Brown County Illinois Lookup Resources

Resource Explanation Volunteers
History of Brown County, Illinois 1880-1970
This book contains brief family histories. Given name and surname of an individual are required for a lookup. Because these searches are very time consuming for the volunteer, we must impose a limit of one name per request. This book is copyrighted. Please do not request photocopies or scans of full pages.
Pam Clark
Jan Acker
Allow 2-3 weeks for response.
History of Schuyler and Brown, Illinois 1686-1882
This book contains brief family histories. Given name and surname of an individual are required for a lookup . Because these searches are very time consuming for the volunteer, we must impose a limit of one name per request . This book is copyrighted. Please do not request photocopies or scans of full pages.
Pam Clark
Jan Acker
Allow 2-3 weeks for response.
Cemeteries of Brown County, Illinois
Lookup of burial record entries for individual burials in Brown County. Provide the given name and surname, and limit number of individuals to 10 per request. Please remember to provide page numbers from the "Permanent Residents Index" found on the main page.
Pam Clark
Jan Acker
Allow 2-3 weeks for response.
1918 Prairie Farmer's Directory of Brown and Schuyler Counties, Illinois
A listing of all Brown County breeders and farmers. Names of wives (including maiden names) and children.
Lynn Logsdon Williams
Allow 2-3 weeks for response.
1850 Census of Brown County, Illinois
Please limit names to 2 per request and don't ask to do all given names for a surname.
Sam Taylor
Allow 2-3 weeks for response.
1880 Census for the entire United States
Please limit names to 2 per request. Don't ask to do all given names for a surname. Specify state and county the person was thought to be living in, and the estimated birth year.
Elizabeth A. Bond
Allow 2-3 weeks for response.
Nuggets of '49, An Account of Pike County Men in the Gold Rush
Condensed from the Diary of James M. Daigh by Owen Hannant. Although the title specifies Pike County, the book also includes Brown County names.
Sue
Allow 2-3 weeks for response.
Brown County Probate Index
Lists over 3000 probate records. Provides probate year and Box number, making it easy to order the records from the Brown County Probate Clerk.

Ken Huffman
Allow 2-3 weeks for response.

Brown County Main Page


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