This is a partial list of books that are about Wabash County history and families. To request a lookup from any of the references, click on the address by the source and ask them politely. Volunteers are needed for unclaimed titles listed here, as well as for any references which are not yet listed. If you would like to volunteer to assist others or know of other references that should be listed, please email
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- Mt. Carmel Area Sesquicentennial; October 1-9, 1965
- The History of Allendale (1991)
- History of Wabash County, Illinois (1976)
- History and Families Wabash County, Illinois 1824-1993 (1993)
- Pat Holsworth - pholsworth@oberlin.net
- History of Edwards, Lawrence, and Wabash Counties (1883)
- Pat Holsworth - pholsworth@oberlin.net
- Illinois Geographical and Wabash County Biographical (1911)
(also known as the Risley History)- Rosters of men from Edwards, Wabash and Lawrence Counties that served in BlackHawk War and Civil War. Donna: colyer55@mychoice.net
- Wabash Co. census books for 1830-1870
- Pat Holsworth - pholsworth@oberlin.net
- Cemetery Books v. 2-5
- Pat Holsworth - pholsworth@oberlin.net
- St John's German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Cowling, IL parish records
Some of the records are in the old german script and are difficult to read- Scott Bosecker - http://www.mindspring.com/~sbosecker/ - sbosecker@mindspring.com