Carroll County is located in northwest
Illinois. It was formed in 1839 from Jo
Daviess county. It was named for Charles Carroll, a Marylander who signed the
Declaration of Independence. Although
Mr. Carroll never set foot in Illinois, many of the county’s early settlers
were from Maryland. The county itself
remains fairly rural and they boast of only one stoplight in the entire county.
Birth and death records have been
kept since 1877. Marriage records,
Probate files and Land Records date to the founding of the county. Unfortunately, few records are accessible on
FamilySearch. There are some early vital
records online at https://carroll.illinoisgenweb.org,
along with some obituaries and cemetery information.
The courthouse is located in the county seat of Mt.
Carroll and their website is https://www.carroll-county.net/clerkrecorder.
Some vital records may also be found at
the IRAD depository at Northern Illinois University. Other county records
housed at the IRAD are land, probate, and naturalizations records.
The Carroll County Genealogical Society has some church records online as well as records of naturalizations, and county poor farm records. They may be reached at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haliotis/index2.html.
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Note: This was originally published in the "County Spotlight" column in the Illinois State Genealogical Society Newsletter (March 2021).
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