Franklin 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. Franklin Records by TypeBirth Records (5)Cemetery Records (292) Census Records (57) Church Records (15) City Directories (8) Court Records (1) Death Records (39) Histories and Genealogies (28) Immigration Records (4) Land Records (11) Map Records (16) Marriage Records (23) Military Records (17) Minority Records (1) Miscellaneous Records (3) Newspapers and Obituaries (39) Probate Records (9) School Records (42) Tax Records (7) 
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Franklin County Records by City/TownAkin Genealogy (39)Barren Genealogy (40) Benton Genealogy (89) Buckner Genealogy (41) Cave Genealogy (42) Christopher Genealogy (48) Deering Genealogy (39) Denning Genealogy (39) Eastern Genealogy (45) Ewing Genealogy (62) Frankfort in Franklin County Genealogy (41) |
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Overview of Franklin County Records
- Franklin County was created in 1818 from White and Gallatin counties.
- Copies of birth and death certificates for 1916 and later can be obtained from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
- The Franklin County courthouse had a fire in 1843 that burned the records.
- The Franklin County Clerk has death records starting from 1877 to 1916, birth records from 1877 to 1916, marriage records from 1836, and land records from 1835.
- The Franklin County Circuit Court Clerk has court records from 1843 and probate records from 1843.
- Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.