EXHIBIT 23.2
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            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

   The Board of Directors
   First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc.:

   We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
   on Form S-8 of First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc. and subsidiaries of
   our report dated March 9, 2005, with respect to the consolidated statements
   of income, changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows of First
   Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc. and subsidiaries for the year ended
   December 31, 2004, which report appears in the December 31, 2006 annual
   report on Form 10-K of First Mid-Illinois Bankshares, Inc.

   /s/ KPMG LLP
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   KPMG LLP

   Chicago, Illinois
   December 11, 2007




















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