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Published by and available from: St. Clair County Genealogical Society PO Box 431 Belleville, IL 62222-0431
From the Northwest Territory to St. Clair County 1
Maps 2
Bibliography 6
St. Clair County Holdings 12
News of Neighboring Genealogical Societies 13
Deciphering Handwriting 14
Cahokia Court House State Historic Site 16
German Genealogical Symbols, Terms & Abbreviations 18
Land Grant to William RHEA 20
Records from the AUWARTER Family Bible 22
EDWARDS Family Bible 23
Caleb JOHNSON's Bible 23
LEMEN-EDWARDS Family Bible 25
The Soundex System 27
References for "Genealogical Abstracts from Early Laws for Illinois" 28
Published St. Clair County Genealogical Sources 29
State Archives Referral List 40
1978 Membership List 43
Report of Ad Hoc Committee for Incorporation 49 Founding of the St. Clair County Genealogical Society 50 Baptism Records 1835-1845, Zion United Church of Christ, Millstadt, IL 51 New Members 68 Exploration and Colonization of the Mississippi Valley 69 News of Neighboring Genealogical Societies 77 Some Genealogical & Historical Societies 96
Research in Old "Kaintucke" 1 History of the First Baptist Church, Belleville, IL 19 Palatines to America 23 French Genealogical Terms 24 Trinity Marriage Records, Millstadt, IL 1848-1911 27 Old Cemetery on the Farm of Clarence KOCH [DIAL Cemetery] 38 New Book on Missouri Research 39 Genealogical Societies Devoted to Polish Research 39 Counties of Illinois 40 Local Illinois Genealogical Societies 42
Caleb JOHNSON Jr. - His Pocket Book 49
Registre Des Insinuations Des Donations Calendar 1737-1769 52
[Early French records concerning persons who lived in Cahokia & Kaskaskia]
CHENOT Family Newsletter 69
Historical Sketch of Bethel Church (1851) 73
American Wars and Engagements before 1900 78
Concordia Church Marriage Records 1851-1900 (located in Stookey Twp.) 80
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventories:
MIDDLECOFF Cemetery (Sec. 11, Shiloh Valley Twp.) 68
PERSCHBACHER Cemetery (Sec. 11, Shiloh Valley Twp.) 68
St. George's Cemetery (Sec. 9, Stookey Twp.) 98
1876 Historical Sketch of St. Clair County [ONLINE] 1 15 Cemeteries in this Vicinty (New Athens area) 23 1820 Federal Census of St. Clair Co., IL (a complete transcription) 26
St. Clair County Newspapers in the Illinois State Historical Library 53
St. Clair County Residents Appearing in the University of Illinois
Alumni Records 57
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventories:
FREIVOGEL (Sec. 21, Millstadt Twp.) 61
Saxtown (Sec. 4, Millstadt Twp.) 60
First St. Clair County Will 69
Confirmations & Marriages, Holy Ghost UC of C, Darmstadt, IL 70
St. Clair County Genealogical Society Surname Index Available 95
New Freeburg Society Formed 81
Historical Sketch of St. John United Church of Christ, Mascoutah, IL 101 St. John UC of C Marriage Records, Mascoutah, IL 1840-1865 102 MAURER Family Cemetery (Sec. 11, Prairie Du Long Twp.) 120 Making the Past Come Alive 121 Note About St. John's United Church of Christ Records, New Athens 129 New Illinois Genealogical Societies 129 New on the Bookshelf 130 Death Records 1845-1875, Holy Ghost UC of C, Darmstadt, IL 131
Marriage Records of St. Clair County, 1791-1807 163 Belleville High School Yearbooks 174 1980 Membership List, St. Clair County Genealogical Society 175 BALTZ Cemetery (Sec. 12, Sugar Loaf Twp.) 181 Madison County Genealogical Society 185 Letters to the Society 186,187 1980 Surname Index Available 186 New on the Bookshelf 187 Death Records 1876-1899, Holy Ghost UC of C, Darmstadt, IL 187
Marriage Records of St. Clair County, 1807-1810 1 Deaths 1900-1923, Holy Ghost United Church of Christ, Darmstadt, IL 7 St. Clair County Place Names 26 MUELLER Family Cemetery (Sec. 24, New Athens Twp.) 45
Index of Biographical Sketches, St. Clair County, IL 53 1980 Surname Index Available 101
Cahokia Marriage Records, 1763-1802 113 Notes on Cahokia Marriage Contracts 137 Marriages 1839-1899, St. Liborius Catholic Church, St. Libory, IL 138 St. Clair County Marriages not Recorded 149 1850 & 1860 St. Clair County Mortality Index 150 1981 ISGS Surname Index Available 159 LIVELY-HUGGINS Cemetery (Sec. 34, New Athens Twp.) 160
1870 Mortality Schedule for St. Clair County 175
St. Clair Naturalization Records at IRAD 201
St. Clair County Cemeteries 203
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventories:
BRIDGES Family Cemetery (Sec. 15, O'Fallon Twp.) 208
WHITESIDE Family Cemetery (Sec. 14, St. Clair Twp.) 208
St. Clair Co Genealogical Society Quarterly Table of Contents, 1978-1981 209
St. Clair Co Genealogical Society 1981 Membership List 212
John Joseph THOMAS Funeral Service, 1886 1
St. Clair County Records at IRAD, Carbondale 8
Memorial Service for Illinois Supreme Court Justice Paul FARTHING 13
Illinois County Histories in the Belleville Public Library 18
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventories:
DARNBROUGH (Sec. 9, Mascoutah Twp.) 22-23
HILL (Prairie du Long Twp.) 24-26
MESSINGER (Sec. 11, St. Clair Twp.) 27-29
OGLE (Survey 391, O'Fallon Twp.) 43
SCHWARZ (Sec. 19, New Athens Twp.) 30-31
SEIBERT (Sec. 15, Freeburg Twp.) 40
STEHFEST (Sec. 33, Prairie du Long Twp.) 32-36
STURM (Sec. 15, New Athens Twp.) 37
SUEMNICHT (Sec. 11, New Athens Twp.) 38
TIEDEMANN (Sec. 30, O'Fallon Twp.) 39-40
Trinity Lutheran (Sec. 35, Fayetteville Twp.) 41-43
WALLACE (National City) 12
WILDY (Sec. 3, Lenzburg Twp.) 31
Golden Weddings, Smithton, IL 57
Marriage Records, 1836-1865, Zion UC of C., Millstadt, IL 58
Indentured Servants for St. Clair County, 1806-1812 68
Baptisms 1839-1861, Holy Ghost UC of C, Darmstadt, IL 87
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventories:
HAMANN Cemetery (Sec. 20, Freeburg Twp.) 56
HIRST Cemetery (Sec. 33, Prairie du Long Twp.) 56
KECK-REMELIUS Cemetery (Sec. 4, O'Fallon Twp.) 57
LUETH Cemetery (Sec. 33, Lenzburg Twp.) 56
THOMPSON-COBB Cemetery (Sec. 30, Fayetteville Twp.) 51-53
TODD Cemetery (Sec. 30, New Athens Twp.) 53
WILDERMANN Cemetery (Sec. 8, Freeburg Twp.) 54
WILDERMANN Cemetery (Survey 772, Freeburg Twp.) 55
Family of Robert LEMEN 111
Genealogical Records & Mail Research Policy of Illinois State Archives 112
Belleville Public Library Newspaper Index 114
1870 Agricultural Census of St. Clair County ONLINE 117
Washington County (IL) Books 149
Marriage Records, 1865-1876, St. John UC of C, Mascoutah, IL 150
St. Clair County CEMETERY Inventories:
Bethel Baptist Church (Sec. 2, Caseyville Twp.) 159-164
BRENNER (Sec. 34, Smithton Twp.) 158
EYMAN (Sec. 31, Smithton Twp.) 158
HECKEL (Sec. 14, Stookey Twp.) 158
Engelman-Hilgard Family Reunions 179
Months of the Year in Romance & Teutonic Languages 184
Illinois Regional Archives Depository System 186
Reichert Family Bible 194
Joseph Reichert & Mrs Bertha Kahlert Funeral Cards 197
Baptism Records, 1849-1855, St. John UC of C, Mascoutah, IL 198
Index to: "An Early History of Mascoutah" 215
Zion Methodist Church & Cemetery Group Organized 224
St. Clair Co. Genealogical Society 1982 Membership List 225
New Policy at St. Clair County Clerk's Office 232
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventories:
BAUMANN Cemetery (Sec. 3, Lenzburg Twp.) 193
ENGELMANN Cemetery (Sec. 8, Shiloh Valley Twp.) 181-183
St. John UC of C Cemetery (Sec. 29, Caseyville Twp.) 188
WISKAMP Cemetery (Sec. 14, Prarie du Long Twp.) 193
Zion Methodist Cemetery (Sec. 10, Lenzburg Twp.) 191-192
Indentured Servants of St. Clair County, 1813-1816 1
St. Clair Co Genealogical Society Quarterly, Tables of Contents 1978-1982 14
A Tribute to Friederich Hecker 19
The Story of Johannes Guthesohn & Some of his Offspring 40
New on the Bookshelf 46
14th Annual Fair of the St. Louis Genealogical Society 53
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventories:
Bnai Israel (Survey 505, St. Clair Twp.) 30
LEACH (Sec. 23, Stookey Twp.) 24
OCHS (Sec. 34, O'Fallon Twp.) 46
RIDER (Survey 505, St. Clair Twp.) 25-30
ROTH (Sec. 11, Freeburg Twp.) 13
St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery (Sec. 13, So. part Millstadt Twp.) 31-40
SHAW (Sec. 32, Shiloh Valley Twp.) 18
SIMPSON (Sec. 11, Caseyville Twp.) 19
St. Clair County Guardianship Records, 1829-1835 55
Guardianship Records, 1836-1849 58
KECK-PRESS Family Record Book 73
St. Clair County Regiments of the Illinois State Militia 75
Caseyville Board of Education Record Book, 1863-1877 95
Mrs. Sarah S. MOORE Funeral Notice 1873 96
Some Useful Addresses 97
Genealogical Abstracts from Early Laws of Illinois 98
St. Clair County Marriage Research Available 98
St. Clair County CEMETERY Inventories:
KNOBELOCH (Sec. 27, Shiloh Valley Twp.) 93
ROSS (Sec. 34, Freeburg Twp. 74
St. Philip Catholic (East St. Louis) 85-93
TALBOT (Sec. 14, Prairie du Long Twp.) 72
THOMPSON (Sec. 35, Smithton Twp.) 94
MEAMBER Genealogical Research in St. Clair County 107
St. Clair County Guardianship Records, 1850-1859 115
St. Clair County Cemeteries 143
Obituaries of George & Ursula Ulmer 151
Ochs Family Document 152
St. Clair County CEMETERY Inventories:
HIGGINS-PHILLIPS (Sec. 4, Prairie du Long Twp.) 114
PERSCHBACHER (Sec. 11, Shiloh Valley Twp.) 150
ROSS (Sec. 15, Freeburg Twp.) 142
Heads of Families in St. Clair Co. 1783 161
Revolutionary War Ancestors Buried in Holy Family Cemetery 166
Confessions of a Graveyard Sleuth 167
St. Clair Co. Genealogical Society 1983 Membership Surname Index 173
St. Clair Co. Genealogical Society 1983 Membership List 185
Emigration from Hessen & Nassau 210
St. Clair County CEMETERY Inventories:
CARR (Sec. 35, Smithton Twp.) 165
GRIFFIN (Sec. 13, Shiloh Valley Twp.) 165
MIDDLECOFF (Sec. 14, Shiloh Valley Twp.) 171
PULLIAM (Sec. 8, Fayetteville Twp.) 193
St. Augustine Catholic (Sec. 31, Prarie du Long Twp.) 194-210
SMITH (Sec. 35, Smithton Twp.) 171
WILSON-DIVERS (Sec. 24, South part Sugar Loaf Twp.) 172
History of Trinity United Church of Christ, Fayetteville 1
Baptisms of Trinity UC of C Fayetteville, 1878-1983 2
Ministers of Trinity UC of C Fayetteville, 1854-1983 30
St. Clair Co. Genealogical Society Quarterly, Tables of Contents 1978-1983 31
Jean RINCK Jr. Family History 37
Rev. David BADGLEY 43
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventory
BADGLEY Cemetery (Survey 647, St. Clair Twp.) 44
Confirmands of Trinity United Church of Christ, Fayetteville 1878-1983 56
Marriages of Trinity UC of C, Fayetteville 1878-1981 65
1900 Census, St. Agnes Orphan Asylum 71
1910 Census, St. John Catholic Orphanage 73
Graduates of the Belleville Public Schools, 1885-1916 77
Records Available in the St. Clair County Courthouse 87
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventories:
DRESSLER Cemetery (Sec. 35, Freeburg Twp.) 64
High Prairie Cemetery (Sec. 20, Smithton Twp.) 93,98
LURTZ Cemetery (Sec. 9, O'Fallon Twp.) 98
St. John's Orphanage Cemetery (Sec. 12, St. Clair Twp.) 70
SCHNEBELIN Cemetery (Sec. 30, Mascoutah Twp.) 55
Deaths of Trinity United Church of Christ, Fayetteville, IL 1878-1983 113
Illinois State Archives 139
News of Neighboring Genealogical Societies 140
Marriage Records 1866-1872, Zion United Church of Christ, Millstadt, IL 141
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventories:
BELSHA Cemetery (Sec. 9, New Athens Twp.) 133
Fayetteville Cemetery (Sec. 7, Fayetteville Twp.) 134-139
GALLE Cemetery (Sec. 14, Marissa Twp.) 156
HILL Cemetery (Sec. 3, Lenzburg Twp.) 153
MITCHELL-KNOBELOCH Cemetery (Sec. 29, Shiloh Valley Twp.) 154
SCHMIDT Cemetery (Sec. 11, Freeburg Twp.) 156
SCHNEIDER Cemetery (Sec. 11, Lenzburg Twp.) 155-156
SPITZNASS-WILDERMAN Cemetery (Survey 382, Freeburg Twp. 157-158
Belleville Business Mirror, 1860 167
Baptist Church of Oak Hill, O'Fallon Twp. 181
KOERBER Family "Fragebogen" 187
Census Listings of St. Clair County, 1800-1910 191
News of Neighboring Genealogical Societies 195 & 200
New Belleville Public Library Book 218
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventories:
Dutch Hill Cemetery (Sec. 11 & 14, Lenzburg Twp.) 201-214
LARK-TAYLOR Cemetery (Sec. 32, Millstadt Twp.) 186
LEINECKE Cemetery (Sec. 35, Lenzburg Twp.) 176
MOORE, Daniel Cemetery (Sec. 5, Marissa Twp.) 178-179
MOORE, Risdon Cemetery (Sec. 20, Shiloh Twp.) 177
Oak Hill Cemetery (Sec. 28, O'Fallon Twp.) 182-186
RIDER Cemetery (additions) 186
Shiloh Cemetery (MOORE Family burials) (Sec. 5, Shiloh Valley Twp.) 180
St. Clair Co. Genealogical Society Quarterly, Table of Contents 1978-1984 1
4 Cemetery Books Available from SCCGS 8
Name Index to the County Board Minutes of St. Clair Co. 1817-1821 9
Emigrants from Lorraine - Where did they come from? 18
Lorraine Information Offered 21
News of Neighboring Genealogical Societies 23
Passenger List: "Ship la Duchess de Orleans", 1842 24
POTTER-MILLS Family Bible Records 28
SPITZNASS Family Bible Records 31
Index to Biographical Sketches Found in the St. John's Orphanage
Edition of THE MESSENGER, 1919 33
St. Clair County Church Histories Wanted 39
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventory List 41
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventories:
KECK Cemetery (Sec. 16, O'Fallon Twp.) 17
SHORT Cemetery (Survey 652, Smithton Twp.) 8
Baptisms 1862-1869, Holy Ghost United Church of Christ, Darmstadt, IL 61
Marriages 1841-1896, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Sugar Loaf Twp. 85
ASH-NEIGHBORS Family Bible Records 96
CHESLEY-SAWYER Family Bible Records 98
WEYGANDT Family Bible Records 99
St. Clair County Church Histories Update 100
Publications of Neighboring Genealogical Societies 102
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventories:
KEPPLER Cemetery (Sec. 9, O'Fallon Twp.) 80-85
St. Agatha's Catholic Cemetery (Sec. 34, New Athens Twp.) 91-95
SCHROEDER-SCHIERMAN Cemetery (Sec. 2, O'Fallon Twp.) 99
Stray tombstones 101
Baptisms 1870-1873, Holy Ghost United Church of Christ, Darmstadt, IL 111
Family Register of Trinity Lutheran Church, Millstadt 125
Publications of Neighboring Genealogical Societies 145 & 154
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventories:
BOPP Cemetery (Sec. 9, Engelmann Twp.) 124
ELLSWORTH Cemetery (Sec. 7, Freeburg Twp.) 151
IRWIN Cemetery (Sec. 35, New Athens Twp.) 152
Old Freeburg/FOULKES Cemetery (Sec. 28, Freeburg Twp.) 146
Catholic Burials, Walnut Hill Cemetery, Belleville, 1888-1899 163
Family Register of Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Sugar Loaf Twp. 172
St. Clair County Church Histories Update 196
Obituaries of James H. SCOTT & Phillip SCOTT 198
WESTWOOD Family Bible Records 200
News of Neighboring Genealogical Societies 204
SCCGS Quarterlies Reprinted 204
New on the SCCGS Bookshelf 204
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventories:
DARMSTATTER Cemetery (Sec. 17, New Athens Twp.) 193
EMMERICH Cemetery (Sec. 23, Shiloh Valley Twp.) 202
OWINGS Cemetery (Sec. 32, Stookey Twp.) 195
PADFIELD Cemetery (Sec. 34, Lebanon Twp.) 201
St. Pancratius Catholic Cemetery (Sec. 5, Fayetteville Twp.) 184
WAMSER Cemetery (Sec. 29, Freeburg Twp.) 192
By-Laws of the St. Clair County Genealogical Society 1
Past Presidents of the SCCGS 1978-1985 7
Index to Biographical Sketches, 1914 St. Clair County
Centennial Edition, Belleville News-Democrat 21
Index to Histories, 1914 St. Clair County Centennial Edition, 33
A RAPP Family Document 37
Salem Evangelical Church Records, 1868-1871, Sugar Loaf Township 38
Obituary of Emily RUSH 44
News of Neighboring Genealogical Societies 44
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventories:
BALTZ Cemetery Additions & Corrections (Sugar Loaf Twp.) 43
Freeburg Protestant Cemetery (Sec. 20, Freeburg Twp.) 9-20
MESSINGER Cemetery (Sec. 29, Caseyville Twp.) 36
PAUSCH Cemetery (Sec. 11, Caseyville Twp.) 8
Topical Index, 1978-1985, St. Clair Co. Genealogical Society Quarterly 55
A Short History of the PRIMM Family 64
Correction to SCCGSQ, Volume 9, No. 1 68
Passenger List: "Ship Pilot", 1 June 1835 69
Baptisms, 1874-1879, Holy Ghost United Church of Christ, Darmstadt, IL 80
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventory:
Holy Childhood Cemetery (Sec. 26, Shiloh Valley Twp.) 71-80
Randolph County Cemetery Inventory:
Jordan's Grove Cemetery (Sec. 8, Baldwin Twp.) 100-105
Name Index to the County Commissioners Proceedings,
St. Clair Co. 1821 - 1829 115
ASKINS-HUGHES Family Notes 133
ASKINS Family Bible Records 138
Miscellaneous St.Clair County Funeral Notices 145
Obliterating an Old Land-Mark 147
Belleville Directory, 1877 (Miscellaneous) 148
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventories:
BARTH Cemetery (Sec. 9, Engelmann Twp.) 132
BERT Cemetery (Sec. 34, New Athens Twp.) 130
OGLE Cemetery (Stookey Twp.) 131-132
Union Hill Cemetery (Sec. 11, North part Millstadt Twp.) 139-145
St. Clair County Church Histories Update 166
German Naming Practices 175
St. Libory Catholic Church Death Records, 1835-1976 177
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventory:
BAUER Cemetery (Sec. 3, Caseyville Twp.) 207
Passenger List: "Ship Medford", 29 June 1846 208
Family Bible Records of Frank WEGENER 213
Family Bible Records of Balthasar HACKER 214
"Transactions of the Illinois State Horticulture Society for
1868": Report from St. Clair County 215
Illinois Libraries issue devoted to "Genealogical Collections in Illinois"218
Family Register of Zion United Church of Christ, Millstadt, IL 1
Bodies moved from Old Cemetery on PECK Farm to Shiloh 28
ROBINSON Family Bible 29
Thomas ROGERS Family Bible 30
PREDIGER Family Bible Records 32
Saxtown Cemetery Record Book 33
St. Clair County Court Record, 1809-1811 36
New on the SCCGS Bookshelf 39
"Old Burying Ground", Belleville 43
Newspaper Articles about Holy Family Cemetery, Cahokia 44
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventories:
BAUER Cemetery [additions] (Sec. 3, Caseyville Twp.) 44
East Dutch Hill Cemetery (Sec. 11, Lenzburg Twp.) 41
MENG Cemetery (Sec. 16, New Athens Twp.) 40
Veterans Admitted to Illinois Soldiers' & Sailors' Home from
St. Clair County 1887 - 1910 53
KERN Family Funeral Notices 64
Death Notice of Katharina HOFMANN (1890) 87
Family Bible Records of Wilhelm SCHAEPERKOETTER 88
VOELKEL-PUSTMUELLER Family Information 92
Obituary of Peter SENSEL (1906) 95
SAUER-SCHWIND Family Bible Records 95
Extracts from Cashier's Records of the Centerville (Millstadt)
Cemetery Association 84
Addenda to SCCGSQ Vol. 10, No. 1 87
St. Clair County Coroners' Inquests, 1870 90
1870 Census of [St. Clair] County Hospital & Poorhouse, Belleville 97
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventories:
Old Millstadt City Cemetery, Millstadt 65-83
PETERS Cemetery (Sec. 27, Lenzburg Twp.) 94
PETER Cemetery (Sec. 29, Stookey Twp.) 98
Turkey Hill Cemetery (Survey 772, Smithton Twp.) 96
WHITE Cemetery (Sec. 2, Millstadt Twp.) 89
St. Clair County Genealogical Society Capsule History 1977-1987 107
President's Message 112
Death Notice: Eleanor Matilda MAHLE (1898) 115
Marriage Records, 1859-1985, St. Paul's UC of C, Floraville 116
History of St. Thomas Catholic Church near Millstadt 148
History of St. James Catholic Church, Millstadt 149
History of Millstadt, 1837 - 1987 150
Holy Childhood Cemetery Note 158
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventories:
Old Catholic Cemetery (Sec. 16, Millstadt Twp.) 147
St. James Catholic Cemetery (Sec. 3, Millstadt Twp.) 132-146
Burial Records, 1862-1917, St. Paul's United Church of Christ,
Floraville 165
Conversion Tables of the French Republican Calendar (1793-1805) 182
One of Many Forgotten Towns in St. Clair County [Tamarawa] 193
William MORRISON, Business Records, 1804-1855 195
Index to BRYAN & MORRISON Store Records, 1800-1805, Cahokia 196
Index to BRYAN & MORRISON Store Records, 1807-1825, Cahokia 200
St. Clair County Cemetery Inventories:
FUNK Cemetery (Sec. 14, Freeburg Twp.) 217
Old Millstadt City Cemetery (Corrections & Additions to) 219
RAYHILL Cemetery (Sec. 4, Englemann Twp.) 218
Tamarawa Cemetery (Sec. 31, New Athens Twp.) 189-192