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Edgar County, IL
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Local Information

Edgar County Local Sites

  • Edgar County Courthouse
    115 W. Court Street
    Paris, IL 61944-1785
    Telephone: (217) 466-7433
    Edgar County website

  • Edgar County Recorder
    115 W. Court Street, Room J
    Paris, IL 61944-1785
    (There is a fee of $14.00 for each birth or marriage record requested.
    There is a fee of $16.00 for each death record requested.
    Only records prior to 1916 are available.
    Remember: be patient waiting for records - they search on a first come, first serve basis and only as time allows.)

  • Edgar County Circuit Clerk
    115 W. Court Street
    Paris, IL 61944-1785
    (Please check with Circuit Clerk's office for their policy on checking probates before sending in your request)

  • Edgar County Genealogical Society
    P. O. Box 304
    Paris, IL 61944-0304
    217-463-4209
    Hours are Wed, Thurs, Fri - winter hours 10am to 3pm. 
    Open Sats by appointment only.
     
    Send SASE to above address for fees and policy.
    (All research queries to ECGS are now handled by staff at ECGS.)
    Click here to go to the ECGS homepage.(Check out this page and see what services the ECGS offers.)
    Click here to email the ECGS

Some other sites of interest to the genealogist:

Other Illinois Links

Here is a list of other sites on genealogy in Illinois. I'll be adding more, as I find them. Let me know if you know of a web page that can be added to this list.

Note: the following Rootsweb link appears to no longer exist:

US Resources: Illinois - RootsWeb


For corrections or additions, please contact: County Coordinator

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