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Goal 8: Maps and Gazetteers


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Goal 8: Learn about Illinois maps and gazetteers.


Choices


ALearn about Illinois maps and gazetteers.


Summary
  1. Learn about Illinois maps in these articles.

    FS—Wiki: Illinois Maps
    AC—Wiki: Illinois Maps

  2. Learn about Illinois gazetteers in this FamilySearch Wiki article.

    FS—Wiki: Illinois Gazetteers

  3. Explore FamilySearch Places to learn about place names in Illinois.
  4. Access interactive maps and atlases of Illinois on the MapsofUS site.
  5. Find Illinois towns and communities on the RoadsideThoughts site.

B Explore Illinois maps and gazetteers.


  1. Explore the David Rumsey collection of Illinois maps.
  2. Explore the Perry-Castaneda site for maps of Illinois.
  3. Explore historical Illinois maps on the Historic Map Works site.
  4. Explore the Old Maps Online site for Illinois maps.
  5. Explore the Old Maps of Illinois on the Wikipedia site.
  6. Explore Sanborn Insurance Maps in the Library of Congress.

Exercises







Illinois Counties

Name = FamilySearch; A = Ancestry; L = Linkpendium; G = Genealogy Inc; T=GenealogyTrails; U = USGenWeb

Adams A L G U T
Alexander A L G U T
Bond A L G U T
Boone A L G U T F
Brown A L G U T F
Bureau T A L G U T
Calhoun A L G U T
Carroll G A L G U T
Cass A L G U T F
Champaign A L G U T F
Christian A L G U T F
Clark A L G U T F
Clay A L G U T
Clinton A L G U T F
Coles A L G U T
Cook A L G U T F
Crawford A L G U T
Cumberland A L G U T
DeKalb A L G U T F
DeWitt A L G U T
Douglas A L G U T
DuPage A L G U T F
Edgar A L G U T
Edwards A L G U T
Effingham A L G U T
Fayette L G U T
Ford A L G U T
Franklin A L G U T F
Fulton A L G U T F
Gallatin L G U T
Greene A L G U T
Grundy A L G U T
Hamilton L G U T F
Hancock A L G U T
Hardin A L G U T
Henderson A L G U T
Henry A L G U T
Iroquois A L G U T
Jackson A L G U T
Jasper A L G U T
Jefferson A L G U T
Jersey A L G U T
Jo Daviess A L G U T
Johnson L G U T
Kane A L G U T F
Kankakee A L G U T
Kendall A L G U T
Knox A L G U T F
Lake A L G U T
LaSalle A L G U T
Lawrence A L G U T
Lee A L G U T
Livingston A L G U T
Logan A L G U T
Macon A L G U T F
Macoupin A L G U T
Madison A L G U T
Marion A L G U T F
Marshall G A L G U T
Mason A L G U T
Massac A L G U T
McDonough A L G U T F
McHenry A L G U T
McLean A L G U T
Menard A L G U T
Mercer A L G U T
Monroe A L G U T
Montgomery A L G U T
Morgan A L G U T
Moultrie A L G U T F
Ogle A L G U T
Peoria A L G U T F
Perry A L G U T
Piatt A L G U T F
Pike A L G U T
Pope A L G U T
Pulaski A L G U T
Putnam A L G U T
Randolph A L G U T
Richland A L G U T
Rock Island A L G U T F
Saline A L G U T F
Sangamon A L G U T
Schuyler A L G U T
Scott L G U T
Shelby A L G U T
St. Clair A L G U T F
Stark A L G U T
Stevenson A L G U T
Tazewell A L G U T F
Union L G U T
Vermilion A L G U T
Wabash A L G U T
Warren A L G U T
Washington A L G U T
Wayne L G U T F
White A L G U T
Whiteside A L G U T
Will A L G U T F
Williamson A L G U T F
Winnebago A L G U T F
Woodford A L G U T

Get a printable map of counties.

Get an interactive map of counties.