Champaign Genealogy (in Champaign County, IL)

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Champaign Birth Records

Birth records, 1878-1901 FamilySearch Library

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

Champaign Cemetery Records

Burial records (microform), Mount Hope Cemetery (Champaign, Ill.). Archive Grid

First Presbyterian Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Grandview Memorial Gardens Interment online

Grandview Memorial Gardens Find a Grave online

Lutheran Church records, Champaign Co., IL; cemeteries, Will Co., IL; Lutheran Church records, Roselle, IL; Lutheran Church records, Will County, IL; Lutheran Church records, Denver, Iowa; Lutheran Church records, Buck Creek, Iowa; Able bodied male citizens, age 18-45 in 1862-1863; Crete and Washington Townships, Will County, IL; Lutheran Church records, Dyer, Indiana FamilySearch Library

Mount Hope Cemetery Billion Graves online

Mount Hope Cemetery Illinois Gravestones online

Record of interments [New Mount Hope Cemetery Association (Champaign, Ill.)] WorldCat

Record of interments, 1907-1978 FamilySearch Library

Roselawn Cemetery Billion Graves online

Roselawn Cemetery Find a Grave online

Roselawn Cemetery, Champaign, Illinois, alphabetical listing of burials & markers, 21 February 1907 through 31 December 1997 WorldCat

Champaign Census Records

1865 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

Listing of Champaign County Residents 1878 US Gen Web 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

Champaign Church Records

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Centennial + 10 : the First Presbyterian Church of Champaign LDS Genealogy online

Centennial + 10 : the First Presbyterian Church of Champaign Internet Archive online

Church history and records, 1853-1978 (Community United Church of Christ (Urbana, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1850-1943 (First Presbyterian Church (Champaign, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1855-1908 (First Methodist Episcopal Church (Champaign, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1865-1943 (St. Peter's Evangelical Church (Champaign, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Community United Church of Christ Records, ca. 1853-1968, Champaign, Ill. Archive Grid

Covenant Fellowship Church records, 2006-2009, Champaign, Ill. Archive Grid

Lutheran Church records, Champaign Co., IL; cemeteries, Will Co., IL; Lutheran Church records, Roselle, IL; Lutheran Church records, Will County, IL; Lutheran Church records, Denver, Iowa; Lutheran Church records, Buck Creek, Iowa; Able bodied male citizens, age 18-45 in 1862-1863; Crete and Washington Townships, Will County, IL; Lutheran Church records, Dyer, Indiana FamilySearch Library

Parish records of St. John's Lutheran Church, Champaign, Illinois, 1860-1875 WorldCat

Parish records of St. Peter's Evangelical Church (later E. & R., and United Church of Christ) at Champaign, Illinois, 1865-1943 WorldCat

Prarie View Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Deaths, 1905-1941 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Records (microform), First Methodist Church (Champaign, Ill.). 1868-1908 Archive Grid

Records (microform), First Presbyterian Church (Champaign, Ill.). 1881-1943 Archive Grid

Records and by-laws (microform), St. Peter's Evangelical Church (Champaign, Ill.). 1865-1943 Archive Grid

Records and manuscripts pertaining to Congregational churches, Champaign and Urbana, Illinois (microform) Archive Grid

Records of Evangelical St. Peter's Church, Champaign, Illinois WorldCat

Sinai Temple records, 1867-1976, Champaign, Ill. Archive Grid

Champaign City Directories

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Champaign (Illinois) city directories FamilySearch Library

Champaign and Urbana City Directory 1912 MyHeritage online

Champaign and Urbana City Directory 1923 MyHeritage online

Champaign and Urbana City Directory 1935 MyHeritage online

Champaign and Urbana City Directory 1957 MyHeritage online

Champaign and Urbana City Directory 1958 MyHeritage online

Champaign and Urbana City Directory 1960 MyHeritage online

Champaign, IL 1923-1935 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Champaign, Illinois, City Directory, 1904 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

Champaign, Illinois, City Directory, 1912 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Champaign, Illinois, City Directory, 1923 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Champaign, Illinois, City Directory, 1927 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Champaign, Illinois, City Directory, 1928 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Champaign, Illinois, City Directory, 1931 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Champaign, Illinois, City Directory, 1932 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Champaign, Illinois, City Directory, 1935 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Champaign, Illinois, City Directory, 1957 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Champaign, Illinois, City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Champaign, Illinois, City Directory, 1959 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Champaign, Illinois, City Directory, 1960 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Champaign/Urbana, IL 1957-1960 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Champaign Death Records

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1916-1947 Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index Ancestry online

Death records, 1878-1915; indexes, 1878-1949 FamilySearch Library

Funeral home records, 1887-1902 FamilySearch Library

Funeral home records, 1913-1932 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

Mittendorf Funeral Home records (Champaign, Illinois) FamilySearch Library

Mittendorf Funeral Home, 1914-1945, Champaign, Ill. Archive Grid

Records of Evangelical St. Peter's Church, Champaign, Illinois WorldCat

Records of the Renner Funeral Home, 1911-1917. WorldCat

Champaign Histories and Genealogies

Early History and Pioneers of Champaign County Ancestry online

Champaign Immigration Records

Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry online

Naturalization records, 1858-1906 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records, 1860-1906 FamilySearch Library

US Naturalization Record Index, Northern Illinois, 1840-1950 ( includes Champaign County, IL) MyHeritage online

Champaign Land Records

Deeds, 1833-1912; index, 1833-1927 FamilySearch Library

General index to mortages, 1833-1905 FamilySearch Library

Champaign Map Records

Bird's eye view map of the city of Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois 1869. Library of Congress online

Champaign, 1869, Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois, April 1887 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois, January 1892 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois, March 1915 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois, May 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois, November 1897 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois, September 1902 Library of Congress online

Champaign Marriage Records

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1800-1940 Illinois, County Marriage Records Ancestry online

1860-1920 Illinois, Marriage Index Ancestry online

Illinois Marriages, 1763-1900 MyHeritage online

Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860 Ancestry online

Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 Ancestry online

Marriage records, 1833-1932 FamilySearch Library

Parish records of St. John's Lutheran Church, Champaign, Illinois, 1860-1875 WorldCat

Parish records of St. Peter's Evangelical Church (later E. & R., and United Church of Christ) at Champaign, Illinois, 1865-1943 WorldCat

Records of Evangelical St. Peter's Church, Champaign, Illinois WorldCat

Champaign Military Records

Former students of Champaign Senior High School who gave their lives in World War II WorldCat

Champaign Newspapers and Obituaries

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Banker Farmer, 1 December 1913 to 1 February 1927 Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections online

Boneyard Blast 1937-1939 Newspapers.com online

Central Illinois Gazette 1858-1864 Newspapers.com online

Central Illinois Gazette 1861-1866 Newspapers.com online

Champaign Banker Farmer, 1913-1926 Newspaper Archive online

Champaign County Democrat 1899-1900 Newspapers.com online

Champaign County Gazette 1869-1907 Newspapers.com online

Champaign County News 1891-1917 Newspapers.com online

Champaign County News, 1903-1904 Newspaper Archive online

Champaign County Union 1861-1893 Newspapers.com online

Champaign County Union and Gazette 1863-1863 Newspapers.com online

Champaign County democrat 1860- 1862 FamilySearch Library

Champaign County gazette 1869-1909 FamilySearch Library

Champaign County union & gazette (Illinois) 1852-1864 FamilySearch Library

Champaign County union (Illinois) 1858-1862 FamilySearch Library

Champaign Daily Gazette 1882-1906 Newspapers.com online

Champaign Daily Gazette 1883-1919 Newspapers.com online

Champaign Daily News 1895-1919 Newspapers.com online

Champaign Daily News, 1898-1904 Newspaper Archive online

Champaign Evening Courier, 1935-1944 Newspaper Archive online

Champaign Evening Herald 1923-1923 Newspapers.com online

Champaign News-Gazette 1919-1932 Newspapers.com online

Champaign Times 1875-1879 Newspapers.com online

Champaign Union 1867-1879 Newspapers.com online

Champaign and Urbana Citizen 1931-1934 Newspapers.com online

Champaign daily gazette (Illinois) 1833-1919 FamilySearch Library

Champaign news-gazette (Illinois) 1919-1934 FamilySearch Library

Champaign-Urbana news-gazette (Illinois) 1934 FamilySearch Library

Chanute Field Wings 1941-1943 Newspapers.com online

Chanute Field Wings 1946-1946 Newspapers.com online

Evening courier 1915-1952 FamilySearch Library

Gazette and Union 1868-1869 Newspapers.com online

IlliniHQ 03/25/1998 to 10/25/2019 Genealogy Bank online

Illinois Times 1949-1963 Newspapers.com online

Mid-West Farmer 1929-1931 Newspapers.com online

News-Gazette 06/02/1997 to 10/13/2019 Genealogy Bank online

News-Gazette, The: Blogs 01/11/2006 to 09/15/2015 Genealogy Bank online

News-Gazette, The: Web Edition Articles 02/10/2003 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Saturday Visitor 1866-1866 Newspapers.com online

Signal 1884-1884 Newspapers.com online

The Champaign County News, 1900-1916 Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections online

The Champaign Daily News, 1895-1919 Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections online

The Champaign citizens 1913 FamilySearch Library

The Champaign daily news (Illinois) 1895-1919 FamilySearch Library

The Champaign times (Illinois) 1884 FamilySearch Library

The Evening Courier 1935-39 and 1941-44 (Champaign, Illinois) Ancestry online

The Gazette and union 1868-1869 FamilySearch Library

The Illinois Times, 1949-1963 Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections online

The Illinois democrat 1867- 1871 FamilySearch Library

The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) (from Oct. 14, 1949 to Sept. 20, 1963) Chronicling America online

The Union and gazette 1866-1868 FamilySearch Library

Times 1885-1885 Byron Public Library online

Times 1885-1885 Byron Library online

Times 1905-1905 Newspapers.com online

Twin Cities Issue 1908-1910 Newspapers.com online

Twin City Review 1920-1929 Newspapers.com online

Twin City Review, 1920-1926 Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections online

Twin City review 1920-1929 FamilySearch Library

Twin city review. (Champaign, Ill.) (from Nov. 19, 1920 to April 2, 1926) Chronicling America online

Union and Gazette 1866-1868 Newspapers.com online

Urbana Union 1853-1859 Newspapers.com online

Wings 1943-1945 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Champaign

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.

A Four-Year Bummer. (Champaign, Ill.) 1969-1970s

Black Thought. (Champaign, Ill.) 1997-Current

Buzz. (Champaign, Ill.) 1998-Current

Central Illinois Gazette. (Champaign City [Champaign], Ill.) 1860s-1866

Central Illinois Gazette. (West Urbana [Champaign], Ill.) 1858-1860s

Champaign County Union and Gazette. (Champaign City [Champaign, Ill.]) 1860s-1860s

Champaign Daily Gazette. (Champaign, Ill.) 1883-1919

Champaign Daily News. (Champaign, Ill.) 1895-1919

Champaign News-Gazette. (Champaign, Ill.) 1919-1934

Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette. (Champaign, Ill.) 1934-1936

Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette. (Champaign, Ill.) 1965-1985

Cu Cityview. (Champaign, Ill.) 2002-2003

Gazette and Union. (Champaign, Ill.) 1868-1869

Independent. (Champaign-Urbana, Ill.) 1937-1940

Mid-West Farmer. (Champaign, Ill.) 1929-1931

News-Gazette. (Champaign [Ill.]) 1936-1965

News-Gazette. (Champaign, Ill.) 1986-Current

News-Gazette. (Champaign-Urbana, Ill.) 1991-1990s

Octopus. (Champaign, Ill.) 1995-2002

Saturday Visitor. (Champaign, Ill.) 1860s-1860s

Savoy Star. (Champaign, Ill.) 2004-Current

Twin Cities Issue. (Twin Cities [Champaign and Urbana], Ill.) 1908-1910s

Weekly. (Champaign, Ill.) 1979-1980

Wings. (Champaign, Ill.) 1943-1945

Champaign Probate Records

1772-1999 Illinois, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Champaign School Records

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Centennial High School - Centurian Yearbook (Champaign, IL), 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988 E Yearbook online

Centennial High School yearbook, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Centennial High School yearbook, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Classmates online

Centennial High School yearbook, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Champaign Central High School yearbook, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Champaign Central High School yearbook, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Classmates online

Champaign Central High School yearbook, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Champaign High School - Maroon Yearbook (Champaign, IL), 1913, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1969, 1973, 1974 E Yearbook online

Champaign High School yearbook, 1913, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1974 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Champaign High School yearbook, 1913, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 Classmates online

Champaign High School yearbook, 1913, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Champaign Junior High School - Retro Yearbook (Champaign, IL), 1936 E Yearbook online

Champaign Junior High School yearbook, 1936 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Champaign Senior High School yearbook, 1946 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Former students of Champaign Senior High School who gave their lives in World War II WorldCat

Senior High School yearbook, 1945 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

University High School yearbook, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

University High School yearbook, 1935, 1936, 1946, 1977, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

University High School yearbook, 1935, 1936, 1946, 1977, 1978, 1980 Classmates online

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Yearbook, Uni High, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Internet Archive online

University of Illinois yearbook, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1925, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1979, 2002 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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