The Kaskaskia Manuscripts are a compilation of notorial records from Illinois Country of Upper Louisiana, primarily from the settlements of Kaskaskia, Prairie du Rocher, St. Philippe, Fort de Chartres, the village of Chartres, Cahokia, and Ste. Genevieve. Created between 1708 and 1816, they include inventories, wills, land sales, marriage licenses, testimonies, and often amusing incidents of daily life.
The index and English summaries are available on microfilm in History & Genealogy. The index is arranged by surname, place, and tribal name. References are given as a series of numbers that point to a date in the order of year, month, day, and finally the document number. Before 1800, the year only includes the last two numbers of the year. For example, “40 : 1 : 3 : 1” could be rewritten as “1740 : January : 3rd : document 1.
The list below will further explain some of the notations in the index.
The index and English summaries are available on microfilm in History & Genealogy. The index is arranged by surname, place, and tribal name. References are given as a series of numbers that point to a date in the order of year, month, day, and finally the document number. Before 1800, the year only includes the last two numbers of the year. For example, “40 : 1 : 3 : 1” could be rewritten as “1740 : January : 3rd : document 1.
The list below will further explain some of the notations in the index.
The index and English summaries are available on microfilm in History & Genealogy. The index is arranged by surname, place, and tribal name. References are given as a series of numbers that point to a date in the order of year, month, day, and finally the document number. Before 1800, the year only includes the last two numbers of the year. For example, “40 : 1 : 3 : 1” could be rewritten as “1740 : January : 3rd : document 1.
The list below will further explain some of the notations in the index.
"The Kaskaskia Manuscripts: 18th-century civil records from the French Illinois Country" appeared in PastPorts newsletter in September 2015. All back issues are available for free in PDF format.