What's New
Here is a log of the latest updates, changes, and additions to this Shelby County ILGenWeb site.
2022 Feb 01 - Shelby County ILGenWeb made Available for Adoption
2021 Aug 11 - Thanks to Dennis Partridge, fixed issue with Search feature
2021 Aug 08 - Added remaining 1909 Shelbyville Directory "R" - "Z" extractions
2021 Aug 06 - Added 1909 Shelbyville City Directory "L" - "Q" extractions
2021 Aug 05 - Added 1909 Shelbyville City Directory "H" - "K" extractions
2021 Aug 04 - Added 1909 Shelbyville City Directory "F" - "G" extractions
2021 Jul 31 - Added 1909 Shelbyville City Directory "C" - "E" extractions
2021 Jul 28 - Added some 1909 Shelbyville City Directory extractions
2021 May 12 - Thanks to Shelley Cardiel, added Ray McGREW photo and info
2021 Mar 22 - Thanks to Pam Reitsch, added 1895 Rand McNally Atlas map
2021 Feb 26 - Added a few Resource links
2020 Dec 02 - Added Resource link to Illinois Secretary of State Databases
2020 Nov 28 - Added 1884 Apr 11 newspaper article about Mrs. Usury's death
2020 Sep 27 - Added 11 bios from 1891 Portrait and Biographical Record
2020 Aug 17 - Added 17 bios from 1891 Portrait and Biographical Record
2020 May 16 - Thanks to Bob Brown, added Brown family info
2020 Apr 25 - Added 12 bios from 1891 Portrait and Biographical Record
2020 Feb 05 - Added 10 bios from 1891 Portrait and Biographical Record
2020 Jan 30 - Thanks to Dave Pointer, added Resource link to new
ILSHELBY query board and mailing list
2019 Nov 30 - Thanks to Cheryl Rothwell, added Resource link to IL Coal
Mining
2019 Oct 07 - Thanks to Margaret Johnston, added TURLEY signature and Resource link to Lincoln Library
2019 Sep 15 - Thanks to Margaret Johnston, added TURLEY family info
2019 Jul 24 - Thanks to Jane Copes, added her as look-up volunteer for 1875 Plat Book
2019 Jul 24 - Added a few 1900 Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois extractions
2019 Jun 17 - Added more biographies from 1891 Portrait and Biographical Record of Shelby County
2019 May 29 - Added more biographies from 1891 Portrait and Biographical Record of Shelby County
2019 Apr 28 - Added extraction and Resource link to History of the Disciples of Christ in Illinois
2019 Feb 16 - Added 26 additional 1891 biographies
2018-Dec-17 - Added 22 more 1891 biographies
2018-Nov-02 - Added Resource link to naturalization records at FamilySearch.org
2018-Oct-10 - Thanks to Craig Kammerer, added his Alanson Hill query and info
2018-Sep-22 - Thanks to Meri Arnett-Kremian, added her Abner Reed query
2018-Sep-15 - Thanks to Meri Arnett-Kremian, added Reed families
2018-Aug-12 - Thanks to Donna Laughlin, added Hiram Scarborough photo
2018-Jun-08 - Thanks to Melissa McCord, added links to Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
2018-May-26 - Added 24 more 1891 biographies
2018-Apr-10 - Added 12 more 1891 biographies
2018-Apr-09 - Added 25 more 1891 biographies
2018-Apr-07 - Thanks to Tim Stowell, added Galbraith's railway map
2018-Feb-15 - Thanks to Ann Mensch, added Korean War Fatal Casualties listing
2018-Feb-12 - Thanks to Ann Mensch, added Vietnam War Fatal Casualties listing
2018-Jan-13 - Added a few more 1891 biographies
2018-Jan-12 - Added a few more 1891 biographies
2018-Jan-11 - Added a few more 1891 biographies
2017-Dec-11 - Thanks to ILGenWeb, added
Mexican-American War link
2017-Nov-01 - Thanks to
Preston Brown, added Cushman-Brown family photo
2017-Jul-14 - Added 1881 Chapter 7
2017-Jun-30 - Added Revolutionary War burial listing and ILSSAR resource link
2017-May-29 - Added a few more 1891 biographies
2017-Apr-08 - Added a few more 1891 biographies
2017-Apr-07 - Added a few more 1891 biographies
2017-Mar-04 - Thanks to Jon Carpenter's interest, added family group sheet for
Leonard Phillips
2017-Feb-28 - Thanks to Jon Carpenter's interest, added 1891 biography of Henry Carpenter
and some Carpenter family charts
2017-Jan-12 - Added Circuit Court index from Illinois State Archives website
2016-Dec-07 - Reformatted website, added more maps
2016-Dec-05 - Added some 1891 biographies
2016-Nov-14 - Added soldier listings for Black Hawk War, Mexican-American War,
Civil War, 1883 pensioners, and Spanish-American War
2016-Oct-07 - Added 1929 Honor Roll and Soldiers' & Sailors' Home Residents, fixed
3 broken links
2016-Sep-19 - Added 1891 Biographies list of Shelby county names
2016-Aug-27 - Added CUSHMAN, GRAYBILL, and NAZWORTHY family charts
2016-Jul-17 - Thanks to Anthony Sarno, added FINK comment
2016-Jun-16 - Thanks to Linda Lang, added 1887 news
2016-Jun-12 - Thanks to Linda Lang, added Historical Society resource
2016-May-29 - Thanks to Linda Lang, added obituary, marriage, Austin family, 1857 Property Tax,
1897 news, and 1898 news listings.
2016-May-21 - Thanks to Linda Lang, added 1878 Births and Deaths listings
2016-May-20 - Thanks to Linda Lang, added 1900-1915 Deaths and Marriages listing
2016-May-19 - Thanks to Linda Lang, added 1972-73 Death listing
2016-May-16 - Thanks to Linda Lang, added 1974 Death listing
2016-May-12 - Norma Hass returns as County Coordinator
2014-Jul-26 - Added death records
2014-Jun-28 - Added excerpts from Civil War and WWI publications
2014-Jun-26 - Added marriages
2014-Jun-22 - New look courtesy of veteran GenWeb coordinator Marsha Bryant of Templates in Time.
