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Newspapers
Inventory On The Internet
Published Inventories
Birth, Marriage, And Death Notices In Newspapers
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Obituaries
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NEWSPAPERS Newspapers publish marriage, divorce, death, and funeral notices, and obituaries. Notices include names, dates, and places. Marriage and death notices may contain maiden names and names of parents and other living relatives.
Newspapers also publish articles of local interest that often cover religious and social events in the community and include the names of people involved. Some newspapers serve several communities and devote columns to the everyday happenings in the area. Newspapers also include legal notices, estate sales, and advertising for local businesses.
The larger cities in Illinois began publishing newspapers in the 1830s through 1850s.
Over 6,500 Illinois newspapers are cataloged in:
“Illinois Newspaper Project.” In University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [database on-line]. Urbana, Ill.: UIUC, 28 June 1999– [cited 15 July 1999]. Available on the Internet at:
The best collection of Illinois newspapers is held by the Illinois State Historical Library. Microfilmed newspapers are available through interlibrary loan, or the Newspaper/Microfilm Department can do searches for a fee. For inventories of newspaper collections, see:
Newspapers in the Illinois State Historical Library. Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Historical Library, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 1998. (FHL book 977.3 J53n; no computer number assigned.) Most libraries in Illinois receive copies of this inventory; it is not available to individuals. Earlier inventories on microfilm are:
Inventory on the Internet
www.library.uiuc.edu/techserv/inp/database/search_form.asp
This web site briefly lists the newspaper’s title, town, life span, and repositories researchers can contact to obtain further details and to order microfilm copies through interlibrary loan.
Published Inventories
Illinois Libraries. Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Library, 1955–. (FHL book 977.356/S1 A35i; selected volumes on 4 fiche beginning with 6125940 [set of 7]; computer number 10102.) The 1988 volume (fiche 6125942 [set of 2]) incorporates the previous years.
Scott, Franklin William. Newspapers and Periodicals of Illinois, 1814–1879. Springfield, Ill.: Trustees of the Illinois State Historical Library, 1910. (FHL book 977.3 B4i, vol.6; film 1697636, item2; computer number 272366.)
Death, marriage, and birth announcements in Chicago newspapers from 1833 to 1848 have been published in:
Vital Records From Chicago Newspapers. Chicago: Chicago Genealogical Society, 1971–. (FHL book 977.311 V2c; FHL film 844952, item5; computer number 269325.)
Chicago Marriage and Death Indexes. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983. (FHL film 1321939; computer number 249115.) These typescript indexes to marriage and death records from Chicago newspapers are also known as the Sam Fink Collection.
The Family History Library has very few Illinois newspapers. You will find some information from newspapers in genealogical periodicals and other published transcripts. Rock Island County newspapers, for instance, have been abstracted and published in 38 volumes for the years 1850 to 1906:
Pease, Janet K. Genealogical Abstracts From Rock Island County, Illinois, Newspapers. 38vols. [Arvada, Colo.: Janet K. Pease]; Rock Island, Ill.: Blackhawk Genealogical Society, 1973–1995. (FHL book 977.3393 B38p; on 26 FHL films starting with 928133, items 1–5; computer number 51788.) Many volumes are on film only.
See the “Newspapers” and “Obituaries” sections of the United States Research Outline (30972) for help in locating other newspapers published in Illinois.
Many periodicals publish information from newspapers. These are referenced in the “Places” section of the Periodical Source Index (PERSI) described in the “Periodicals” section of this outline. See also the “Obituaries” section of this outline for help in finding obituaries.
You can find more resources for local Illinois newspapers in the Family History Library Catalog by using a Locality Search under:
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