Quincy Genealogy (in Adams County, IL)

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Quincy Birth Records

Adams County, Illinois births, vols. 1-7, 1866-1903 FamilySearch Library

Births and Related Items Abstracted from the Camp Point Journal of Camp Point, Adams County, Illinois, 1873-1903 FamilySearch Library

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

Index to birth records, Adams County, Illinois [ca. 1864-1915] FamilySearch Library

Memorials to those involved in the legal profession, filed by the clerk, with birth and death dates, ca. 1807-1961 FamilySearch Library

Quincy Cemetery Records (66)


Quincy Census Records

1855 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

1865 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

Census of the town of Quincy, taken August 1837 FamilySearch Library

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

Quincy Church Records (65)


Quincy City Directories

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A Bailey's Quincy Directory and Business Advertiser, 1861 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Langdon and Arntzen's Quincy City Directory and Reference Book, 1873-74 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Quincy (Illinois) city directories FamilySearch Library

Quincy City Directory 1894 MyHeritage online

Quincy City Directory 1898 MyHeritage online

Quincy City Directory 1900 MyHeritage online

Quincy City Directory 1906 MyHeritage online

Quincy City Directory 1908 MyHeritage online

Quincy City Directory 1916 MyHeritage online

Quincy City Directory 1920 MyHeritage online

Quincy City Directory 1926 MyHeritage online

Quincy City Directory 1959 MyHeritage online

Quincy, IL 1855-1860 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Quincy, IL, 1903-1927 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Quincy, Illinois Directories, 1887-90 Ancestry online

Quincy, Illinois, City Directory, 1884 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Quincy, Illinois, City Directory, 1887 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Quincy, Illinois, City Directory, 1889 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Quincy, Illinois, City Directory, 1891 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Quincy, Illinois, City Directory, 1893 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Quincy, Illinois, City Directory, 1894 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Quincy, Illinois, City Directory, 1896 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Quincy, Illinois, City Directory, 1898 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Quincy, Illinois, City Directory, 1900 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Quincy, Illinois, City Directory, 1903 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Quincy, Illinois, City Directory, 1906 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Quincy, Illinois, City Directory, 1908 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Quincy, Illinois, City Directory, 1916 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Quincy, Illinois, City Directory, 1920 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Quincy, Illinois, City Directory, 1925 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Quincy, Illinois, City Directory, 1926 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Quincy Death Records

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1916-1947 Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index Ancestry online

Adams County death record listing, 1878-1972 FamilySearch Library

Adams County, Illinois card index to deaths, 1877-1990 FamilySearch Library

Adams County, Illinois registers of deaths, 1877-1915 FamilySearch Library

Baptisms, deaths, marriages, confirmations & communion, 1873-1945 (Evangelische St. Pauli Kirche (Quincy, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Coder Funeral Home records, 1898-1935 : La Belle, Lewis Co., Missouri FamilySearch Library

Death and Marriages from Early Quincy Papers, 1835-1850 FamilySearch Library

Deaths and marriages from early Quincy papers, 1835-1850 WorldCat

Freiburg Funeral Home records, 1885-1889, 1897-1911 FamilySearch Library

Illinois Deaths, 1916-1950 MyHeritage online

Illinois Deaths, before 1916 MyHeritage online

Illinois, Adams County, Card Index to Deaths, 1877-1990 Family Search online

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

Illinois, Mildred Hooper Obituary Collection, ca. 1959-1981 Family Search online

Illinois, Select Deaths Index, 1877-1916 Ancestry online

Marriages (1895-1905) and Deaths (1895-1900) and Related Items Abstracted from the Golden New Era of Golden, Adams County, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Memorials to those involved in the legal profession, filed by the clerk, with birth and death dates, ca. 1807-1961 FamilySearch Library

Obituary index, 1896-1953 FamilySearch Library

Obituary index, June 1875-August 1896 FamilySearch Library

Quincy cemeteries : Graceland, Quincy National, Valley of Peace and additional deaths FamilySearch Library

Records of St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Combination Register 1861-1945; Deaths 1862-1945; Marriages 1861-1945 (included in Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Records of St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Marriages 1946-1950; Deaths 1946-1975 (included in Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Records of St. Benedict the Moor Parish, Deaths 1941-1950; Marriages 1947-1950 (included in Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Records of St. Joseph Parish, Bap. 1870-1920; Deaths 1875-1975; Marriage 1882-1950; First Com. 1871-1904, 1906-1952; Conf. 1882-1920 (included in Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Records of St. Peter Parish, Baptism 1839-1920; Index to Baptism 1839-1900; Marriage 1839-1900; Death 1859-1885 (included in Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Records of St. Peter Parish, Deaths 1900-1975; Marriage 1900-1950; Baptism 1903-1920 (included in Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Quincy Histories and Genealogies

From Quincy's past FamilySearch Library

History of Quincy and Its Men of Mark, Or, Facts and Figures Exhibiting Its Advantages and Resources Ancestry online

History of Quincy and its men of mark, or, Facts and figures exhibiting its advantages and resources, manufactures and commerce FamilySearch Library

History of the city of Quincy, Illinois FamilySearch Library

History of the city of Quincy, Illinois LDS Genealogy online

History of the city of Quincy, Illinois Internet Archive online

Index to Landrum's Quincy by Carl and Shirley Landrum FamilySearch Library

Past and Present of the City of Quincy and Adams County, Illinois Ancestry online

Past and present of the city of Quincy and Adams County, Illinois LDS Genealogy online

Past and present of the city of Quincy and Adams County, Illinois Internet Archive online

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 FamilySearch Library

People's history of Quincy and Adams County, Illinois : a sesquicentennial history FamilySearch Library

Quincy and Adams County : history and representative men FamilySearch Library

Quincy and Adams County History and Representative Men Ancestry online

Quincy and Adams County history and representative men, Vol. I LDS Genealogy online

Quincy and Adams County history and representative men, Vol. I Internet Archive online

Quincy and Adams County history and representative men, Vol. II LDS Genealogy online

Quincy and Adams County history and representative men, Vol. II Internet Archive online

Reminiscences of Quincy, Illinois Ancestry online

Reminiscences of Quincy, Illinois, containing historical events, anecdotes, matters concerning old settlers and old times, etc. Genealogy Gophers online

Reminiscences of Quincy, Illinois, containing historical events, anecdotes, matters condering old settlers and old times, etc. FamilySearch Library

Quincy Immigration Records

Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry online

Naturalization and related records, 1840-1943 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization index and bar association index, Adams County, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Naturalization related papers, cases 1-414, ca. 1830-1918 FamilySearch Library

Quincy, Illinois immigrants from Munsterland, Westphalia, Germany FamilySearch Library

Quincy Land Records

Adams County, Illinois land record, ca. 1823-1872 FamilySearch Library

Deeds, 1825-1886 FamilySearch Library

Illinois Bounty Land Register, vol. 1, no. 40, 1836 land sales and tax lists Digital Public Library of America online

Original land entry, 1817-1860 FamilySearch Library

Quincy Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, 1888 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, 1898 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, August 1883 Library of Congress online

Quincy Marriage Records

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1800-1940 Illinois, County Marriage Records Ancestry online

1860-1920 Illinois, Marriage Index Ancestry online

Adams County marriage record listing, 1825-1917 FamilySearch Library

Adams County, Illinois marriage records, 1825-1926 FamilySearch Library

Baptisms, deaths, marriages, confirmations & communion, 1873-1945 (Evangelische St. Pauli Kirche (Quincy, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, First Union Congregational Church (Quincy, Ill.) WorldCat

Church records, St. James Church (Quincy, Ill.) WorldCat

Death and Marriages from Early Quincy Papers, 1835-1850 FamilySearch Library

Deaths and marriages from early Quincy papers, 1835-1850 WorldCat

Illinois Marriages, 1763-1900 MyHeritage online

Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860 Ancestry online

Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 Ancestry online

Marriages (1895-1905) and Deaths (1895-1900) and Related Items Abstracted from the Golden New Era of Golden, Adams County, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Marriages from early Quincy papers 1835-1850 WorldCat

Records of St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Combination Register 1861-1945; Deaths 1862-1945; Marriages 1861-1945 (included in Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Records of St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Marriages 1946-1950; Deaths 1946-1975 (included in Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Records of St. Benedict the Moor Parish, Deaths 1941-1950; Marriages 1947-1950 (included in Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Records of St. Francis Solanus Parish, Combination Register 1890-1942; Marriages 1861-1950; Baptisms 1909-1915 (included in Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Records of St. Joseph Parish, Bap. 1870-1920; Deaths 1875-1975; Marriage 1882-1950; First Com. 1871-1904, 1906-1952; Conf. 1882-1920 (included in Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Records of St. Peter Parish, Baptism 1839-1920; Index to Baptism 1839-1900; Marriage 1839-1900; Death 1859-1885 (included in Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Records of St. Peter Parish, Deaths 1900-1975; Marriage 1900-1950; Baptism 1903-1920 (included in Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Records of St. Rose of Lima Parish, Baptisms 1892-1920; Confirmations 1894-1920; Marriages 1892-1950 (included in Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Quincy Military Records

Lists of Union and Confederate soldiers buried at Camp Butler, Oak Ridge, Hutchinson (Springfield), Woodland (Quincy), and Alton City Cemeteries, 1861-1866 Archive Grid

Quincy in the Civil War : A View of the Great Conflict As Seen through the Eyes of A Quincy Historian Ancestry online

Records, reports, v. 1-2, & roster on loose papers, 1843-1847 FamilySearch Library

Sunset Cemetery : Illinois Veterans Home : 1887-2000 WorldCat

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. IX (Soldiers Buried in Cairo and Mound City (African-American) & Quincy, Illinois) Ancestry online

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. IX (Soldiers Buried in Quincy (African-American) & Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois) Ancestry online

Veterans' case files, 1887-ca. 1963, Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home Archive Grid

Quincy Minority Records

Bormann's sketches of Germans in Quincy and Adams County [Illinois] FamilySearch Library

Quincy Miscellaneous Records

Account books, 1825-1866 FamilySearch Library

Constitution & minutes, 1839-1861 FamilySearch Library

Quincy Newspapers and Obituaries

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Births and Related Items Abstracted from the Camp Point Journal of Camp Point, Adams County, Illinois, 1873-1903 FamilySearch Library

Card Index To the Quincy (Illinois) Herald-Whig, 1982-1987 FamilySearch Library

Death and Marriages from Early Quincy Papers, 1835-1850 FamilySearch Library

Deaths and marriages from early Quincy papers, 1835-1850 WorldCat

Illinois Bounty Land Register 01/01/1836 to 01/06/1836 Genealogy Bank online

Illinois Bounty Land Register, vol. 1, no. 40, 1836 land sales and tax lists Digital Public Library of America online

Illinois, Mildred Hooper Obituary Collection, ca. 1959-1981 Family Search online

Marriages (1895-1905) and Deaths (1895-1900) and Related Items Abstracted from the Golden New Era of Golden, Adams County, Illinois FamilySearch Library

News 1886-1888 Newspapers.com online

Newspaper Material, 1928, Ca. 1971-1981 ; Genealogical Correspondence, Ca. 1965-1975 FamilySearch Library

Obituary index, 1896-1953 FamilySearch Library

Obituary index, June 1875-August 1896 FamilySearch Library

Quincy Daily Herald, 1853-1926 Quincy Public Library online

Quincy Daily Heraldᅠ(1853-1926) Newspaper Archive online

Quincy Daily Journal, 1883-1926 Quincy Public Library online

Quincy Daily Journalᅠ(1883-1919) Newspaper Archive online

Quincy Daily Quincy Whigᅠ(1852-1857) Newspaper Archive online

Quincy Daily Whig 05/03/1868 to 12/30/1876 Genealogy Bank online

Quincy Daily Whig and Republicanᅠ(1858-1868) Newspaper Archive online

Quincy Daily Whig, 1852-1920 Quincy Public Library online

Quincy Daily Whigᅠ(1880-1908) Newspaper Archive online

Quincy Germania, (Quincy, Illinois) 1917-1921 FamilySearch Library

Quincy Herald Whig, 1926-1970 Quincy Public Library online

Quincy Illinois Bounty Land Registerᅠ(1835-1836) Newspaper Archive online

Quincy Journalᅠ(1890-1915) Newspaper Archive online

Quincy Morning Whig Journalᅠ(1926-1926) Newspaper Archive online

Quincy Morning Whigᅠ(1893-1894) Newspaper Archive online

Quincy Weekly Whigᅠ(1857-1912) Newspaper Archive online

Quincy Whig 03/14/1840 to 08/02/1856 Genealogy Bank online

Quincy Whig Journalᅠ(1920-1925) Newspaper Archive online

Quincy Whig and Republicanᅠ(1862-1866) Newspaper Archive online

Quincy Whig, 1838-1912 (selections) Quincy Public Library online

Quincy Whigᅠ(1838-1920) Newspaper Archive online

The Quincy Daily Herald (Quincy, Illinois) 1896 FamilySearch Library

The Quincy Journal (Quincy, Illinois) : from Oct 6, 1894 Thru Mar. 11, 1896 FamilySearch Library

Offline Newspapers for Quincy

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.

Daily Evening Call. (Quincy, Ill.) 1870-1870s

Daily Quincy Herald. (Quincy, Ill.) 1855-1859

Daily Quincy Herald. (Quincy, Ill.) 1865-1881

Daily Quincy Whig. (Quincy, Ill.) 1852-1840s

Daily Whig and Republican. (Quincy, Ill.) 1860s-1868

Evening Call. (Quincy, Ill.) 1870s-1873

Illinois Bounty Land Register. (Quincy, Ill.) 1835-1836

Quincy Argus, and Illinois Bounty Land Register. (Quincy, Ill.) 1836-1830s

Quincy Argus. (Quincy, Ill.) 1836-1841

Quincy Daily Herald. (Quincy, Ill.) 1850-1855

Quincy Daily Herald. (Quincy, Ill.) 1881-1890

Quincy Daily Herald. (Quincy, Ill.) 1892-1926

Quincy Daily Journal. (Quincy [Ill.]) 1883-1890

Quincy Daily News. (Quincy, Ill.) 1877-1886

Quincy Daily Republican. (Quicny, Ill.) 1840s-1840s

Quincy Daily Whig and Republican. (Quincy, Ill.) 1840s-1860s

Quincy Daily Whig. (Quincy, Ill.) 1875-1893

Quincy Daily Whig. (Quincy, Ill.) 1899-1912

Quincy Evening Call. (Quincy, Ill.) 1870s-1874

Quincy Germania. (Quincy, Ill.) 1874-1918

Quincy Herald and Argus. (Quincy, Ill.) 1849-1840s

Quincy Herald-Whig and the Quincy Journal. (Quincy, Ill.) 1926-1943

Quincy Herald-Whig. (Quincy, Ill.) 1943-Current

Quincy Herald. (Quincy, Ill.) 1840s-1851

Quincy Herald. (Quincy, Ill.) 1841-1845

Quincy Herald. (Quincy, Ill.) 1846-1849

Quincy Herald. (Quincy, Ill.) 1859-1865

Quincy Herald. (Quincy, Ill.) 1890-1892

Quincy Journal. (Quincy, Ill.) 1890-1920

Quincy Morning Whig. (Quincy, Ill.) 1893-1899

Quincy TribuLne. (Quincy, Ill.) 1840s-1874

Quincy Weekly Herald. (Quincy, Ill.) 1851-1855

Quincy Weekly Herald. (Quincy, Ill.) 1880s-1891

Quincy Weekly Whig and Republican. (Quincy, Ill.) 1840s-1860s

Quincy Weekly Whig. (Quincy, Ill.) 1856-1840s

Quincy Whig and Republican. (Quincy, Ill.) 1860s-1868

Quincy Whig-Journal. (Quincy, Ill.) 1920-1926

Quincy Whig. (Quincy, Ill.) 1838-1856

Quincy Whig. (Quincy, Ill.) 1868-1875

Quincy Whig. (Quincy, Ill.) 1912-1920

Weekly Herald. (Quincy, Ill.) 1891-1892

Western Catholic. (Quincy, Ill.) 1890s-1943

Western Patriot. (Quincy, Ill.) 1840s-1840s

Quincy School Records

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Brief annals of half a century, 1867-1917 FamilySearch Library

Catholic Boys High School yearbook, 1972, 1973, 1974 Classmates online

Catholic Boys High School yearbook, 1972, 1973, 1974 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Catholic Boys High School yearbook, 1972, 1973, 1974 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Christian Brothers High School - Profile Yearbook (Quincy, IL), 1964 E Yearbook online

Christian Brothers High School yearbook, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1970 Classmates online

Christian Brothers High School yearbook, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1970 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Christian Brothers High School yearbook, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1970 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

College register, 1879-1902 FamilySearch Library

Enrollments, 1860-1912 : compiled from the Composite Student Roster published in the Golden Jubilee catalog of 1912 FamilySearch Library

Gem City Business College - Yearbook (Quincy, IL), 1912, 1936, 1948 E Yearbook online

Gem City Business College yearbook, 1912, 1936, 1948 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Notre Dame High School - En Dee Cue Yearbook (Quincy, IL), 1948, 1951, 1966 E Yearbook online

Notre Dame High School yearbook, 1948, 1951, 1966, 1969, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Notre Dame High School yearbook, 1948, 1951, 1966, 1969, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 Classmates online

Notre Dame High School yearbook, 1948, 1951, 1966, 1969, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Quincy Area Vocational Technical Center yearbook, 1974 Classmates online

Quincy Area Vocational Technical Center yearbook, 1974 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Quincy Area Vocational Technical Center yearbook, 1974 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Quincy College yearbooks, 1949, 1973 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Quincy High School - Shadow Yearbook (Quincy, IL), 1926, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1963 E Yearbook online

Quincy High School yearbook, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1969, 1972, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1989 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Quincy High School yearbook, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1969, 1972, 1976, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Quincy High School yearbook, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1969, 1972, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1989 Classmates online

Quincy Senior High School Class of 1937 Genealogy Trails online

Quincy University - Gyrfalcon Yearbook (Quincy, IL), 1949, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1973 E Yearbook online

Quincy University yearbook, 1949, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1961 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Senior High School yearbook, 1937 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Quincy Tax Records

A list of real estate and personal property appraised for taxation for the city of Quincy, 1843 FamilySearch Library



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