St Clair County IL Genealogy

USA (1,379,301) > Illinois (55,642) > St Clair County (1,373)

If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. St Clair Records by Type Birth Records (42) Cemetery Records (297) Census Records (59) Church Records (186) City Directories (101) Court Records (8) Death Records (116) Histories and Genealogies (55) Immigration Records (9) Land Records (14) Map Records (61) Marriage Records (86) Military Records (13) Minority Records (6) Miscellaneous Records (4) Newspapers and Obituaries (200) Probate Records (7) School Records (108) Tax Records (1)

Overview of St Clair County Records

• St. Clair County was created in 1790 from the Northwest Territory.
• Copies of birth and death certificates for 1916 and later can be obtained from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
• The St. Clair County Clerk has birth records starting from 1830 to 1916, death records from 1832 to 1916, and marriage records from 1763.
• The St. Clair County Recorder has land records from 1786.
• The St. Clair County declaration and naturalization papers issued by the Circuit Court before 1906 were destroyed.
• The St. Clair County Circuit Court Clerk has probate records from 1772 and court records from 1778.
• Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.