Courthouse Planning - Part 3

I'm headed to Macon County, Illinois, for a genealogy field trip and the next step is to list the records to research.

List the known events in Macon County:

• 1862 marriage
• 1864 naturalization
• 1866 marriage
• 1868 birth
• 1870 birth
• 1870 census
• 1874-1880 possible deaths, triggering guardianship and probate
• later events for half-siblings

List the record sets that apply, based on the IRAD listing:

• Record Set                                     From   To
• ASSESSOR'S BOOKS                               1848   1891
• BIRTH RECORD INDEX                             1850   1890
• CHATTEL MORTGAGES                              1871   1948
• CIRCUIT COURT CASE FILES                       1829   1904
• CIRCUIT COURT DOCKETS                          1878   1881
• CIRCUIT COURT DOCKETS, COMMON LAW              1869   1869
• COUNTY COURT RECORD                            1872   1934
• DEATH RECORD                                   1877   1918
• DEATH RECORD INDEX                             1877   1922
• DEED INDEX                                     1829   1893
• DEED RECORD                                    1829   1901
• ENTRY BOOKS                                    1827   1890
• HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS' RECORD (DECATUR TWP)    1860   1892
• INMATES OF ASYLUMS AND SCHOOLS RECORD          1863   1922
• JUSTICE OF THE PEACE DOCKETS                   1857   1871
• MARRIAGE RECORD                                1829   1918
• MARRIAGE RECORD INDEX                          1829   1930
• MILITARY DISCHARGE RECORD                      1864   1865
• MILITIA ROLL RECORD                            1861   1862
• MORTGAGE RECORD                                1857   1893
• NATURALIZATION RECORD, COUNTY COURT            1860   1906
• NATURALIZATION RECORD, FINAL, CIRCUIT COURT    1858   1883
• PROBATE ADMINISTRATOR'S RECORD                 1873   1939
• PROBATE CASE FILES                             1830   1890
• PROBATE INVENTORY RECORD                       1860   1960
• PROBATE WILL RECORD                            1847   1916
• SCHOOL PUPILS' SCHOLARSHIP RECORD (DECATUR)    1874   1879
• SCHOOL TEACHERS' DAILY REGISTERS (DECATUR)     1861   1883

That's a lot of record sets, but many I've seen before on microfiche or microfilm. I need to double-check the indexes for alternate spellings that I've learned are common. I didn't know those spellings when I first looked.

Tomorrow I'll look at record sets available at the public libraries in Macon County.