Marion County, Illinois Resources

IRAD-SIU
c/o Special Collections
Morris Library
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901
(618) 453-3040

There is no charge for lookups in IRAD's holdings, but you are to limit your request to two specific questions about an individual or record. When asking for information, please state all known details about the individual and which record you wish to have searched. Please wait for a response before requesting more information. Replies usually take 2-4 weeks. There may be a nominal photocopying fee added.

This is a partial list of IRAD holdings relating to Marion County, IL. This list was published in 1992 by the Illinois State Archives. Therefore, the holdings may have changed. Please contact IRAD-SIU to check if documents are still there. This list is only to be used as a reference as to what might be available at IRAD-SIU.

County Clerk Office

Control Number Title Begin & End Dates
6/0014/01 Assessor's Books 1849-1951
6/0018/11 Bad Check Claims 1874-1881
6/0015/05 Blind Relief
Application Record
1916-1927
6/0014/06 Census Record 1865
6/0200/01 Chattel Mortgage Index 1885-1944
6/0092/01 Tax Assessment Abstracts 1897-1913
6/0018/15 Tax Forfeiture Record 1879
6/0088/01 Tax Lists, Delinquent 1876-1943
6/0018/13 Telephone & Telegraph
Tax Books
1901-1922

Circuit Clerk/Circuit Court

Control Number Title Begin & End Dates
6/0014/07 Circuit Court Fee Books 1883-1893
6/0018/04 Jury Registers 1871-1878
6/0240/03 Naturalization Record 1866-1906

Probate Court

Control Number Title Begin & End Dates
6/0250/04 Probate Guardian Dockets 1868-1911
6/0250/01 Probate Record 1823-1909
6/0250/02 Probate Record Index 1850-1973
6/0250/01 Probate Will Record 1854-1917


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This page last updated Sept. 14, 1996