1. Search this site and the Internet

  2. Visit the Clinton County Historical Society Museum

    1091 Franklin Street
    Carlyle, IL 62231

    618-594-4015

    The museum is free - donations accepted
    Membership is $20 per year and includes their Quarterlies

  3. Visit your local Library

  4. Contact the Clinton County Clerk (external link) 

    850 Fairfax Street
    P. O. Box 308
    Carlyle, IL  62231
    (618) 594-2464  Ext. 630

    Records Available:  Births, Deaths, Marriages, Land, and Military Discharges
    Records begin in 1874

  5. Contact the Circuit Clerk of Clinton County (external link) 

    850 Fairfax Street
    P. O. Box 407  
    Carlyle, IL 62231-1840  
    (618) 594-2464  Ext. 620

    Records Available: Probate, Wills, Guardians, Divorce, Insanity & Naturalizations.

  6. Research the Illinois State Archives (external link)
    and the
    Illinois Regional Archives Depository (external link)

    c/o Special Collections  
    Morris Library 6632  
    Southern Illinois University     
    Carbondale, IL 62901-6632  
    Telephone: (618) 453-3040
    Hours: M-F 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m 
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