Resources
RESOURCES
Since the founding of the Marissa Historical and Genealogical Society in 1969, many people have donated and contributed resources to our society. These holdings are available to researchers who want to visit our home. We ask that you leave the material in the same condition as you found them. Summarizing our holdings, we have:
Library
Cemetery Inscription Books
Census Books
Church Record Books
Death Record Books
Dictionary of American Biographies
Family History and Genealogy Books
Family Records, in both book form and in files.
Funeral Home Records
Indexes of Many Records
Marriage Record Books
Randolph County History and Genealogy Books
St. Clair County History and Genealogy Books
Washington County History and Genealogy Books
Other County Histories
Microfilm – Newspapers
NOTE: Not all newspaper editions survived to be microfilmed.
The St. Clair Gazelle, Belleville, IL: May 25, 1835 to Feb. 10, 1838
The Representative and Belleville News: Aug. 23, 1837 to May 1, 1839
The Great Western, Belleville, IL: May 11, 1839 to May 9, 1840
Coulterville Republican: 1918 – 1958
Marissa Messenger: All available papers from 1882 to July 25, 1991
(Marissa Messenger and New Athens Journal Press merged Aug. 1, 1991)
New Athens Journal Messenger: Aug. 1, 1991 through Dec. 27, 2006.
Journal Messenger: Jan. 2007 through Dec 25, 2008
Sparta News: All available papers from July 29, 1909 to Dec. 30, 1920
Sparta Plaindealer: All available papers from May 10, 1873 to Sept. 30, 1921
(Sparta News and Sparta Plaindealer merged Oct. 1, 1921)
Sparta News-Plaindealer: Oct. 13, 1921 to Dec. 27, 2006
Sparta News-Plaindealer: Jan. 2007 through Dec 25, 2008
Nashville Illinois Newspapers – (all available papers on microfilm)
Nashville Journal – Feb. 12, 1863 to June 15, 1960
Nashville Democrat – Dec 24, 1903 to June 26, 1924
Nashville News – Dec 18, 1955 to Dec 26 2007
Quarterlies from Illinois and Non-Illinois Genealogical Societies
Equipment
Microfilm-Microfiche Reader with Printer
Standard copying machine.