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Alexander County
AlexanderCounty was formed in 1819.
Communities: Cache, Cairo, Cairo Junction, Clank, Dawleys, Diswood, East Cape Girardeau, Elco, Fayville, Fort Defiance, Future City, Gale, Golden Lily, Klondike, McClure, Miller City, Olive Branch, Roth, Sandusky, Tamms, Tankville, Tatumville, Thebes, Unity, Urbandale, Willard
Map: Cairo, Illinois, 1867 ; Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division
Virtual Libraries
John McMurray Lansden, A History of the City of Cairo, Illinois (Chicago : R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1910).
Institutions, Societies, and Government Websites
Court Records
Index to County Commissioners Records, vol A 1819-1861
County Commissioners Records, vol A, 1924-1929
Index to County Commissioners Records, vol B, 1924-1929
City Directories
Cairo, Illinois, 1904
(Ancestry)
Geo. B. Walker, compiler, Walker’s Cairo City Directory for 1908-1909
Geo. B. Walker, compiler, Walker’s Cairo City Directory for 1911-1912
Cairo, Illinois, 1915
(Ancestry)
Property & Tax Records
Deeds and mortgages, 1818-1910
(Family Search)
Vital Records and Substitutes
Birth
Alexander County Birth Records
Index, vol. 1, 1878-1907
Index, vol. 2, 1908-1913
Index, vol. 3, 1913-1915
Birth record, vol. 1, 1878-1907
Birth record, vol. 2, 1908-1913
Birth record, vol. 3, 1913-1915
Marriage
Marriage Record, 1819-1848
Marriage Record, 1846-1858
Marriage Record, vol B, 1859-1867
Marriage Record, vol C, 1866-1873
Marriage Record, vol D, 1873-1878
Marriage Record, vol E, 1878-1883
Marriage Record, vol F, 1883-1886
Marriage Record, vol G, 1886-1888
Marriage Record, vol H, 1889-1891
Marriage Record, vol I, 1891-1895
Marriage Record, vol J, 1895-1899
Marriage Record, vol K, 1899-1902
Marriage Record, vol L, 1902-1904
Marriage Record, vol M, 1904-1907
Marriage Record, vol N, 1907-1910
Marriage Record, vol O, 1910-1912
Marriage Record, vol P, 1912-1915
Marriage Record, vol Q, 1915-1918
Death
Alexander County Death Records,
vol. 1, 1879-1910
vol. 2, 1910-1915
vol. 3, 1916-1917
Probate records, 1819-1902; index to probate files, 1820-1971 (Family Search)
Church Records
First United Methodist Church, Cairo, Illinois
Lists of members (Family Search)
1865-1875
1878-1891
1891-1910