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Shelby County
Shelby County was formed in 1827 from Fayette County.
Communities: Ash Grove, Beulah, Big Spring, Brunswick, Clarksburg, Cold Spring, Cowden, Dollville, Dry Point, Duvall, Fancher, Findlay, Flat Branch, Hanson, Henton, Herborn, Herrick, Holland, Kingman, Lakewood, Middlesworth, Mode, Moweaqua, Obed, Oconee, Okaw, Penn, Pickaway, Pleak, Prairie, Rennerville, Richland, Ridge, Rose, Rural, Shelbyville, Sigel, Stewardson, Strasburg, Todds Point, Tower Hill, Trowbridge, Westervelt, Windsor, Williamsburg, Yantisville
Map: Shelby County, New Sectional Map of the State of Illinois, 1836; Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division
Virtual Libraries
Portrait and Biographical Record of Shelby and Moultrie Counties, Illinois (Chicago : Biographical Publishing Co., 1891)
Combined History of Shelby and Moultrie Counties, Illinois (Philadephia : Brink, McDonough and Co., 1881)
Inventory of the County Archives of Illinois, no. 86, Shelby County (Chicago, Illinois : Historical Records Survey, 1940)
Helen Cox Tregillia, Central Illinois Chronicles, vol. 1, issue 1 (Shelby County, Illinois, 1984)
Helen Cox Tregillia, Central Illinois Chronicles, vol. 1, issue 3 (Shelby County, Illinois, 1985)
Helen Cox Tregillia, Central Illinois Chronicles, vol. 1, issue 5 (Shelby County, Illinois, 1985)
Institutions, Societies, and Government Websites
Shelby County Historical and Genealogical Society
University of Illinois Library,
Shelby County Genealogy Resources
Maps
Standard Atlas of Shelby County, Illinois
Probate Records
Churches
Sadie Rogers Steele, History of Sanner Chapel (Decatur, Illinois : Decatur Genealogical Society, 1976)
Vital Records and Substitutes
Birth
Birth Records, 1848-1915
(Family Search)
Marriage
Marriage records, 1827-1922
(Family Search)
Death
Death records, 1878-1917
(Family Search)
Cemeteries
Shelby County, Illinois, Cemetery Inscriptions, vol. 1 (Decatur, Illinois : Decatur Genealogical Society, 1969)
Shelby County, Illinois, Cemetery Inscriptions, vol. 2 (Decatur, Illinois : Decatur Genealogical Society, 1971)
Shelby County, Illinois, Cemetery Inscriptions, vol. 3 (Decatur, Illinois : Decatur Genealogical Society, 1972)
Shelby County, Illinois, Cemetery Inscriptions, vol. 4 (Decatur, Illinois : Decatur Genealogical Society, 1989)
Judy Graven, Phyllis Hapner, Shelby County, Illinois Cemetery Locations (Shelbyville, Illinois : Shelby County Historical and Genealogical Society, 1982)
Property & Tax Records
Shelby County, Illinois, Land Book, vol. A,
1833-1871 (Family Search)
Shelby County, Illinois, Land Book, vol. B,
1828-1891 (Family Search)