Resources

• 1884 Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and Richland, Illinois. Historical and Biographical, 864 pages
• 1892 Directory of Illinois Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, includes Richland Monthly Meeting held in Hoopeston (now in Vermilion County), 66 pages
• 1893 Portrait and Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and Richland Counties Illinois: containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States, 614 pages
• 1909 Biographical and Reminiscent History of Richland, Clay and Marion Counties, Illinois, 674 pages
• 1909 Historical Sketch of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Olney, Illinois, 1841-1909, 44 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
• 1940 Stories from Illinois History
• 1952 The Ochs Family, 63 pages
• Church Records - Illinois, Diocese of Belleville, Catholic Parish Records, 1729-1956, Richland County, at familysearch.org has record images for Olney and Stringtown.
• Naturalization Records - Illinois County Naturalization Records, 1800-1998, at familysearch.org, has record images for Richland County
• Illinois Secretary of State Databases
• Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection
• Chronicling America
• ObitCity
• USGenWeb Archives – Richland County, Illinois
• ILGenWeb Resources for Illinois Genealogy Research
• Wikipedia, Richland County, Illinois
• Coal Mining in Illinois
• Richland Heritage Museum Foundation website, Heritage House, Carnegie Museum, and McsBurg Schoolhouse, located in Olney
• Tiger Alumni Center
  - School History by Ron Scherer
  - Olney Memories by Ann Weesner King
• Olney Public Library
• Richland County Illinois Genealogy Society website and connect on Facebook
• Genealogical Society of Southern Illinois has a pdf available of a fantastic map of Richland county
• Past Queries
• ILRICHLAND Query Board and Mailing List at groups.io
• Message Board at Rootsweb
• Message Board at GenForum
• Digital Public Library of America
• The Library of Congress has some Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps available for Olney
• USGS GNIS - Geographic Names Information System
• The Ancestor Hunt
• Genealogy Trails
• A bit about Richland County government offices
• Deciphering Old Hand Writing

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.

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