Attached files
Exhibit
23.1
CONSENT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board
of Directors
First
Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc.:
RE:
Registration Statements
Registration
No. 333-81850 on Form S-3
Registration
No. 033-64061 on Form S-8
Registration
No. 033-64139 on Form S-8
Registration
No. 333-69673 on Form S-8
Registration
No. 333-81852 on Form S-8
Registration
No. 333-148080 on Form S-8
We
consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form S-3
and S-8 of First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc. of our reports dated March 3,
2010, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of First Mid-Illinois
Bancshares, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31,2009 and 2008 and the
related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity and
cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2009,
and management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31,2009 and the effectiveness of internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31,2009 which reports appear in
the December 31,2009 annual report on Form 10-K of First Mid-Illinois
Bancshares, Inc.
/s/ BKD LLP
Decatur,
Illinois
March 3,
2010