Charleston Genealogy (in Coles County, IL)

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Charleston Birth Records

Coles County, Illinois, births, marriages, deaths, 1831-1929; indexes, 1878-1929 FamilySearch Library

Illinois, Birth Records, 1916-present Illinois Department of Public Health

Names in the news : obituaries, births, anniversaries, reunions and other, Charleston Times-Courier area WorldCat

Charleston Cemetery Records

Adkins Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Adkins-Woodson Cemetery Find a Grave online

Brown Chapel Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Chambers Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Chambers Cemetery Find a Grave online

Coles County, Illinois cemetery records - Hurricane Cemetery FamilySearch Library

Coles County, Illinois cemetery records - Whetstone Cemetery FamilySearch Library

Cossel Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Craig Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fudge Cemetery Find a Grave online

Huckabee Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hurricane Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Kickapoo Cemetery Find a Grave online

Kickapoo Cemetery Billion Graves online

Knoch Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Knoch Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lumbrick Collom Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mound Cemetery Billion Graves online

Mound Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Mound Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Mound Cemetery Illinois Gravestones online

Mound Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mt. Zion Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Old Charleston Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Old City Cemetery Find a Grave online

Parker Cemetery #1 Find a Grave online

Roselawn Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Roselawn Cemetery Find a Grave online

Salem Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Shoemaker Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Stoner Cemetery Find a Grave online

Stringtown Cemetery Billion Graves online

The Cossel Cemetery, Charleston Township, Coles Co., Ilinois WorldCat

Unity Chapel Cemetery Find a Grave online

Whetstone Cemetery Billion Graves online

Yocom Cemetery Find a Grave online

Charleston Census Records

1855 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

1865 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

Census 1850 Genealogy Trails online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Charleston Church Records

Church records, 1872-1949 (Saint Charles Borromeo Church (Charleston, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Records of St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Bap. 1872-1881/1894-1920; Marriages 1873-1911/1913-1950; Deaths 1879-1949; Conf. 1880/1912-1920; Com. 1878-1980 (included in Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Records of St. Charles Borromeo, St. Micahel Parish, Baptisms 1872-1911; First Communion 1883-1909; Confirmation 1883-1883; Marriage 1908-1916 (included in Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Charleston City Directories

Polk's Charleston (Coles Co., Ill.) city directory FamilySearch Library

Charleston Death Records

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1916-1947 Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index Ancestry online

Coles County, Illinois, births, marriages, deaths, 1831-1929; indexes, 1878-1929 FamilySearch Library

Illinois Deaths, 1916-1950 MyHeritage online

Illinois Deaths, before 1916 MyHeritage online

Illinois, Death Records, 1916-present Illinois Department of Public Health

Illinois, Select Deaths Index, 1877-1916 Ancestry online

Names in the news : obituaries, births, anniversaries, reunions and other, Charleston Times-Courier area WorldCat

Records of St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Bap. 1872-1881/1894-1920; Marriages 1873-1911/1913-1950; Deaths 1879-1949; Conf. 1880/1912-1920; Com. 1878-1980 (included in Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Charleston Immigration Records

Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry online

Naturalization records, 1872-1946 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records, 1892-1906 FamilySearch Library

Charleston Land Records

Deed records, 1831-1919; index, 1830-1886 FamilySearch Library

Charleston Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Charleston, Coles County, Illinois, August 1896 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Charleston, Coles County, Illinois, February 1910 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Charleston, Coles County, Illinois, January 1892 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Charleston, Coles County, Illinois, July 1919 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Charleston, Coles County, Illinois, March 1886 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Charleston, Coles County, Illinois, March 1902 Library of Congress online

Charleston Marriage Records

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1800-1940 Illinois, County Marriage Records Ancestry online

1860-1920 Illinois, Marriage Index Ancestry online

Coles County, Illinois marriages, 1831-1929 FamilySearch Library

Coles County, Illinois, births, marriages, deaths, 1831-1929; indexes, 1878-1929 FamilySearch Library

Illinois Marriages, 1763-1900 MyHeritage online

Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860 Ancestry online

Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 Ancestry online

Names in the news : obituaries, births, anniversaries, reunions and other, Charleston Times-Courier area WorldCat

Records of St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Bap. 1872-1881/1894-1920; Marriages 1873-1911/1913-1950; Deaths 1879-1949; Conf. 1880/1912-1920; Com. 1878-1980 (included in Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Records of St. Charles Borromeo, St. Micahel Parish, Baptisms 1872-1911; First Communion 1883-1909; Confirmation 1883-1883; Marriage 1908-1916 (included in Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Charleston Newspapers and Obituaries

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Charleston Courier 1908-1908 Newspapers.com online

Charleston Plaindealer 05/12/1864 to 07/22/1869 Genealogy Bank online

Charleston Times Courier, 2009-2009 Newspaper Archive online

JG-TC 09/26/2011 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Names in the news : obituaries, births, anniversaries, reunions and other, Charleston Times-Courier area WorldCat

Times-Courier 04/13/2004 to 09/24/2011 Genealogy Bank online

Times-Courier 2010-2010 Newspapers.com online

Warbler Digitization Project (newspaper of Eastern Illinois University) (1919) Illinois Digital Archives online

Offline Newspapers for Charleston

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Charleston Courier-News. (Charleston, Ill.) 1960-1969

Charleston Courier. (Charleston, Coles County, Ill.) 1841-1844

Charleston Courier. (Charleston, Ill.) 1848-1860s

Charleston Courier. (Charleston, Ill.) 1863-1912

Charleston Daily Courier. (Charleston, Ill.) 1897-1960

Charleston Daily News and Plaindealer-Herald. (Charleston, Ill.) 1939-1960

Charleston Weekly Courier. (Charleston, Ill.) 1912-1914

Charleston Weekly News. (Charleston, Ill.) 1890s-1910s

Coles County Daily Times-Courier. (Charleston, Ill.) 1969-1977

Coles County Daily Times. (Charleston, Ill.) 1966-1969

Courier. (Charleston, Ill.) 1844-1840s

Daily Courier. (Charleston, Ill.) 1895-1897

Daily Eastern News. (Charleston, Ill.) 1980-Current

Eastern News. (Charleston, Ill.) 1964-1980

Eastern State News. (Charleston, Ill.) 1947-1964

Eastern Teachers News. (Charleston, Ill.) 1939-1947

Eastern's Teachers College News. (Charleston, Ill.) 1937-1939

Evening Courier. (Charleston, Ill.) 1894-1895

Normal School News. (Charleston, Ill.) 1915-1921

Republican. (Charleston, Ill.) 1844-1847

Teachers' College News. (Charleston, Ill.) 1921-1936

Times-Courier. (Charleston, Ill.) 1977-2010

Charleston Probate Records

1772-1999 Illinois, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Charleston School Records

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Charleston High School - Recorder Yearbook (Charleston, IL), 1929, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1973 E Yearbook online

Charleston High School yearbook, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 2010, 2011 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Charleston High School yearbook, 1929, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Charleston High School yearbook, 1929, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2010 Classmates online

Eastern Illinois State College yearbook, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1948, 1954, 1955 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Eastern Illinois State Teachers College yearbooks, 1931, 1939 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Eastern Illinois University - Warbler Yearbook (Charleston, IL), 1931, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1948, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1980 E Yearbook online

Eastern Illinois University yearbook, 1931, 1939, 1941, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Eastern State High School - Porthole Yearbook (Charleston, IL), 1937, 1954 E Yearbook online

Eastern State High School yearbook, 1937, 1954 Classmates online

Eastern State High School yearbook, 1937, 1954 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Eastern State High School yearbooks, 1937, 1954 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Warbler Digitization Project (newspaper of Eastern Illinois University) (1919) Illinois Digital Archives online

Charleston Tax Records

Tax List Circa 1878, Charleston Township 1878 US Gen Web Archives online



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