Resources

LOCAL RESOURCES

• 1883 PENSIONERS LIST
  (those receiving pensions from any war living in 1883)
• Biographies
• Cemeteries
• Townships, Cities & Communities
• Land Maps, and more
• Histories of Stark County
• Look Ups
• Military
• This is Stark County, Illinois
  by John Drury, Author Historic Midwest Houses, Midwest Heritage, etc.

Offsite Resources

• Geographic Name Information System (GNIS)
• US General Land Office
• FamilySearch.org
• Social Security Death Index
• Archive and Special Projects

• Online Databases
• Illinois State Archives (main site)
• Marriage Records 1763-1900
• Death Records Before 1916 (limited)
• Death Records 1916-1950

• Stark County Clerk & Recorder
• Stark County Circuit Court Clerk
• Stark County Information Page @FamilySearch.org
• 1865 Illinois State Census (search by name, see images)

• War of 1812
• Black Hawk War
• Mexican War
• Civil War
• Civil War - Navy
• Spanish American War
• Place Name Locator
• Illinois Public Domain Land Records

• ILGenWeb
• ILGenWeb References Project
• Illinois History Information and Links
• ILGenWeb Civil War Project
• Illinois Vital Records Information

• USGenWeb
• WorldGenWeb

• USGenWeb Archives Project
• ILGenWeb Archives
• Census Project
• Census Images
• Court Cases
• Maps
• Penny Postcards
• Pensions
• Special Collections
• Tombstone Transcription Project
• ILGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project
• USGenWeb Genealogical Events Project

• National Archives Genealogy Page
• Cyndi's List
• Linkpendium
• Linkpendium for Stark County
• African American Griots
• Family Group Sheets