Illinois

Chicago from Sears tower submitted by Cloggie

Links

• Ilgenweb A comprehensive UsGenweb site

• A huge number of links to sites hosted by Rootsweb

• Illinois Trails History and Genealogy site

• History and Genealogy of Illinois with many links

• Illinois History Resource Site

• African Ancestry in Illinois

• Illininois Native Indian Tribes

• Illinois Indian Tribe history

• The Cairo Civil Rights Movement

• Illinois in the Civil War Includes some lists of names

• Illinois Cemetery Records

Archives

• How to obtain copies of Vital Records

• Ohio River Valleys Families Genealogical Site A subscription site containing a genealogical daatabase of 109997 people dating back to 1040. Also some cemetery records and headstone photographs.

• Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900

• Archives from the University of Illinois

• Database of Servitude and Emancipation Records 1722-1863

Cook County/Chicago

• Cook County Genealogy site

• Some Death Indices and Obituaries for Cook County

• Databases from The Newberry Library

• Partial 1850 Census for Chicago

• Chicago 1844 City Directory

• Chicago 1855/6 City Directory

• Chicago Businessmen on Lake Street 1846

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