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Collection
Cemetery Records:
Name Index
Cemetery List
Census Records:
Information
1850
Census
1895 Coles
Directory
County
Clerk
Newsletter
Queries
Pioneer
List
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Our
genealogical collection along with that of the Charleston Public Library is housed in the
genealogy room at:
Charleston Public Library
712 Sixth Street
Charleston, IL 61920-2147
217-345-4913
This collection
concentrates on local history materials of Coles County and the surrounding counties of:
Edgar, Clark, Cumberland, Shelby, Moultrie and Douglas.
The collection of genealogical materials is non-circulating and access to some require
assistance.
COLES COUNTY
HISTORY AND GENEALOGICAL BOOKS AND MATERIALS
(Partial list)
Coles County History Books:
The History of Coles County, Illinois, 1879, separate index.
Portraits and Biographical album of Coles, 1887, indexed.
Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and Coles County History.
Coles County History 1877-1976, separate index.
Coles County Plat Books
maps showing original owners and for the years 1869, 1893 and 1913.
Cemetery records, Prairie Sleeps, four volumes, indexed.
City Directories:
Charleston, 1898-99, 1902-1903, 1900-09, 1912, 1916, 1918, 1924-25, 1928, 1932, 1937, 1942,
1947, 1952, 1952 supplement, 1957, 1965, 1969-1997
Mattoon, 1904, 1939, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1966-1975, 1977-1997.
Charleston and Mattoon, 1878-79, 1998
Coles County Civil War Military Records, indexed.
County Directories, 1895-96, 1918.
Abraham Lincoln,
over 130 books, quarterlies and vertical files.
D.A.R. books
including 166 volumes of the lineage books. (160 are indexed.)
Illinois State Census
1810, 1818, 1820
Federal Census, Illinois Index
1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870
State marriage records.
Family Histories
(over 62 feet of family history books and 19 drawers of family files).
Obituaries (newspaper)
1973-1974, 1977 to present date, indexed.
Microfilm:
Federal Census, Coles County, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
Illinois State Census, all Counties, 1850, 1860, 1870.
Coles County Marriage Indexes, 1830-1929.
Coles County Birth and Death Records, 1878-1915,
Delayed birth records and coroner's records.
Coles County Naturalization Records, 1830-1996.
Coles County Will Records, 1830-1925.
Illinois Mortality Schedules, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880.
Mattoon Birth Records, 1900-1904, 1916-1917.
Mattoon Death Records, 1902-1904.
Samuel Stephen Sargent's Coles County Genealogical materials, 15 reels.
Newspapers: Microfilm
We continue to add to this collection. Our ongoing Newspaper Project now totals about $37,118.75 in donations for
microfilm and storage. Karen Zike is project chairman
Casey Commercial
27 May 1910; 10-17 Jun 1910; 2 Dec 1910
Charleston
Early misc. papers
Charleston Courier, misc. dates, 10 Jul. 1841 to 6 Apr. 1893, 1 Jan. 1895 to 22 Oct.
1920, Sep. 1937-31 Mar. 1938, 2 Jan 1960-30 Apr. 1969.
Illinois Globe, misc. dates, 5 Sep. 1846 to 26 Jul 1851.
Charleston Plaindealer, misc. dates, 26 May 1864 to 12 Feb. 1896, 25 Mar. 1908 to 30
Jan. 1911
Reporter, 4 Apr. 1845 and 21 Mar. 1846.
The Republican, misc. dates, 21 Feb. 1845 to 16 Sep 1847.
Coles County Ledger, misc. dates, middle 1800's.
The Charleston Courier, 1 Jan. 1895 to 22 Oct. 1920, Sep. 1937 to 31 Mar. 1938.
The Charleston Trubune, 4 Mar 1915 to 31 May 1915.
Charleston Weekly News, misc. dates 25 Nov 1899 to 12 May 1900, 2 Sep 1905 to 2 Jun
1906, 9 Jun. 1906 to 26 Mar. 1910, 2 Apr. 1910 to 28 May 1915.
Currently includes papers from Charleston Newspapers for the following dates
1895 to March 1969; Jan to March 1974; April to Sept 1975; Oct to Dec 1981; All of 1982:
Jan to Sept 1983; Jan to March 1986; Nov to Dec 1988; Jul to Dec 1990; All of 1991, 1992,
1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 19999, 2000, Jan to Aug 2001.
Mattoon
Currently includes papers from Mattoon Newspapers for the following dates
May 1860 to Jul 20, 1886; July 16, 1875 to Sep 6, 1878; Sep 13, 1878 to Nov 25, 1881; Dec
2, 1881 to Dec 1884; Jan 1895 to Feb 3, 1888; Feb 10, 1888 to Apr 17, 1891; Apr 24, 1891 to
May 1894; Jun 1891 to Aug 10, 1897; Aug 13, 1897 to Dec 1988; 1900 to April 1943; May to
Jun 2000.
Lerna
Currently includes papers from Lerna Newspapers for the following dates
March 8, 1918 to Jan 28, 1943.
Oakland
Currently includes papers from Oakland Newspapers for the following dates
May 1896 to Jan 5, 1911.
Microfiche:
Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, 1984.
International Genealogical Index, 1988.
Illinois Marriages Record Index, 1996.
The Lincoln Trail
Library System Online Catalog
will search for holdings at Charleston Public Library as well as other libraries in the
system.
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