Clark County IL Genealogy
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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Clark Records by TypeBirth Records (8)Cemetery Records (172) Census Records (54) Church Records (13) Death Records (21) Histories and Genealogies (28) Immigration Records (1) Land Records (25) Map Records (23) Marriage Records (18) Military Records (16) Miscellaneous Records (1) Newspapers and Obituaries (84) Probate Records (5) School Records (33) Tax Records (13) 
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Overview of Clark County Records
- Clark County was created in 1819 from Crawford County.
- Copies of birth and death certificates for 1916 and later can be obtained from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
- The Clark County courthouse had a fire in 1902 that damaged or burned some records.
- The Clark County Clerk has death records starting from 1877 to 1916, birth records from 1877 to 1916, marriage records starting from 1819, and land records starting from 1818.
- The Clark County Circuit Court Clerk has divorce records, probate records from 1820, and court records from 1821.
- Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.