Resources
There are many websites with genealogy-related info for family history research. We hope you find these resource links helpful. If you have additional resources about Johnson County ancestors, please share them with us.
- Wikipedia, Johnson County, Illinois
- FamilySearch
- Church Records - Illinois, Diocese of Belleville, Catholic Parish Records, 1729-1956, Johnson County, at familysearch.org, has record images for New Burnside and Vienna.
- FindAGrave
- Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection
- Illinois Secretary of State Databases
- Digital Public Library of America
- Internet Archive
- 1876 Atlas of the State of Illinois
- 1893 Biographical Review of Johnson, Massac, Pope and Hardin Counties, Illinois
- 1894 Historical & Descriptive Review of Illinois, Volume 1, The Southern Section, Her Principal Towns and Their Progressive Men. 230 pages
- 1912 A History of Southern Illinois Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
- 1915 History of the Disciples of Christ in Illinois by Nathaniel S. Haynes, 670 pages
- 1925 A History of Johnson County Illinois by Mrs. P. T. Chapman
- 1940 Stories from Illinois History
- 1940 Pioneer Days in Illinois
- HonorStates Military Gold Stars, those who died while in service during WWI, WWII, Korean, and Vietnam
- Chronicling America
- ObitCity
- USGenWeb Archives – Johnson County, Illinois
- 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.
- Descendants of Austin Yancey website may be of great interest to those researching the YANCEY/KELLEY/SMITH/WEBB and other families of Williamson and Johnson County, Illinois
- Obituaries from Southern Illinois Newspapers
- Genealogical Society of Southern Illinois has a pdf available of a fantastic map of Johnson county
- The Library of Congress has some Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps available for New Burnside and Vienna
- The Ancestor Hunt
- Genealogy Trails
- ILJOHNSON Query Board and Mailing List at groups.io
- Johnson County,Illinois Genealogy - on Facebook
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