Jackson 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. Jackson Records by TypeBirth Records (5)Cemetery Records (248) Census Records (75) Church Records (28) City Directories (3) Court Records (4) Death Records (25) Histories and Genealogies (30) Immigration Records (6) Land Records (9) Map Records (19) Marriage Records (12) Military Records (12) Miscellaneous Records (2) Newspapers and Obituaries (61) Probate Records (7) School Records (44) 
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Overview of Jackson County Records
- Jackson County was created in 1816 from Randolph and Johnson counties.
- Copies of birth and death certificates for 1916 and later can be obtained from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
- The Jackson County courthouse had a fire in 1843 that burned the records.
- The Jackson County Clerk has birth records from 1872 to 1916, death records from 1872 to 1916, and marriage records from 1842.
- The Jackson County Recorder has land records from 1814.
- The Jackson County Circuit Court Clerk has probate records from 1840 and court records from 1843.
- Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.