Illinois statewide genealogy links

• Family History Resources in Illinois Regional Archives Depositories
  Births, deaths, marriages, divorces, residences, real property, personal property, naturalizations, estates, school attendance, court actions, paupers, professions
• State and Federal Governmental Records in the Illinois State Archives
  Genealogical research includes censuses, military service, World War I draft registration, veterans homes, pensions, burials, vital and land sale records
• State of Illinois Vital Records Archives
  Locate birth, death and marriage historical records
• Illinois State Archives Local Governmental Records Holdings Database
  Search by the name of the county, the title of the record series or depository designation to trace ancestor records
• Illinois State Archives and Libraries Search
  Research genealogy records, search births, marriages and deaths, find resources at libraries and family history centers
• University of Illinois Newspaper Project
  Comprehensive information about the newspapers that have been identified and catalogued, as well as titles preserved by microfilming
• Illinois State Library
  Genealogy and family history resources such as census, military, county histories, atlases, geography, history materials
• Genealogy at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
  Materials relating to Illinois history, family genealogies, county histories, atlases, plat books, census schedule indexes, enumeration records and cemetery inscriptions
• USGenWeb Archives Illinois
  Access the IL GenWeb project to view archives, courthouse records and special project research
• National Archives Great Lakes Region in Chicago
  Federal criminal, civil and bankruptcy case files, surveys of Indian industry, World War II draft cards, Indian School records, soldiers home case files, farm ownership case files