Pleasant Plains Genealogy (in Sangamon County, IL)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Pleasant Plains are also found through the Sangamon County and Illinois pages.


Pleasant Plains Birth Records

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

Pleasant Plains Cemetery Records

Bethel Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bethel Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Irwin Cemetery Find a Grave online

Irwin Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Richland Baptist Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Richland Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Salisbury Cemetery Billion Graves online

Pleasant Plains Census Records

1855 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

1865 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Pleasant Plains Church Records

Church records, 1904-1921 (Pleasant Plains Church of Christ (Pleasant Plains, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Pleasant Plains Death Records

1916-1950 Illinois Deaths MyHeritage online

Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 Ancestry 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

United States Obituary Index from Online Sources MyHeritage online

Pleasant Plains Histories and Genealogies

FamilySearch Family Tree MyHeritage online

MyHeritage Family Trees MyHeritage online

Pleasant Plains Immigration Records

Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry online

Pleasant Plains Land Records

1863-1908 U.S. Homestead Records Ancestry online

Pleasant Plains Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pleasant Plains, Sangamon County, Illinois, August 1917 Library of Congress online

Pleasant Plains Marriage Records

1763-1900 Illinois Marriages MyHeritage online

Illinois County Marriage Records, 1800-1940 Ancestry online

Illinois Marriage Index, 1860-1920 Ancestry online

Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860 Ancestry online

Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 Ancestry online

Pleasant Plains Newspapers and Obituaries

United States Obituary Index from Online Sources MyHeritage online

Offline Newspapers for Pleasant Plains

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.

Pleasant Plains Argus. (Pleasant Plains, Sangamon County, Ill.) 1922-1935

Pleasant Plains Press. (Pleasant Plains, Ill.) 1914-1922

Pleasant Plains Press. (Pleasant Plains, Sangamon County, Ill.) 1935-Current

Weekly Press. (Pleasant Plains, Ill.) 1899-1914

Pleasant Plains Probate Records

1772-1999 Illinois, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Sangamon County Guardian's Case Files Index (1825-1901) Illinois State Archive online

Sangamon County Probate Case Files Index (1821-1906) Illinois State Archive online

Pleasant Plains School Records

Pleasant Plains High School yearbook, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Pleasant Plains High School yearbook, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1984, 1985, 1987 Classmates online

Pleasant Plains High School yearbook, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1984, 1985, 1987 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online


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