Murphysboro Genealogy (in Jackson County, IL)

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Murphysboro Birth Records

Birth and death records, 1902-1941 FamilySearch Library

Birth records, 1852-1915 FamilySearch Library

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

Murphysboro Cemetery Records

Boucher Cemetery Find a Grave online

City Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

City cemetery record, Tower Grove Cemetery, ca. 1872-1982 FamilySearch Library

Doolin Cemetery Find a Grave online

Etherton Homestead Find a Grave online

Fairview Christian Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hall Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Holliday Farm Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hughes Cemetery Find a Grave online

Imhoff Cemetery Find a Grave online

Marriages recorded, book B-2, 1866-1870, Jackson County, Illinois : courthouse at Murphysboro, Illinois, copied from county clerk's records as originally recorded WorldCat

Mount Carbon Cemetery Billion Graves online

Mount Carbon Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Joy Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Joy Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Mount Pleasant Memorial Cemetery Find a Grave online

Murphysboro City Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pate Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pleasant Grove Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Pleasant Grove Memorial Park Billion Graves online

Pleasant Hill Christian Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Andrew Cemetery Billion Graves online

Smith Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Tower Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Tower Grove Cemetery Billion Graves online

Tower Grove Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Worthen Cemetery Find a Grave online

Worthen Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Worthen Cemetery Billion Graves online

Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Murphysboro Census Records

1810, 1818 Illinois Census Returns Ancestry online

1855 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

1865 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

Census 1860, Murphysboro Genealogy Trails 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

Murphysboro Church Records

Illinois, Jackson County, Murphysboro, St. Andrew Parish, church records, 1868-1956 FamilySearch Library

Murphysboro Death Records

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1916-1947 Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index Ancestry online

Birth and death records, 1902-1941 FamilySearch Library

Carbondale free press, index of death notices, 1899-1904 FamilySearch Library

Death register and index, 1877-1901 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

Index To Death Records, 1844-1906, Jackson County, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Index of obituaries printed in the Southern Illinois Herald newspaper, 1893-1922 FamilySearch Library

Index to Jackson County, Illinois death books : 1904-1915 FamilySearch Library

Thieme Funeral Home records 1924-1956 FamilySearch Library

Murphysboro Histories and Genealogies

A history of Murphysboro, Illinois, 1843-1982 FamilySearch Library

Murphysboro Immigration Records

523 extractions from naturalization records of Jackson County, Illinois FamilySearch Library

886 additional extractions from naturalization records of Jackson County, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry online

Index to naturalization records of Jackson County, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records : final papers, 1859-1892 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records, 1868-1906 FamilySearch Library

Murphysboro Land Records

Deeds, 1843-1895; index, 1843-1889 FamilySearch Library

Murphysboro Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, March 1902 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, May 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, September 1897 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, September 1914 Library of Congress online

Murphysboro 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

Marriages recorded from 1843 to Jackson County, Illinois : courthouse at Murphysboro, Illinois, copied from county clerk's records as originally recorded WorldCat

Marriages recorded, book B-2, 1866-1870, Jackson County, Illinois : courthouse at Murphysboro, Illinois, copied from county clerk's records as originally recorded WorldCat

Marriages, 1843-1915 FamilySearch Library

Murphysboro Newspapers and Obituaries

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Ava lives and Ava passings, volume I : Ava citizen, Du Quoin herald, early Carbondale, early Murphysboro newspapers FamilySearch Library

Daily Independent 1917-1938 Farmer City Public Library online

Daily Independent 1923-1949 Newspapers.com online

Index To Death Records, 1844-1906, Jackson County, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Index of obituaries printed in the Southern Illinois Herald newspaper, 1893-1922 FamilySearch Library

Murphysboro American 03/05/2009 to 02/17/2015 Genealogy Bank online

Murphysboro Daily Independent 1893-1893 Farmer City Public Library online

Murphysboro Times 09/03/2019 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Southern Illinoisan the Daily Independent, 1949-1949 Newspaper Archive online

The Daily Independent 1935-42 and 1947-48 (Murphysboro, Illinois) Ancestry online

Offline Newspapers for Murphysboro

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.

Daily Era. (Murphysboro, Ill.) 1890s-1890s

Daily Independent. (Murphysboro, Ill.) 1891-1949

Daily Republican-Era. (Murphysboro, Ill.) 1920s-1925

Jackson County Era. (Murphysboro, Ill.) 1873-1870s

Murphysboro American. ([Murphysboro, Ill.]) 1982-Current

Murphysboro Daily Republican-Era. (Murphysboro, Ill.) 1920-1921

Murphysboro Independent. (Murphysboro, Jackson County, Ill.) 1900s-1910s

Murphysboro, Illinois Daily Republican-Era. (Murphysboro, Ill.) 1921-1920s

Southern Illinoisan. (Murphysboro, Ill.) 1949-1953

Murphysboro Probate Records

1772-1999 Illinois, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Index to Probate Records at Jackson County Historical Society in Murphysboro Genealogy Trails online

Murphysboro School Records

Carruthers Junior High School - Yearbook (Murphysboro, IL), 1966 E Yearbook online

Carruthers Junior High School yearbook, 1966 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Murphysboro High School - Crimson and Corn Yearbook (Murphysboro, IL), 1923, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1945, 1950, 1958 E Yearbook online

Murphysboro High School yearbook, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1945, 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

Murphysboro High School yearbook, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1945, 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, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Classmates online

Murphysboro High School yearbook, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1945, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1987, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Murphysboro Township High School Alumni Directory, 1902-1920 Genealogy Trails online



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