Carlinville Library Genealogy Room holds so many good things...
Information about: Sears homes. Cemeteries. Coal Mines. Family histories. The Carlinville Public Library has a wealth of local and family histories available for the serious researcher or for anyone wishing to pass a couple interesting hours.
Zimmer Family Genealogy Room
The comfortable Zimmer Family Genealogy Room houses Macoupin and surrounding county histories, local church histories, and anecdotal information about Carlinville and Macoupin County. In addition, the following items are available for in-house use:
- History of Macoupin County Schools
- Dedicated computer containing digital, keyword-searchable PDFs of local newspapers from 1856 through 2013 (missing some early issues)
- Census records on paper and microfilm
- Local newspapers on microfilm and digital back to the mid-1850s
- Cemetery listings on paper and CD-ROM
- City directories, school directories, and phone books
- County Plat Books from 1911 to recent time
- Marriage records
- Extensive obituary index for the local area
- 2 copy machines-$.10 for black and white, $.50 for color
- 2 computers for genealogy use only
- New digital microfiche machine for printing, saving, and/or sending files
- Older microfiche machine for view-only research
- Assorted state and regional histories
Federated First Baptist Church
Aerial View of SE Side Square
St. Paul's United Church of Christ
Old Methodist Church
Macoupin County Courthouse
Carlinville Train Depot
Old Macoupin County Cannoball Jail
Old Main Blackburn College
West Side of Square
Macoupin County Enquirer/East Main
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
St. Mary Catholic Church
East Side of Square
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Memorial Christian Church
SE Corner of the Square
Prints of Old Carlinville
These photos are available for purchase at the Carlinville Public Library for $3 each.
