ALLERTON PUBLIC LIBRARY MAINTAINS A LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTION.  THE LIBRARY COLLECTS PHOTOGRAPHS, MAPS, PRINT AND NON-PRINT MATERIALS FOCUSING ON PIATT COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

GENEALOGICAL MATERIALS ARE NON-CIRCULATING ITEMS.

SOME RESOURCES AVAILABLE:

HISTORY OF PIATT COUNTY, ILLINOIS BY EMMA PIATT C1883

HISTORY OF DEWITT AND PIATT COUNTIES, ILLINOIS BY CHAPMAN BROTHERS C1891

PAST AND PRESENT OF PIATT COUNTY, ILLINOIS BY CHARLES MCINTOSH C1903

PIATT COUNTY HISTORY BY FRANCIS SHONKWILER C1917

THE GOOD LIFE IN PIATT COUNTY BY JESSE MORGAN C1968

PIATT COUNTY STATE CENSUS FOR 1855 AND 1865

U.S. FEDERAL CENSUS FOR PIATT COUNTY, ILLINOIS
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930

PIATT COUNTY, ILLINOIS CEMETERIES INDEXED BY TOWNSHIP

PIATT COUNTY, ILLINOIS MARRIAGE INDEX 1841-1910

PIATT COUNTY, ILLINOIS BIRTH INDEX 1877-1916

PIATT COUNTY, ILLINOIS ATLASES (INDEXED) 1865, 1875, 1896, 1910, 1927


PIATT COUNTY, ILLINOIS NEWSPAPERS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON MICROFILM.  1874 TO THE PRESENT.