Census Records:

Federal Census on microfilm: 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 

Federal Census Printed/Transcribed: 1840,1850,1860,1870,1880

State Census: 1855

County History: 1874, 1879, 1887,  1899, 1908, 1924

Maps/Plats: 1865, 1874, 1895, 1914 and modern plats

Probate Records: Index 1834 - 1900   

Collected obituaries

Master Index of Known Burials 

Cemeteries: (by township) 

Allin Township

Brooks Grove Cem. in sec 32

Mosquito Grove (aka Redding) Cem. in sec 8

Mt. Pleasant Cem. in sec 15

Anchor Township

Anchor (aka Prairie Chapel) Cem. in sec 4

St. John’s Lutheran Cem. in sec 22

Arrowsmith Township

Greenwood Cem. in sec 13

Payne Cem. in sec 22

Stipp (aka Union) Cem. in sec 20

Bellflower Township

Bellflower Cem. in sec 16

Bloomington Twp.

Blooming Grove (aka Orendorff, Hendrix, or Walker) Cem. in sec 27

Evergreen Cem. in sec 10

Grassy Ridge Cem. in sec 32

Jewish Cem. in sec 17

McLean County Farm Cem. in sec 29

Old City Cem. in sec 10      

Park Hill Cem. in sec 8

Price Farm (aka Penn) Cem. in sec 15

Rhodes (aka Woodlawn) Cem. in sec 22    

Scogin Hill Cem. sec 18 (part in Dale Twp)

St. John's Lutheran Church Columbarium in Bloomington, IL

St. Joseph’s Cem. in sec 8

St. Mary’s Cem. in sec 5 & 6

St. Mathew's Episcopal Church Columbarium in Bloomington, IL

Blue Mound Township

Blue Mound Cem. in sec 27

Holy Cross (aka Merna) Cem. in sec 19

Cheneys Grove Township

Cheney Grove Township (aka Saybrook) Cem. in sec 28 in Saybrook, IL

Hildreth (aka Myers) Cem. in sec 19 (farmed over)

Riverside Cem. in sec 28

Chenoa Township

Chenoa Cem. in sec 1

Cropsey Township

Cropsey Cem. in sec 24

Dale Township

Scogin Hill Cem. in sec 13 (partly in Bloomington Twp.)

Shirley (aka Stubblefield) Cem. in sec 35

Danvers Township

Hinshaw (aka Skaggs) Cem. in sec 22

Imhoff Cem. in sec 27N

Maurer Cem. in sec 26

Mitchell (aka West Union) Cem. in sec 19

North Danvers Mennonite Cem. in sec 1

Park Lawn Cem. in sec 13

Stouts Grove (aka Mickens) Cem. in sec 16

Dawson Township

Barnes Cem. in sec 36

Benjaminville (aka Bentown or Friends) Cem. in sec 6  

Dawson Cem. in sec 26

Frankeberger Cem. in sec 27

United Bretheran Valley Cem. in sec 12 (farmed over)

Wilcox Cem. in sec 32

Downs Township

Diamond Grove Cem. in sec 7

Hopewell Cem. in sec 4

Johnson Cem. in sec 24

Old Wilhoite Cem. in sec 18 (farmed over)

Peasley Cem. in sec 20

Rutledge Cem. in sec 23

Dry Grove Township

Barnard (aka Christian Church or Hall) Cem. in sec 29

East Twin Grove Cem. in sec 35

Lantz Cem. in sec 4

McCullough Cem. in sec 21 (farmed over)

Rosewood (aka West Twin Grove) Cem. in sec 33

Wilson Cem. in sec 20

Empire Township

Conway Cem. in sec 28 [note: stones were moved to Oak Grove]

Gilmore Cem. in sec 30

Howard Cem. in sec 27

Oak Grove Cem. in sec 27

Old Oak Grove Cem. in sec 27 & 22

Funk’s Grove Township

Brock (aka Rydell) Cem. in sec 30

Fremont (aka Douglas) Cem. in sec 10

Funk’s Grove Cem. in sec 18

Gridley Township

Gridley Cem. in sec 4E

Loving Cem. in sec 30 (farmed over)

McNaught Cem. in sec 27E

Hudson Township

Havens (aka West Hudson) Cem. in sec 28

Hinthorn Cem. in sec 13 (mostly in Money Creek Twp)

Hudson Cem. in sec 22

Kaufman Cem. in sec 32

Messer Cem. in sec 3

Lawndale Township

Evergreen Cem. in sec 30

Henline Cem. in sec 32 (farmed over)

Lawndale Cem. in sec 5

Immanuel Lutheran Cem. in sec 11

Lexington Township

Adams Cem. in sec 27

Indian Field Cem. in sec 20

Lexington (aka Porteus) Cem. in sec 7

Pleasant Hill (aka Selma) Cem. in sec 21

Scrogin Cem. in sec 7, in Lexington, IL

Wiley Family Cem. in sec 27

Martin Township

Antioch Cem. in sec 1

Plymouth Cem. (aka Ritter or Ritchie) in sec 26

Wiley Cem. in sec 4

Money Creek Township

Clarksville Cem. in sec 3

Dawson Cem. in sec 13

Hinthorn Cem. in sec 18 (part in Hudson Twp)

Pennell Cem. in sec 33

Wilcox-Coon Cem. in sec 5

Zion-Bishop Cem. in sec 29

Mount Hope Township

Chapin Cem. in sec 32

Kampf Cem. in sec 6

Longworth Cem. in sec 32

McLean (aka Mount Hope) Cem. in sec 34

Normal Township

East Lawn Cem. in sec 36

Holy Cross Cem. in sec 29

Old Town Township

Bishop Cem. in sec 30

Creel Cem. in sec 25

Garr Cem. in sec 35

Hoover Cem.

Lebo Cem. in sec 36

Mannen Cem. (aka Barrett) in sec 32

Pleasant Grove Cem. in sec 27

Randolph Township

Heyworth Cem. in sec 34

Indian burial ground in sec 28 (farmed over)

Lytleville (aka Spaid) Cem. in sec 27

Miller Cem. (aka Rutledge) in sec 26

Passwater Cem. in sec 21

Randolph Township Memorial Cem. in sec 21 (adjoins  Passwater Cem.)

Shiloh Cem. in sec 25

Stewart Cem. in sec 15

Towanda Township

Smith’s Grove Cem. in sec 10

West Township

Indian burial ground in sec 6 (farmed over)

Love Cem. (aka Hendrick) in sec 5 (farmed over)

White Oak Township

Denman Cem. in sec 15 & 22

Ropp Cem. in sec 25

Troyer Cem. in sec 34

Wintz Cem. in sec 31

Yates Twp Township

Weston Cem. in sec 2

Newspapers:

1897 - 1929

1966 – July 1969

1880 - 1885

(many gaps) 1885 - 1912

1910 – 1923

Heyworth Star (on microfilm)

1923 – February 1962

LeRoy Journal (on microfilm)

1903 – 1945

Lexington misc. (on microfilm)

(many gaps) 1869 – 1898

Lexington misc. clippings (on microfilm)

1885 – 1975

Lexington Unit Journal (on microfilm)

1929 - 1939

1945 - 1962

1964 - 1972

McLean Lens (on microfilm)

The Pantagraph (on microfilm)

February 23, 1859 - February 14, 1860

September 1860 - August 1861

September 2, 1861 – September 12, 1862

September 27 1863 – August 27, 1864

August 29, 1864 – September 19, 1865

December 15, 1871 – December 17,  1872

December 18, 1872 – December 31, 1873

March 15, 1875 – February 29, 1876

January 22, 1877 - December 31, 1877

September 3, 1885 – December 31, 1885

January 1, 1886 – November 16, 1886

October 28, 1887 – October 6, 1888

October 8, 1888 – September 12, 1889

January 20, 1898 – August 8, 1898

August 9, 1898 – March 11, 1899

March 13, 1899 – September 28, 1899

July 4, 1900 – October 20, 1900

January 1, 1903 – June 30, 1903

November 27, 1903 – May 3, 1904

May 4, 1904 – October 10, 1904

April 19, 1906 – September 7, 1906

September 8, 1906 – January 16, 1907

November 17, 1908 – March 24, 1909

March 25, 1909 – July 23, 1909

February 6, 1917 – May 18, 1917

May 19, 1917 – August 31, 1917

April 28, 1928 - June 28, 1928

November 9, 1930 - January 11, 1931

January 28, 1937 – April 10, 1937

September 1938

February 1940

September 1940

February 1941

May 1941

February 1944

March 1944

July 1944

April 1945

November 1945

September 1947

February 1948

December 1950

September 1951

June 1954

August 1954

February 1956

September 1956

August 1957

November 1957

October 1958

September 1960

July 1961

October 1965

May 1968

April 1970

January 1972

February 16, 1974 - February 28, 1974

November 16, 1982 - November 30, 1982

November 16, 1984 - November 30, 1984

March 16, 1985 - March 31,1985

April 1, 1985 - April 15, 1985

April 16, 1985  - April 30, 1985

December 16, 1990 - December 31, 1990

January 1, 1996 – January 15, 1996