United States Resources: Illinois

    Illinois quilt square based on Maggie Malone's 1,001 Patchwork Designs

    ROOTS-L Databases and Files

  • Illinois Surnames in the RootsWeb Surname List

    Surname to search for:
  • Illinois Books We Own
  • genealog.lc-il: Books in the on-line Library of Congress catalog with the subject "Illinois--genealogy."
  • genealog.vital-il: Where to write for Illinois vital records, Illinois genealogical and historical societies, the state archives, and a newspaper genealogical column. Or check Illinois Vital Records Information for more current info on where to write for vital records.

    Other Illinois Genealogical and Historical Resources on the Net

    Other Illinois Genealogy and History Pages

  • Linkpendium Illinois County Links - over 30,000 Illinois links!
  • Illinois Resources at Rootsweb:
    • State level
    • County level
  • Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - U.S. - Illinois
  • The Illinois GenWeb Project
  • American Local History Network
  • The American History and Genealogy Project
  • Illinois Genealogy Trails
  • A Guide to Illinois Genealogy Resources from GeneaSearch
  • Digital Past Over 90,000 images (and growing daily) from around 40 cultural institutions in (mostly) northern Illinois. Most of the participants are public libraries who are either making their own local history collections available online or working with their local historical society to mount theirs. There are diaries, photos, biographies, maps, etc available freely to the public through the site.

    General Resources

  • Illinois Mailing Lists
  • USGenWeb Archives: Illinois
  • LDS Research Outline for Illinois
  • Illinois Family History Centers
  • From Ancestry.com
    • 1820 U. S. Census
    • 1830 U. S. Census
    • 1840 U. S. Census
    • 1850 U. S. Census
    • 1860 U. S. Census
    • 1870 U. S. Census
    • 1880 U. S. Census
    • 1900 U. S. Census
    • 1910 U. S. Census
    • 1920 U. S. Census
    • 1930 U. S. Census
  • The USGenWeb Census Project: Illinois
    • Completed Transcriptions
  • Illinois Newspaper Project
  • Illinois History and Genealogy, a wonderful Illinois page, including:
    • Newspapers for Illinois Genealogical Research
    • Illinois History: with pointers to excellent pages individual counties in Western Illinois
    • And more...
  • Illinois Public Domain Land Sales (searchable)
  • Illinois Home Page: WPA Life Histories
  • At Home in the Heartland
  • History of Illinois
  • ILGenWeb Orphan Treasure Project
  • Census Online: Illinois
  • NEIC: Earthquake History of Illinois
  • Illinois Tornadoes, 1950-1995
  • Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
  • Ghost Towns of Illinois
  • Illinois History
  • Illinois Civilian Conservation Corps camps
  • Historic House Museums of Illinois
  • History of Mid Century Telephone Cooperative, 1950-1994
  • Lincoln Highway
  • Chicagoland Radio History
  • Chicago Television History
  • History - WGN Radio
  • The History of WLS Radio Chicago
  • Lake Michigan Lights
  • Illinois Bibliography - United States and Worldwide Postal History
  • History of Route 40 and the National Road
  • Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
  • Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
  • Servitude and Emancipation Records (1722-1863)

    Archives, Libraries and Museums

  • Illinois State Archives
  • Illinois State Library
  • Illinois State Historical Library
    • Genealogical Research
  • Augustana College: Special Collections
    • Farm Life
    • Pioneer Biographies
    • Civil War Diaries
    • And old postcards, and more...
  • From the Chicago Public Library:
    • A Chronological History of Chicago from 1673
    • Special Collections and Preservation Division
    • The Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature
  • Decatur Public Library Local History Room
  • Ela Area Public Library Lake Zurich Area Local History Center
  • Garfield Farm and Inn Museum
  • Naper Settlement A museum village
  • The Newberry Library
    • Chicago Genealogy
    • Illinois Genealogy
  • Archival Research Collections at North Park College
  • Rossville Depot Railroad Museum
  • University of Illinois Archives

    Cemeteries

  • Tombstone Transcription Project
  • Cemetery Records Online
  • The Illinois Political Graveyard
  • Find A Grave
  • Cemeteries of Northern Illinois
  • Graveyards of Chicago
  • Genealogical Research at Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago

    Ethnic and Religious

  • African Ancestry in Illinois
  • The Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, Chicago Public Library
  • A Sketch of Early Primitive Baptist History for the State of Illinois
  • Indians of Southern Illinois
  • Illinois History
  • Kickapoo History
  • Mascouten History
  • Miami History
  • Ojibwe History
  • Ottawa History
  • Potawatomi History
  • Sauk and Fox History
  • Shawnee History
  • Winnebago History

    Local History and Information

  • Adams County Illinois Genealogy Search
  • Adams County at Linkpendium
  • Alexander County at Linkpendium
  • Old Algonquin
  • Alton's Honored Past
  • Amboy
  • Ashton
  • Belleville History & Culture
  • Belvidere History: traces of the past
  • Bensenville History from Village Profile
  • Binghampton
  • Settlers and History of the Bishop Hill Colony Henry County, Illinois
  • Bond County at Linkpendium/a>
  • Boone County at Linkpendium
  • Brown County at Linkpendium
  • History of Brown County, Illinois, USA
  • Bureau County at Linkpendium
  • History - Bureau County, Illinois
  • Calhoun County at Linkpendium
  • History - Calhoun County, Illinois
  • The History of Canton, Illinois
  • Cardunal History: A glance at yesteryear
  • Carroll County at Linkpendium
  • History of Carthage
  • Cass County at Linkpendium/a>
  • Champaign County at Linkpendium
  • St. Michael's Catholic Church, Chicago - transcribed baptismal records
  • Christian County at Linkpendium
  • Cicero's History
  • Clark County at Linkpendium
  • Clay County at Linkpendium/a>
  • Clinton County at Linkpendium
  • Clinton History: Yesteryear Revisited
  • Coles County at Linkpendium
  • History of Collinsville
  • Columbia History
  • Compton
  • Cook County at Linkpendium/a>
  • Album of Genealogy and Biography, Cook County, Illinois (1895)
  • Countryside History: Out City's Past
  • Crawford County at Linkpendium
  • Cumberland County at Linkpendium
  • Decatur History: Tracing Our Roots
  • De Kalb County at Linkpendium
  • De Witt County at Linkpendium
  • Douglas County at Linkpendium
  • Downers Grove History
  • Du Page County at Linkpendium
  • East St. Louis History
  • Edgar County at Linkpendium
  • Edwards County at Linkpendium
  • Edwardsville & Glen Carbon History
  • Effingham County at Linkpendium
  • Eldena
  • Elsah Village History
  • A Short History of Evanston
  • Fayette County at Linkpendium
  • Ford County at Linkpendium/a>
  • Forest Park Village History
  • Franklin County at Linkpendium
  • Franklin Grove
  • Village of Freeburg - History
  • Freeport History
  • Fulton County at Linkpendium
  • History - Fulton County, Illinois
  • Galena History: somewhere in time
  • Gallatin County at Linkpendium
  • Edwardsville & Glen Carbon History
  • Glenview History
  • Granite City History - Heritage of 100 years
  • History of Greene County, Illinois, USA
  • Greene County at Linkpendium
  • Grundy County at Linkpendium
  • Gurnee History
  • Hamilton County at Linkpendium
  • Hancock County at Linkpendium
  • History - Hancock County, Illinois
  • Hardin County at Linkpendium
  • Harmon
  • Harrisburg History: yesteryear remembered
  • History - Havana, Illinois
  • Henderson County at Linkpendium
  • History - Henderson County
  • Henry County at Linkpendium
  • Herrin History: American Pride
  • Homer Township History: remembering the past
  • Huntley History
  • Illinois Valley Area History
  • Iroquois County at Linkpendium
  • Jackson County at Linkpendium
  • Jasper County at Linkpendium
  • Jefferson County at Linkpendium
  • Jersey County at Linkpendium
  • Jo Daviess County at Linkpendium
  • Johnson County at Linkpendium
  • Kane County at Linkpendium/a>
  • Kankakee County at Linkpendium
  • Kendall County at Linkpendium
  • Knox County at Linkpendium/a>
  • History of La Harpe
  • Lake County at Linkpendium/a>
  • Lake in the Hills History
  • La Salle County at Linkpendium
  • Lawrence County at Linkpendium
  • Lee County at Linkpendium
  • Lee County
  • The Village of Lee
  • Lee Center
  • Libertyville History
  • Livingston County at Linkpendium
  • Logan County at Linkpendium
  • Macon County at Linkpendium
  • Macoupin County at Linkpendium
  • Madison County at Linkpendium
  • Marion County at Linkpendium
  • Marshall County at Linkpendium
  • Mason County at Linkpendium
  • Massac County at Linkpendium
  • Matteson History & Heritage
  • McDonough County at Linkpendium
  • McHenry County at Linkpendium
  • McLean County at Linkpendium
  • Menard County at Linkpendium
  • Mercer County at Linkpendium
  • Monroe County at Linkpendium
  • Montgomery County at Linkpendium
  • Morgan County at Linkpendium
  • Morton History
  • Moultrie County at Linkpendium
  • Mount Carroll's History
  • Nachusa
  • History is Recreated in Nauvoo
  • Nelson
  • Northlake History & Heritage
  • Ogle County at Linkpendium
  • Olympia Fields Overview & History
  • Pekin Illinois History
  • Peoria County at Linkpendium
  • Peoria: A Look at Times Past
  • Perry County at Linkpendium
  • Piatt County at Linkpendium
  • Pike County at Linkpendium
  • Pontiac History: Yesteryear Remembered
  • Pope County at Linkpendium
  • Prairieville
  • Princeton History
  • Pulaski County at Linkpendium
  • Putnam County at Linkpendium
  • Quincy & Its History - Gem City on the Mississippi
  • Randolph County at Linkpendium
  • Rantoul History
  • Richland County at Linkpendium
  • Riverside History
  • Rock Island County at Linkpendium
  • Rock Island History
  • Saint Clair County at Linkpendium
  • A Brief History of St. Clair County
  • Saline County at Linkpendium
  • Sandwich History
  • Sangamon County at Linkpendium
  • Scarboro
  • History of Schaumburg Township
  • History of the Village of Schaumburg
  • Schiller Park History
  • Schuyler County at Linkpendium
  • Scott County at Linkpendium
  • Shelby County at Linkpendium
  • South Holland History
  • Stark County at Linkpendium
  • History - Stark County
  • Stephenson County at Linkpendium
  • Steward
  • Sublette
  • Sugar Grove History
  • Sycamore History
  • Tazewell County at Linkpendium
  • Tri-Cities Area History - Heritage of 100 Years!
  • Union County at Linkpendium
  • Vermilion County at Linkpendium
  • Vermont Illinois - Vestige of a Gilded Age
  • The History of Vernon Township
  • Villa Park History
  • Wabash County at Linkpendium
  • Warren County at Linkpendium
  • History of Warsaw
  • Washington County at Linkpendium
  • Wayne County at Linkpendium
  • West Brooklyn
  • Wheeling History
  • White County at Linkpendium
  • Whiteside County at Linkpendium
  • Will County at Linkpendium
  • Williamson County at Linkpendium
  • Winnebago County at Linkpendium
  • Woodford County at Linkpendium
  • Yorkville History
  • From Brian Mavrogeorge, five zipped files:
    • ilchic00.zip, 1500 bytes zipped, 2400 unzipped, a table showing showing which Chicago wards were in which enumeration district in 1900
    • ilchic10.zip, 1100 bytes zipped, 1800 unzipped, a table showing which Chicago wards were in which enumeration district in 1910
    • ilgallat.zip, 11K zipped, 29K unzipped, a surname index to the 1860 Gallatin County census
    • ilhamilt.zip, 3700 bytes zipped, 8800 unzipped, a surname index to Volume I of Hamilton County Cemetery Inscriptions
    • ilsaline.zip, 9K zipped, 19K unzipped, a full name index to Saline County death records from 1903-1912.

    Maps and Gazetteers

  • USGS/GNIS Database of Illinois locations
  • Illinois from Color Landform Atlas of the United States
  • Illinois Profiles: Interactive county maps
  • Pam Rietsch's 1895 U.S. Atlas
  • Find Illinois County for Specified City

    Military

  • A List of Officers of the Illinois Regiment and of Crockett's Regiment Revolutionary War
  • Illinois War of 1812 Veterans
  • Winnebago War (1827) Veterans
  • Database of Illinois Black Hawk War Veterans 1831 and 1832
  • Illinois Mexican War Veterans
  • Illinois Civil War Veterans
  • Illinois Civil War Veterans Serving in the U. S. Navy
  • Illinois Veterans of Missouri Units
  • Civil War Diaries
  • Illinois in the Civil War
  • Illinois and the American Civil War
  • Union Regimental Index: Illinois
  • History of Battery "A," First Illinois Light Artillery Volunteers
  • Reunions of Taylor's battery Illinois Artillery, Battery B
  • 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Battery H
  • The history of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry
  • History of the Second Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
  • Battery G, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery
  • Synopsis History of the 3rd Illinois Cavalry
  • 7th Illinois Infantry Regiment History
  • History of the Seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
  • History of the Seventh Regiment Illinois volunteer infantry
  • Seventh Illinois Mounted Infantry
  • The "Eighth Illinois"
  • History of the Eighth Illinois United States Volunteers
  • History of the Ninth Regiment Illinois Cavalry Volunteers
  • A History of the Ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry
  • A history of the Ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry
  • 10th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
  • Military history and reminiscences of the Thirteenth regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry
  • Diary of Colonel William Camm, 1861-1865 includes Short History of the 14th Illinois Infantry
  • 26th Illinois Infantry Regiment
  • History of the Thirty-Third Regiment Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry
  • The Thirty-third regiment Illinois infantry in the civil war, 1861-1865
  • 36th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
  • History of the Thirty-sixth regiment Illinois volunteers
  • 37th Illinois Infantry Company B
  • The Forty-Fifth Illinois
  • Historical sketch of the Forty-Fifth Illinois Regiment
  • 46th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
  • Complete history of the 46th Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry
  • The drums of the 47th
  • Bugle Echos The Story of the Illinois 47th
  • Bugle echoes The story of Illinois 47th, Volume 1
  • Bugle echoes The story of Illinois 47th, Volume 2
  • 48th Illinois Infantry
  • The 48th Illinois in the Civil War
  • 51st Illinois Infantry
  • Historical memoranda of the 52nd Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers
  • Matthew Morrison 53rd Illinois Infantry
  • 59th Illinois Infantry
  • The History of the Fifty-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteers
  • 69th Illinois Infantry, Company G
  • A history of the Seventy-third Regiment of Illinois Infantry Volunteers
  • Reunion proceedings and history of the regiment Illinois Infantry Regiment, 74th
  • The history of the seventy-fifth Illinois infantry
  • A Waif of the War Or, The History of the Seventy-fifth Illinois Infantry
  • A waif of the war or, The history of the Seventy-fifth Illinois infantry
  • History of the 77th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Sept. 2, 1862-July 10, 1865
  • 82nd Illinois Vol. Infantry Regiment
  • History of the Eighty-fifth regiment, Illinois volunteer infantry
  • History of Eighty-Sixth Infantry
  • Ninety-second Illinois Volunteers
  • Ninety-Second Illinois Volunteers
  • History of the Ninety-sixth Regiment, Illinois volunteer Infantry
  • 102nd Illinois Infantry
  • Our Regiment A History of the 102d Illinois Infantry Volunteers
  • Our regiment A history of the 102d Illinois infantry volunteers
  • 104th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company H
  • 105th Illinois Infantry
  • 114th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Co. G
  • History of the 112th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry in the great War of the Rebellion, 1862-1865
  • History of the 115th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry
  • 117th Illinois Infantry Regiment History
  • 118th Illinois Infantry
  • History of the 119th Illinois Infantry
  • 122nd Regiment Infantry
  • History of the 124th Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers
  • History of the 124th Regiment, Illinois Infantry Volunteers
  • The 125th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry
  • 129th Illinois Infantry
  • History of the One Hundred Twenty-Ninth Infantry
  • 129th Illinois Infantry, Company E
  • Illinois Spanish-American War Veterans
  • Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home Residents (1887-1916)
  • 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor
  • U.S. Military Personnel who died in the Korean War
  • Vietnam Conflict Casualty List

    Photographs

  • Detroit Publishing Company Photographs from Illinois
  • Pictorial East St. Louis, Ill.
  • The Historic Lincoln Highway
  • Evanston Post Cards

    Societies, Historical and Genealogical

  • Illinois State Genealogical Society
  • Illinois State Historical Society

      Ethnic and Religious

    • Czech and Slovak American Genealogy Society of Illinois with some good links to Chicago area genealogy, eastern European genealogy, etc.
    • POINTers In person (Italian genealogy) Chicago North chapter

      Railroad

    • Chicago and North Western Historical Society
    • Shortlines of Chicago Historical Society
    • Danville Junction Chapter - National Railway Historical Society
    • Great Northern Railway Historical Society
    • Illinois Central Historical Society
    • The Nickel Plate Road Historical & Technical Society
    • Shore Line Interurban Historical Society

      Special Interest

    • Computer Assisted Genealogy Group of Northern Illinois
    • Eastland Disaster Historical Society
    • Illinois Labor History Society
    • Theatre Historical Society

      Regional

    • Old Northwest Historical Society - the region northwest of the Ohio River that became Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin

      Local

    • The Great River Genealogical Society of Adams County
    • Blue Island Historical Society
    • Brookfield Historical Society
    • Bureau County Genealogical Society
    • Carol Stream Historical Society
    • Carroll County Genealogical Society
    • Cass County Historical and Genealogical Society
    • Catlin Historical Society
    • Chicago Genealogical Society
    • Chicago Historical Society
    • Christian County Genealogy
    • Coles County Illinois Genealogical Society
    • Crawford County Historical Society
    • Decatur Genealogical Society
    • DuPage County Genealogical Society including a a 33K zipped index (170K unzipped) to 20 years of their newsletter
    • Edgewater Historical Society
    • Evanston Historical Society
    • Fox Lake Area Historical Society
    • Glencoe Historical Society
    • Glen Ellyn Historical Society
    • Greene County Genealogical and Historical Society
    • Hancock County Historical Society
    • Henry County Genealogical Society
    • The Iroquois County Genealogical Society
    • Johnson County Illinois Genealogical & Historical Society
    • Kane County Genealogical Society
    • Kankakee Valley Genealogical Society
    • LaHarpe Historical and Genealogical Society
    • Lake County Genealogical Society
    • LaSalle County Genealogy Guild
    • Lee County Historical Society
    • Lemont Area Historical Society
    • Marshall County Historical Society
    • Mason County Genealogical & Historical Society
    • Massac County Genealogical Society
    • McDonough County Genealogical Society
    • McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society
    • McLean County Historical Society
    • Mendota Historical Society
    • Morgan Area Genealogical Association Waverly Genealogical and Historical Society
    • Moultrie County Historical & Genealogical Society
    • The Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest
    • O'Fallon Historical Society
    • Park Forest Historical Society
    • Peoria County Genealogical Society
    • Piatt County Historical and Genealogical Society
    • Pope County Historical Society
    • Randolph County, Illinois Genealogical Society
    • Rogers Park / West Ridge Historical Society
    • St. Clair County Genealogical Society
    • Sangamon County Genealogical Society
    • South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society
    • Stark County Genealogical Society
    • Tazewell County Genealogical and Historical Society
    • Tinley Moraine Genealogists in the southwest suburbs of Chicago
    • White County Historical Society
    • Notes from the White County Historical Society Library
    • Winnetka Historical Society

    Vital Records

  • Illinois Department of Health, Vital Records
  • Illinois Vital Records from VitalChek
  • Illinois Vital Records Information from Elizabeth T. Orsay
  • Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900
  • Database of Illinois Death Certificates, 1916-1950

    Commercial

  • Ancestor Publishers
  • The Donning Company Publishers
  • Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc
  • Genealogy-Books.com
  • The Gregath Publishing Company
  • SK Publications Illinois Census Books and CDs
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