Illinois Websites

Illinois Wiki Topics
Beginning Research
Guided Research Research Strategies Record Finder
Record Types
Adoption Bible Records Cemeteries Census Church Records Colonial Records Court Records Correctional Institutions Directories Emigration & Immigration Funeral Homes Genealogies Military Records	Naturalization & Citizenship Newspapers Obituaries Occupations Online Records Periodicals Probate Records Public Records Schools Taxation Vital Records Voter Records Websites
Illinois Background
Biography Gazetteers History	Maps Migration
Ethnicity
African Americans American Indians	Ethnic Groups Swedish American
Local Research Resources
Archives and Libraries Societies Family History Centers
Moderator
The FamilySearch moderator for Illinois is Lembley.
Adoption
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Government Sites

Government Sites
Illinois State Archives	Free	links to IL military, IL vital records, and IRAD (Illinois Regional Archives Depositories) databases
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library And Museum	Free	searchable surname index, IL ethnic bibliographies, IL Military Directories & Guides. (A division of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency)
Illinois Digital Archives	Free	Includes a variety of photographs, oral histories, newspapers, maps, and more.
Illinois Circuit Court Clerks	Free	list of clerks' contact information by District & Circuit
GenealogyInc	Free	Links to County and City government sites (scroll to lower part of page)
Illinois Department of Health Births, Deaths, Marriages 1962-present	$	How to obtain the records.

Online Record Collections

Sites with online indexes or images of records
FamilySearch.org	Free	Illinois Historical Collections. Search indexes or browse images of original documents
Ancestry.com	$	Illinois records, indexes and/or images of original documents
ILGenWeb	Free	Data may be submitted by individuals or complete transcriptions
IL Genealogy Trails	Free	Data may be submitted by individuals or complete transcriptions
USGenWeb Archives Project	Free	Data may be submitted by individuals or may be complete transcriptions

Internet "link finders"

Sites that search for links pertaining to Illinois
Linkpendium	Free	Click links. Some sites they link to may have fees ($)
CyndisList	Free	Click links. Some sites they link to may have fees ($)
Illinois Genealogy	Free	Click links. Some sites they link to may have fees ($)

Major Catalogs

Major catalogs for hard copy collections of Illinois items Books, microfilm, or manuscripts of genealogical records
FamilySearch catalog	Select topics. To select towns, add a comma to the search box.
WorldCat	To find nearby libraries that have specific items, see WorldCat Online Catalog.
Allen County Public Library	One of the largest collections for genealogy research. Located in Indiana.