Welcome to Free Genealogy Resources for Scott County

Scott County is available for adoption! Contact the State Coordinator.

This is the Scott County website of the Illinois GenWeb Project and affiliated with the USGenWeb Project. We welcome you and invite you to explore and use the free resources available here. You can do this using the menu buttons which are on each of the pages. If the buttons don't work for you (e.g. you have Javascript turned off in your browser) you can reach all the pages using an HTML only menu too. Because there are frequent additions, check the "New?" button to see if there is something you haven't yet seen. If you own or are aware of other resources that should be posted or linked here, or have any problems using this website, please notify the County Coordinator

Scott County was established on February 16, 1839 from a portion of Morgan County. It's territory was first part of Illinois County, created by Virginia in 1783. In 1787 this sparsely settled county became part of the Territory Northwest of the Ohio River. In 1790 present day Scott became part of St. Clair County, one of the initial counties in Indiana Territory when it was created in 1800. In 1809, that county became part of the new Illinois Territory and Scott county's territory moved through several county organizations as the population of Illinois began to expand rapidly: first Madison in 1812; next Greene in 1821; and finally becoming part of Morgan in 1823. This very rural county retains much the look it had when your ancestors lived there. The courthouse in Winchester is magnificent, as you can see by the photo at the left of this page.