This authoritative guide makes Illinois genealogical research a breeze.

Leaving no stone unturned, the authors carefully refer you to all available genealogical resources in Illinois - everything from public record availability to dates of county formations, courthouse addresses, church record availability, newspaper availability, periodicals, historical societies, county societies, and land records.

Want to know the best history book for a specific county (which usually includes biographical sketches of pioneers ... a researcher's 'bread and butter.')? How about dates of courthouse fires? Or, do you need good old-fashioned horse-sense tips for Illinois research? Thorough and comprehensively documented, this guide has it all. A 'must-have' for the Illinois researcher.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Illinois Chronology
2. Vital Records
3. Chart Relating to the Keeping of Birth & Death Records
4. Chart Relating to the Keeping of Marriage Records
5. Illinois Counties
6. County Record Loss
7. Formation of Counties
8. Illinois Courthouse Addresses
9. Records Available in the County Courthouse
10. Offices in the County Courthouse
11. Illinois County Histories
12. Census records
13. Mortality Schedules
14. Illinois Land Records
15. Military Records
16. Church Records
17. Cemetery Records
18. Maps and Atlases
19. Newspapers
20. Periodicals
21. Illinois State Genealogical Society
22. Newberry Library
23. Other Historical Societies and Museums
24. Libraries and Archives
25. County Societies
26. Illinois Regional Archives Depository System
27. National Archives - Great Lakes Region
28. Appendixes

IRAD Research Policy

IRAD Map

Illinois Regional Archives Family Research Tips

Illinois State Archives Summary Guide

Index to National Archives Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions, District 9, 1840 - 1950

Map of Counties Included in Above

Naturalization Record Search Request form

World War II Draft Registration Search Procedures

© 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005 Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe
Last updated May 2005 sh