West Salem Genealogy (in Edwards County, IL)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to West Salem are also found through the Edwards County and Illinois pages.


West Salem Birth Records

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

West Salem Cemetery Records

Brown Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Evangelical Find a Grave online

Johnson (Old) West Salem Cemetery Find a Grave online

Macedonia Cemetery Find a Grave online

Marion Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Moravian Cemetery, West Salem, IL, Edwards County, IL burial records 1844-1916 WorldCat

Moravian Cemetery, West Salem, Il. : burial records, 1844-1916 FamilySearch Library

Pinhook Cemetery Find a Grave online

Reich Family Find a Grave online

Seventh Day Adventist Find a Grave online

Welser Cemetery Find a Grave online

West Salem Moravian Church Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Zion United Methodist Cemetery Find a Grave online

West Salem Census Records

1825 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

1855 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

1865 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

Federal Census of 1940, West Salem, Illinois LDS Genealogy 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

West Salem Church Records

Records of First Moravian Church Records, 1844-1857 Moravian Archives online

West Salem 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

West Salem Histories and Genealogies

FamilySearch Family Tree MyHeritage online

MyHeritage Family Trees MyHeritage online

West Salem Immigration Records

Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry online

West Salem 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

West Salem Newspapers and Obituaries

Real estate & personal property assessment of Edwards County, Il., 1899 from the Albion Journal, Edwards County justices of the peace, 1814-1849, historical articles on early Edwards County justice & West Salem, Il. from Richland County newspapers FamilySearch Library

United States Obituary Index from Online Sources MyHeritage online

Offline Newspapers for West Salem

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.

Edwards County Times Advocate. (West Salem, Ill.) 1997-Current

Independent Times Advocate. (West Salem, Ill.) 1985-1997

West Salem Times Advocate. (West Salem, Ill.) 1985-1997

West Salem Probate Records

1772-1999 Illinois, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

West Salem School Records

West Salem Community High School yearbook, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956 Classmates online

West Salem Community High School yearbook, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

West Salem Community High School yearbooks, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online


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