Brown County IL Genealogy

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Brown County Records by City/Town

Buckhorn Genealogy (30)
Cooperstown Genealogy (27)
Mount Sterling Genealogy (77)


Ripley Genealogy (27)
Timewell Genealogy (30)
Versailles Genealogy (45)


Overview of Brown County Records

  • Brown County was created in 1839 from Schuyler County.
  • Copies of birth and death certificates for 1916 and later can be obtained from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
  • The Brown County Clerk has birth records starting from 1860 to 1916, marriage records starting from 1841, death records starting from 1878 to 1916, and land records starting from 1817.
  • The Brown County Circuit Court Clerk has divorce records, probate records from 1839, court records from 1837, and naturalization records.
  • Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.