Shelby 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. Shelby Records by TypeBirth Records (6)Cemetery Records (198) Census Records (53) Church Records (23) City Directories (13) Court Records (2) Death Records (15) Histories and Genealogies (40) Immigration Records (3) Land Records (15) Map Records (36) Marriage Records (18) Military Records (10) Miscellaneous Records (2) Newspapers and Obituaries (31) Probate Records (9) School Records (43) Tax Records (7) 
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Overview of Shelby County Records
- Shelby County was created in 1827 from Fayette County.
- Copies of birth and death certificates for 1916 and later can be obtained from the Illinois Department of Public Health. li>The Shelby County Clerk has birth records starting from 1848 to 1916, marriage records from 1827, and death records from 1878 to 1916.
- The Shelby County Circuit Court Clerk has probate records from 1831 and court records from 1827.
- Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.