ALLERTON PUBLIC LIBRARY MAINTAINS A LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTION.  THE LIBRARY COLLECTS PHOTOGRAPHS, MAPS, PRINT AND NON-PRINT MATERIALS FOCUSING ON PIATT COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

 

GENEALOGICAL MATERIALS ARE NON-CIRCULATING ITEMS.

 

SOME RESOURCES AVAILABLE:

 

HISTORY OF PIATT COUNTY, ILLINOIS BY EMMA PIATT C1883

 

HISTORY OF DEWITT AND PIATT COUNTIES, ILLINOIS BY CHAPMAN BROTHERS C1891

 

PAST AND PRESENT OF PIATT COUNTY, ILLINOIS BY CHARLES MCINTOSH C1903

 

PIATT COUNTY HISTORY BY FRANCIS SHONKWILER C1917

 

THE GOOD LIFE IN PIATT COUNTY BY JESSE MORGAN C1968

 

PIATT COUNTY STATE CENSUS FOR 1855 AND 1865

 

U.S. FEDERAL CENSUS FOR PIATT COUNTY, ILLINOIS

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930

 

PIATT COUNTY, ILLINOIS CEMETERIES INDEXED BY TOWNSHIP

 

PIATT COUNTY, ILLINOIS MARRIAGE INDEX 1841-1910

 

PIATT COUNTY, ILLINOIS BIRTH INDEX 1877-1916

 

PIATT COUNTY, ILLINOIS ATLASES (INDEXED) 1865, 1875, 1896, 1910, 1927

 

 

PIATT COUNTY, ILLINOIS NEWSPAPERS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON MICROFILM.  1874 TO THE PRESENT.

 

 

 

Genealogy Room

Phone: 217-762-4676

Fax: 217-762-2021

 

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