Urbana Genealogy (in Champaign County, IL)

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Urbana Birth Records

Birth records, 1878-1901 FamilySearch Library

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

Records (microform), Grace Methodist Church (Urbana, Ill.). 1905-1921 Archive Grid

Records and histories (microform), First Baptist Church (Urbana, Ill.). 1880-1944 Archive Grid

Urbana Cemetery Records

?Brownfield Cemetery Find a Grave online

Burials and markers in East Lawn Cemetery, Urbana, Illinois WorldCat

Champaign County Farm Cemetery Find a Grave online

Clements Cemetery Find a Grave online

Clements Cemetery Billion Graves online

Clements Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

East Lawn Burial Park Association records, 1927-2005 Archive Grid

East Lawn Cemetery Billion Graves online

East Lawn Cemetery Find a Grave online

Greenwood-Harvey Cemetery, Urbana, Illinois WorldCat

Harvey Cemetery Billion Graves online

Harvey Cemetery Find a Grave online

Huss Cemetery Billion Graves online

Ledger & tombstone records, 1886-1908 FamilySearch Library

Lincoln Cemetery Billion Graves online

Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Urbana, Illinois, alphabetical listing of burials and grave markers, 5 August 1956 through 1 June 1997 WorldCat

Lincoln Memorial Gardens Find a Grave online

Mount Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum Find a Grave online

Mount Hope Cemetery records (west half) FamilySearch Library

Mount Hope Cemetery records, Champaign County, Urbana, Illinois. WorldCat

Mount Olive Cemetery Billion Graves online

Mt Hope Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Mt. Hope burials and marker inscriptions WorldCat

Old Heater Graveyard Find a Grave online

Record of interments [Woodlawn Cemetery (Urbana, Ill.)] WorldCat

Record of interments, 1892-1978 FamilySearch Library

Sugartree Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Woodlawn Cemetery Billion Graves online

Woodlawn Cemetery Find a Grave online

Yearsley Cemetery Find a Grave online

Yearsley Cemetery Billion Graves online

Urbana Census Records

1865 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

Federal Census of 1940, Urbana Township, Illinois LDS Genealogy online

Listing of Champaign County Residents 1878 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

Urbana Church Records

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Church history and records, 1853-1978 (Community United Church of Christ (Urbana, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1836-1968 (First Methodist Church (Urbana, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1872-1945 (First Baptist Church (Urbana, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1905-1921 (Grace Methodist Episcopal Church (Urbana, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

First Mennonite Church of Champaign-Urbana : a twenty-five year history FamilySearch Library

First Presbyterian Church Records, 1874-1990, Urbana, Ill. Archive Grid

First Presbyterian Church, Register and Deaths, 1915-1933 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Presbyterian Church, Register, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1912-1926 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Presbyterian Church, Register, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1932-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Presbyterian Church, Register, Baptisms, Births, and Deaths, 1915-1924 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Presbyterian Church, Session, Register, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1840-1900 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Presbyterian Church, Session, Register, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1891-1913 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

History of the First Baptist Church, Urbana, Illinois US Gen Web online

In celebration of parish families, St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Urbana, Illinois FamilySearch Library

Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Urbana, Illinois, alphabetical listing of burials and grave markers, 5 August 1956 through 1 June 1997 WorldCat

Record books (microform), First Methodist Church (Urbana, Ill.). 1867-1968 Archive Grid

Records (microform), Grace Methodist Church (Urbana, Ill.). 1905-1921 Archive Grid

Records and histories (microform), First Baptist Church (Urbana, Ill.). 1880-1944 Archive Grid

Records and manuscripts pertaining to Congregational churches, Champaign and Urbana, Illinois (microform) 1853-1968 Archive Grid

Urbana City Directories

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Champaign (Illinois) city directories FamilySearch Library

Champaign and Urbana City Directory 1912 MyHeritage online

Champaign and Urbana City Directory 1923 MyHeritage online

Champaign and Urbana City Directory 1935 MyHeritage online

Champaign and Urbana City Directory 1957 MyHeritage online

Champaign and Urbana City Directory 1958 MyHeritage online

Champaign and Urbana City Directory 1960 MyHeritage online

Champaign/Urbana, IL 1957-1960 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1878-9 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1878-9 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1883-1884 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1883-1884 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1890 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1890 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1893 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1893 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1895-96 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1895-96 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1898 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1898 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1900 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1900 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1902-1903 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1902-1903 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1904 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1904 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1906 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1906 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1908 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1908 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1910 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1910 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1912 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1912 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1914 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1914 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1916 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1916 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1918 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1918 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1919-1920 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1919-1920 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1921 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1921 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1922 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1922 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1925 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1925 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1927 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1927 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1935 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1935 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1936 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1936 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1937 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1937 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1938 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1938 Internet Archive online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1940 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's Urbana-Champaign, Illinois city directory, 1940 Internet Archive online

Urbana, IL 1923-1928 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Urbana Death Records

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1916-1947 Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index Ancestry online

Certificates and records of deaths WorldCat

Death records, 1878-1915; indexes, 1878-1949 FamilySearch Library

Funeral home records, 1887-1902 FamilySearch Library

Funeral home records, A.B. Shuck and Successor : volumes 1-2, January 22, 1887-December 30, 1902 WorldCat

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

Records and histories (microform), First Baptist Church (Urbana, Ill.). 1880-1944 Archive Grid

Records of the A.B. Shuck and Successor Funeral Home, Urbana, Ill., 1887-1909 WorldCat

Renner Funeral Home records WorldCat

Urbana Histories and Genealogies

75th Anniversary, A.F.&A.M. Urbana Lodge No. 157 US Gen Web online

Manuscripts guide to collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana -Champaign FamilySearch Library

The city of Urbana, Champaign County, state of Illinois FamilySearch Library

Urbana Immigration Records

Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry online

Naturalization records, 1858-1906 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records, 1860-1906 FamilySearch Library

US Naturalization Record Index, Northern Illinois, 1840-1950 ( includes Champaign County, IL) MyHeritage online

Urbana Land Records

Deeds, 1833-1912; index, 1833-1927 FamilySearch Library

General index to mortages, 1833-1905 FamilySearch Library

Urbana Map Records

Bird's eye view map of the city of Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois 1869. Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, April 1887 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, June 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, March 1915 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, November 1892 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, November 1897 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, October 1902 Library of Congress online

Urbana, 1869 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Urbana Marriage Records

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

Marriage records, 1833-1932 FamilySearch Library

Records and histories (microform), First Baptist Church (Urbana, Ill.). 1880-1944 Archive Grid

Urbana Miscellaneous Records

Account books, 1888-1905 FamilySearch Library

Urbana Newspapers and Obituaries

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Champaign County Democrat 1861-1861 Newspapers.com online

Champaign County Democrat 1862-1862 Newspapers.com online

Champaign County Herald 1878-1902 Newspapers.com online

Champaign County Patriot 1862-1863 Newspapers.com online

Champaign County Teachers' Institute 1895-1895 Newspapers.com online

Champaign County democrat 1899 FamilySearch Library

Champaign County herald (Illinois) 1876 FamilySearch Library

Champaign County patriot (Illinois) 1862-1863 FamilySearch Library

Champaign County union & gazette (Illinois) 1852-1864 FamilySearch Library

Champaign Democrat 1862-1862 Newspapers.com online

Champaign Illinois Democrat 1861-1862 Newspapers.com online

Champaign-Urbana Courier 1958-1960 Newspapers.com online

Daily Illini (newspaper of the University of Illinois) 1916-1945; 1962-1975 University of Illinois online

Daily Illini 1907-2010 Newspapers.com online

Daily Pantagraph, 1 June 1901 to 29 June 1901 Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections online

Evening Courier 1934-1946 Newspapers.com online

Illini 1874-1906 Newspapers.com online

Illinois Editorial Review 1944-1944 Newspapers.com online

News-Gazette 06/02/1997 to 10/13/2019 Genealogy Bank online

News-Gazette, The: Blogs 01/11/2006 to 09/15/2015 Genealogy Bank online

Summer Illini 1911-1960 Newspapers.com online

Summer Illini 1917-1922 Newspapers.com online

The Illinois democrat 1867- 1871 FamilySearch Library

The Student, 1871-1873 Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections online

The Urbana issue 1913 FamilySearch Library

Twin cities issue 1908-1913 FamilySearch Library

Urbana Clarion 1859-1860 Newspapers.com online

Urbana Courier 1905-1905 Newspapers.com online

Urbana Courier 1934-1934 Newspapers.com online

Urbana Courier-Herald 1905-1915 Newspapers.com online

Urbana Daily Courier 1897-1905 Newspapers.com online

Urbana Daily Courier 1903-1935 University of Illinois online

Urbana Daily Courier 1915-1934 Newspapers.com online

Urbana Daily Courier, 1 March 1903 to 31 December 1935 Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections online

Urbana Daily Courier, 1903-1935 Newspaper Archive online

Urbana IL Daily Courier 1903-1915 Fulton History online

Urbana Issue 1913-1913 Newspapers.com online

Urbana Weekly Courier 1894-1905 Newspapers.com online

Urbana courier-herald 1894-1915 FamilySearch Library

Urbana union 1852-1858 FamilySearch Library

Urbana weekly courier 1894-1906 FamilySearch Library

Weekly Courier-Herald 1905-1910 Newspapers.com online

Weekly courier-herald 1910 FamilySearch Library

Offline Newspapers for Urbana

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.

Champaign County Democrat. (Urbana, Ill.) 1860s-1861

Champaign Illinois Democrat. (Urbana City [Urbana], Ill.) 1861-1862

Champaign-Urbana Courier. (Urbana, Ill.) 1946-1971

Courier. (Urbana, Ill.) 1971-1978

Daily Illini. (Urbana, Ill.) 1907-Current

Evening Courier. (Urbana, Ill.) 1934-1946

Illini News. (Urbana-Champaign, Ill.) 1937-1940

Illini. (Urbana, Ill.) 1874-1907

Morning Courier. (Urbana, Ill.) 1978-1979

Paper. (Urbana, Ill.) 2003-Current

Prairie Dispatch. (Urbana, Ill.) 1973-1975

Student. (Urbana, Ill.) 1871-1873

Summer Illini. (Urbana, Ill. ;) 1955-1972

Summer Illini. (Urbana, Ill.) 1908-1922

Union and Gazette. (Urbana, Ill.) 1866-1868

Urbana Clarion. (Urbana, Ill.) 1859-1860s

Urbana Courier-Herald. (Urbana, Ill.) 1905-1915

Urbana Daily Courier. (Urbana, Ill.) 1897-1905

Urbana Daily Courier. (Urbana, Ill.) 1915-1934

Urbana Probate Records

1772-1999 Illinois, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Urbana School Records

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Daily Illini (newspaper of the University of Illinois) 1916-1945; 1962-1975 University of Illinois online

Illinois Junior Academy of Science - Yearbook (Urbana, IL), 1967 E Yearbook online

Illinois Junior Academy of Science yearbook, 1967 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Illio - 1932, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Genealogy Gophers online

Illio - 1959, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Genealogy Gophers online

The Alumni record of the University of Illinois : including historical sketch and annals of the university, and biographical data regarding members of the faculties and the boards of trustees FamilySearch Library

The Alumni record of the University of Illinois : including historical sketch and annals of the university, and biographical data regarding members of the faculties and the boards of trustees Genealogy Gophers online

The alumni record of the University of Illinois at Urbana; including annals of the University and biographical notices of the members of the faculties and of the Board of trustees Internet Archive online

University High School yearbook, 1944, 1959, 1960, 1979, 1981, 1982 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

University of Illinois - Illio Yearbook (Urbana Champaign, IL), 1899, 1903, 1904, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1968 E Yearbook online

University of Illinois High School - U and I Yearbook (Urbana, IL), 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1959, 1982, 1983, 1985 E Yearbook online

University of Illinois High School yearbook, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1982, 1983, 1985 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

University of Illinois High School yearbook, 1940, 1944, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

University of Illinois High School yearbook, 1940, 1944, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1979, 1981 Classmates online

University of Illinois alumni 1898 Internet Archive online

University of Illinois alumni. 1901 Internet Archive online

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign yearbook, 1957 Classmates online

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign yearbook, 1957 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

University of Illinois directory : listing the 35,000 persons who have ever been connected with the Urbana-Champaign departments, including officers of instruction and administration and 1397 deceased FamilySearch Library

University of Illinois yearbook, 1899, 1903, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

University of Illinois yearbook, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1975 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

University of Illinois yearbook, 1942 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Urbana High School yearbook, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1985 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Urbana High School yearbook, 1915, 1916, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Urbana High School yearbook, 1915, 1916, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1985 Classmates online



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