Now Accepting PayPal for Online Donations and Payments!
Your gift to Bond County Historical Society helps preserve, explore, and share the rich history of our county, its city and villages, and its rural communities. Click the PayPal button to make a secure, online donation or payment via credit card or PayPal. You do not need to have a PayPal account in order to donate via credit card. As BCHS is recognized as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, your contribution may be tax deductible and it helps us achieve our mission to educate current and future generations about our unique past. Thank you!!
Search Historic Advocate on Chronicling America Website
Digital images of the earliest issues of the Greenville Advocate are now included in the Library of Congress’ freely available newspaper site: Chronicling America. The 256 issues, 4 pages each, were digitized from microfilm of issues published between 1858 and 1864. They can presently be accessed and searched by keyword in formats of image, PDF, and online text. Bond County Historical Society and Bond County Genealogical Society are hopeful more opportunities and funds will arise for digitizing additional years of the newspaper. Cary Holman, BCHS president said of the release, “We are off to a promising start in this partnership with the Illinois Newspaper Project and truly appreciative of the support of the Library of Congress.”
2025 Upcoming Events
Bond County Historical Society is planning a full year of Activities, Speakers, Tours, and Events! View the current schedule and check back often for more dates & more details. [Last Updated September 2, 2025]
We’re Open in 2025
Welcome to Bond County Historical Society’s home, the Bond County Museum, for the 2025-2026 Season. Free admission. Donations accepted.
Come visit us for a self-guided tour Saturdays 10am-noon (& Sundays 1-3pm June, July, August only).
The museum will open for special tours, please call or email to arrange. Check dates the museum facility is Currently Reserved.
Watch our Facebook Page and local media for more information on special events!
“Bond County History Remembered: Video Legacies”
is Bond County Historical Society’s new oral history series
Check out the newest video releases in our YouTube Channel and on our Video Legacies webpage.
Museum Phone Number is 618-690-0469
Leave us a voicemail message to schedule a guided group tour, a tour outside regular museum hours, or to get in touch with our society board for any reason. If you are unable to connect with us via phone, please send an email or a message to our Facebook page.
Bond County Museum Hours!
- Saturdays: 10am-noon (January—December)
- Sundays: 1pm-3pm (June—August)
Plus special occasions to be announced. Groups welcome.
The museum will also open for special tours, please call or email to arrange.
e-Newsletter
Now you can enjoy reading the semi-annual Bond County Genealogical Society e-Newsletter, published jointly with Bond County Historical Society since 2014!
Officers
Cary Holman
President
Blake Knox
Vice-President
Jane Hopkins
Secretary
John S. Coleman
Treasurer
Kevin Kaegy
Historian
Apply for or Renew Membership here using our downloadable form:
The PDF is “interactive” so you can fill, print, save, & email this PDF.
Business Meetings are generally the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm at Bond County Museum. Special Programs, Events or Tours of other locations may move meeting date/time. Please check our Facebook Page, WGEL 101.7FM Radio, The Greenville Advocate newspaper, or official emails from the society.
Past Posters Collage - Each October, BCHS hosts our Annual Dinner Meeting Plus Program & Elections
