1: Research and Records
2: Archives and Libraries
3: Vital and Census Records
4: Church and Cemetery Records
5: Emigration and Immigration
6: Military Records
7: Probate, Land and Court
8: Maps and Gazetteers
9: Newspapers
10: Get Help
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Goal 2: Learn about Illinois archives and libraries.
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ALearn about Illinois archives and libraries.
Summary
- Explore statewide and regional collections.
- Explore books and photos that can be helpful in your research.
- Learn about Illinois archives and libraries in these articles.
FS—Wiki: Illinois Archives and Libraries
Illinois State Archives: Wonderful Local Sources for Genealogical Research - Learn about using Illinois repositories for research.
AAC—Illinois Repositories—6:58 - Explore the Illinois State Archives collection, including the Physicians database.
- Explore the State Illinois Digital Archives site for historical documents and images.
- Explore the
Books We Own site for Illinois genealogy publications. Volunteers may be available for lookup services. - Search for free online books on Illinois research on the FamilySearch site.
- Photos: Explore historical photo resources on the Ancestor Hunt site.
- County Histories: Explore county and town histories.
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- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for archives and libraries. Then use the learnings for searches for a U.S. ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Arthur Clinton Boggess wrote a book titled "The Settlement of Illinois." Use the "ebook, The Settlement of Illinois" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- What chapter of Arthur's book talks about Indian land questions?
- What chapter talks about slavery in Illinois?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- Find the Table of Contents and look at the top page, right side, for chapter information.
- Indian lands are discussed in chapter 4.
- Slavery in Illinois is discussed in chapter 6.
(Contributed by Brent Bunker )
QUIKLinks
BLearn about Illinois city directories.
Summary
- Explore city and county directories to find Illinois ancestors.
- Discover the different types of information in directories, such as streets, churches, historical info, etc.
- Learn about Illinois city directories in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Illinois Directories - Sites: Explore Illinois city directories on the Ancestor Hunt site.
- Find out more about city directories in this research guide from Ancestry.
AC—Six Things to Find—3 pgs. - Explore Illinois city directories on the Ancestry site.
- Explore Illinois historical directories by county.
- Explore additional links for Illinois city directories on the LDSGenealogy site.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for city directories. Then use the learnings for searches for a U.S. ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Illinois Counties
Name = FamilySearch; A = Ancestry; L = Linkpendium; G = Genealogy Inc; T=GenealogyTrails; U = USGenWeb
Get a printable map of counties.
Get an interactive map of counties.