Records

The library has a number of books dealing with various types of records for Bloomington and McLean County. They include births, marriages, cemeteries, and other vital pieces of information.

Central Illinois Death Notices 1848-1870.  Compiled and Printed by Milo Custer, 1924.
929.2 CUS

Central Illinois Obituaries 1871-1880.  Compiled by Milo Custer, 1912, reprinted 1969 by Bloomington Normal Genealogical Society.  Includes an index to hidden names.  Locked Case  977.359 CUS

Church Book for German Evangelical Lutheran Combined Friedens Church, Bloomington, Illinois:  Baptisms, Marriages, & Burials (1884-1897).  Translated from German by Julie Cunningham, edited & indexed by William P. LaBounty; published by McLean County Genealogical Society, 1995.  Includes history of the Church, index of names, and index of places of births.  270 CUN

A Gazetteer of McLean County Containing Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Bloomington, LeRoy, Lexington, Chenoa, Normal, and the Several Townships of the County.  Together With Sketches, Memoranda, etc., of the Volunteers from McLean Who Served in the War for the Union.  Compiled and published by Bailey & Hair, 1866.  the short title for this publication is Soldiers’ Record and Gazetteer of McLean County.  It includes an historical sketch of the “McLean County Regiment,” the 94th Illinois Volunteer Infantry as well as a listing of the soldiers who served.  917.7359  GAZ

Grand Army of the Republic Department of Illinois Transcription of the Death Rolls, 1879-1947.  By Dennis Northcutt & Thomas Brooks, 2003.  Compiles the names of Civil War Veterans living in the entire state of Illinois.  929.37 NOR

Illinois Marriages Early to 1825.  Edited by Jordan R. Dodd, 1990.  (929.3773ILL)

Index to Probate Records McLean County, Illinois 1831-1946.  Edited by Nola G. Marquandt and published by the McLean County Genealogical Society, 1999.  6 volumes bound in 2 books.  929.3773 IND

McLean County, Illinois, Birth Records.  Compiled from records at McLean County Court House; copies of these records may be obtained from the County Clerk’s Office.  Compiled by members of the McLean County Genealogical Society.  7 volumes bound in 2 books.  Covers years 1860-1899.  977.359 MCL

McLean County, Illinois, Cemeteries.  Published by the McLean County Genealogical Society.  Currently 20 volumes bound in 8 books.  Includes records of persons buried in the various McLean County cemeteries.  929.5 MCL

McLean County, Illinois, Cemetery Locations.  Compiled by Liz Veselack, Mclean County Genealogical Society, 1993.  Includes a township map with cemeteries marked and driving directions to the site.  929.5  MCL

McLean County, Illinois, Marriage Records.  Index compiled from records contained at McLean County Court House; copies of the records may be obtained from the County Clerk’s Office.  Index compiled by members of Bloomington-Normal Genealogical Society.  8 volumes bound in 2 books.  Covers years 1831- 1892.  977.359 MCL

Naturalization Abstracts McLean County, Illinois 1853-1955: With Hidden Surname Index.  Compiled by members of the McLean County Genealogical Society and published by the McLean County Genealogical Society, 1995.  7 volumes.  929.2 NAT

Old Family Records.  Compiled and printed by Milo Custer, Reprinted by the Bloomington-Normal Genealogical Society.  9 volumes bound in 1 book.  929.2 CUS

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index: a Guide to Published Arrival Records of About 500,000 Passengers Who Came to the United States and Canada in the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries.  Edited by P. William Filby, 1981.
The library also owns the Supplements and receives the new supplements as they are published.  (929.373PAS)

Records of McLean County Cemeterys [sic], Land Grants, and Marriages.  Published by Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.), 1948.  Locked Case  977.359 D

Record of the Services of Illinois Soldiers in the Black Hawk War, 1831-32, and in the Mexican War, 1846-8.  Prepared and published by authority of the Thirty-Second General Assembly by Isaac H. Elliott, H. W. Rokker, State Printer and Binder, 1882.  Contains a complete roster of commissioned officers and enlisted men of both wars.  Locked Case  977.3 ELL

Revolutionary Lineages.  Everyname Index to the Registrar’s Records.  Numbers 1 – 1181, Sons of the Revolution in the State of Illinois, 1986.

Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Illinois.  Harriett J. Walker, 1967, reprint of 1917 edition.  (973.36WAL) and 1917 edition (Locked Case 973.36WAL)

Soldiers of McLean County W W II.  Compiled by Staff of Bloomington Public Library, contains photocopies of newspaper articles, obituaries and pictures of soldiers who served in World War II.  Articles are from the Daily Pantagraph. 3 vols., each volume containing an index of names.  940.54 SOL