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Records Of The Family History Library
Familysearch™
     Familysearch At Family History Centers
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Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
     National Archives
     State Archives, Libraries, And Societies
     Illinois Regional Archives Depository System
     Another Important Library
     Computer Networks And Bulletin Boards
Bible Records
Biography
     Major Biographical Collections
     Biographical Encyclopedias
Cemeteries
     Locating Cemeteries
     Internet Tombstone Transcripts And Index
     Print And Microfilm Abstracts
Census
     Federal Censuses
     Mortality Schedules
     Territorial And State Censuses
     Census Substitutes
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
     City Directories
     Business Directories
     Locating Directories
Divorce Records
Emigration And Immigration
     Immigration And Migration
     Records
     Histories
Funeral Homes
Gazetteers
Genealogy
     Nationwide Indexes
     Statewide Indexes And Family Group Collections
     Pioneers Certificate Applications
     Centennial Farms
History
     State Histories
     Federal Papers Regarding Illinois
     The Draper Manuscript Collection
     Kaskaskia And Cahokia Records
     Local History Bibliographies
     County And Local Histories
Land And Property
     Early Settlers
     Government Land Transfers
     Individual Land Transfers
Maps
     Statewide Atlases
     County Atlases
     City Maps
Military Records
     Records Covering More Than One War
     Revolutionary War (1775 –1783)
     War Of 1812 (1812–1815)
     Civil War (1861–1865)
     Spanish-american War (1898–1899)
     World War I (1917–1918)
     Additional Military Records
Minorities
Native Races
Naturalization And Citizenship
     Guide Book
     Card Index, 1840–1950
     Availability
Newspapers
     Inventory On The Internet
     Published Inventories
     Birth, Marriage, And Death Notices In Newspapers
     Availability
Obituaries
Occupations
Periodicals
Probate Records
Public Records
Societies
Taxation
Vital Records
     Birth And Death Records
     County Records Of Births And Deaths
     State Records Of Births And Deaths
     Marriages
     Chicago And Cook County
     Guide To Vital Records
Voting Registers
Other Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions

BIBLE RECORDSLook this term up in the glossary.

Bibles were often given to a bride as a wedding gift, and families recorded in them information about immediate family and close relatives. Bible records can include birth, marriage, and death dates; parents’ names; and names of children and their spouses, including maiden names. A person’s age at the time of death may be given. Many families kept Bible records from 1850 to more recent times, although few of these records have survived. Some have been donated to local libraries or societies.

Many Bible records are transcribed in:

Illinois State Genealogical Society, Family Bible Records. 2vols. Springfield, Ill.: The Society, 1990–94. (FHL book 977.3 V2is; computer number 572704.) A microfilm copy of the original papers of this ongoing project is:

Family Bible Record Copies Collected by the Illinois State Genealogical Society’s Family Bible Records Project, ca. 1724–1987. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1994. (FHL films 1954965 and 1954966, item1; computer number 743950.)

Chapters of the Daughters of the American RevolutionLook this term up in the glossary. (DAR) in Illinois have also collected some Illinois Bible records over the years. One such collection is described in the “Cemeteries” section of this outline. Additional DAR Bible, cemetery, and family record collections for Illinois are indexed by surname only in:

Kirkham, E. Kay. An Index to Some of the Bibles and Family Records of the United States: 45,500 References as Taken from the Microfilm at the Genealogical Society of Utah. 2vols. Logan, Utah: Everton Publishers, 1984. (FHL book 973 D22kk; fiche 6089184 [set of 4 fiche]; computer number 298346.) Volume 2 includes Illinois.

Many periodicals publish family data from Bible records. These are referenced in the “Families” section of the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI), described in the “Periodicals” section of this outline.

Illinois Bible records can be found in the Family History Library Catalog by using a Locality Search under:

ILLINOIS- BIBLE RECORDSILLINOIS, [COUNTY]- BIBLE RECORDS

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