The Cheney Mansion ~ 1900
The Researcher Center

Are you looking for an Ancestor?
Maybe you are writing a family history book

Lois Lock ~ Historian and Genealogist
Hearshal McKinney ~ Research Assistant

They are there to help you.
Open ~ Thursday   1 - 4 pm
Friday & Saturday  10 am - 4 pm
The Prairie Schooner
Lone Star Booklet
Jersey County History
Sequicentennial Edition
Federal Census Books
1820 thru 1930
Materials available for Genealogy Research at the Center

  • Jersey-Greene County Farmers and Breeders Directories 1890-1941
  • Greene County Cemetery Records to 1990
  • Calhoun County Cemetery Records to 1983
  • Jersey County Cemetery Index and record to 1980
  • All Jersey County Cemeteries Indexed
  • Some Abandoned Cemetery records
  • Jerseyville Funeral records. Gubser 1917-1990, Jacoby 1905-1936
  • Jersey County Veterans buried in Jersey County - Honor Roll
  • Jersey County History Books,  1885 and 1919
  • Jersey County Atlas and Plat Books, 1872, 1873, 1892, 1916
  • Most Country and City Church History records
  • Thousands of Family files with obituaries, births, weddings, surname filed
  • Many Family Books with extensive genealogies
  • Records of Dow, Chautauqua, Elsah, Fidelity, Grafton, Medora, etc.

For pricing on all booklets and materials contact Lois Lock at:
618 498 3514

Visit the Society Research Center, your genealogy search can begin right here.


Research Center Hours

Thursday and Friday  1:00 pm ~ 4 pm
Saturday   10:00 am ~ 4 pm

If you aren't able to visit in person, you can write to Lois Lock for information
and cost of research.  All fees collected for research will be used to pay for
costs of copies and to add to the information available for research.

Jersey County Historical Society
601 North State Street
Jerseyville, Illinois  62052
Phone  618 498 3514

Webmaster ~ Bob French
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