Danville Genealogy (in Vermilion County, IL)

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Danville Birth Records

Birth registers, 1877-1919 FamilySearch Library

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

Danville Cemetery Records

Allhands Cemetery Find a Grave online

Atherton Cemetery Illinois Gravestones online

Atherton Cemetery Billion Graves online

Bethel Cemetery Find a Grave online

Brierly Cemetery Find a Grave online

Burials at the Danville, Illinois, National Cemetery WorldCat

Burials at the Danville, Illinois, national cemetery, 1899-1943 FamilySearch Library

Cox Cemetery Find a Grave online

Danville National Cemetery Billion Graves online

Danville National Cemetery Interment online

Danville National Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Danville National Cemetery Illinois Gravestones online

Danville National Cemetery Find a Grave online

Denmark Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fairchild Cemetery Find a Grave online

Farmers Chapel Cemetery Billion Graves online

Farmers Chapel Cemetery Find a Grave online

Gordon Cemetery Billion Graves online

Greenwood Cemetery Find a Grave online

Greenwood Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Greenwood Cemetery Billion Graves online

Gundy Cemetery Billion Graves online

Johnson Cemetery Find a Grave online

Johnson Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Johnson Cemetery Billion Graves online

Johnsonville Cemetery Find a Grave online

Jones Family Cemetery (Defunct) Find a Grave online

Lamb Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lamb Cemetery Interment online

Langley Cemetery Find a Grave online

Leonard Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lorrence Pioneer Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lutheran Cemetery Billion Graves online

Lynch Cemetery Find a Grave online

McBride Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Milner Cemetery Find a Grave online

Newell Cemetery (Defunct) Find a Grave online

Nicholson Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oak Hill Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Pape Botanical Gardens Find a Grave online

Pentecost Cemetery Find a Grave online

Resurrection Catholic Cemetery Billion Graves online

Resurrection Cemetery Find a Grave online

Sanhill Memorial Park Cemetery Find a Grave online

Spring Hill Cemetery (Danville, Illinois) record of interments FamilySearch Library

Spring Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum Find a Grave online

Springhill Cemetery Billion Graves online

Springhill Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Sunset Memorial Cemetery Billion Graves online

Sunset Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Sunset Memorial Park, Danville, Illinois. WorldCat

Swisher Pioneer Cemetery Find a Grave online

Veterans Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Walnut Corner Cemetery Find a Grave online

Danville Census Records

1855 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

1865 Illinois State Census Ancestry 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

Danville Church Records

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Bethel Lutheran Church records (in U.S. Evangelical Lutheran Church, Swedish American Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Church records, 1861-1888 (North Street Methodist Episcopal Church (Danville, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1875-1917 (Kimber Charge. Methodist Episcopal Church (Danville, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1882-1921 (First Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Danville, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1888-1918 (First Methodist Episcopal Church (Danville, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Covenant United Presbyterian Church, Register, 1955-1968 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Covenant United Presbyterian Church, Register, 1955-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

History of the Hopewell Primitive Baptist Church and cemetery records, 1829-1968 FamilySearch Library

Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, 1882-1908 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Deaths, 1908-1921 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1923-1954 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, 1882-1896 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, 1896-1901 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Minutes of meetings, 1908-1922 (Fourth Church of Christ (Danville, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Oaklawn Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1938-1963 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Oawklawn Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1905-1939 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Pleasant Grove Church, history and membership, 1879-1968 FamilySearch Library

United Presbyterian history particulary [sic] First Presbyterian Church Danville, Illinois from 1823-1947 FamilySearch Library

Danville City Directories

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Danville (Illinois) city directories FamilySearch Library

Danville City Directory 1907 MyHeritage online

Danville City Directory 1910 MyHeritage online

Danville City Directory 1922 MyHeritage online

Danville City Directory 1923 MyHeritage online

Danville City Directory 1924 MyHeritage online

Danville City Directory 1926 MyHeritage online

Danville City Directory 1927 MyHeritage online

Danville City Directory 1928 MyHeritage online

Danville City Directory 1929 MyHeritage online

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Danville City Directory 1932 MyHeritage online

Danville City Directory 1933 MyHeritage online

Danville City Directory 1934 MyHeritage online

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Danville City Directory 1937 MyHeritage online

Danville City Directory 1938 MyHeritage online

Danville City Directory 1939 MyHeritage online

Danville City Directory 1940 MyHeritage online

Danville City Directory 1941 MyHeritage online

Danville City Directory 1942 MyHeritage online

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Danville City Directory 1944 MyHeritage online

Danville City Directory 1947 MyHeritage online

Danville City Directory 1949 MyHeritage online

Danville City Directory 1953 MyHeritage online

Danville City Directory 1955 MyHeritage online

Danville City Directory 1957 MyHeritage online

Danville City Directory 1958 MyHeritage online

Danville City Directory 1960 MyHeritage online

Danville, IL 1906-1910 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Danville, IL 1922-1935 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Danville, IL 1936-1945, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1957-1958, 1960 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Danville, Illinois Directory, 1889 Ancestry online

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

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1907 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1910 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1922 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1924 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1926 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1929 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1930 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1933 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1934 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1936 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1937 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1938 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1939 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1940 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1941 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1942 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1943 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1944 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1945 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1947 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1949 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1951 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1953 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Danville, Illinois, City Directory, 1955 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

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

Polk's Danville (Illinois) city directory ... including South Danville, Tilton, Richland, Vermilion Heights, and Batestown : containing an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens ... including a complete street and avenue guide, rural routes, a numerical telephone list ... also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory FamilySearch Library

Danville Death Records

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1916-1947 Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index Ancestry online

Commercial News obituaries, 1993 ; 1993 obituaries index. WorldCat

Edmund & Dickson funeral home records, death records, Georgetown Township, and obituary abstracts (Vermilion County, Illinois) 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

Register of deaths, 1877-1917 FamilySearch Library

Vermilion County Coroner's Inquest Files Index (1908-1956) Illinois State Archive online

Danville Histories and Genealogies

Index to Amos Williams and early Danville, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Index, Illiana Genealogical & Historical Society members' pedigree charts FamilySearch Library

Souvenir of Danville, Illinois : illustrating some of the public buildings ... FamilySearch Library

Danville Immigration Records

Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry online

Naturalization records, 1860-1903 FamilySearch Library

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

Danville Land Records

Deed records, Vermillion County, Illinois, 1832-1906; index, 1826-1928 FamilySearch Library

Danville Map Records

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

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

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, 1914 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, 1914 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, 1951 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, April 1884 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, February 1890 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, January 1922 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, March 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, November 1900 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, October 1895 Library of Congress online

Danville 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, 1823-1839 inclusive, Vermilion County, Illinois : Vermilion County was a part of Edgar County until September, 1826 FamilySearch Library

Vermilion County, Illinois marriage records, 1826-1900; indexes, 1826-1896 FamilySearch Library

Vermilion County, Illinois marriages, 1824-1915 FamilySearch Library

Danville Military Records

Burials at the Danville, Illinois, national cemetery, 1899-1943 FamilySearch Library

Registers of veterans at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Danville, Illinois, 1898-1934 FamilySearch Library

U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 Ancestry online

Danville Miscellaneous Records

Proceedings of the Illinois Press Association at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Session Ancestry online

Scrap Book: Amos Williams and Early Danville, Illinois Ancestry online

Danville Newspapers and Obituaries

Commercial News obituaries, 1993 ; 1993 obituaries index. WorldCat

Commercial-News 11/06/2007 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Danville Republican and Chronotype 1861-1861 Farmer City Public Library online

Edmund & Dickson funeral home records, death records, Georgetown Township, and obituary abstracts (Vermilion County, Illinois) FamilySearch Library

Items from Fairmount, Illinois Newspapers, 1881-1889 : Also Items Taken from Surrounding County Newspapers FamilySearch Library

Offline Newspapers for Danville

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.

Christian Socialist [Microform]. (Danville, Ill.) 1903-1916

Commercial-News. (Danville, Ill.) 1903-1914

Commercial-News. (Danville, Ill.) 1969-Current

Daily Commercial. (Danville, Ill.) 1878-1891

Daily Democrat. (Danville, Ill.) 1897-1898

Daily Democrat. (Danville, Ill.) 1907-1908

Danville Argus. (Danville, Ill.) 1871-1872

Danville Commercial-News. (Danville, Ill.) 1914-1969

Danville Commercial. (Danville, Ill.) 1866-1869

Danville Commercial. (Danville, Ill.) 1874-1890s

Danville Daily Democrat. (Danville, Ill.) 1898-1907

Danville Daily News. (Danville, Ill.) 1876-1902

Danville Morning Press. (Danville, Ill.) 1915-1927

Danville News. (Danville, Ill.) 1873-1874

Danville News. (Danville, Ill.) 1874-1876

Danville News. (Danville, Ill.) 1902-1903

Danville Plaindealer. (Danville, Vermilion County, Ill.) 1866-1867

Danville Post. (Danville, Vermilion County, Ill.) 1878-1870s

Danville Press-Democrat. (Danville, Ill.) 1908-1915

Danville Republican and Chronotype. (Danville, Ill.) 1861-1860s

Danville Republican. (Danville, Ill.) 1860-1861

Danville Weekly Commercial. (Danville, Ill.) 1869-1874

Danville Weekly Democrat. (Danville, Ill.) 1898-1900s

Danville Weekly News. (Danville, Ill.) 1876-1903

Evening Commercial. (Danville, Ill.) 1891-1903

Illinois Citizen. (Danville [Ill.]) 1849-1840s

Vermilion County Plaindealer. (Danville, Vermilion County, Ill.) 1862-1866

Weekly Democrat. (Danville, Ill.) 1897-1898

Weekly Press. (Danville, Ill.) 1890-1895

Danville Probate Records

1772-1999 Illinois, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Danville School Records

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Danville Area Community College - Chronicle Yearbook (Danville, IL), 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1983 E Yearbook online

Danville Area Community College yearbook, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1983 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Danville High School - Medley Yearbook (Danville, IL), 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987 E Yearbook online

Danville High School yearbook, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 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 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Danville High School yearbook, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 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 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Danville High School yearbook, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 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, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Classmates online

Hope Christian High School yearbook, 1977, 1978 Classmates online

Hope Christian High School yearbook, 1977, 1978 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Hope Christian High School yearbook, 1977, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Lakeview College of Nursing, The Paragon, 1981, 1982 Internet Archive online

Lakeview Hospital School of Nursing - Annual Yearbook (Danville, IL), 1921, 1922, 1957, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 E Yearbook online

Lakeview Hospital School of Nursing yearbook, 1921, 1922, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Schlarman High School - Summit Yearbook (Danville, IL), 1950, 1959, 1960 E Yearbook online

Schlarman High School yearbook, 1950, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Schlarman High School yearbook, 1950, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984 Classmates online

Schlarman High School yearbooks, 1950, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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