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Illinois, Diocese of Belleville, Catholic Parish Records, 1695-1956

Illinois Bellville Church Records

A help guide for accessing the images of parish registers recording the events of baptism, first communion, confirmation (to 1907), marriage (to 1930) or death (to 1956) in the Diocese of Belleville (Illinois), Roman Catholic Church. The index to some volumes may reference pages within a given volume beyond current publication dates. As such, these images are not currently available. In addition to traditional parish registers, this collection includes a small number of census, church history, family and financial records. To assist the researcher I have broken down the available registers by county and name of parish, including the years covered by those parish records.

Biography of Hon. John Lloyd Campbell

Hon. John Lloyd Campbell was born in 1855 in Illinois and grew up amidst a family deeply involved in business and public service. Following a military career and severe injury in the Civil War, he pursued law, graduating from Columbia College Law School in 1878. After various legal practices, he became District Attorney and then, in 1889, one of California’s youngest Superior Court judges. Married to Hattie Muscott in 1888, Judge Campbell established a home in Southern California, where he embraced his adopted state’s beauty and climate.