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Vital Records
- Illinois Regional Archives Depository The Illinois Secretary of State is the state archivist and offers 15 statewide databases including land records, veterans, and vital records (most notably the state wide marriage index pre-1900). Also available are more than three dozen local searchable databases ranging from Chicago City Council proceedings 1833-1871 to Macoupin County Coroner's Inquest Files Index 1835–1928. This is a must-see for anyone with an Illinois connection. These are indices; in some cases the underlying records can be ordered. The underlying local records are deposited in seven repositories around the state, known collectively as IRAD or Illinois Research Archives Depositories.
Directories
- Cook County, Illinois Online Historical Directories [1]
Resource Compilations
- Champaign County The Urbana Free Library has indexed online a large collection of genealogical records, including obituaries, containing over a million names, for this eastern Illinois county and home of the University of Illinois. Original copies available by mail for a fee.
- Morris Public Library in Grundy County, Illinois, has a valuable index of names from the local newspaper, on card files stored in an old card catalog, from 1853 to 1930 -- an extraordinary resource. Next to the card catalog is the case of microfilms and two microfilm reader-printers. It's a small friendly place.
- Lee County
- Massac County
Genealogical & Historical Societies
- Chicago Genealogical Society [2] Online data indexes: Vital Records From Chicago-Area Newspapers: 1833-1848 [3] Vital Records From Chicago Newspapers, 1849 - 1871 [4]
- Chicago History Museum [5] Online data indexes: Index to the American Contractor's Chicago Building Permit Column, 1898-1912 [6], Information on building permits cited in the American Contractor magazine from 1898 through 1912 [7], Commission on Chicago Landmarks, 1996 [8], Photographs in the Chicago Daily News Collection, 1902-1933[9] Address Conversion Guides [10][11] [12] [13]
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