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Adams
County, Illinois
County Seat - Quincy
Adams
County, IL - Records and Resources
General resources on the internet
Adams County GenWeb page
http://www.rootsweb.com/~iladams/adams.htm
Adams County genealogy and history societies
Great River Genealogical Society, Quincy IL
Website includes society publications available for purchase.
http://gr-gs.org/
Vital records
Adams County, Illinois births, vols. 1-7, 1866-1903
Microreproduction of original manuscripts at the Adams County
Courthouse, Quincy, Illinois.
LDS FHL* microfilm on 3 reels
Adams County, Illinois marriage records, 1834-1923
Microreproduction of original manuscripts at the Adams County
Courthouse, Quincy, Illinois.
LDS FHL* microfilm on 4 reels
Adams County, Illinois marriage records, ca. 1825-1926
Microreproduction of original manuscripts at the Adams County
Courthouse, Quincy, Illinois.
In alphabetical order by 1st letter of husband's surname.
LDS FHL* microfilm #1870158
Marriages of Adams County, IL, 1825-1860, volume
1
Vol 1 is available at St Louis County (MO) Library headquarters.
Contents: v. 1. 1825-1860 -- v. 2. 1861-1875 -- v. 3. 1876-1890
-- v. 4. 1891-1899.
LDS FHL* books 977.344 V2m (4 volumes)
also on microfilm #6046694
Adams County, Illinois registers of deaths, 1877-1915
Microreproduction of original manuscripts at the Adams County
Courthouse, Quincy, Illinois.
LDS FHL* microfilm on 4 reels
Naturalizations
LDS FHL* lists 4 works on this subject
History and biographies
Bornmann's Sketches of Early Germans of Quincy and Adams
County, Illinois, translated from the German Deutsche-Amerikanische
Geschichsblatter by Lester Holtschlag and Lenore Kimbrough
and (book reprint) published by the Great River Genealogical
Society, Quincy, IL, 1999.
includes the English text of individual biographies of approximately
600 families of Quincy's early German immigrant population
LDS FHL* book #977.344 D2b
alson on microfilm #1425296
Past and Present of the City of Quincy and Adams County
Illinois by Hon. William H Collins and Mr Cicero F Perry;
Chicago, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1905.
LDS FHL* book on microfilm #934969
Entire book is also online.
http://www.co.adams.il.us/history/
The History of Adams County, Illinois : containing a history
of the county, its cities, towns, etc.; a biographical directory
of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late
rebellion; general and local statistics; portraits of early
settlers and prominent men ... miscellaneous matters, etc.,
etc; Great River Genealogical Society (Quincy, Illinois)
LDS FHL* book on microfilm #1421655
Portrait and biographical record of Adams County, Illinois
: containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative
citizens, Chicago, Chapman Bros., 1892
LDS FHL* book on microfilm #825553 or 934969
Libraries
Quincy Public Library
History and Genealogy Section is located in the Illinois
Room.
http://www.quincylibrary.org/history_geneaology/Genealogy.asp
Note: The Quincy Public Library has a copy of Walter Tenfelde's
book Auswanderungen und Auswanderer
aus dem ehemaligen Kreise Lingen nach Nordamerika
(REF I 304.8 Ten)
Catholic parishes
The parishes in Adams County are located in the Diocese of
Springfield.
http://www.dio.org/
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Adams
County, IL - Townships
based on maps found at:
www.outfitters.com/illinois/adams/twpmap_adams.html
and
http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/irad/
township_maps/adams_map.html
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Quincy
Most Emslanders in Adams County settled in Ellington and Melrose
Townships and in the city of Quincy.
Catholic parishes in Quincy
History of the Catholic Church in Quincy, Bruener,
Theodore, Quincy, Illinois, T. Bruener, 1887
LDS FHL* book #977.344/Q1 K2b
St Boniface Catholic parish
117 North 7th St., Quincy, IL 62301
Tel: (217) 222-3000
St Joseph Catholic Church
1435 1500th St., Quincy, IL 62301
Tel: (217) 434-8442
St Mary's Parish (or Immaculate Conception)
established 1867
1119 7th. St., Quincy, IL 62301 (217) 222-2759
http://home.catholicweb.com/stmarysquincy/index.cfm
St Peter Catholic parish established in 1838 (as St
Lawrence O'Toole parish with name change to St Peter's ca
1870)
2600 Maine St., Quincy, IL 62301
Tel: (217) 222-3155
very brief history: http://www.cospq.org/index_files/history.htm
Cemeteries
Quincy Cemetery records and cemetery book, 1838-1847
Microreproduction of original manuscripts at the Historical
Society of Quincy and Adams County, Quincy, Illinois.
LDS FHL* book on film #1863526
Calvary Cemetery records, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois
LDS FHL* book #977.344/Q1 V3cn or 977.344/Q1 V3g
also as microfilm #824276
St Boniface and St Peter
Cemetery records, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois : Greenmount,
St. Boniface and St. Peter burial grounds
LDS FHL* books #977.344/Q1 V22c (2 vols)
also on microfilm #824275
St. Boniface Cemetery records, Quincy, Adams County,
Illinois
LDS FHL* book #977.344/Q1 V3s or 977.344/Q1 V3st or 977.344/Q1
V3c
also on microfilm #824277
St. Peters Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois and
Adams County Catholic cemeteries by Great River Genealogical
Society
Includes St. Peter's, Bloomfield (Old St. Joseph),
St. Joseph, St. Brigid, and St. Anthony's
cemeteries.
LDS FHL* book #977.344 V3st
History
Past and present of the city of Quincy and Adams County,
Illinois : including the late Colonel John Tillson's History
of Quincy, together with biographical sketches of many of
its leading and prominent citizens and illustrious dead Collins,
William H. (William Herzog) , 1831-1910, Chicago, S. J.
Clarke, 1905
LDS FHL* book on microfilm #934969
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Melrose
Township
Most Emslanders in Adams County settled in Ellington and Melrose
Townships and in the city of Quincy.
St Anthony's Parish
St Anthony of Padua Catholic parish established 1859
2223 St. Anthony Rd, Quincy IL 62305
Rectory tel: 217-224-5957
brief history: http://www.stanthonypadua.org/
Saint Anthony's 100 years
Saint Anthony's Church, 1859-1959, Melrose Township, Adams
County, Illinois, Catholic Church.
LDS FHL* book 977.344 K2sa
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* LDS FHL - Latter Day Saints Family
History Library
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp
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