Welcome To Adams County!

This website is dedicated to providing easy access to free information for family historians searching for their roots in Adams County, Illinois.

Adams County is located on the banks of the Mississippi River in West Central Illinois. The county was established January 13, 1825 and named for President John Quincy Adams. John Wood is regarded as the founding father of Adams County. Wood and his friend, Willard Keyes, first settled in the area in 1819.

Finding Information

Use the drop down menu to find topics of interest or use the search engine to find all of the information available on this site about a specific person or place. Be sure to see Early Quincy Cemeteries and Mormon Burials submitted by Lois Brinks-Heath.


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What's New?

Researcher Karen West has provided a list of obituaries in her collection. Thanks to Karen West, we now also have an index to some obituaries and death announcements from March 1958,  August 1960,   February 1961,  January 1962,  July 1964,  January 1968,  July 1977,  December 1978,  September 1984 and   November 1986.

Thanks to the generosity of researcher and author, Steve Brinkoetter, two special booklets are available online at this website. Read summaries and see the booklets, The Pioneers of the Herleman Cabin in Adams County, Illinois, and Ancestors of the John William Loos and Amollia K. Speckhart Family.   Also available now, Kelly and Amen Family Information courtesy of Scott Reed.

About Our Website

This website is maintained by Adams County ILGenWeb County Coordinator, Linda Lee. Your questions and comments are welcome. Information is welcome too! If you have information to share, such as family histories, family group sheets, biographies, obituaries or photographs, please email adamscountyilgw@yahoo.com.