Bowen Genealogy (in Hancock County, IL)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Bowen are also found through the Hancock County and Illinois pages.


Bowen Birth Records

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

Bowen Cemetery Records

Bowen Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bowen Cemetery Billion Graves online

Bowen Cemetery, Bowen, Illinois cemetery records, ca. 1891-1968 FamilySearch Library

Bowen Census Records

1855 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

1865 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

Federal Census of 1940, Bowen Village, 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

Bowen Death Records

1916-1950 Illinois Deaths MyHeritage online

Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 Ancestry 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

United States Obituary Index from Online Sources MyHeritage online

Bowen Histories and Genealogies

Bowen area scrapbooks, ca. 1896-1962 FamilySearch Library

FamilySearch Family Tree MyHeritage online

MyHeritage Family Trees MyHeritage online

Bowen Immigration Records

Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry online

Bowen Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bowen, Hancock County, Illinois, January 1919 Library of Congress online

Bowen Marriage Records

1763-1900 Illinois Marriages MyHeritage online

Illinois County Marriage Records, 1800-1940 Ancestry online

Illinois Marriage Index, 1860-1920 Ancestry online

Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860 Ancestry online

Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 Ancestry online

Marriages in the Nauvoo Region, 1839-1845 Ancestry online

Bowen Newspapers and Obituaries

Bowen Chronicle, 1900-1937 Newspaper Archive online

Bowen Weekly Chronicle, 1899-1900 Newspaper Archive online

The Bowen Chronicle, 20 September 1900 to 20 September 1917 Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections online

United States Obituary Index from Online Sources MyHeritage online

Offline Newspapers for Bowen

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.

Bowen Chronicle. (Bowen, Hancock County, Ill.) 1900-1972

Bowen Weekly Chronicle. (Bowen, Hancock County, Ill.) 1897-1900

Bowen Probate Records

1772-1999 Illinois, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Bowen School Records

Bowen High School - Echo Yearbook (Bowen, IL), 1956, 1957 E Yearbook online

Bowen High School yearbook, 1935, 1936, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online


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