Illinois, Macon County, Decatur Public Library Collections, 1879-2007
Images of card indexes from the Decatur Public Library. Obituary indexes are by year range. The World War I Soldiers Cards give soldiers, deaths, and enlistees.
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Illinois, Macon County, Decatur Public Library Collections
What is in This Collection?
The collection consists of images of card indexes from the Decatur Public Library. The records include:
- Obituary indexes, Decatur Daily Review, 1879-2007
- World War I deaths, 1917-1918
- World War I enlistees, 1917-1918
- World War I Soldiers, 1916-1918
The collection covers Christian, Coles, Douglas, Effingham, Fayette, DeWitt, Logan, Marion, Moultrie, and Montgomery counties. Newspapers included obituaries from their beginning issues.
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
To Browse This Collection
| You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Illinois, Macon County, Decatur Public Library Collections, 1879-2007. |
What Can These Records Tell Me?
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Obituaries
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World War I Soldiers Cards
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Collection Content
Sample Images
1979 Library Card Index
1918 Obituary Card Index
Collection Details
Location of Original Records
Decatur Public Library
"Illinois, Macon County, Decatur Public Library Collections, 1879-2007." Database with images. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 18 September 2025. Decatur Public Library, Illinois.
