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Library/Archives
- Business Records
- 1914 Merchant's Directory
- Renshaw, Roy Hall's Account Book, 1905 - 1910 with area residents
- Renshaw, Roy Hall's Account Book, 1910 - 1918 with area residents
- Death Records
- Road District #1 Death Certificates, Herod area, 1932 - 1947
- 1942 Deaths, A few Abstracts, Massac, Pope, Pulaski Counties
- Ephemera
- Dixon Springs Brochure, 1911
- Golconda Madstone play
- Illinois Central Train Magazine, 1919
- Pope County Deer Festival Booklet, 1977
- Pope County Tourism, 1966
- Train Schedule 1908 and Steamer Schedule, 1893
- WPA Construction Project Photographs, 1936
- Newspaper Arcticle, Flood Edition, 1937
- Pioneer History of Illinois
- Pope County Forgotten Records - Early records published by Ed Annable
- Robbs Phone Directory, 1934
- Ancestral Charts of members published 1999 by the Historical Society
- School Records
- Grasty School History and Attendance Records
- Pope County Graduate List, 1870 - 1985
- Sumner School Records, 1912 - 1920
- Teacher's Institute Program, 1904
- Slavery in Pope County
- W. F. Teague Letter - Early Pope County Life
- Trampe's Historical Review - An Excellent resource on early Pope County history!
Articles of Interest
- 1860 Census of Pope County Analysis - by Rick Allen
- Facts, Legend & Lore - booklet produced for Pope County Bicentennial, 2016
- History of Renshaw by Rick Allen
- Tragedy on the Ohio River, 1951
- Scrapbook of Southern Illinois News Articles saved by Claude V. Parsons, 1937, 1938, 1939
Bible Records
- Boicourt
- Brush
- Conley
- Crabb
- Reid
- Teresia Ellen Brush's Book (not a Bible but records vital records)
- Vinson
- Wachter Family Bibles - Wade Wachter and Nellie Florina Elizabeth Noel Wachter
- Walker
- Warren-Belcher
- Williams-Shipp-Gullett-Ferrell
Cemeteries
- Barrett
- Beames
- Cedar-Grove
- Cox
- Dean Cemetery west of Azotus Road
- Dean Cemetery east of Azotus Road
- Field-Trovillion
- Glendale
- Griffin
- Hamletsburg
- Hazel
- Hodge Cemetery - Section 15, Twp. 15S, R6E
- Hodgeville
- Macedonia Church
- Masonic Cemetery - Section 23, Twp. 15S, R6E
- Miller-Hyde
- Mount Olive
- Mount Zion
- New Home
- New Liberty - south Pope
- Old Glass
- Old Home
- Old Trovillion Burying Ground
- Pryor
- Roe
- Sassafrass/Sutton
- Unnamed Cemetery in Section 30, Twp. 15S, R7E - Massac County
- Walker
- Weaver
- Wetherington
- Zion, McCormick
- Honor Roll of Pope County Veteran Burials compiled in 1956
Census Records -
- Federal census transcriptions: 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870. 1880, 1900
- Federal mortality schedules - 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
- State census transcriptions: 1818, 1820, 1845, 1855, 1865
Church Records
- Antioch Baptist Church Minutes, 1864 - 1920 with Memorials and Correspondence
- Bethany Cumberland Presbyterian Church - by Mary Ellen Young
- Bethany Cumberland Presbyterian Church Minutes, 1895 - 1974
- Calvary Baptist Church Minutes, New Liberty, 1958 - 1971
- Church of Christ Minutes, 1834 - 1891 (present day Hardin County)
- Concord Baptist Church Minutes, 1879 - 1901
- Concord Baptist Church Index to Minutes, 1901 - 1960
- Olive General Baptist Church
- Minutes, 1855 - 1882
- Minutes, 1901 - 1932
- Minutes, 1918 - 1942
- Miscellaneous Documents
- List of Members
- Sunday School Minutes, 1901 - 1903
- Sunday School Directory of the County, 1906
Circuit Court Records - These indexes are available to everyone.
- Chancery Index by Plaintiff
- Circuit Clerk Index 1817 - 1869
- Criminal Index
- Harrington Clanahan Correspondence, 1874 - 1886 - available to Members Only
- Law Index 1857 - 1869
- Miscellaneous Remedies
- Naturalizations Index
- Pope County Divorce Index
- Probate Conservator Index
- Probate Guardian Index
- Probate Index, 1945 - 1964
- Wills Index
Court Records
- Chancery Court Index, about 1860 - 1960
- County Court Order Books, 1816 - 1850
Election Records
- Pope County Voters, 1866 - 1870
Manuscripts and Diaries
- Cherokee Trail of Tears Letter
- From Washington to Hoover, history published by Harrington Clanahan
- McCormick Recollections by Herb Nance, Growing up during the Depression
- Memories of Main Street Golconda by Mildred Stone Chester
- A Study of Hodgeville, 1928
- Doctors of Pope County, Since 1800
- Early Settlers of Pope County - a thoroughly researched manuscript with more information
on southern Illinois region
Organization Records
- Allen Springs Lodge
- Minutes, 1887 - 1889
- Minutes, 1888 - 1892
- Minutes, 1893 - 1908
- Minutes, 1908 - 1930
Obituaries
- 1926, 1927, 1938, 1929
- 1994 - 2000, 2008 - 2009
- Nellie Goulding, 1899
- Obits and Tidbits, Volumes I and II, by Judy Foreman Lee
- Waltersburg Area Obituaries
Photographs of Pope County
- Communities
- Slides taken by Drexel Mott
- Deer Festival
- Photos by Bob Cox
- 1937 Ohio River
- Farmer's Merchant
- Ohio River Dam 51
Pope County Probate Records, 1816 - 1835 and 1836 - 1945, published by Ed Annable
Military Records
- Pope County Military Veterans - a Listing
- Petition of Civil War Veteran James C. Cox regarding pension - many names, 1888
Tax Lists
- 1827 - 1848 in State Auditor's Office
- 1853 - partial list, A - L
- 1919 Assessments
