Columbus Genealogy (in Adams County, IL)

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Columbus Birth Records

Adams County, Illinois births, vols. 1-7, 1866-1903 FamilySearch Library

Births and Related Items Abstracted from the Camp Point Journal of Camp Point, Adams County, Illinois, 1873-1903 FamilySearch Library

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

Index to birth records, Adams County, Illinois [ca. 1864-1915] FamilySearch Library

Memorials to those involved in the legal profession, filed by the clerk, with birth and death dates, ca. 1807-1961 FamilySearch Library

Columbus Cemetery Records

Columbus Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hufnagel Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Pleasant Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave online

Columbus Census Records

1855 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

1865 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

Federal Census of 1940, Colombus Township, Illinois LDS Genealogy online

Federal Census of 1940, Columbus, 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

Columbus Church Records

Church records, 1857-1974 (Columbus Christian Church (Columbus, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Columbus Death Records

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1916-1947 Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index Ancestry online

Adams County death record listing, 1878-1972 FamilySearch Library

Adams County, Illinois card index to deaths, 1877-1990 FamilySearch Library

Adams County, Illinois registers of deaths, 1877-1915 FamilySearch Library

Coder Funeral Home records, 1898-1935 : La Belle, Lewis Co., Missouri FamilySearch Library

Illinois Deaths, 1916-1950 MyHeritage online

Illinois Deaths, before 1916 MyHeritage online

Illinois, Adams County, Card Index to Deaths, 1877-1990 Family Search online

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

Illinois, Mildred Hooper Obituary Collection, ca. 1959-1981 Family Search online

Illinois, Select Deaths Index, 1877-1916 Ancestry online

Marriages (1895-1905) and Deaths (1895-1900) and Related Items Abstracted from the Golden New Era of Golden, Adams County, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Memorials to those involved in the legal profession, filed by the clerk, with birth and death dates, ca. 1807-1961 FamilySearch Library

Obituary index, 1896-1953 FamilySearch Library

Obituary index, June 1875-August 1896 FamilySearch Library

Columbus Immigration Records

Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry online

Naturalization and related records, 1840-1943 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization index and bar association index, Adams County, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Naturalization related papers, cases 1-414, ca. 1830-1918 FamilySearch Library

Columbus Land Records

Adams County, Illinois land record, ca. 1823-1872 FamilySearch Library

Deeds, 1825-1886 FamilySearch Library

Original land entry, 1817-1860 FamilySearch Library

Columbus Marriage Records

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1800-1940 Illinois, County Marriage Records Ancestry online

1860-1920 Illinois, Marriage Index Ancestry online

Adams County marriage record listing, 1825-1917 FamilySearch Library

Adams County, Illinois marriage records, 1825-1926 FamilySearch Library

Illinois Marriages, 1763-1900 MyHeritage online

Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860 Ancestry online

Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 Ancestry online

Marriages (1895-1905) and Deaths (1895-1900) and Related Items Abstracted from the Golden New Era of Golden, Adams County, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Columbus Newspapers and Obituaries

Births and Related Items Abstracted from the Camp Point Journal of Camp Point, Adams County, Illinois, 1873-1903 FamilySearch Library

Illinois, Mildred Hooper Obituary Collection, ca. 1959-1981 Family Search online

Marriages (1895-1905) and Deaths (1895-1900) and Related Items Abstracted from the Golden New Era of Golden, Adams County, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Obituary index, 1896-1953 FamilySearch Library

Obituary index, June 1875-August 1896 FamilySearch Library

Offline Newspapers for Columbus

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.

Columbus Herald. (Columbus, Randolph County, Ill.) 1839-1840

Columbus School Records

School register, 1898-1904 FamilySearch Library



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