry County Historical Society, 1992-3. | Baptisms, Cemeteries, Church Records | Denver Public Library, and can be purchased from the Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Sacred Heart marriages 1869 thrugh 1930. by Inez Eisenhauer; Sacred Heart Catholic Church; Perry County Historical Society. [Du Quoin, Ill.] : Perry County Historical Society, 1995. | Church Records, Marriage Records | Allen County Public Library, Metropolis Public Library, Mid-Continent Public Library (MO), and can be purchased from the Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Sense, nonsense and sensational by Inez Eisenhauer | History | Metropolis Public Library, Southern Illinois University, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | Du Quoin History |
| South Western, IL Alto Pass Anna, Ava, Campbell Hill Carbondale Carterville Christoper, Cobden, De Soto Du Quoin, Elkville, Gorham. | Directories | Library of Congress | Telephone directory? or cities directory? No year(s) given |
| Souvenir for dedication of Perry County Court House, October 19, 1939. With a brief history of Perry County court house buildings, back to 1929, and sketches of the men responsible for the new buildings. [Pinckneyville? Ill., 1940] | Biography, History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | - |
| Sower, The, by Marie Palmer; Leo Hayes. Publisher: [Ava, Ill., 1975] | Church History | C E Brehm Public Library, and University of St Mary of the Lake | Subject is History of the Catholic Diocese of Belleville (which includes churches in Perry County) |
| Sparta Presbyterian Heritage Exhibit : Brown Memorial Museum, June 28-July 5, 1987. by Harold Frazier. Sparta, Ill. : Mrs. H. Frazier?, 1987 | Church History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and Chester Public Library | Re: Various churches in Perry County |
| Sparta Register--Extra. J.E. Detrich, senior editor. Neutral-devoted to news, literature, amusement, agriculture, &c. J.R. Shannon, junior editor. v. I., no. 5, Sparta, Illinois, Wednes[d]ay, March 21, 1849. We are compelled to issue an extra this week, not being able to get out a full sheet ... | Taxation | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Includes list of lands and other real estate in Perry County on which taxes remain due, as well as other official notices and advertisements. |
| Spirit of Egypt : southern Illinois. [Lawrenceville, Ill. : Suttle Equipment Co., 1929?] | Business, History | Stinson Memorial Public Library | Little Egypt" and "Egypt" are nicknames for southern Illinois |
| St. Clair Gazette--Extra. List of lands lying in the county of Perry on which taxes remain due and unpaid on the first day of September, 1833 ... I hereby certify that the above transcript and notice was duly published in the St. Clair Gazette, printed at Belleville, on the 4th of December, 1833 ... [signed] R.K. Fleming, printer. Belleville, 1833 | Taxation | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | - |
| St. Johns Street Maps, Illinois | Maps | Illinois State Library | Various maps, earliest from 1941 |
| St. Joseph's Church, 1903-1978. by St. Joseph's Church (Willisville, Ill.) [Willisville, Ill. : The Church?, 1978?] | Church History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and the Wisconsin Historical Society | - |
| St. Mary Magdalen Church: 1868-1968. by Todd's Mill St. Mary Magdalen Church. [Todd's Mill, 1968] | Church History | University of St. Mary on the Lake | - |
| St. Paul United Church of Christ, Pinckneyville, Illinois, 1870-1988. Cleveland, TN : United Church Press Directory Service, 1988 | Church History | Allen County Public Library | - |
| St. Paul's United Church of Christ : birth, baptism, death, marriage records, 1874-1904, formerly the German Evangelical & Reformed Church of Pinckneyville, Perry County, Illinois. Thesis/dissertation/manuscript Archival Material. 1874-1904. | Church Records, Birth, Baptism, Death, Marriage Records | Allen County Public Library | May be written in German |
| Standard atlas of Perry county, Illinois, including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county. Map of the state, United States and world. Patrons directory, reference business directory and departments devoted to general information. Analysis of the system of U.S. land surveys, digest of the system of civil government, etc., etc. / Geo. A. Ogle & Co.; Pinckneyville advocate. Chicago. 1902 | Maps, Directories | Various Illinois libraries, and the New York Public Library Sys. | - |
| Stars and stripes. Newspaper : Weekly. Du Quoin, Ill. : G.O. Ash. | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Years: 1864-1800s. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Statistics of Bethel Congregation from October 6, 1857 when D. S. Faris was ordained pastor and onward : ca. 1857-1868 | Church History | Family History Centers | Includes baptisms, marriages, deaths & member lists. |
| Steeleville United Methodist Church, Steeleville, Illinois : 100th anniversary celebration. s.n., c1969. | Church History | Chester Public Library | - |
| Sterling family Bible records, 1830-1855; and genealogical table, ca. 1792-1973 | Family History | Family History Centers | Sterling and Packenham bible records, genealogy |
| Stoffel--Bradley--Davis--Isom and other connected families, ca. 1767-1973. by Elizabeth Eiker Spurgeon | Family History | Family History Centers | Davis family lived in Perry County. Includes White and other families. |
| Student's history of Perry County. by John Wesley Neville. [n.p., 1945] | History | Various Illinois libraries, various US libraries, the Library of Congress, ancestry.com (via subscription), HeritageQuest online (via libraries) and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | Available as book and in microform. |
| Supplement to Perry County Cemeteries Vol. 4: Cottom Cemetery by Helen Hallbauer Smith, Perry County Historical Society. 1995 | Cemeteries | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | |
| Swanwick Cemetery (Sec. 22, T4S, R4W) Perry County, Illinois. compiled by Mrs. Frank (Ada Auld) Torrens. Marissa, Illinois : Marissa Historical & Geneal. Society, 1995. | Cemeteries | Belleville Public Library, and Southern Illinois University | Burials are listed up to 1955. |
| Swanwick Cemetery, Section 22, T4S - R4W, Perry County, Illinois. Marissa Historical and Genealogical Society. Marissa, Ill. : 2003 | Cemeteries | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Mid-Continent Public Library | Includes index./ "The first portion of this book was compiled several years ago and was taken from information in the Sparta Public Library. The second part of this book was taken from the web site of the Perry County Illinois." |
| Tamaroa Bugle. Newspaper : Weekly. Tamaroa, Perry County, Ill. : Campbell Hardy | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Years 1894-?. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Tamaroa Item. Newspaper : Weekly. Tamaroa, Ill. : F.A. Allison. | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Illinois State Historical Library, and University of Virginia | Years: 1878-1880s. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Tamaroa times : tales and tattletales. [Tamaroa, Ill.?] : Tamaroa Pioneers 4-H Club, 1997 | History | C E Brehm Public Library, Southern Illinois University, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Tamaroa Times. Newspaper : Weekly. Tamaroa, Illinois. J.F. Bogan. | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Years: 1895-1900s. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Tamaroa Watchman. Newspaper : Weekly. Tamaroa, Ill. : L.E. Knapp, | Newspapers | New York Historical Society | Years?. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Trefftzs family chart, ca. 1790-1974 | Family History | Family History Centers | One page chart: Trefftzs, Federer, Hammack, McQuaid surnames |
| Valley Clarion newspaper, Chester, Illinois, August 1869-April 1876. Chester, Illinois : Randolph County Geneal. Society, 1990. (Note: book) | Newspapers | Various Illinois libraries | - |
| Valley Clarion. Newspaper : Weekly. Chester, Randolph County, Ill. : [s.n.] | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Chicago History Museum, University of Chicago, Boston Public Library, New York Historical Society, Wisconsin Historical Society | Years: 1868-1800s. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Voices from the city dump : letters from 182? to 1930 from the files of William Edward Timpner by Inez Eisenhauer; Perry County Historical Society. Pinckneyville, IL : Perry County Historical Society, 1996. | History | Metropolis Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Wanted to exchange for cash or merchandise. 50 acres nice prairie land in Perry County, Ill. This land is in Paradise Prairie, one of the best prairies in Southern Illinois ... S H Smith | History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Just a one-page broadside/ advertisement, but might be fun to see if you visit this library! |
| Will records, 1860-1917. Perry County Court | Probate Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Willisville Street Maps, Illinois | Maps | Illinois State Library | Various maps, earliest from 1941 |
| Willisville, Perry County, Illinois, May 1934. by Sanborn Map Company. New York : Sanborn Map Co., 1934. | Maps | University of Illinois | - |
| Willisville, Perry County, Illinois, October 1911. by Sanborn Map Company. New York : Sanborn Map Co., 1911. | Maps | University of Illinois | - |
| Willisville, Perry County, Illinois. Sanborn Map & Publishing Company.New York : Sanborn Map & Pub. Co. | Maps | University of Illinois | Fire insurance maps, show property boundaries, etc. Years: 1911, 1934 |
| Winn-Cook Family Papers.1861-1875. Archival material. | Biography, History | Filson Historical Society (KY) | Martha Winn Cook lived in Du Quoin at some point - I can't tell whether these papers are relevant to that time period or not |
| Zion Lutheran Church, Pinckneyville, Illinois : one hundred years of grace with the Lord, 1885-1985. [Pinckneyville, Ill.? : Zion Lutheran Church?, 1985? | Church History | Belleville Public Library | - |
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| 10th census 1880. Vol. 46, Illinois. Perry, Piatt, Pike. United States.; National Archives.1934 | Census | Atwood-Hammond Public Library | - |
| 12th census of population 1900. Vol. 134, Vol. 135, Illinois. Perry Co., Pope Co. Piatt Co., Pulaski Co. United States | Census | Atwood-Hammond Public Library | - |
| 14th census of population, 1920. Illinois. United States | Census | Various Illinois libraries | Microform format |
| 15th census, population, 1930. Illinois. National Archives and Records Administration, 2002 | Census | Various US libraries | Microform format |
| 1840 Perry County census, 1830 Perry County census, 1862 militia census, 1850 agricultural census, 1835-1850 "entry book" names, plus alphabetical listings and notations by Inez Eisenhauer. [Pinckneyville, IL] : Perry County Historical Society, 1996. | Census, Military Records | Allen County Public Library, C E Brehm Public Library, Duquoin Public Library, Metropolis Public Library, St Louis County Library (MO), University of Illinois and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| 1870 Illinois mortality schedules. transcribed and indexed by Lowell M. Volkel. | Census Records, Death Records, Vital Records | Family History Centers, various Illinois libraries, several libraries in Indiana and Missouri | Originally in five volumes. Volume 4 includes Perry County deaths: June 1, 1869 - May 31, 1870. May have been combined into two volumes later?? |
| 1870 Perry County census by Inez Bost Eisenhauer; Perry County Historical Society. Pickneyville, IL : Perry County Historical Society, 1997. | Census | C E Brehm Public Library, Duquoin Public Library, Metropolis Public Library, University of Illinois, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| 1872 Mississippi Journal. by Friend William Smith. South Pasadena, Calif., Review Press, 1939. | History, Travel | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Describes journey from Pinckneyville to St. Louis and back. |
| 1880 Perry County census by Inez Bost Eisenhauer; Perry County Historical Society. Pickneyville, IL : Perry County Historical Society, 1997. | Census | Belleville Public Library, C E Brehm Memorial Public Library, Metropolis Public Library, Univ. of Illinois, St. Louis County Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| 1900 Perry County, Illinois census by Inez Eisenhauer; Perry County Historical Society. [Pinckneyville, IL] : Perry County Historical Society, Genealogy Branch, [1998] | Census | Belleville Public Library, C E Brehm Public Library, Duquoin Public Library, Metropolis Public Library, University of Illinois, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| 1936 township atlas of Perry County, Pinckneyville, Ill. : Democrat, 1990 | Maps | Metropolis Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | Includes farm/property owners' names? |
| 1955 Duquoin : Gateway to Egypt : Duquoin Community Study and Development by Perry County Historical Society. Pinckneyville, IL : Perry County Historical Society, [2000] | History | Metropolis Public Library and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | "Little Egypt" and "Egypt" are nicknames for southern Illinois |
| 450 Marriages from Illinois by Walter R Sanders. Litchfield, Ill. : W.R. Sanders, [1969?] | Marriage Records, Vital Records | C E Brehm Public Library, Urbana Free Library, Allen County Public Library (plus libraries in MO, TN, TX, WI) | Includes marriages in Perry County, 1827-1830 |
| 4th census of population, 1820 Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky / United States. | Census | University of Southern Indiana | Microform format |
| 5th census of population, 1830 Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky / United States. | Census | University of Southern Indiana | Microform format |
| 6th census of population, 1840 Illinois and Indiana / United States. | Census | University of Southern Indiana | Microform format |
| Advocate. Newspaper : Weekly. Pinckneyville, Ill. : W.W. Sims, Sr. | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Years: 1931?. Previously "The Pinckneyville Advocate" (see) and later became "Perry County Advocate" (see) Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Alexander, Pope, Union, Johnson, Jackson, Franklin, Perry, Randolph, Monroe, Washington, Marion , Jefferon, Hamilont, Gallatin Counties. United States. Census Office. 5th census, 1830. | Census | C E Brehm Public Library, and Marion Carnegie Library | Microform format |
| Argument (in sundry short papers,) for securing Christian education in southern Illinois, through the establishment of Du Quoine female seminary ... by D W Lathrop; Eliza Paine; Albert Smith. New York, Printed by J.D. Torrey, 1856. | Education, History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Newberry Public Library, and Southern Illinois University, plus four other US libraries | Authors used "Du Quoine" for spelling. Note: Mount Holyoke College has book under the simpler title "Du Quoine Female Seminary) |
| Autobiography of pioneer John Brown, 1820-1896 / arranged and published by his son, John Zimmerman Brown. Salt Lake City, Utah : Press of Stevens & Wallis, 1941 | Biography, History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Includes Brown genealogy, and info on the Philip Chapman family? |
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Back when, with Grandma Grandma by Katherine Weinberg Mohlenbrock. [S.l. : s.n.], 2001 |
Biography, History |
Duquoin Public Library, and Sallie Logan Public Library |
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Bender--Tolbert--Wheeler--Zeiser family papers |
Family History |
Family History Centers |
The Tolbert (Tobert?) family lived in DuQuoin in the early 1880s. Voss surname included. |
| Bicentennial plat book of Perry County, Illinois, 1853 / by Genevieve Rainey. Du Quoin, Ill. : Rainey, 1975. | Biography, Maps | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library (search by author), C E Brehm Public Library, Duquoin Public Library, Metropolis Public Library, University of Illinois, various US libraries, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Birth records, 1878-1916 Perry County Clerk | Birth Records, Vital Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Birth records: Dr. H.B. Dickinson, Coulterville, Illinois. by Elda McCormick Jones. Marissa, IL : Marissa Historical and Genealogical Society, 2004. | Birth Records, Vital Records | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Dr. Dickinson's records of births 1928-1948: in Randolph, Perry and, Washington County; some in St. Clair. |
| Bit of history - 1874-1951 : the oldest bank in Perry County, Murphy-Wall State Bank & Trust Company, Pinckneyville, Illinois. Pinckneyville, Ill. : Murphy-Wall State Bank & Trust Co., 1951 | History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Allen County Public Library | - |
| Burriss Dial descendants, ancestors, and allied families. by Willis Aaron Dial. Logan, Utah : W.A. Dial, 1964 | Family History | Family History Centers | Main surnames: Dial, Kelley, Moore, Parsons, Taylor, Wells, Zundel |
| Cairo, Ill., Document: June 10, 1863. D. H. Dry. Archival Material. | Military Records | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Appointment for Dry as enrolling officer for Du Quoin (1 page) |
| Cemetery records in the Sparta, Illinois collection. by Mrs. Frank S. Torrens | Cemeteries | Family History Centers | - |
| Centennial celebration, May 12-July 21, 1956 commemorating the centennial of the Perry County Agricultural Association : histories of the Perry County Fair, Pinckneyville and Perry County. by Perry County Agricultural Association. Centennial Committee. Pinckneyville, Ill. : Perry County Advocate, 1956. | History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Illinois State Library, Southern Illinois University, Allen County Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | Allen County book title begins with "Commemorating..." |
| Century of serving the Lord in the First Baptist Church, Du Quoin, Illinois, 1857-1957. First Baptist Church (Du Quoin, Ill.) 1957 | Church History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Includes list of church members in 1957 |
| Chester clarion. 1800s-1896. Newspaper : Weekly. Chester, Ill. : Frank R. McAtee, | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and Danville Public Library | Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Chief Du Quoin ; The town which came after by Inez Eisenhauer. [Du Quoin, Ill. : Inez Eisenhauer], 1987. | History, Native Americans | University of Illinois, St. Louis County Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Church records, 1857-1886. Presbyterian Church (Tamaroa, Illinois) | Baptisms, Church Records | Family History Centers | Includes meeting minutes, members, and baptisms |
| Church records, 1857-1966. First Baptist Church (Du Quoin, Illinois). Nashville, Tennessee : Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1967 | Church Records, Church History | Family History Centers | Minutes of meetings and lists of members |
| Clerk's docket Perry County, Ills., 1860-1863 by Inez Eisenhauer; Perry County Historical Society Pinckneyville, Ill. : Perry County Historical Society, 1999. | Vital Records? | C E Brehm Public Library, Metropolis Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Collection of marriage, church, will, and cemetery records. Daughters of the American Revolution.1951 | Vital Records, Wills | Newberry Library | Includes Perry County, Duquoin wills |
| Combined history of Randolph, Monroe and Perry counties, Illinois: with illustrations descriptive of their scenery and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers. Philadelphia : J. L. McDonough, 1883 | Biography, History | Family History Centers, various Illinois libraries (over 50) several US libraries, various online booksellers (see addall.com), and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | Available as book and in microform. Also see source "Illinois County Histories" |
| County commis[s]ioners, Book A, Perry County, Illinois : April 29, 1855 to January 15, 1862 by Inez Eisenhauer; Perry County Historical Society. [Pinckneyville, Ill.] : Perry County Historical Society, 1999. | Court Records | Metropolis Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| County record, no. 1, book A, 1828-1835. Perry County Commissioner's Court | Court Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Cutler Street Maps, Illinois | Maps | Illinois State Library | Various maps, earliest from 1941 |
| Daniel W. Dry Papers, 1825-1878. Archival materials. (52 items) | Biography, History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Dry was a merchant in Du Quoin and Perry County's first treasurer. Includes documents, invoices, accounts, etc. |
| Database of Illinois Death Certificates, 1916-1950 (online database), Illinois State Archives | Death Records, Vital Records | http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html | Includes Perry County deaths |
| Davis, Baldridge, and Huggins sites : three nineteenth century Upland South farmsteads in Perry County, Illinois by Mary R McCorvie; Michael J McNerney; American Resources Group. Carbondale, Ill. : American Resources Group, 1987. | History | Various Illinois libraries | - |
| Death certificates for the state of Illinois, 1916-1945, excluding Chicago with the exception of stillbirths; index, 1916-1938; internet index, 1916-1950. Illinois Public Board of Health, Archives. | Death Records, Vital Records | Family History Centers | Index is also online (see "Database of Illinois.." above) |
| Death index A, 1878-1915; registers of deaths, 1878-1915; coroner's death certificates, 1911-1915 Perry County Clerk | Death Records, Vital Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Democrat. Newspaper : Weekly. Pinckneyville, Ill. : [s.n.] | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Southern Illinois University, University of Illinois, University of Kentucky | Years: 1880s-1970s?. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also known as "Perry County Democrat" Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Descendants of Elijah Harris (c. 1800-c. 1875) and Eliza Jane Smith (c. 1804-c. 1870). compiled and published by Vernor G. Harris | Family History | Family History Centers | Elijah Harris died in Tamaroa about 1875. Includes information on the Harris, Adams, Bullock, Chaney, Creech, Eldridge, Francis, Hawk, Holmes, Inabnitt, McCalister, Mize, Price, Smith, Simpson, Taylor, Whitaker, Braden, Burdine, Hansford, Knapp, Luthultz, and other related families. |
| Diocese of Belleville...[Belleville, Ill.? : Diocese of Belleville?] 1987 | Church History | Belleville Public Library, several other Illinois libraries, University of Notre Dame, and St Louis County Library | Includes church profiles, histories in the Catholic Diocese of Belleville (which includes churches in Perry County) |
| Down memory lane by Irene Neville. San Jose, [Calif.] : Writers Club Press, 2002. | Biography, History | Pinckneyville Public Library, Amazon.com, alibris.com and other online bookstores | Southern Illinois through the eyes of Irene Neville who was born June 3, 1911, on a farm near Tamaroa. She was 91 years old when she wrote this book. |
| Du Quoin : gateway to Egypt. s.n., 1960? | History | Marion Carnegie Library | - |
| Du Quoin daily news and Du Quoin review. 1930s-1938. Newspaper : Daily. Du Quoin, Ill. : J.E. Weber and A.M. Bierman. | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and Danville Public Library | Years are 1930s-1938. Check with specific library for holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Du Quoin Daily News. Publication: Du Quoin, Ill. : J.E. Weber and A.M. Bierman 1938. Newspaper | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Library only has 1938 (partial)? |
| Du Quoin evening call. Newspaper : Daily. Du Quoin, Ill. : Du Quoin Daily Call Pub. Co. | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Danville Public Library, Lincoln Library, Southern Illinois University, other Illinois university libraries, and the Library of Congress | Years are 1890s onward. Check with specific library for holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Du Quoin mining journal. Newspaper : Weekly. Du Quoin, Ill. : Paul Watkins | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Years are 1850s-1800s. Check with specific library for holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Du Quoin news. Newspaper : Weekly. Du Quoin, Ill. : J.E. Weber | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and Southern Illinois University | Years: 1938-1900s. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Du Quoin phone book, 1909 ; "Number please" : directory, Murphysboro Telephone Company, Perry County Telephone Company, Du Quoin, Pinckneyville, Cutler, Tamaroa, Swanwick, July 1915 by Inez Eisenhauer; Perry County Historical Society.[Du Quoin, Ill.] : Perry County Historical Society, [1987] | Directories | Metropolis Public Library, Allen County Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Du Quoin progress. Newspaper : Weekly. Du Quoin, Perry County, Ill. : J.E. Bowen | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Years: 1865-1800s. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Du Quoin recorder. 1866-1867. Newspaper : Weekly. Du Quoin, Ill. : W.A. Ballard, | Newspapers | American Antiquarian Society | Previous title was "Stars and Stripes," then became the "Du Quoin Tribune" (see those as well) |
| Du Quoin Republican. Newspaper : Weekly. Du Quoin, Ill. : The Union Newspaper Co. | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Years: 1871-1800s. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. (Note: was issued twice a week at some time.) |
| Du Quoin tribune. Newspaper : Weekly. Du Quoin, Ills. : A.J. Alden | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Chicago History Museum, Southern Illinois University, and NY Historical Society. | Years: 1867-1925. Had various titles: "Weekly Tribune," "Tribune and Recorder," and "Weekly Tribune and Recorder." Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Du Quoin, Illinois City Directory, Manitowoc, Wis. [etc.] : Johnson Pub. Co., | Directories | Southern Illinois University, and Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library | Years??? |
| Du Quoin, Illinois. Sanborn Map & Publishing Company.New York : Sanborn Map & Pub. Co. | Maps | University of Illinois | Fire insurance maps, show property boundaries, etc. Years: 1888, 1894, 1900, 1910, 1927 |
| Du Quoin, Illinois: 1967 City Directory. Johnson Pub. Co., [1967?] | Directories | C E Brehm Public Library | - |
| Duquoin tribune (Perry County, Illinois) obituary index : 1867 - June, 1925 by Emily E Fiebig; Cindy Mounce. Publisher: [Swansea, IL? : E. Fiebig?, 2000?] | Obituaries | Belleville Public Library | - |
| DuQuoin, Illinois : a family history by Kathryn Pope Olsen. Tacoma, Wash. : LaserWriting, 2003. | Biography, History | Duquoin Public Library, and University of Illinois | - |
| Eaton, ca. 1755-1878. by Elizabeth Eiker Spurgeon | Family History | Family History Centers | Main surnames: Eaton, Bugg, Bingham |
| Echoes from My Heart by Laura Blackburn Eaton. Chicago: Henry O. Shepard Company, 1900. | Biography | Southern Illinois University | Du Quoin reminiscence? |
| Egyptian Spy. Newspaper : Weekly. Tamaroa, Ill. : J.S. Barr. | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Illinois State Historical Library, and University of Virginia | Years:1859-1800s? Check with library re: specific dates. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Etherton, Henson, Boone : a genealogical history of three pioneer families of Jackson County, Illinois. compiled by Guy Everett Etherton | Family History | Family History Centers | Some family members resided in Coon Ridge, Perry Co., Illinois. Also includes Lipe and Hull surnames. |
| Federal Township Plats of Illinois (1804-1891) (online database) | Land Records | http://landplats.ilsos.net/Flash/FTP_Illinois.html | Plats of each county can be viewed online OR ordered as a CD-ROM |
| First annual rating book of Du Quoin Retail Merchant's Ass'n., August 1910. Du Quoin Retail Merchant's Ass'n. Du Quoin, Ill. : Griffin, printer, 1910. | Business, History | Library of Congress | - |
| General catalogue of the Du Quoin Female Seminary, from September, 1853, to June 19, 1866. Also brief history and present condition of the seminary. Du Quoin Female Seminary, Du Quoin, Ill. 1866 | Education, History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | - |
| Green/Greene--Threlkeld--Jinkins/Jenkins and other connected families, ca. 1710-1950, by Elizabeth Eiker Spurgeon | Family Histories | Family History Centers | Main surnames: Threlkeld, Green, Greene, Jinkins, Jenkins, Montague, Tangen |
| Guardianship records, 1860-1886. Perry County Court | Court Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Haines City & suburban criss-cross directory. | Directories | Cahokia Public Library, Mississippi Valley Public Library (IL) | Years??? |
| Hambletonian winners, 1926 to 1965 / Harness Horse, Inc. Harrisburg, Pa. : Telegraph Press, 1965. | History, Sports | Lincoln Library and various US libraries | The Hambletonian (harness race) was run at the Du Quoin State Fair from 1957-1981 |
| Historic fairgrounds in Illinois since 1854 : multiple property documentation form for National Register of Historic Places by Edward J Russo, 1990 (Archival material/manuscript) | History | Lincoln Library | Not Abraham Lincoln Library. Book includes Du Quoin State Fair. |
| Historical account of Mitchell Lodge no. 85, ancient and accepted masons, 1850 to 1950. by George E Ulrich; and Charles B Roe. Pinckneyville, Ill., 1950. | Organizations, Societies | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and Philadelphia Biblical University | Freemasons |
| History of Catholic elementary schools in Perry County, Illinois by Richard J Longbucco. (Research paper) | History, Education, Churches | Southern Illinois University | - |
| History of coal mining in Illinois including a discussion of the causes and frequency of other occupational accidents and plans for their prevention.....by David Ross | History, Mining | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Speech delivered for the State Mining Institute at Du Quoin, May 26, 1916 |
| History of Perry County Farm Bureau by Clarence McCrary [Illinois : s.n., 1995] | History | Allen County Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| History of Sunfield (Diamond Town) / Sunfield School, 1966. | History | C E Brehm Public Library, and Chester Public Library | - |
| History of the Egyptian Music Camp, 1942-1961 by A T Atwood; D W Hortin. Du Quoin, Illinois : Du Quoin State Fairgrounds, 1961. | History | Eastern Illinois University | The Egyptian Music Camp was located in Du Quoin, IL. |
| History of the Presbyterian Church of Du Quoin, Illinois : being a centennial sermon delivered July 1, 1876. Edward F Fish; Robert R Morefield; Perry County Historical Society. [Du Quoin, Ill.] : Perry County Historical Society, 1994. | Church History | Allen County Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Honor roll, Perry County / by Illinois. Veterans' Commission. 1956 | Cemetaries, Military Records | C E Brehm Public Library | Includes the names, burial places, and other related information of members of the Armed Forces buried in Perry County prior to July 1,1955. |
| Illinois 1980 census enumeration district maps. by United States. Bureau of the Census. Publisher: [Washington, D.C.? : Bureau of the Census, 198-?] | Census, Maps | Various Illinois libraries | - |
| Illinois Census Returns, 1820. by Margaret Cross Norton. Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1934, 1969. | Census | Over 150 Illinois libraries, plus various US libraries. | The Illinois State Census, not the US Census. Perry County is not a separate county yet, see Randolph. |
| Illinois county histories, books 221-224 Cox Library (Tucson, Ariz.). Tucson, Ariz. : Americana Unlimited, 1979 | Biography, History | Arlington Heights Memorial Library | Book 221 is "Combined history of Randolph, Monroe and Perry Counties, Illinois" Book 222 is "Portrait and biographical record of Randolph, Monroe, Perry, and Jackson Counties, Illinois" |
| Illinois death certificates and stillbirths, including Chicago, 1946-1947. Illinois Department of Public Health | Death Records, Vital Records | Family History Centers | Microforms of original certificates. Includes Perry County |
| Illinois Marriage Record Index. [Springfield, Ill.?] : Illinois State Genealogical Society, 1994. | Marriage Records, Vital Records | Various Illinois libraries | Includes marriages in Perry County, 1827-1896 |
| Illinois Marriage Record Index. Illinois State Genealogical Society, 1996. Microform format. | Marriage Records, Vital Records | Freeburg Area Library District | Includes Perry County marriages from 1827-1900 |
| Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database (online database) | Land and Property Records | http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/pubdomsrch.html | - |
| Illinois State Census, 1855. Microform | Census | C E Brehm Public Library | - |
| Illinois State Census, 1855. Microform | Census | C E Brehm Public Library | - |
| Illinois state census, 1865. Marshall County. Peoria County. Piatt County. Pulaski County. Perry County. Putnam County. Edwards County. Ford County. Illinois State Library. 1964. | Census | Bradley University, and C E Brehm Public Library | Microform format |
| Illinois State census, Perry County, 1865 : plus soldiers of Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Black Hawk War, Mexican War, Civil War by Inez Bost Eisenhauer; Perry County Historical Society. [Pinckneyville, IL] : Perry County Historical Society, 1996. | Census | Various Illinois libraries, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Illinois Statewide Marriage Index (online database), Illinois State Archives | Marriage Records, Vital Records | http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html | Includes Perry County marriages from 1827-1900 |
| Index to a combined history of Randolph, Monroe and Perry Counties, Illinois by Walter L Brieschke. Makanda, Ill. : Brieschke, 1986. | Biography, History | C E Brehm Public Library, Willard Library (IN), St Louis Public Library, Wisconsin Historical Society | - |
| Index to the Combined history of Randolph, Monroe and Perry counties of Illinois : originally published by J.M. McDonough, Philadelphia, 1883. Thelma B. Campbell and Carroll Geerling. (index edited by Randolph County Genealogical Society) | Biography, History | Morrison-Talbott Library | - |
| Index to the names of persons appearing in Combined history of Randolph, Monroe and Perry counties, Illinois by Robert J Talamine, Mrs.; Marie Rabbitt Fulk. Thomson, Ill. : Heritage House, 1974. | Biography, History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Allen County Public Library, and Newberry Library | Title varies slightly by library! Check under each author. |
| Inventory of historic landmarks in Perry County. Interim report. by Illinois Historic Landmarks Survey. [Springfield] Dept. of Conservation, 1974. | History, Landmarks | Illinois State Library, and Lincoln Library | Not Abraham Lincoln Library. Available in book and microform format. |
| Inventory of historic structures in Perry County. Illinois Historic Structures Survey.1972 | History, Landmarks | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and Illinois State Library | Available in book and microform format. |
| IOOF cemetery with genealogy, Du Quoin, Perry Co., Illinois. by Shirley Degenhardt. [Illinois?] : Cricket Press, 1993 | Cemeteries | C E Brehm Public Library, Metropolis Public Library, Southern Illinois University, two Missouri libraries, Family History Centers, and can be purchased from the Perry County Historical Society | IOOF=International Order of Odd Fellows (fraternal org.) Note: If searching for Missouri copies, use "I.O.O.F. ....." (with periods) |
| It's Good to be Black. Ruby Berkley Goodwin. 1954. Reprinted by Southern Illinois University Press in 1976. | Biography, African American History | Over 200 US libraries, amazon.com | Autobiography of author who grew up in Du Quoin, with preacher/miner father. |
| Jim Dempsey's nine : the autobiographies of nine brothers and sisters by Maurine Dempsey. Elizabethtown, Ill. : Nelson Pub. Co., 1983 | Biography | Mississippi Valley Public Library District, and Wisconsin Historical Society | Includes genealogy |
| Journal / Perry County Historical Society (Perry County, Ill.) Serial Publication : Monthly. Pinckneyville, IL : Perry County Historical Society | Biography, History | Allen County Public Library | Library has July 2005 to current issue? |
| Judges docket, Perry County, Illinois, 1870-1872 by Inez Eisenhauer. Pinckneyville, IL : Perry County Historical Society, 1999. | Court Records | Metropolis Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Land atlas & plat book retrospect : property information from the past, by Rockford Maps Publishers. | Land and Property Records, Maps | Allen County Public Library | Covers 1963, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1993 |
| Land atlas & plat book, Perry County, Illinois. Rockford Map Publishers.1900s- | Maps | C E Brehm Public Library, John A. Logan College, Marion Carnegie Library, and various Illinois libraries | Also entitled "Atlas & Plat Book..." Check with specific libraries re: their holdings re: years |
| Land records, 1827-1950; index, 1827-1890. Perry County Court | Land and Property Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Letters from the past : by or to the family of Miles Peck, 1837 to 1907 by Inez Eisenhauer. [S.l.] : Perry County Historical Society, Genealogy Branch, 1996. | Biography, History | Metropolis Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Life in the past lane : a brief history of Willisville. by Jessie Vanover Bird; Willisville Women's Organization. Willisville, Ill. : Willisville Women's Organization, 1998. | History | Southern Illinois University | - |
| Map of the St. Louis central railroad from Murphrysboro [!] to Pinckneyville ... Jackson & Perry Co.,; St. Louis Central Railroad. | Maps | Newberry Library | Map shows former owners names for territory acquired by railroad company |
| Marriage licenses issued in Perry County, Illinois beginning 1827 to 1850 Cooke, Dorothy I (typescript manuscript, 1959) | Marriage Records, Vital Records | Family History Centers, and Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Also newer book entitled "Perry County, Illinois, marriages..." |
| Marriage records, 1827-1916 Perry County Clerk | Marriage Records, Vital Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Massac, Menard, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Ogle, Perry, Peoria, Piatt, and Scott Counties. United States. Bureau of the Census. 13th census, 1910 | Census | C E Brehm Public Library | Microform format |
| Minutes of Hopewell United Presbyterian Church, Perry Co., Illinois, located west of Pinckneyville, Illinois, members 1834-1863 by Daughters of the American Revolution. Belleville Chapter. Belleville, Ill. : [s.n.], 1975. | Church Records | Belleville Public Library, Newberry Library, and St. Louis Public Library | - |
| Minutes of the Bethel Association of Old School or Predestinarian Baptists, 1932-1954 : volume 3A | Church Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Minutes of the nineteenth annual session of the Nine Mile Baptist Association : held with the Nine Mile Church, in Perry County, Illinois, on Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, October 2nd, 3rd, & 4th, A.D. 1863 | Church Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Miscellaneous and delayed birth records, 1845-1915 Perry County Clerk | Birth Records, Vital Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Miscellaneous Illinois papers M-29B. Springfield, Ill. : Illinois State Historical Library, [1960] [Microform] | Newspapers | Eastern Illinois University | Includes Egyptian Spy (Tamaroa, 1-17-1860) -- Tamaroa item (9-13-1878 to 2-14-1879) -- Perry County Watchman (Tamaroa, 5-17-1871 to 12-27-1871 |
| Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Perry, Pope, Piatt, and Pulaski Counties. United States. Census Office. 12th census, 1900. | Census | C E Brehm Public Library | Microform format |
| Morgan, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Perry, Piatt, Pike, Pope, Pulaski, Putnam, and Randolph Counties. United States. Census Office. 10th census, 1880 | Census | C E Brehm Public Library | Microform format |
| Murphy--Rushing, ca. 1770-1936. by Elizabeth Eiker Spurgeon | Family History | Family History Centers | Main surnames: Murphy, Rushing, Deason |
| Naturalization declarations of intention, petitions, final oaths, 1856-1909 Perry County Clerk of the Circuit Court | Naturalization and Citizenship | Family History Centers | - |
| Naturalization declarations, petitions & final oaths, 1845-1885 Perry County Clerk of the Circuit Court | Naturalization and Citizenship | Family History Centers | - |
| Naturalization records, 1860-1906 Perry County Circuit Court | Naturalization and Citizenship | Family History Centers | - |
| Neville - Kimzey families ca. 1640-1952 | Family History | Family History Centers | Also includes the Armstrong, Bean, Craig, Clark, Walker and other connected families. |
| New geography of Perry County. by Lowell A Dearinger. [Benton, Ill. : Dearinger, 1975] | History | Illinois State Library | - |
| New grocery and provision store, Main street, Du Quoin, Ill., at his old jewelry store ... R. Berrey. Nov. 25, 1865. | History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Just a one-page broadside/ advertisement, but might be fun to see if you visit this library! |
| Nine Mile Primitive Baptist Church records, 1844-1957 | Church Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Ogle, Peoria, Perry, and Pike Counties. United States. Census Office. 6th census, 1840 | Census | C E Brehm Public Library, and Marion Carnegie Library | Microform format |
| One hundred years about the Lord's work : the First Christian Church, DuQuoin, Illinois, 1857-1957. [Du Quoin, Ill. : First Christian Church, 1957] | Church History | Disciples of Christ Historical Society (Nashville, TN) | - |
| One hundred-tenth anniversary. Galum Presbyterian Church ... Sunday June 27, 1954. Pinckneyville (Ill.).1954 | Church History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | - |
| Our Town by Donald F. Lewis. Du Quoin, Ill. : Call Pub. Co., 1942. | Biography, History | Marion Carnegie Library, Southern Illinois University, and University of Illinois | - |
| Ozburns 2nd addition to Pinckneyville. 1861 | Maps | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Hand-drawn map signed by Robert Steele |
| Papers, Barnett Allen Howard. 1885-1949. Archival Material. | Biography, History | Library of Congress | Howard was a farmer, preacher and trader who lived in Du Quoin in the mid 1800s |
| Papers, John W Benedict, 1862. Archival Material | Biography, Military Records | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Certificate of discharge and pay receipt |
| Papers, Lewis Trefftys .1861-1865 Archival Material | Biography, History, Military History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Letters and other papers. Surnames include Wellmuling, Sterling (from Taramoa), Haywood, Culler |
| Papers, Oliver C Adams, 1839-1896 . Archival Material | Biography, History | Duke University Library | Letters, including description of Perry County in 1844 |
| Papers, Samuel Conant. 1842-1940 Archival Material | Biography, History | New England Historic Genealogical Society | Includes letter(s) describing Du Quoin |
| Papers, William T Morris. 1897-1939. Archival Material | Biography, History, Mining | University of Illinois | William T. Morris was a mine inspector as well as a union organizer in Du Quoin |
| Paradise cemetery : cemetery inscriptions taken from Paradise cemetery, southeast of Tamaroa in Perry county by Tamaroa High School. Tamaroa, Ill. : Tamaroa High School, 1983. | Cemeteries | C E Brehm Public Library | - |
| Perry County (Illinois), land atlas and plat book, 1987. Rockford, Illinois : Rockford Map Publishers, c1986 | Land and Property Records, Maps | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | - |
| Perry County Advocate. Newspaper : Weekly. Pinckneyville, Ill. : Elbert E. Walker | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Pinckneyville Public Library and Southern Illinois University | Also see "Advocate." Years: 1930s? to 1980s. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Perry County banner. Newspaper : Weekly v. Pinckneyville, Ills. [Ill.] : Wall & Van Syckel | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Years: 1869 to 1800s. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Perry County bits and pieces by Inez Eisenhauer; Perry County Historical Society. Pinckneyville, Ill. : Perry County Historical Society, [between 1980 and 1996] | History | Metropolis Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Perry County cemeteries. compiled by Lance Feik, Inez and Leonard Eisenhauer. Du Quoin, Illinois : Perry County Historical Society, 1992-1993 | Baptism Records, Cemeteries, Churches | Family History Centers, and Various Illinois libraries, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | includes baptisms for Sacred Heart and St. Bruno |
| Perry County Democrat. Newspaper : Weekly. Pinckneyville, Ill. : E.C.H. Willoughby | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Years: 1878-1880s, later title was "The Democrat". Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Perry County IL plat book, 1920. by Randolph County Genealogical Society. Chester, IL : Randolph County Genealogical Society, [19--] | Land and Property Records, Maps | Allen County Public Library | - |
| Perry County, Illinois, marriages 1827-1850 by Elizabeth Eiker Spurgeon, Dorothy I. Cooke. Indianapolis, IN: Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe, 2003 | Marriage Records | Sarasota County Library System | - |
| Perry County Mine Directory??? | History, Mining | Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Perry County Monitor and Sun. Newspaper : Weekly. Pinckneyville, Ill. : John W. Wells. | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Pinckneyville Public Library | Years: 1880s? Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Perry County real estate tax list, 1890 by Donna Timpner Vuichard; Inez Eisenhauer; Perry County Historical Society. [Pinckneyville, Ill.] : Perry County Historical Society, 1995. | Property, Taxation | Various Illinois libraries, various US libraries, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Perry County times. Newspaper : Weekly. Pinckneyville, Perry County, Ills. [Ill.] : Wm. M'Ewing | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and Knox College | Years: 1856-1800s. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Perry County Watchman. Newspaper : Weekly. Tamaroa, Perry County, Ill. : [A.V. Willoughby & Co.] | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and Boston Public Library (1874) and University of Virginia (1871) | Years: 1870s?. Check with library re: specific dates. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Perry County, Illinois 1850 census. transcribed by Maxine E. Wormer. Thomson, Illinois : Heritage House, c1973 | Census | Various Illinois libraries | - |
| Perry County, Illinois 1860 U. S. census. transcribed by Lee & Naomi Schick; indexed by Ronald L. Schick. [S.l. : s.n., 198-?] | Census | Various Illinois libraries, and various US libraries | - |
| Perry County, Illinois 1910 head of household listing by Floyd Junior Tellor; Melody Ann Tellor; United States. Bureau of the Census. Buncombe, Ill. : From Generation to Generation, 1991. | Census | Southern Illinois University, and Stinson Memorial Public Library | - |
| Perry County, Illinois insanity proceedings, ca. 1852-1924 | Court Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Perry County, Illinois marriage records, 1868-1896, a few through 1903 Schick, Lee | Marriage Records, Vital Records | Various Illinois libraries | - |
| Perry County, Illinois mothers' petitions for relief, reports of investigating officers & decrees by the court, 1913-1937 | Court Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Perry County, Illinois swamp land records, 1850s (includes 1 or 2 entries for years: 1860, 1865, 1874, 1876 & 1894) | Land and Property Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Perry County, Illinois, cemeteries by Elizabeth Eiker Spurgeon | Cemeteries | Family History Centers | - |
| Perry County, Illinois, courthouse entry book, 1834-1850 / by Donna Vuichard. Pickneyville, IL : Perry County Historical Society, 1998. | Court Records | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Metropolis Public Library, Mid-Continent Public Library, St. Louis County Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Perry County, Illinois, marriages 1827-1850 with genealogical notes by Elizabeth Eiker Spurgeon and Dorothy I Cooke | Marriage Records, Vital Records | Various Illinois libraries, various US libraries, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Perry County, Illinois. Perry County Historical Society. Paducah, Kentucky : Turner Pub., 1988-1998. (Two volumes) | Biography, History | Family History Centers, Various Illinois libraries, amazon.com, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Petitions for naturalization, 1920-1925. Du Quoin (Illinois). Clerk of the City Court. | Naturalization and Citizenship | Family History Centers | Microform format |
| Pinckneyville advocate. Newspaper : Weekly. Pinckneyville, Ill. : J.P. Parker & T.L. Baxter | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and University of Kentucky Library | Also see "Advocate." Years: 1897-1931. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Pinckneyville City Cemetery. by Floyd Holder; Pearl Holder. (Thesis/dissertation/manuscript Archival Material). [1986?] | Cemeteries | C E Brehm Public Library | - |
| Pinckneyville independent. Newspaper : Weekly. Pinckneyville, Ill. : John A. Wall | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and Chicago History Museum | Years: 1875-1800s. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Pinckneyville Street Maps, Illinois | Maps | Illinois State Library | Various maps, earliest from 1941 |
| Pinckneyville, Perry County, Ill., Map. Sanborn-Perris (later Sanborn) Map Co. Various years | Maps | University of Illinois | Fire insurance maps, show property boundaries, etc. Years: 1886, 1894, 1900, 1910, 1927 |
| Pioneer families of Randolph and Perry Counties, Illinois notes on the Campbell, Crozier, Flack, Milligan, Steele and Thompson families : the Crawfords of Ballynease, Londonderry, Ireland, with descendants in the U.S.A., and their descendants in the Elsey, Garven, Matthews and Robertson families / Robert Crawford Robertson. Chattanooga, Tenn. : R.C. Robertson, 1960 | Biography, History | Urbana Free Library and various US libraries | Microform format |
| Pioneer families of Randolph and Perry Counties, Illinois notes on the Campbell, Crozier, Flack, Milligan, Steele and Thompson families : the Crawfords of Ballynease, Londonderry, Ireland, with descendants in the U.S.A., and their descendants in the Elsey, Garven, Matthews and Robertson families / Robert Crawford Robertson. Chattanooga, Tenn. : R.C. Robertson, 1960 | Biography, History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Newberry Library, Allen County Public Library, Library of Congress, New York Public Library, and ancestry.com (via subscription) | Book format |
| Plat book and complete survey of Perry County, Illinois 1920. Chester, Illinois : Randolph County Geneal. Society, 1991 | Maps, Property | Allen County Public Library, Belleville Public Library, Los Angeles Public Library, Wisconsin Historical Society | - |
| Plat book of Perry County Illinois. W.W. Hixson, [1921?] | Maps, Property | C E Brehm Public Library, Metropolis Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Plat book of Perry County, Illinois. Perry County Historical Society. Pinckneyville, IL, 200? | Maps, Property | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Mid-Continent Public Library | |
| Plat of area around Coulterville, Pinkneyville, DuQuoin, in Perry and Randolph Counties, Illinois | Maps | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Date? |
| Platt book and complete survey of Perry County, Illinois : containing plats of all townships with owners names : also outline map of the county showing location of townships, villages, roads, schools, churches, railroads, streams, etc. : also map of Illinois and the United States, farm animal chart with remedies for diseases, etc. / The Kenyon Company, map makers, Des Moines, Iowa. by Kenyon Company. Pinckneyville, Ill. : Pinckneyville Advocate, 1920 | Maps, Land and Property Records | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | - |
| Population schedules of the ninth census of the United States 1870. Roll 268, Illinois. Perry and Piatt counties United States.; United States. | Census | Atwood-Hammond Public Library | Microform format |
| Population schedules of the seventh census of the United States 1850. Roll 124, Illinois. Perry, Piatt and Pike counties United States.; United States. | Census | Atwood-Hammond Public Library, C E Brehm Public Library | Microform format |
| Portrait and biographical record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe counties, Illinois : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representive citizens of the counties... Chicago : Biographical Publishing Company., 1894 | Biography, History | Family History Centers, Illinois State Library, Various Illinois Libraries, Various US Libraries, Ancestry.com (via subscription), HeritageQuest online (via libraries) and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | Available as book and in microform. Also see source "Illinois County Histories" |
| Probate records, 1864-1889. Perry County Court | Probate Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Proceedings on petition to sell real estate, vol. A, 1867-1884 | Probate Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Proceedings, 1955-1956. by Perry County Historical Society | History? | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | non-published manuscript |
| Program of the golden jubilee convention Illinois Baptist State Association and allied conferences, First Baptist Church,Pinckneyville, Illinois, November 5, 6, 7, 1957. Illinois Baptist State Association.1957 | Church History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | - |
| Railroads of Perry County by Arch L Voight [Pinckneyville? Ill. : Perry County Historical Society?, 1959] | History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | - |
| Randolph County, Illinois funeral home records, 1915-1957. compiled by Kay Jetton and Elda L. Jones | Death Records, Vital Records | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Belleville Public Library, Allen County Public Library, and Mid-Continent Public Library | Includes info from Lynn Funeral homes in Cutler and Willisville. Book has surname indexes. |
| Randolph County, including Marissa, Cutler, Willisville and adjoining territory. Soldiers and sailors home-coming welcome, Sparta, July 4th [1919], 11 a.m. [Program] ...No pub. [1919?] | History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | - |
| Raymond H. Hammes Collection of Illinois records. by Raymond H. Hammes. Springfield, Ill. : State Archives : Microfilmed by the Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City | Land and Property Records | Family History Centers, various Illinois libraries and various US libraries | Land transactions and surveys, including those for Randolph County (county from which Perry was formed). 1678-1827. Microform format. |
| Reference & year book for Perry County, Illinois 2000 / The County, [2000?] | Directories | Du Quoin Public Library | - |
| Regulations and premiums for the fourth annual fair... District Fair Association of DuQuoin. DuQuoin, Ill., Beem & Richards, Prs., 1874 | History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | - |
| Roebuck by Pete Perona. Mulkeytown, Ill. : West Franklin Historical District & Genealogical Society, 2001 | Biography, History | Pinckneyville Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | Subjects listed for this book: Charles Feik, and Farm Life in Perry County |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Du Quoin, Illinois by Inez Eisenhauer; Hilda Schneider, historian.; Perry County Historical Society. [Du Quoin, Ill.] : Perry County Historical Society, 1985. | Church History | Allen County Public Library, two Missouri libraries, Family History Centers, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Sacred Heart Cemetery : plus Sacred Heart death-funeral book thru [sic] 1935 ; Sacred Heart baptisims [sic], 1868 thru [sic] 1900 by Inez Eisenhauer; Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Du Quoin, Ill.); Perry County Historical Society (Perry County, Ill.) Pinckneyville, IL : Perry County Historical Society, 1992-3. | Baptisms, Cemeteries, Church Records | Denver Public Library, and can be purchased from the Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Sacred Heart marriages 1869 thrugh 1930. by Inez Eisenhauer; Sacred Heart Catholic Church; Perry County Historical Society. [Du Quoin, Ill.] : Perry County Historical Society, 1995. | Church Records, Marriage Records | Allen County Public Library, Metropolis Public Library, Mid-Continent Public Library (MO), and can be purchased from the Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Sense, nonsense and sensational by Inez Eisenhauer | History | Metropolis Public Library, Southern Illinois University, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | Du Quoin History |
| South Western, IL Alto Pass Anna, Ava, Campbell Hill Carbondale Carterville Christoper, Cobden, De Soto Du Quoin, Elkville, Gorham. | Directories | Library of Congress | Telephone directory? or cities directory? No year(s) given |
| Souvenir for dedication of Perry County Court House, October 19, 1939. With a brief history of Perry County court house buildings, back to 1929, and sketches of the men responsible for the new buildings. [Pinckneyville? Ill., 1940] | Biography, History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | - |
| Sower, The, by Marie Palmer; Leo Hayes. Publisher: [Ava, Ill., 1975] | Church History | C E Brehm Public Library, and University of St Mary of the Lake | Subject is History of the Catholic Diocese of Belleville (which includes churches in Perry County) |
| Sparta Presbyterian Heritage Exhibit : Brown Memorial Museum, June 28-July 5, 1987. by Harold Frazier. Sparta, Ill. : Mrs. H. Frazier?, 1987 | Church History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and Chester Public Library | Re: Various churches in Perry County |
| Sparta Register--Extra. J.E. Detrich, senior editor. Neutral-devoted to news, literature, amusement, agriculture, &c. J.R. Shannon, junior editor. v. I., no. 5, Sparta, Illinois, Wednes[d]ay, March 21, 1849. We are compelled to issue an extra this week, not being able to get out a full sheet ... | Taxation | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Includes list of lands and other real estate in Perry County on which taxes remain due, as well as other official notices and advertisements. |
| Spirit of Egypt : southern Illinois. [Lawrenceville, Ill. : Suttle Equipment Co., 1929?] | Business, History | Stinson Memorial Public Library | Little Egypt" and "Egypt" are nicknames for southern Illinois |
| St. Clair Gazette--Extra. List of lands lying in the county of Perry on which taxes remain due and unpaid on the first day of September, 1833 ... I hereby certify that the above transcript and notice was duly published in the St. Clair Gazette, printed at Belleville, on the 4th of December, 1833 ... [signed] R.K. Fleming, printer. Belleville, 1833 | Taxation | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | - |
| St. Johns Street Maps, Illinois | Maps | Illinois State Library | Various maps, earliest from 1941 |
| St. Joseph's Church, 1903-1978. by St. Joseph's Church (Willisville, Ill.) [Willisville, Ill. : The Church?, 1978?] | Church History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and the Wisconsin Historical Society | - |
| St. Mary Magdalen Church: 1868-1968. by Todd's Mill St. Mary Magdalen Church. [Todd's Mill, 1968] | Church History | University of St. Mary on the Lake | - |
| St. Paul United Church of Christ, Pinckneyville, Illinois, 1870-1988. Cleveland, TN : United Church Press Directory Service, 1988 | Church History | Allen County Public Library | - |
| St. Paul's United Church of Christ : birth, baptism, death, marriage records, 1874-1904, formerly the German Evangelical & Reformed Church of Pinckneyville, Perry County, Illinois. Thesis/dissertation/manuscript Archival Material. 1874-1904. | Church Records, Birth, Baptism, Death, Marriage Records | Allen County Public Library | May be written in German |
| Standard atlas of Perry county, Illinois, including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county. Map of the state, United States and world. Patrons directory, reference business directory and departments devoted to general information. Analysis of the system of U.S. land surveys, digest of the system of civil government, etc., etc. / Geo. A. Ogle & Co.; Pinckneyville advocate. Chicago. 1902 | Maps, Directories | Various Illinois libraries, and the New York Public Library Sys. | - |
| Stars and stripes. Newspaper : Weekly. Du Quoin, Ill. : G.O. Ash. | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Years: 1864-1800s. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Statistics of Bethel Congregation from October 6, 1857 when D. S. Faris was ordained pastor and onward : ca. 1857-1868 | Church History | Family History Centers | Includes baptisms, marriages, deaths & member lists. |
| Steeleville United Methodist Church, Steeleville, Illinois : 100th anniversary celebration. s.n., c1969. | Church History | Chester Public Library | - |
| Sterling family Bible records, 1830-1855; and genealogical table, ca. 1792-1973 | Family History | Family History Centers | Sterling and Packenham bible records, genealogy |
| Stoffel--Bradley--Davis--Isom and other connected families, ca. 1767-1973. by Elizabeth Eiker Spurgeon | Family History | Family History Centers | Davis family lived in Perry County. Includes White and other families. |
| Student's history of Perry County. by John Wesley Neville. [n.p., 1945] | History | Various Illinois libraries, various US libraries, the Library of Congress, ancestry.com (via subscription), HeritageQuest online (via libraries) and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | Available as book and in microform. |
| Swanwick Cemetery (Sec. 22, T4S, R4W) Perry County, Illinois. compiled by Mrs. Frank (Ada Auld) Torrens. Marissa, Illinois : Marissa Historical & Geneal. Society, 1995. | Cemeteries | Belleville Public Library, and Southern Illinois University | Burials are listed up to 1955. |
| Swanwick Cemetery, Section 22, T4S - R4W, Perry County, Illinois. Marissa Historical and Genealogical Society. Marissa, Ill. : 2003 | Cemeteries | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Mid-Continent Public Library | Includes index./ "The first portion of this book was compiled several years ago and was taken from information in the Sparta Public Library. The second part of this book was taken from the web site of the Perry County Illinois." |
| Tamaroa Bugle. Newspaper : Weekly. Tamaroa, Perry County, Ill. : Campbell Hardy | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Years 1894-?. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Tamaroa Item. Newspaper : Weekly. Tamaroa, Ill. : F.A. Allison. | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Illinois State Historical Library, and University of Virginia | Years: 1878-1880s. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Tamaroa times : tales and tattletales. [Tamaroa, Ill.?] : Tamaroa Pioneers 4-H Club, 1997 | History | C E Brehm Public Library, Southern Illinois University, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Tamaroa Times. Newspaper : Weekly. Tamaroa, Illinois. J.F. Bogan. | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Years: 1895-1900s. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Tamaroa Watchman. Newspaper : Weekly. Tamaroa, Ill. : L.E. Knapp, | Newspapers | New York Historical Society | Years?. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Trefftzs family chart, ca. 1790-1974 | Family History | Family History Centers | One page chart: Trefftzs, Federer, Hammack, McQuaid surnames |
| Valley Clarion newspaper, Chester, Illinois, August 1869-April 1876. Chester, Illinois : Randolph County Geneal. Society, 1990. (Note: book) | Newspapers | Various Illinois libraries | - |
| Valley Clarion. Newspaper : Weekly. Chester, Randolph County, Ill. : [s.n.] | Newspapers | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Chicago History Museum, University of Chicago, Boston Public Library, New York Historical Society, Wisconsin Historical Society | Years: 1868-1800s. Check with specific libraries re: their holdings. Also check Illinois Newspaper Project Database online. |
| Voices from the city dump : letters from 182? to 1930 from the files of William Edward Timpner by Inez Eisenhauer; Perry County Historical Society. Pinckneyville, IL : Perry County Historical Society, 1996. | History | Metropolis Public Library, and can be purchased from Perry County Historical Society | - |
| Wanted to exchange for cash or merchandise. 50 acres nice prairie land in Perry County, Ill. This land is in Paradise Prairie, one of the best prairies in Southern Illinois ... S H Smith | History | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | Just a one-page broadside/ advertisement, but might be fun to see if you visit this library! |
| Will records, 1860-1917. Perry County Court | Probate Records | Family History Centers | - |
| Willisville Street Maps, Illinois | Maps | Illinois State Library | Various maps, earliest from 1941 |
| Willisville, Perry County, Illinois, May 1934. by Sanborn Map Company. New York : Sanborn Map Co., 1934. | Maps | University of Illinois | - |
| Willisville, Perry County, Illinois, October 1911. by Sanborn Map Company. New York : Sanborn Map Co., 1911. | Maps | University of Illinois | - |
| Willisville, Perry County, Illinois. Sanborn Map & Publishing Company.New York : Sanborn Map & Pub. Co. | Maps | University of Illinois | Fire insurance maps, show property boundaries, etc. Years: 1911, 1934 |
| Winn-Cook Family Papers.1861-1875. Archival material. | Biography, History | Filson Historical Society (KY) | Martha Winn Cook lived in Du Quoin at some point - I can't tell whether these papers are relevant to that time period or not |
| Zion Lutheran Church, Pinckneyville, Illinois : one hundred years of grace with the Lord, 1885-1985. [Pinckneyville, Ill.? : Zion Lutheran Church?, 1985? | Church History | Belleville Public Library | - |