Colchester Genealogy (in McDonough County, IL)

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Colchester Birth Records

Fulton, Mcdonough & Hancock Counties, Illinois Obituaries, Some Births & Marriages, Ca. 1908-1983 FamilySearch Library

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

Colchester Cemetery Records

Argyle Cemetery Find a Grave online

Argyle Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Argyle Cemetery Illinois Gravestones online

Atkinson Cemetery Find a Grave online

Barber Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bean Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bean cemetery (Colchester Township, Illinois) FamilySearch Library

Brooklyn Cemetery Billion Graves online

Gibson Cemetery Find a Grave online

Moore Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Auburn Cemetery Billion Graves online

Mount Auburn Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mt. Auburn Cemetery : Colchester Township, Colchester, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Colchester Township, Colchester, Illinois WorldCat

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Colchester Twp., Colchester, Ill. FamilySearch Library

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Colchester Twp., Colchester, Ill. WorldCat

Neece Cemetery Find a Grave online

Post-Shippey-Dew Cemetery Find a Grave online

Stevens Cemetery Find a Grave online

Widow Moore Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Colchester Census Records

1855 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

1865 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

Federal Census of 1940, Colchester Township, Illinois LDS Genealogy 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

Colchester Church Records

Argyle Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1905-1963 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Argyle Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, 1889-1929 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Church records, 1872-1991 (United Methodist Church (Colchester, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Colchester Death Records

1916-1947 Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index Ancestry online

Fulton, Mcdonough & Hancock Counties, Illinois Obituaries, Some Births & Marriages, Ca. 1908-1983 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

Inquest records, 1860-1923 FamilySearch Library

Colchester Histories and Genealogies

Multum in parvo : much in little : a history of Colchester, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Colchester Immigration Records

Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry online

Colchester Land Records

McDonough County, Illinois grantor and grantee indexes, 1831-1905 FamilySearch Library

Colchester Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Colchester, Mcdonough County, Illinois, January 1906 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Colchester, Mcdonough County, Illinois, June 1912 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Colchester, Mcdonough County, Illinois, October 1898 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Colchester, Mcdonough County, Illinois, September 1893 Library of Congress online

Colchester Marriage Records

1800-1940 Illinois, County Marriage Records Ancestry online

1860-1920 Illinois, Marriage Index Ancestry online

Fulton, Mcdonough & Hancock Counties, Illinois Obituaries, Some Births & Marriages, Ca. 1908-1983 FamilySearch Library

Illinois Marriages, 1763-1900 MyHeritage online

Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860 Ancestry online

Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 Ancestry online

Colchester Newspapers and Obituaries

Abstracts of the Bardolph News, September 1893 To September 1912 FamilySearch Library

Fulton, Mcdonough & Hancock Counties, Illinois Obituaries, Some Births & Marriages, Ca. 1908-1983 FamilySearch Library

Newspaper abstracts from McDonough County, Illinois 1880-1900 FamilySearch Library

Offline Newspapers for Colchester

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.

Chronicle. (Colchester, Ill.) 2000-2001

Colchester Chronicle. (Colchester, Ill.) 1951-1962

Colchester Chronicle. (Colchester, Ill.) 1975-1999

Colchester Independent. (Colchester, M'donough [Mcdonough] County, Ill.) 1880-1970s

Colchester Probate Records

Abstracts of wills in McDonough County, Illinois 1834-1857 : from will book I in the courthouse at Macomb, Illinois, page 1 through page 193 FamilySearch Library

McDonough County Probate Case Files Index (1833-1925) Illinois State Archive online

Colchester School Records

Colchester High School - Afterglow Yearbook (Colchester, IL), 1939, 1941, 1943, 1949, 1950, 1951 E Yearbook online

Colchester High School yearbook, 1941, 1943, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Colchester High School yearbook, 1941, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 Classmates online

Colchester High School yearbook, 1941, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Colchester Tax Records

Incorporation of towns and townships, tax records & some patents, 1857- 1869 FamilySearch Library



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