Clay City Genealogy (in Clay County, IL)

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


Clay City Birth Records

Birth records, 1862-1918 FamilySearch Library

Early birth records of Clay County, Illinois 1877-1885 FamilySearch Library

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

Clay City Cemetery Records

Barnes Cemetery Find a Grave online

Clay City Cemetery Billion Graves online

Kneff Cemetery Find a Grave online

Maysville Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

McCawley Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Zion Cemetery Find a Grave online

Clay City Census Records

1855 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

1865 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

Census 1850 Clay & Richland Dist. Genealogy Trails online

Federal Census of 1940, Clay Township, 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

Clay City Death Records

1916-1947 Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index Ancestry online

1916-1950 Death Indexes of Clay County US Gen Web online

Clay County, Il[linois], master index to death records (1877-1925) FamilySearch Library

Death records, 1877-1918 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

Newspaper clippings and obituaries from Clay and Effingham counties, Illinois and Yakima County, Washington FamilySearch Library

Clay City Immigration Records

Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry online

Naturalization records, 1868-1904 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records, 1907-1927 FamilySearch Library

Clay City Land Records

Deeds, 1825-1911 FamilySearch Library

Clay City Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, October 1907 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, October 1913 Library of Congress online

Clay City Marriage Records

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 register and records, 1858-1919 FamilySearch Library

Clay City Military Records

Civil War Soldiers from Clay City Genealogy Trails online

Clay City Newspapers and Obituaries

Gleanings from old newspapers, Clay and Richland counties, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Newspaper clippings and obituaries from Clay and Effingham counties, Illinois and Yakima County, Washington FamilySearch Library

Offline Newspapers for Clay City

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.

Clay County Advocate-Press. (Clay City, Ill. [And] Flora, Ill.) 1973-1979

Clay City Probate Records

1772-1999 Illinois, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Clay City School Records

Clay City Community High School yearbook, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 (May), 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Clay City Community High School yearbook, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 (May), 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 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 Classmates online

Clay City Community High School yearbook, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 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, 2014 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Clay City High School - Claytonian Yearbook (Clay City, IL), 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 E Yearbook online

Clay City High School yearbook, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online


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