ILLINOIS GENEALOGY TRAILS STATE DATA

ILLINOIS EARLY SETTLERS

PRAIRIES OF ILLINOIS

MIGRATION CHARTS

Links to County-specific websites

City, Town and Village "Official" Web Sites Listed By County (NEW!)

Online Records Databases

ONLINE DATABASES Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre–1916 (In progress) Database of Illinois Death Certificates, 1916–1950 Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 Database of 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor - locations of the burial places of soldiers, sailors, marines, and army nurses Online Illinois Death Records & Indexes (warning: contains links to pay-subscriptions)

Other Helpful Website Links Ancient Faces Genealogy Community - A free genealogical resource. Browse family photos, recipes, stories. Obits Archive - Search form for Illinois newspapers U.S. Newspaper Obituary - Illinois newspapers

Census websites

Census Online: Main site Links to online free Illinois Census Data Census Finder: http://www.censusfinder.com

Illinois High School Information

Illinois High School Association

Illinois H.S.toric Menu - Historic articles

IHSA: School Home Pages

Deactivated High Schools in Illinois - along with a brief history of each (GREAT Resource!)

Cemeteries All of our hosted IL Genealogy Trails county websites have cemetery listings on them. Choose your county
Interment.Net - Cemeteries Online	The Illinois Political Graveyard
Saving Graves - Illinois sites	Illinois State Genealogical Society Cemetery Project
VA's Nationwide Gravesite Locator	Graveyards of Chicago

Online Books
ONLINE BOOKs FROM MOA: ILLINOIS AS IT IS WESTERN PORTRAITURE AND IMMIGRANT'S GUIDE LINCOLN MEMORIAL DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE ILLINOIS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION REMINISCENSES OF LEVI COFFIN, REPUTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
ONLINE SPEECH FROM MOA: THE HONORABLE STEPHEN DOUGLAS	ONLINE FROM MOA: A LIST OF POST OFFICES IN THE US IN 1859

 

General State Links
FIND IT ILLINOIS	HISTORICAL UNITED STATES CENSUS BROWSER - Want to know how many 10-15 year olds were enumerated in the 1800 census? By state? By county? Here's the place to find out that and just about anything else census-related.
	ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - Here you can search for inmates, read histories of each prison and view historic photos
University of Illinois at URbana-Champaign - Their Search form for their newspaper database is here. Find your newspaper and what library holds it, and from there you can order the microfilm of it via interlibrary loan.	ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES - Online databases!!  ILLINOIS LAND SALES
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Libary (formerly known as ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL LIBRARY) - General research policy is explained here	ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL LIBRARY - Newspaper Research Policy is explained here
ILLINOIS STATE SYMBOLS	ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM
ILLINOIS PERIODICALS ONLINE - A Digital Imaging project of the Northern Illinois University Libraries	ILLINOIS REGIONAL ARCHIVES DEPOSITORIES (IRAD)
THE LEWIS AND CLARK HISTORIC TRAIL	The Restoration Movement in Illinois  -- This is a site regarding the history of the Christian Church THE MOVEMENT SPREADS
Researching your roots in Central Illinois	STATE HISTORIC SITES AND MEMORIALS
SECRETARY OF STATE GATEWAY

 

Illinois History Links Each of these pages include maps, documents, histories and many other interesting topics. Presented by the ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM
1673-1800 The French Frontier	1800-1850 At home on the fringes of the prairie	1850-1890 At Home in a House Divided	1890-1920 At Home with Art & Industry	1920-1950 At Home in a Century of Progress?
ILLINOIS TIMELINE 1673-1800	ILLINOIS TIMELINE 1800-1850, EARLY PIONEERS	ILLINOIS TIMELINE 1850-1890	ILLINOIS TIMELINE 1890-1920	ILLINOIS TIMELINE 1920
PEOPLE FROM THIS ERA	PEOPLE FROM THIS ERA	PEOPLE FROM THIS ERA	PEOPLE FROM THIS ERA	PEOPLE FROM THIS ERA
THE FRENCH FRONTIER - PEOPLE AND EVENTS	CLUES FROM EARLY NEWSPAPERS	CLUES FROM EARLY STORE LEDGERS	NATIVES VERSUS NEWCOMERS	URBAN VERSUS RURAL
CLUES TO THE PAST	MAPS OF THE AREAS FIRST SETTLED BY THE PIONEERS	MEN VERSUS WOMEN	CATALOGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS	MAGAZINE ADS
MAP OF THE FRENCH FRONTIER	YANKEES VS. SOUTHERNERS	MAPS OF THE EARLY RAILROADS	MAPS OF INDUSTRIES	MAPS OF NAMED ROADS
OBJECTS USED AT HOME ON THE FRENCH FRONTIER	OBJECTS FROM THE FRONTIER HOME	OBJECTS FROM THE VICTORIAN HOME	PALACES OF PLENTY	THE DIME STORE AND THE KITCHEN "REVOLUTION"
IL Genealogy Trails - Illinois Epidemics 1674-1890	IL Genealogy Trails - Prairies and Pioneers	IL Genealogy Trails' Census Transcriptions	IL Genealogy Trails' Flu Epidemic of 1918	IL Genealogy Trails 1920's History Page Prohibition, Al Capone, the Great Depression, Politics, Jazz

Native American History

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Native American - Illinois History - Histories of all Illinois tribes. Lots of info!!

Native American Schools

Native American Genealogy

The Indian Circle Web Ring run by the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Search here for more Native American Sites

Illini Confederation: Lords of the Mississippi Valley The 5 largest tribes of Illinois.

The Piasa Bird - Near Alton, Madison County, IL

Kaskaskia Indians - presented by CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA

Other Ethnic Resources

Illinois African-American Genealogy - presented by AccessGenealogy.com Oral Histories from the Bloomington-Normal Black History Project National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

The Italian Genealogy Homepage

CZECH & SLOVAK American Genealogy Society of Illinois (new url)

If you are researching in Cook County (well-known for its ethnic diversity), make sure to visit Kim's IL Genealogy Trails Cook County website and especially its Link to Online Data page.

Geography
ILLINOIS EARTHQUAKE HISTORY - Because when we have them, we really have them!
	The 1811/1812 New Madrid Earthquake - Very comprehensive site.  Photos, eyewitness accounts, etc.
The Legend of Tecumseh - He predicted the 1811 Quake to the day!	Another 1811 Earthquake site, from Arkansas - Informative, includes info on more recent quakes
EARTHQUAKE HISTORY OF ILLINOIS	The November 9, 1968 Earthquake in Illinois - damage photos, newspaper accounts
Response to Iben Browning's 1990 Prediction - Here you can order the 248 page publication for FREE	USGS Mapping Service - GNIS QUERY FORM - Locate towns, cemeteries, schools, etc.
The Tornado Climatology of the NWS St. Louis County Warning Area. Tornadoes that have hit in the St. Louis/southwestern Illinois area. Illinois counties (clickable map) include Greene, Montgomery, Macoupin, Bond, Fayette, Marion, Clinton, Washington, Randolph, Monroe, St. Clair, Madison and Jersey. Gives a short synopsis of each storm throughout the years and its effects on the communities. From the National Weather Service office in St. Louis.

Location-Specific WebSites
Little Egypt	View our County-specific links webpage
Early History of East St. Louis and Cahokia Native and European-American culture and history in the American Bottom, a large and historically important floodplain located just south of the confluence of the Mississippi, Illinois, and Missouri Rivers near modern-day St. Louis, Missouri	Galena Trail and Coach Road Society - The Galena Trail & Coach Road Society's mission is to foster the rediscovery of the Galena Trail through education of its unique history, diverse landscapes, and its impact on the development of the region
The Village of Erie Illinois (NEW!)

Military WebSites
CIVIL WAR MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS-ILLINOIS CIVIL WAR SITES IN ILLINOIS MILITARY DATABASE AT THE ILLINOIS ARCHIVES CIVIL WAR REGIMENTAL HISTORIES	ILLINOIS GENEALOGY TRAILS MILITARY DATABASE ILLINOIS PENSIONERS REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS BURIED IN ILLINOIS ILLINOIS AND THE WAR OF 1812 Illinois Mexican War Veterans WWII MISSING AND DEAD
ILLINOIS VIETNAM MEMORIAL	Famous Illinoisians with Civil War Ties
Civil War Flags of Illinois	The Civil War Soldier and Sailors System
Columbia Military Prison - Union Officer POW Camps (You'll have to hunt around for the Illinois info)	U.S. War Veteran Memorial Markers in Collinsville, IL
Stars and Stripes Military Newspaper	Sons of Spanish American War Veterans - Nelson A. Miles Camp No. 610
Nationwide Veterans Gravesite Locater (National Cemeteries only)
MISSOURI ANCESTORS  For those whose ancestors lived across the river in Missouri, the following military databases are available online. Both are offsite links: Jefferson Barracks Cemetery WWI Service Cards

Biographies
AL CAPONE	ST. LOUIS WALK OF FAME-JAMES EADS - built the Eads Bridge in St. Louis, MO.
THE BIRGER GANG	FIGURES IN ILLINOIS HISTORY
ULYSSES S. GRANT	THE GOVERNORS OF ILLINOIS FIRST LADIES OF ILLINOIS
ELIOT NESS...the man behind the myth	SEARCH FOR BIOGRAPHIES AT BIOGRAPHY.COM
ROBERT PERSHING WADLOW...THE ALTON GIANT	Tribal Pages - [ok, not really biographies, but a collection of researcher-submitted family trees]
EARLY ILLINOIS WOMEN

 

Abraham Lincoln Sites
MR. LINCOLN'S VIRTUAL LIBRARY	MARY TODD LINCOLN
LINCOLN DOCUMENTS - in the Illinois State Archives	LINCOLN/DOUGLAS DEBATES

Railroad and Other Industrial History
ILLINOIS LABOR HISTORY SOCIETY - List of Available Labor History Articles	The Information Train Station Railroad Links Directory
Illinois Railroads 1850-1860	Railroad Genealogical Society
	The National Railroad Museum
ILLINOIS RAILROADS IN 1901 (IL Genealogy Trails Cook Co. website)	Railroad Map Collection - From the Library of Congress. Browse by "Geographic Collection" to find Illinois' maps.

Illinois River History
Mississippi River Project	Bridgeport Canal