Sparta Genealogy (in Randolph County, IL)

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Sparta Birth Records

Birth records, 1870-1915 FamilySearch Library

Births, marriages and obituaries from the Sparta News-plaindealer, 1990 Genealogy Gophers online

Death records (data filed at office of city clerk at person's death from Jan. 1918 to Aug. 1953), hospital records of births (1878-93, 1940-49, Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois), wills and administration, guardianship papers, etc. (1827-1869, Randolph County, Illinois) FamilySearch Library

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

Randolph County, IL birth certificate abstracts FamilySearch Library

Randolph County, Illinois births FamilySearch Library

Vital records of Randolph and Washington counties, Illinois, 1809-1870 FamilySearch Library

Sparta Cemetery Records

Caledonia Cemetery Billion Graves online

Caledonia Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Caledonia Cemetery Find a Grave online

Cemeteries in Knox County : Sparta Township WorldCat

Cemeteries in Knox County, Sparta Township WorldCat

Hill Prairie Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hill Prairie Cemetery Billion Graves online

Hill Prairie Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Lively Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old Bethel Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old Bethel Church Cemetary Billion Graves online

Records from Union Cemetery near Sparta, Illinois WorldCat

Union Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Sparta Census Records

1810, 1818 Illinois Census Returns Ancestry online

1825 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

1855 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

1865 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

Federal Census of 1940, Sparta Township in Knox County, Illinois LDS Genealogy online

Federal Census of 1940, Sparta Township in Randolph County, Illinois LDS Genealogy online

Randolph Co. Census 1820 US Gen Web online

Randolph Co. Census 1825 US Gen Web 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

Sparta Church Records

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Church records, 1901-1911, vol. 3 (First United Methodist Church (Sparta, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

First United Presbyterian Church records, 1871-1927 FamilySearch Library

First United Presbyterian church records, Sparta, Illinois, 1871-*1914 FamilySearch Library

Illinois, Randolph County, Sparta, Our Lady of Loudes Parish, church records, 1895-1957 FamilySearch Library

Trinity United Presbyterian Church (Sparta, Illinois) : sesquicentennial year; Elwyn L. Tedford, pastor FamilySearch Library

Trinity United Presbyterian Church, Register, 1860-1952 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Trinity United Presbyterian Church, Register, 1871-1949 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Trinity United Presbyterian Church, Register, 1874-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Trinity United Presbyterian Church, Register, 1910-1913 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Trinity United Presbyterian Church, Register, 1938-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Trinity United Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1860-1901 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Trinity United Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1864-1871 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Union Church, Sparta, Illinois church records, 1859-1939, 1944 (1 noted), 1947 (1 noted), 1952 (1 noted) FamilySearch Library

Union church records, Sparta, Illinois, 1859-1939 FamilySearch Library

Sparta Death Records

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1916-1947 Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index Ancestry online

Births, marriages and obituaries from the Sparta News-plaindealer 1987-1993 FamilySearch Library

Births, marriages and obituaries from the Sparta News-plaindealer, 1990 Genealogy Gophers online

Death records (data filed at office of city clerk at person's death from Jan. 1918 to Aug. 1953), hospital records of births (1878-93, 1940-49, Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois), wills and administration, guardianship papers, etc. (1827-1869, Randolph County, Illinois) FamilySearch Library

Death records (data filed at office of city clerk at person's death from Jan. 1918 to Aug. 1953), hospital records of births (1878-93, 1940-49, Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois), wills and administration, guardianship papers, etc. (1827-1869, Randolph County, Illinois) FamilySearch Library

Funeral home records, 1891-1955 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

Obituary index, Sparta News-Plaindealer : 1922-1931. WorldCat

Randolph County, Illinois Death Records : 1839-1955 FamilySearch Library

Randolph County, Illinois death records : 1839-1955 FamilySearch Library

Randolph County, Illinois death registers, 1877-1917 FamilySearch Library

Randolph County, Illinois funeral home records, 1915-1957 [i.e. May 1958] FamilySearch Library

Sparta News and Plain Dealer : newspapers obituary index FamilySearch Library

Sparta News and Plaindealer newspapers : obituary index ; July 1873-Sept. 1921 WorldCat

Sparta news - plaindealer obituary index, 1932-1941. WorldCat

Vital records of Randolph and Washington counties, Illinois, 1809-1870 FamilySearch Library

W.D.M. Eiker & Son Funeral Home : Sparta, Illinois, record books 1 and 2 1991-1926 FamilySearch Library

Sparta Histories and Genealogies

Bricktown (Sparta, Ill...), book, Sept. 1976 and tour, Randolph County Historical Sociiety, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Family genealogies of Sparta, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Sparta Immigration Records

Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry online

Naturalization records, 1865-1900 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records, 1865-1906 FamilySearch Library

Randolph County, Illinois naturalizations [ca. 1833-1898] : records kept in the Office of the County Clerk, Chester, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Sparta Land Records

Land records, 1722-1784 FamilySearch Library

Land records, 1768-1934 FamilySearch Library

Original patent land record, Randolph County, Illinois 1814-1872 FamilySearch Library

Sparta Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois, April 1894 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois, April 1910 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois, January 1900 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois, September 1889 Library of Congress online

Sparta Marriage Records

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1800-1940 Illinois, County Marriage Records Ancestry online

1860-1920 Illinois, Marriage Index Ancestry online

Births, marriages and obituaries from the Sparta News-plaindealer, 1990 Genealogy Gophers online

Illinois Marriages, 1763-1900 MyHeritage online

Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860 Ancestry online

Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 Ancestry online

Randolph County, Illinois marriage records, 1807-1925 FamilySearch Library

Vital records of Randolph and Washington counties, Illinois, 1809-1870 FamilySearch Library

Sparta Newspapers and Obituaries

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Articles from the Sparta News Plaindealer 1913-1915 : (also including some articles from 1902-1905) FamilySearch Library

Articles from the Sparta news plaindealer, 1913-1915 : also including some articles from 1902-1905. WorldCat

Births, marriages and obituaries from the Sparta News-plaindealer 1987-1993 FamilySearch Library

Births, marriages and obituaries from the Sparta News-plaindealer, 1990 Genealogy Gophers online

Early Sparta, Illinois Newspaper Abstracts, 1839-1861 FamilySearch Library

Early Sparta, Illinois Newspaper Abstracts, 1839-1861 FamilySearch Library

Obituary index, Sparta News-Plaindealer : 1922-1931. WorldCat

Randolph County, Illinois Death Records : 1839-1955 FamilySearch Library

Sparta News and Plain Dealer : newspapers obituary index FamilySearch Library

Sparta News and Plaindealer newspapers : obituary index ; July 1873-Sept. 1921 WorldCat

Sparta News-Plaindealer 1946-1946 Newspapers.com online

Sparta news - plaindealer obituary index, 1932-1941. WorldCat

The Sparta journal 1852 FamilySearch Library

Offline Newspapers for Sparta

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.

Argonaut. (Sparta, Ill.) 1896-1900s

Sparta Argonaut. (Sparta, Ill.) 1900s-1909

Sparta News-Plaindealer. (Sparta, Ill.) 1921-Current

Sparta News. (Sparta, Ill.) 1909-1921

Sparta Probate Records

1772-1999 Illinois, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Sparta School Records

Sparta High School yearbook, 1902, 1903, 1952, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Sparta Township High School yearbook, 1902, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Sparta Township High School yearbook, 1903, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 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

Sparta Township High School yearbook, 1903, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 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, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Classmates online



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