Illinois Genealogy

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• Illinois African American Genealogy
  • Database of Servitude and Emancipation Records (1722–1863)
• Illinois Biographies
  • Biographies of Champaign County, Illinois
  • Biographical Sketches, Coles County, Illinois
  • Biographies of Rock Island County, Illinois
  • Historical and Biographical Record of Douglas County, Illinois
• Illinois Cemetery Records
  • DeWitt County
    • Barnes Cemetery, DeWitt, DeWitt County, Illinois
    • Harlemville Cemetery, DeWitt, DeWitt County, Illinois
  • Rock Island County
    • Frieden's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Rock Island County, Illinois
• Illinois Census Records
  • 1818 Illinois State Census
• Illinois 1910 Census Edition Map
• Illinois Counties
  • Illinois County Map
  • Adams County
    • Adams County Almshouse Register Index (1873–1898)
  • Brown County
    • Brown County Almshouse Registers Index (1882–1963)
  • Carroll County
    • Carroll County Birth Certificates Index (1877–1913)
  • Coles County
    • Biographical Sketches, Coles County, Illinois
    • Mattoon Death Certificate Registers Index (1899–1918)
    • Mattoon Court of Common Pleas Case Files Index (1869–1873)
  • Cook County
    • Chicago City Council Proceedings Files, 1833–1871
    • Cook County Coroner's Inquest Record Index, 1872–1911
    • Chicago Police Department Homicide Record, 1870–1930
  • DeWitt County
    • DeWitt County Coroner's Inquest Files Index (1924–1977)
  • Douglas County
    • Arthur Local Registrar's Birth Certificates Index (1868–1925)
    • Historical and Biographical Record of Douglas County, Illinois
  • Fulton County
    • Fulton County Circuit Court Case Files Index (1825–1876)
  • JoDaviess County
    • JoDaviess County Almshouse Registers Index (1846–1938)
  • Kane County
    • Kane County Circuit Court Case Files Index (1836–1870)
  • Lake County
    • Lake County Circuit Court Case Files Index (1840–1898)
  • Livingston County
    • Livingston County Probate Case Files Index (1837–1958)
  • Logan County
    • Logan County Circuit Court Criminal Case Files Index (1857–1945)
  • Macon County
    • Macon County Circuit Court Case Files Index (1829–1861)
  • Macoupin County
    • Macoupin County Coroner's Inquest Files Index (1835–1928)
  • Madison County
    • Madison County Probate Case Files Index (1813–1903)
  • Mattoon County
  • McLean County
    • Allin Township, McLean County, Illinois
    • Anchor Township, McLean County, Illinois
    • Arrowsmith Township, McLean County, Illinois
    • Belleflower Township, McLean County, Illinois
    • Blue Mound Township, McLean County, Illinois
    • Cropsey Township, McLean County, Illinois
    • Downs Township, McLean County, Illinois
    • Dry Grove Township, McLean County, Illinois
    • McLean County Probate Record Index (1834–1934)
    • McLean County Will Record Index (1838–1940)
  • Mercer County
    • Mercer County Almshouse Register Index (1859–1948)
  • Morgan County
    • Morgan County Poor Farm Records Index (1850–1932)
  • Moultrie County
    • Village of Arthur Local Registrar's Birth Certificates Index, 1868–1925
  • Ogle County
    • Ogle County Almshouse Register Index (1878–1933)
    • Ogle County Naturalization Papers (County Court) Index (1872–1906)
  • Peoria County
    • Peoria County Probate Case Files Index (1825–1887)
  • Rock Island County
    • Rock Island Probate Case Files Index (1834–1899) 
  • Sangamon County
    • Sangamon County Guardian's Case Files Index (1825–1901)
    • Sangamon County Probate Case Files Index (1821–1885)
  • Shelby County
    • Shelby County Circuit Court Case Files Index (1828–1871)
  • St. Clair County
    • East St. Louis City Court Naturalization Papers Index (1874–1906)
    • St. Clair County Circuit Court Chancery Case Files Index (1815–1870)
    • St. Clair County Farm Board Record Index (1874–1879)
  • Stark County
    • Stark County Almshouse Register Index (1868–1941)
  • Stephenson County
    • Stephenson County, Illinois Genealogy
  • Vermillion County
    • Vermilion County Coroner's Inquest Files Index (1908–1956)
  • Wayne County
    • Wayne County Coroner's Inquest Record Index (1888–1960)
  • Woodford County
    • Woodford County Almshouse Registers Index (1868–1957)
• Illinois Genealogy Lookups
• Illinois History
  • Narrative of Richard Lee Mason in the Pioneer West, 1819
    In the late fall and early winter of the year 1819 Dr. Richard Lee Mason made a journey from Philadelphia to Illinois, through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Some of his adventures were remarkable, and these, together with his observations on the country, the towns and the people whom he encountered, were recorded in a diary kept by him, which is now in the possession of his only surviving child, a daughter, who resides in Jacksonville, Ill.
• Illinois Land Records
  • Database of Servitude and Emancipation Records (1722–1863)
  • Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database
• Military Records
  • Revolutionary War
    • Revolutionary War Pensions Database
  • 1840 Pensioners Database
  • Civil War Records
    • Illinois Civil War Records
  • World War 1 Records
  • World War II Records
    • Illinois World War II Army - Air Corps Casualty List
    • Illinois World War II Navy - Marines Casualty List
  • Korean War Casualty List
  • Vietnam War Casualty List
  • Databases of Illinois Veterans
    • Database of Illinois War of 1812 Veterans
    • Database of Illinois Winnebago War Veterans
    • Database of Illinois Black Hawk War Veterans
    • Database of Illinois Mexican War Veterans
    • Database of Illinois Civil War Veterans
    • Database of Illinois Civil War Veterans Serving in the U.S. Navy
    • Database of Illinois Civil War Veterans of Missouri Units
    • Database of Illinois Spanish–American War Veterans
    • Database of the 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor
    • Database of Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home Residents
• Illinois Native American Records  
  • The Indian Tribes of the Chicago Region
  • Sac and Fox Indians of Illinois
• Illinois Obituaries
• Illinois Vital Records
  Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900
  • Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre–1916
  • Database of Illinois Death Certificates, 1916–1950
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Cemetery Records
East Lynn & Rankin Union Cemeteries: Vermillion County, IL
Wunders Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois

Census - 1820 Federal Census
Illinois Census, 1820

Census - Other Federal Census
Illinois Census, 1810-90

Church Records
Illinois Quaker Records

Directories - City Directories
Adams County, Illinois Directory, 1892
Alton, Illinois Directory, 1890
Danville, Illinois Directory, 1889
East St. Louis, Illinois Directory, 1889-90
Evanston, Illinois Directories, 1890-93
Joliet, Illinois Directories, 1884-92
Kankakee City, Illinois Directory, 1876
Peoria, Illinois Directory, 1890
Prairie Farmer's Reliable Directory: Will and Southern Cook County, Illinois, 1918
Quincy, Illinois Directories, 1887-90
Rock Island and Moline, Illinois Directories, 1882-92
Sangamon, Illinois Directory, 1889
Springfield, Illinois City Directory, 1855

Directories - Farm Directories
Fulton County, Illinois Farmers Directory, 1917
Livingston County, Illinois, Farmers Directory, 1917
Stephenson County, Illinois Farmer Directory, 1917

History
Cook County, Illinois History
Cook County, Illinois History and Biography
De Witt County, Illinois History
Edgar County, Illinois History
Edwards County, Illinois History of the English Settlement
Edwards, Lawrence, and Wabash Counties, Illinois History
Grundy County, Illinois History
Kane County, Illinois History
Will County, Illinois History

Immigrant Records
Chicago Irish Families, 1875-1925
Illinois Servitude and Emancipation Records, 1720-1865

Land - Public Domain
Illinois Public Land Purchase Records

Land - Taxes
Nauvoo, Illinois Tax Index, 1842

Military - Revolutionary War Records
Illinois Revolutionary War Veteran Burials
Illinois Society of the S.A.R. Yearbook, 1896

Miscellaneous
Chicago and Cook County, A Guide to Research
Piatt County, Illinois Marriage and Cemetery Records, 1841-53

Newspaper Records
Alton Daily Telegraph (Alton, Illinois)
Alton Telegraph (Alton, Illinois)
Alton Telegraph And Democratic Review (Alton, Illinois)
Alton Telegraph, The (Alton, Illinois)
Alton Weekly Courier, The (Alton, Illinois)
Alton Weekly Telegraph (Alton, Illinois)
Blue Island Sun Standard (Blue Island, Illinois)
Broad Ax (Chicago, Illinois)
Bulletin Sentinel (Decatur, Illinois)
Champaign, Illinois Newspaper Index, 1892
Daily Alton Telegraph, The (Alton, Illinois)
Daily Independent (Murphysboro, Illinois)
Daily Journal (East Saint Louis, Illinois)
Daily Republican (Decatur, Illinois)
Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois)
Decatur Daily Dispatch (Decatur, Illinois)
Decatur Daily Republican (Decatur, Illinois)
Decatur Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois)
Decatur Evening Herald (Decatur, Illinois)
Decatur Herald (Decatur, Illinois)
Decatur Labor World (Decatur, Illinois)
Decatur Local Review (Decatur, Illinois)
Decatur Morning News (Decatur, Illinois)
Decatur Morning Review (Decatur, Illinois)
Decatur Republican (Decatur, Illinois)
Decatur Review (Decatur, Illinois)
Decatur Weekly Gazette (Decatur, Illinois)
Decatur Weekly News (Decatur, Illinois)
Decatur Weekly Republican (Decatur, Illinois)
Dixon Evening Telegraph (Dixon, Illinois)
Dixon Telegraph (Dixon, Illinois)
East Saint Louis Journal (East Saint Louis, Illinois)
Edwardsville Intelligencer (Edwardsville, Illinois)
Evening Bulletin (Decatur, Illinois)
Evening Courier (Decatur, Illinois)
Herald Despatch (Decatur, Illinois)
Herrin Daily Journal (Herrin, Illinois)
Madison County Courier (Edwardsville, Illinois)
Olney Times (Olney, Illinois)
Saturday Herald (Decatur, Illinois)
State Sentinel (Decatur, Illinois)
Weekly Decatur Magnet (Decatur, Illinois)
Weekly Herald Despatch (Decatur, Illinois)

Newspaper - Obituaries
Chicago Sun-Times Obituaries, 1988-95
Chicago Tribune, Obituary Index, 1988-1997
Elmhurst Press (Elmhurst, Illinois) Obituaries, 1988-98
Lombard, Illinois Newspaper Obituaries, 1929-53
Woodford County, Illinois, Prairie District Library, Obituaries, 1887 to Present

Surnames - Biographies
Bureau County, Illinois Historical and Biographical Sketches
Chicago, Illinois and Iowa Biographical Dictionary
Christian County, Illinois Biographical Record
Coles County, Illinois Biographical Dictionary
DeKalb County, Illinois Biographical Dictionary
Jo Daviess County, Illinois Biographical Dictionary
Livingston County, Illinois Biographical Record
Peoria County, Illinois Biographical Dictionary
Pike and Calhoun Counties, Illinois Biographical Dictionary
Shelby and Moultrie Counties, Illinois Biographical Dictionary
Will County, Illinois Biographical Dictionary

Vitals - Marriage Records
Illinois Marriage Records, 1851-1900
Illinois Marriages to 1850
Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860
Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900

Voter List
Bureau County, Illinois Voters and Tax-Payers Directory, 1877
Chicago Voter Registration, 1888
Chicago Voter Registration, 1890
Chicago Voter Registration, 1892
Kendall County, Illinois Voters and Tax-Payers Directory, 1876

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• Illinois AHGP

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United States Genealogy

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