Thursday, June 20, 2013

Montgomery County Illinois Research Databases

Search over a half million Montgomery County Illinois records, documents and photographs spanning 1821 to 1950.

Latest Member Photos

Submitted by: susan bailey
If you have historical photos from Montgomery County upload them here.

Volunteer To Help

Ann Stoddard This website is only as good as you make it! Volunteer to help today. You can 1) add your family records 2) photograph grave markers in Montgomery County 3) link records already on this site 4) visit the court house, collect and share documents that are of interest to you and will most likely help others....If you need assistance in getting started, let me know....

New Member Relationships

♦ John Thomas Massey is the Cousin of member: Don Massey
♦ Clay Rogers is the Grandfather of member: Gary Rogers
♦ Florence Rogers is the Grandmother of member: Gary Rogers
♦ Joseph M Carriker is the Father of member: Marjorie Paul
♦ Anna Parkhill is the 2x Great Aunt of member: Doug Storie
♦ William Parkhill is the 2x Great Uncle of member: Doug Storie
♦ August Root is the Grandfather of member: veronica Green
♦ Anna Hefley is the 2x Great Grandmother of member: veronica Green
♦ Mabel Sitton is the Great Grandmother of member: veronica Green
♦ Violet Root is the Grandmother of member: veronica Green
To link your family members to your profile: Locate a family member in the Cemetery Database. On the right side of the page click the green plus sign in the "My Relationship" box. Select your relationship from the drop down list then click the select button.

Historical Society of Montgomery County Illinois

  • June 17

  • Marjorie Paul Thomas Reddin My maiden name is Carriker. Joseph M. Carriker is my father - Asbury Cemetery. My brother, Keith Carriker, has extensively researched the Carriker family. Have you been in contact with him?
    2 days ago
    • Thomas ReddinNo, I haven't. Would you help me contact him? Lewis Carriker is my wife's GG grandfather. I think he's buried at Mount Zion Cem. My wife's great grandmother was Harriet Clementine Carriker Best.

      Tom
      4:12 PM June 17
    • Marjorie BaileyHello. Lewis Carriker is my ggg-grandfather, b. 1801 in Cabarrus Co. N.C., d. Nov. 15, 1847 in Montgomery Co., mar. Jan. 30,1825 in Cabarrus Co. Eliza Ann Pitts (1809-1880). Both are bur. at Mt. Zion cemetery, Rountree Township, Montgomery Co. They had 11 children. I am descended from John M. the 9th child. Will share info if you send your mailing address. Mine is Marjorie Bailey, P. O. Box 124, Raymond, IL 62560.
      3:03 PM June 18
    • Thomas ReddinFollow this link to see the deadstones in my wife's Carriker line http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...s& Enter Lewis Carriker to start.
      My address is 4 Chinquapin Drive; Mills River, NC 28759
      3:22 PM June 18
  • Marjorie Paul My families from Montgomery County are the Gilberts and Carrikers who lived in Raymond IL. My brothers, Roy and Keith, have been extensively involved in gathering the family tree. If anyone would like to contact them, please let me know. I am their sister.
    2 days ago
  • June 12

  • Thomas Reddin Historical Society Group I am researching the CARRIKER and BEST families and their children.
    about 1 weeks ago
  • May 28

  • Sharon Mayhall I'm looking for information about Van Seymour Gordon 1817-1870 . He was to have been buried at Roberts Cemetery but is not listed there. His son James Thomas Gordon 1842-1900, was buried at Roberts Cemetery. I would like to hear from anyone who has any info on either or them.
    a month ago
  • May 22

  • Debbie Small Linda Barricklow-Collins Would you please email me a copy of the gravestone photo of Fielding R. & Martha Brown found in Bost Hill Cemetery. Martha married my 2ggf after Fielding died. My email addy is dsmall@frontiernet.net Thanks!
    a month ago
  • May 20

  • Debbie Small I have much information on the Boyd family posted to my Ancestry Tree. I will send you a private email for your email addy so I can give you an invite.
    a month ago
    • Anna-Marie DavisThank you. I'd be interested in your information. annamariedavis@earthlink.net Thanks
      9:49 AM May 25
    • Debbie SmallAncestry Tree invite sent today.
      1:36 PM May 31
  • May 11

  • Ann Tindall Terri Jensen I just saw you post for your visit yesterday! My sister is the church financial secretary. She might be able to help you find out about church records. The cemetery board sexton has records of burials. Several years ago I had access to one of the old record books and documented about 130 names with burials but no longer gravestones. Check this website for grave photos, but I also have a photo file of the pictures. I find no stones with any of your 3 names. I did find a plot owned by Charles Herpst in the north 1/2 row 11, plots 18-19 with burial of Mrs. Herpst but no dates. Email me at tinviking@mac.com if you want more information.
    about 2 months ago
  • May 09

  • Marjorie Bailey Jeff Dunn: Love the photo of Rosalyn Paton.
    about 2 months ago
  • April 30

  • Terri Jensen I will be visiting Montgomery County next week, Friday, May 10. I have been trying to contact the Ware's Grove Church (I understand that the church is still active) but the number I have is no longer in service. Can anyone tell me: 1: Does the church have records of marriages, christenings, burials available for research? If so, how would I contact the church? 2: Is there a cemetery sexton who keeps the cemetery records (separate from the church records)? If so, how might I contact that person? 3. We plan to visit the Doyle Library in Raymond, the library in Litchfield, and the Historical Society. I have ancestors (Herpst and Berger/Milberg) in the Ware's Grove Cemetery, and have found two baptisms at the St. Paul's Church outside Nokomis (which we also plan to visit). Any other thoughts about good resources to explore during our whirlwind visit? Many thanks, Terri Jensen
    about 2 months ago
  • April 26

  • Mary Rauch (Myers) Dad said this was his first car. Model A or T, don't remember. He was in the band at HHS but I don't know what instrument he played. Do you?
    about 2 months ago
  • Mary Rauch (Myers)
    Dad in Hillsboro High band uniform

    about 2 months ago View More
  • April 25

  • Lila Fugate Mary Rauch (Myers) Hi Mary, Your great grandfather John D. Myers, did he have a daughter Mathilda V. that married Ernest Lee Fath? Ernest was my 1st half cousin twice removed. Looking for information on when, where and where they are buried? Thank you, LIla Jean (Fath) Fugate
    about 2 months ago
    • Mary Rauch (Myers)No he didn't. There was another Guy Myers who lived on Rt. 16 on the left side, top of hill before you come to WSMI area. Maybe his family. Sorry no help.
      7:18 AM April 26
  • April 24

  • Marjorie Bailey Anne-Marie: I found Wm. J. Boyd d. 5/30/1900 age 64-08-17 and Martha Jane Boyd b. 1840-d. 11/21/1936 (Chestnut) w/o Wm. J. Boyd buried Kirkland Cemetery, Walshville Twp. Sec. 25, Montgomery Co. IL. Hope this helps.
    about 2 months ago
  • April 22

  • Jean Manahan Thank You
    about 2 months ago
  • Jean Manahan Do I use the address across the top of the page to get copies of records ?
    about 2 months ago
    • Jeffrey B. DunnSend to:
      Montgomery County Clerk/Recorder
      #1 Courthouse Square
      PO Box 595
      Hillsboro, IL 62049
      (217)532-9530
      10:10 AM April 22
  • April 21

  • dean halleman Tiffany Smiley Tiffany, we share Andrew Jackson Traylor as Great grandfathers, he is my 2nd greatgrand father on my dads side. how do you connect to him? are we related?? waiting to hear from you email me at daledean@consolidated.net Dean Halleman
    about 2 months ago
  • April 20

  • Ann Tindall What is the membership cost for one year, or lifetime, for the regular Historical Society? I would like to support all of your efforts.
    about 2 months ago
  • April 18

  • Marjorie Bailey Marjorie Bailey Thank you for the information on Boyd. I have been looking at Montgomery county indexes and found Boyds but not William and Martha. I will follow up on your information.
    about 3 months ago
  • Teresa Davis I have two ancestors who died in the 1920s in Montgomery County. They show up in the death records with a burial location of Litchfield, but I can't find them in the Cemetery Burial Index to determine which cemetery. Was there a cemetery just called Litchfield? Does anyone have a suggestion? Thanks -
    about 3 months ago
    • Marjorie BaileyTeresa Davis: There are 3 cemeteries in Litchfield: Elmwood, Elm Lawn & Holy Cross plus several in Litchfield Township. What are the names you are looking for. Marjorie Bailey
      4:00 PM April 18
    • Teresa DavisI am looking for Mary Marie Gerdes and her husband Charles, Mary died in 1922 and is listed in the Death Records on this site as Mary Gerder. Charles died in 1926. thanks for your help
      4:45 PM April 18
    • Marjorie BaileyTeresa David: Mary Gerdes b. 24 Feb. 1858-d. 8 Sep 1922, Charles Gerdes b. 22 Feb 1850- d. 3 Jun 1926. Both buried at Elmwood cemetery, Blk 21 Lot 5 in Litchfield.
      1:55 PM April 19
    • Marjorie BaileyTeresa Davis Sorry, I misspelled your name. Good luck.
      1:57 PM April 19
    • Teresa DavisThanks so much for your help!
      6:20 PM April 19
  • April 17

  • Looking for informationon William Boyd, wife Martha J., daughter Nancy married Martin Cannon
    about 3 months ago
    • Marjorie BaileyAnna-Marie Davis: I found Wm. J. Boyd age 45, Martha J. age 40, children: Geo. W. 16, Hugh J. 14, Robert G. 10, Asa J. 7, Martha A. 5 in 1880 census, Walshville Twp. Matilda R. dau. of W. J. & M. J. Boyd d. Sept. 13, 1871 age 4 mo. 18ds. bur. Mt. Moriah cemetery. Martin Cannon age 23, Nancy 19 children Wm. 2 & Samuel Nov. 1880 census, Grisham Twp. What records have you already checked? Marjorie Bailey
      4:07 PM April 18
  • April 15

  • Lila Fugate Kay Joyce Hi Kay, I have a Noah Joyce married to a Ida Nevinger. I also have more on the Joyce Family. Lila Jean (Fath) Fugate
    about 3 months ago
    • Jeffrey B. DunnDidn't receive message. E-mail address provided is no longer valid.
      12:33 PM April 15
  • Lila Fugate Tara Hollo Hi Tara, What Lang line are you looking for? My line starts with Barbara (Lang) Fath. Lila Jean (Fath) Fugate
    about 3 months ago
  • Lila Fugate jackie dean Hi Jackie, What Hettenhouse line are you looking for? I go back to Henry Christopher Hettenhouse. Lila Jean (Fath) Fugate
    about 3 months ago
  • Lila Fugate Lyn Fugate Hi Lyn What Fugate line are you looking for? Ernest Leroy Fugate
    about 3 months ago
  • Lila Fugate Clara Gregson Hi Clara, What Kaburick's are you looking for. My grandmother was a Kaburick. Her father was William Kaburick. She married Eugene Logan Fath Lila Jean (Fath) Fugate
    about 3 months ago
  • Lila Fugate Pam Wade HI Pam, What Hope's are you looking for. I start with Robert Allison Hope born 25 Jul 1818 Lila Jean (Fath) Fugate
    about 3 months ago
  • Lila Fugate Rhett Blankenship Are you any relation to George A. and Esther Marie (Dressor) Blankinship? Thanks, Lila Jean (Fath) Fugate
    about 3 months ago
  • April 13

  • susan panayi Historical Society Searching for information on my mother Myrl & twin brother Earl, both born August 11, 1921 Greenville, parents Tracy Watson Hampton & Laura Bell Cary,Tracys parents are Albert Watson Hampton & Laura Belle Thacker, Alberts parents Joseph Alexander Hampton & Jane Desart, Joseph Parents William Riley Hampton and Nancy Ann Williams. Surnames Hampton, Cary, Thacker, Desart, Laws, Martin, Lindberg, Kummerow, Krainak, Welch, Splawn, Abercrombie, Panayi, Grubbs, Eagles Thank you
    about 3 months ago
  • susan panayi Debbie Small Debbie, Can you please send me a copy of my grandfathers headstone his name is Albert Watson Hampton Thank you Sincerely Susan
    about 3 months ago
    • Debbie SmallSusan, if you give me your email addy then I'll forward several photos from the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery that you will want...Hampton, Desart and possibly Thacker names. My email is dsmall@frontiernet.net
      7:46 AM April 15
    • Debbie SmallHi Susan, Just wanted to let you know today I've sent 6 emails with gravestone photos attached. Hope they help. Debbie
      1:35 PM April 17
  • Betty J Greenwood Information for John William Johnson married to Anna Giller 1861 to 1945 Montgomery County, IL Obituary for Daniel Giller born 1881, died15 March 1969, Flanagan, Illinois
    about 3 months ago
  • April 07

  • Lesa Oathout Ann Stoddard Ann, I have several cemetery photos I took in Montgomery County cemeteries. How do I post them to the names in the cemetery index? Thanks, Lesa
    about 3 months ago
    • Jeffrey B. DunnI'm doing some upgrades on the web site. On the members menu above, click on my photos and add your photos there. We will move them to the cemetery page later.
      9:32 PM April 08
  • April 03

  • Jeffrey B. Dunn Posted a web site update: Jeffrey B. Dunn posted a status update.
    Some sections of the web site will be offline for several hours while I move the main database to a new server.
    about 3 months ago
  • April 02

  • Jeffrey B. Dunn Posted a web site update: Jeffrey B. Dunn posted a status update.
    Added a new civil war database to the web site. Still have some work to do on it. It's about 90% finished. http://history.montgomeryco.com/Res...fault.aspx
    about 3 months ago
  • Jeffrey B. Dunn Posted a web site update: Jeffrey B. Dunn posted a status update.
    Moved one of the two databases that run this web site to a new server last night. So far everything seems ok.
    about 3 months ago
  • Linda Barricklow-Collins Jennifer Baugher Which Toberman family is in the picture you posted?
    about 3 months ago
    • Jennifer BaugherIt is the Grover Toberman family. I have them linked on the photo page.
      12:20 PM April 02
    • Jeffrey B. DunnJennifer - Thanks for adding the photos.
      12:28 PM April 02
    • Jennifer BaugherThank you, Jeff, for all the work you do on the site!
      8:09 PM April 08
  • March 31

  • jennifer evans Lesa Oathout Florence is my Great Grandmother. I am he son John Preston Evans' Granddaughter. I would live to learn more of her siblings etc. if you have that information please feel free to email me at jenevan1031@yahoo.com
    about 3 months ago
  • March 29

  • Robert Boyum I have a copy of the Walnut Ridge Hatchery booklet from around 1925. It is in good shape and was wondering if you had a use for it. Also on the cover is the text: Illinois Accredited Hatchery NUMBER 1 Mrs. Dorothea Rainey, Manager Butler - Illinois
    about 3 months ago
  • March 25

  • susan bailey Ann Stoddard Hi Ann, I have many old family photos that I would like to post, including a 1921 Hillsboro senior class album which may be of interest to folks who have family members from the Hillsboro area. The album is individual photos (3X5) of class members attached to paper with photo corners. The names of most of the class members are written on the paper, I think by my Great Aunt Mabel Bailey. Is there a preferred way to add these photos so that they can be searched by others?
    about 3 months ago
    • Jeffrey B. DunnYou click on the members toolbar and select my photos and add your photos there.
      10:59 AM March 26
  • March 18

  • Louis Athey Dale White and I have completed compiling the names and addresses of graduates from Hillsboro High School, Class of 1947. Of 128 graduates, 47 are living (37%), 71 are deceased (55%), and 10 are missing (not found) - 8%). Louis Athey
    about 4 months ago
  • March 17

  • Ronald Cardwell Looking for info on CARDWELL, KNEPLEY, ALLEN 1800-1930
    about 4 months ago
  • March 14

  • Tonia Nimmons Morgan Family Research
    Trying to verify father and mother for David Morgan (10/09/1837-12/10/1911) who is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Nokomis, Montgomery Co., IL.

    about 4 months ago
    • Carol Hounsella tree posted on Ancestry by JHaraughty shows that David's father was Calvin Morgan Jr born 1815-1820 in New York and his mother was Kezia Karah Lower Morgan born about 1816 in PA or OH and died 10-9-1837 in OH. married 9-1-1836 in Hardin County OH. No verification - just something I found posted but a place to start.
      10:39 AM March 14
  • March 13

  • Gary Blessman Seeing your current web site, I do not see Edwin Grubbs 1 who is buried in Hillsboro as a Mexican American war veteran or Edwin Grubbs II who is buried Zion cemetery near Nokomis as a Civil War veteran! 2nd, what is your address? I do not see on the web site
    about 4 months ago
    • 4:19 PM March 13
    • 4:20 PM March 13
    • Gary BlessmanI have a copy of Edwin II's discharge papers and his wedding and death certificate copies. I also have a news paper clipping that mentions Edwin I not being in the Civil War but an earlier war, Mexican-American war that many of CW verterans received their first battle action.

      I am writing a Regimental history of the 126th. Ill records also show it was Edwin II in the CW. Edwin II married Sarah who had 6 children, the youngest being my gr grandfather. Did not know him but did meet 'grandma Grubbbs" when I was a little kid who lived next door to her oldest, Nita Camp, in Decatur Il.
      4:29 PM March 13
  • March 02

  • Linda Bridger Linda Barricklow-Collins Hey Linda, I believe Walter was born April 19th not 18th as I found it in his Military record. Check it out. Linda Bridger
    about 4 months ago
  • February 26

  • Marjorie Bailey Rosemary Roundtree: Hello. Package on the way to you. Thank you. Marjorie Bailey.
    about 4 months ago
  • February 23

  • Gloria McCoy Vicki Bakker Vicki,Sorry it has taken me this long to respond about your picture on the Butler 2&3 grade class thanks for adding your name
    about 4 months ago
  • February 20

  • Marjorie Bailey Rose Roundtree Rose Roundtree: Hello. The book is Raymond 1871-1996, 125 years of memories. Send a check for $25 to Village of Raymond. I have an extra copies at Doyle Public Library, P. O. Box 544, Raymond, IL 62560. Also have info on Mary Jane Potts 1844-1926,
    about 4 months ago
  • February 19

  • Rose Roundtree Yesterday I asked about a book, but didn't get the entire name written. It is RAYMOND 125 YEARS OF MEMORIES. Is there such a book and how can I get a copy. Thanks Rose
    about 4 months ago
  • Richard Hawley Something
    about 4 months ago
  • February 18

  • Robert E Hayes Several years ago (before Google) I went to the Hillsboro Library and found an article on micro film from the Montgomery News dated March 6, 1928. It was a glowing obituary for my great-grandfather, a civil war veteran and former slave who migrated from Bowling Green, Kentucky to Hillsboro in 1878. I would like to see a photo of him and any other information that may be lying in some duty corner.
    about 5 months ago
    • Marjorie BaileyRobert E. Hayes: Hello. I have not found a picture of Hayden Hayes. I do have obituary for Carolyn Fortune, 1/1/1956-2/26/2013, daughter of Andrew Jr. and Mary Catherine (Smith) Hayes.Good luck. Marjorie
      10:01 AM March 09
  • Rose Roundtree Is there a publication called RAYMOND 125 OF MEMORIES and does it concern the town of Raymond and where can I see a copy of it. Thank You Rose
    about 5 months ago

The Forgotten Cemeteries

Forgotten Cemeteries of Montgomery County Illinois
 
The Forgotten Cemeteries title is in tribute to all the cemetery readings done by Walter Sanders and his high school students in the 1940's. Hopefully we can carry on the tradition and work together to locate and read all the abandoned cemeteries in Montgomery County!

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