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| − | Illinois River{{·}} Mississippi River{{·}} Ohio River{{·}} Wabash River{{·}} Lake Michigan{{·}} [[Buffalo Trace]]{{·}} [[Chicago-Dubuque Highway]]{{·}} [[Chicago-Kaskaskia Road]]{{·}} [[Detroit-Chicago Road]]{{·}} [[Kellog Trail]]{{·}} [[Mihoaukee Trail]]{{·}} [[Nashville-Saline River Trail]]{{·}} [[National Road]] (or Cumberland Road){{·}} [[Old Chicago Road]]{{·}} [[Pecatonica Trail]]{{·}} [[Russellville-Shawneetown Trail]]{{·}} [[Illinois and Michigan Canal]]{{·}} [[Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway|Santa Fe Railway]]{{·}} [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)]]{{·}} [[Illinois Central Railroad]] | + | Illinois River{{·}} [[Mississippi River]]{{·}} Ohio River{{·}} Wabash River{{·}} Lake Michigan{{·}} [[Buffalo Trace]]{{·}} [[Chicago-Dubuque Highway]]{{·}} [[Chicago-Kaskaskia Road]]{{·}} [[Detroit-Chicago Road]]{{·}} [[Kellog Trail]]{{·}} [[Mihoaukee Trail]]{{·}} [[Nashville-Saline River Trail]]{{·}} [[National Road]] (or Cumberland Road){{·}} [[Old Chicago Road]]{{·}} [[Pecatonica Trail]]{{·}} [[Russellville-Shawneetown Trail]]{{·}} [[Illinois and Michigan Canal]]{{·}} [[Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway|Santa Fe Railway]]{{·}} [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)]]{{·}} [[Illinois Central Railroad]] |
=== Research Tools === | === Research Tools === | ||
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This page is about a Midwest state of the United States. For other uses, see Illinois (disambiguation).
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- Illinois Regional Archives Depositories (IRAD)
- Newberry Library, Chicago
- Learn Chicago big city research: history, places, and resources
- FamilySearch Historical Record Collections includes 11 indexed and 6 image-only collections.
Illinois Counties
Adams • Alexander • Bond • Boone • Brown • Bureau • Calhoun • Carroll • Cass • Champaign • Christian • Clark • Clay • Clinton • Coles • Cook • Crawford • Cumberland • DeKalb • DeWitt • Douglas • DuPage • Edgar • Edwards • Effingham • Fayette • Ford • Franklin • Fulton • Gallatin • Greene • Grundy • Hamilton • Hancock • Hardin • Henderson • Henry • Iroquois • Jackson • Jasper • Jefferson • Jersey • Jo Daviess • Johnson • Kane • Kankakee • Kendall • Knox • Lake • LaSalle • Lawrence • Lee • Livingston • Logan • Macon • Macoupin • Madison • Marion • Marshall • Mason • Massac • McDonough • McHenry • McLean • Menard • Mercer • Monroe • Montgomery • Morgan • Moultrie • Ogle • Peoria • Perry • Piatt • Pike • Pope • Pulaski • Putnam • Randolph • Richland • Rock Island • Saline • Sangamon • Schuyler • Scott • Shelby • St. Clair • Stark • Stephenson • Tazewell • Union • Vermilion • Wabash • Warren • Washington • Wayne • White • Whiteside • Will • Williamson • Winnebago • Woodford • Extinct or Renamed Counties: Dane • Illinois Country • Knox (1790-1809)
See also Illinois County Creation Dates and Parent Counties.
Mouse over a county to see its name and click to go directly to that county page. For a larger version of the map, see Illinois Counties Map.
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Major Repositories
Newberry Library · Illinois State Archives · Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) · Illinois State Library · Illinois State Historical Library (ISHL) · National Archives Great Lakes Region (Chicago) · Allen County Public Library
Migration Routes
Illinois River · Mississippi River · Ohio River · Wabash River · Lake Michigan · Buffalo Trace · Chicago-Dubuque Highway · Chicago-Kaskaskia Road · Detroit-Chicago Road · Kellog Trail · Mihoaukee Trail · Nashville-Saline River Trail · National Road (or Cumberland Road) · Old Chicago Road · Pecatonica Trail · Russellville-Shawneetown Trail · Illinois and Michigan Canal · Santa Fe Railway · Great Northern Railway (U.S.) · Illinois Central Railroad
Research Tools
- Cook County Genealogy Online is a free (requires registration) index of births 1871-1936, marriages 1856-1961, and deaths 1871-1991.
- Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915 Index and 55,233 images. Search fields: first name, last name, place, year, parents' names.
- Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1922 Index and 1,434,175 images. Search fields: first name, last name, place, year, parents' names.
- Illinois County Marriages, 1810-1934 Index 9 percent complete; no images. Counties: Adams, Alexander, Bond, Boone, Brown, Champaign, Christian, Clark and Clay.
- Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 Free statewide or countywide searches by groom's name, bride's name or both.
- Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920 Index and images. Search fields: first name, last name, place, year, spouse's names.
- Illinois Statewide Death Index 1878-1916 Free statewide or countywide name searches; no images. This is an on-going project.
- Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922 Index and 1,429,365 images. Search fields: first name, last name, place, year, spouse's name, parents' names.
- Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1945 Index only. Search fields: first name, last name, place, year, spouse's and parents' names.
- Illinois State Census, 1855 Index and images. Search fields: first name, last name, place, spouse's and parents' names.
- Illinois, Diocese of Belleville, Catholic Parish Records, 1729-1956 34,135 images of baptisms, communions, confirmations to 1907; marriages to 1930; deaths to 1956. Includes images of indexes in some volumes.
- Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950 1,493,775 petition index card images in Soundex number order for parts of IL, IN, WI, & IA.
- Illinois Probate Records, 1819-1970 427,770 images of wills, indexes and other estate documents.
- Illinois GenWeb Offers free statewide and county resources.
- Illinois Genealogy Trails - presenting free transcribed data
- Looking 4 Kin Genealogy & Family History Network - Illinois
Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:
- Illinois 1855 State Census (FamilySearch Historical Records)
- Illinois 1865 State Census (FamilySearch Historical Records)
- Illinois Belleville Catholic Church Records, (FamilySearch Historical Records)
- Illinois Births and Chirstenings (FamilySearch Historicl Records)
- Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths (FamilySearch Historical Records)
- Illinois County Marriage Records (FamilySearch Historical Recoords)
- Illinois, Macon County, Decatur Public Library Collections (FamilySearch Historical Records)
- Illinois Marriages (FamilySearch Historiacal Records)
- Illinois, Northern District, Indexes to Naturalization Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
- Illinois, Pekin Public Library Obituaries (FamilySearch Historical Records)
- Illinois Probate Books (FamilySearch Historical Records)
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