Illinois Room

The Illinois Room at Quincy Public Library is a comfortable place for research. It houses a collection of historical and genealogical books and files, particularly relating to Quincy, Adams County, and the state of Illinois.

Materials in the Illinois room may only be examined within the Illinois Room and are not available for checkout.

Items available in the Illinois Room include:

• cemetery, census, and other early records indexes
• family histories
• local histories
• city directories
• plat books
• Quincy Herald-Whig clippings
• Microfilm collections and microfilm readers. Microfilm includes:
  • Quincy newspapers from 1835 to present
  • Adams County and surrounding counties census through 1930
  • local church and funeral home records
  • city directories
  • Sanborn Fire Insurance maps
  • government records, including court records, birth, death, divorces, wills, estates

Quincy Public Library’s reference librarians are available to show you how to use the resources and equipment in the Illinois Room and can help with your research on an appointment basis. Call 217-223-1309, extension 502 to request and appointment.