Resources
There are probably hundreds of genealogy-related websites to help you with your family history development. If you have additional favorite resources for Bond County family history research, please share them with us.
- Wikipedia, Bond County, Illinois
- FamilySearch
- FindAGrave
- USGenWeb Archives - Bond County, Illinois
- Digital Public Library of America
- Illinois Secretary of State Databases
- Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection
- Chronicling America
- 1876 Atlas of the State of Illinois
- 1882 History of Bond and Montgomery Counties, Illinois
- 1892 Portrait amd Biographical Record of Montgomery and Bond Counties, Illinois
- 1905 Historical Souvenir of Greenville, Illinois by Will C. Carson (a treasure trove of photos and portraits in this 154-page book)
- 1912 A History of Southern Illinois Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
- A Woman's Story of Pioneer Illinois by Christiana Holmes Tillson, published in 1919
- Tales, Trails, & Breadcrumbs, 1838-1938 100 Years, Bond County, Illinois, by Kathryn Eleanor Wilson
- Illinois Pioneer Days by Elbert Waller, published in 1918
- 1940 Stories from Illinois History, compiled by the Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Illinois
- 2002 Historical Stories About Greenville and Bond County, IL, by Allan H. Keith, 24 pages
- Free and American: A Study of Eleven Families of Color by Darrel Dexter - includes chapters about Arthur & Patience Hawley Allen, Joseph Allen, Johnson Allen, Beverly Brown, Thomas & Dicey Chavis, Thomas & Betsy Gipson Bass, Nancy Hockens Bryant, Joseph & Elizabeth Ivey, Cain & Elizabeth Bracken, and Moses Hunter; families of Alexander, Bond, Franklin, Gallatin, Jackson, Johnson, Pope, Saline, Union, White, and Williamson counties.
- Churches and Cemeteries of Bond County website maintained by Tom Alciere
- The Library of Congress has some Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Greenville and Sorento
- Bond County Genealogical Society
- Bond County Historical Society
- American Farm Heritage Museum
- Will Testators Indexes provided by W. David Samuelsen
- Naturalization Declarations of Intent Index (1858-1892) provided by W. David Samuelsen
- Livingston's 1851 Law Register, page 45, shows five registered attorneys in Greenville: M. G. DALE, Tavis GREATHOUSE, S. A. PHELPS (retired), Elam RUST, and Sam STEVENSON (retired).
- The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom, by William Henry Siebert, published in 1898, pages 41-42, H. B. LEEPER mentions the station his father, John LEEPER, may have provided in Bond county between 1816-1823.
- HonorStates Military Gold Stars, those who died while in service during WWI, WWII, Korean, and Vietnam
- Illinois Society Sons of the American Revolution
- ObitCity
- Bond County Clerk and Recorder
203 W. College, Greenville, IL 62246
Phone: (618) 664-0449, Fax: (618) 664-9414
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Weekdays
Although reporting vital records was not required by law until 1916, the County Clerk has birth and death records dating back to 1875 and marriage records dating back to 1817. To request a search of the indices, you may visit, phone, or fax the office. For a certified copy of each birth, marriage, or death record, there is a $12 fee for the first certified copy and $7 for each additional copy. When you make your request by mail, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Land records are available from this office, but it may be necessary to personally search the indices at the office. - Illinois State Genealogical Society's list of Bond County Cemeteries
- The Ancestor Hunt
- Genealogy Trails
- ILBOND Query Board and Mailing List at groups.io
- LINDLEY family at WikiTree
Links to web sites that are not part of the USGenWeb Project are provided for your convenience and do not imply any endorsement of the web sites or their contents by the USGenWeb Project.
