Links to Online Books:

• Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Leach…. includes Lierle family
• Black Life in West Central Illinois
• Congressional Edition, Volume 317
• Haunting the Prairie: A Tourists Guide to the Weird and Wild Places of Illinois
• History of Quincy and its Men of Mark: or Facts and figures etc.
• Illinois: A Descriptive and Historical Guide
• Past and Present of the City of Quincy and Adams County, Illinois
• Place Names of Illinois
• Polish Pioneers in Illinois 1818-1850
• Portrait and Biographical Record of Adams County IL
• Quincy, Illinois: The Value of the Past is in the Present
• Reminiscences of Quincy, Illinois: Containing Historical Events, Anectdotes etc.
• Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Illinois
• The History of Adams County IL
• The Ancestry of Edward Wells of Quincy, Illinois
• The City of Quincy, Illinois, its Trade and Manufacturers, etc.
• Then & Now Quincy, Illinois

Books available from retailers, no ebooks available:

• Quincy, Illinois Immigrants from Munsterland, Westphalia, Germany
• Adams County, Illinois
• Quincy, Illinois Micropolitan Area

Links to Other Websites:

Facebook is a very good resource. There are many groups whose members often answer difficult questions. One example: Adams County, Illinois Genealogy

• Archive.org MANY Adams County records, many available as searchable PDFs or to read on your e-reader
• Illinois State Genealogical Society
• Illinois State Archives Databases
• Great River Genealogical Society visit in person
• Finding a Marriage Record by Karen Clifford
• Wayne’s World of History and Genealogy, lots of Coal Mining information