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Guide to Illinois Online Genealogy Records for researching ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth, marriage, death, census, church, military, immigration, and naturalization records.

Illinois Statewide Online Genealogy Records This chart shows links to statewide collections. To find links to collections for lower jurisdictions (such as a county or town), go to Locating Online Databases. Ancestry.com, FindMyPast.com, and MyHeritage.com can be searched free of charge at your local family history center or the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

General (covers many topics) Global Database Search Illinois State Archives Illinois Genealogy directory of resources Vital Records Learn More Illinois, Church Records, 1837-1995, index. Births Illinois, Births and Christenings, 1824-1940 Index only. Marriages United States Marriages – Illinois, 1587-1959 ($) index Illinois State Archives, Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900. Illinois Marriages, 1763 - 1900, index ($) Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860 Index only ($) Illinois Marriages 1791 to 1850 Index only ($) Illinois, County Marriages, 1800-1940, ($), Index Illinois, Church Marriages, 1805-1985 — index Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934 — index and images Illinois, Marriages, 1815-1935 Index only. Illinois, Civil Marriages, 1833-1889 — index Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900 Index only ($) U.S., Marriages performed by three Rabbis in Boston, Chicago and Massachusetts,1861-1956, ($). Index. Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920 Index only. Deaths Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999, index. Cook County, Illinois, Marriage and Death Indexes, 1833-1889 Index only ($) Illinois State Archives Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916. Illinois Deaths, before 1916, index ($) Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947 Index and transcription. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 Index and transcription ($) Illinois Deaths, 1916 - 1950, index ($) Illinois State Archives, Death Certificate Database, 1916-1950 Index. United States Social Security Death Index. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Incomplete, ($). Biography Learn More Illinois Biography Project County and Town Histories with biographies Encyclopaedia of biography of Illinois, 1902, Vol. 1, e-book, Vol. 2 Who's who in Illinois, women-makers of history, e-book History of Illinois and her people, v.1, e-books. Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4, Vol. 5, Vol. 6 Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, Vol. 1, e-book, Vol. 2, Vol. 3 Biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of the representative men of the United States : Illinois volume, e-book The biographical encyclopædia of Illinois of the nineteenth century, e-book Cemetery Records Learn More Illinois Soldier Burial Places, 1774-1974, index Illinois, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1853-2009. BillionGraves Cemetery Records. BillionGraves Index Findagrave.com. Illinois Cemetery Records at Interment.net. Illinois Ancestors Tombstone Project. USGenWeb Illinois Tombstone Transcription Project. Cemetery Census. Incomplete. Cemetery Junction Illinois, index. Illinois Gravestones, index. 1929 Roll of Honor. Index. Contains the locations of the burial places of soldiers, sailors, marines, and army nurses who served in any of the wars of the United States and are buried in Illinois. Illinois Cemetery Records Census Learn More U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820, ($), index. United States Online Census, 1790-1940 Illinois Census Returns, 1810 and 1818, ($), index. Illinois, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890, ($), index. 1818 Illinois Territory Census, index. Illinois Census Returns, 1820, ($), index and images. Illinois, State Census Collection, 1825-1865 Index and images ($) Illinois, State Census, 1855 Index only. Illinois, State Census, 1865 Index and Images. Church Records Illinois, Select United Methodist Church Records, 1824-2009, ($). Images/index. Illinois, Church Records, 1837-1995, index. Compiled Genealogies GEDCOM Index Illinois North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, index and images, ($). Court and Criminal Records Illinois Blacksheep Ancestors Directories Illinois Online Historical Directories, listed by county Emigration, Immigration, and Passenger Lists United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records, list of nationwide databases Illinois, Passenger and Crew List 1918-1963, ($). Index and images. Ethnic, Political or Religious Groups Learn More Illinois State Archives Servitude and Emancipation Records, (1722-1863). History Learn More At Home in the Heartland Online. County and Town Histories History - Boundary Changes County Creation Dates for Illinois Atlas of Historical County Boundaries at Newberry Library site Interactive Map of Illinois County Formation History at MapofUS.org Illinois County Boundaries, 1790-present at ILGW.org Land Records Illinois State Archives Public Domain Land Tract Sales Illinois, Public Land Purchase Records, 1813-1909 Index only ($) U.S., Homestead Records, 1863-1908 ($) index and images

Military Records Learn More General Records U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases Illinois, Military Discharge Records, ca.1862 - ca.1965 at FamilySearch; index and images; incomplete Databases of Illinois Veterans. Illinois State Archives Solders' and Sailors' Home Residents (1887-1916). Illinois State Archives 1929 Roll of Honor Indian Wars, dates vary U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases Revolutionary War, 1774-1783 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases Illinois Revolutionary War Veteran Burials Index and transcription ($) Illinois Revolutionary War Veteran Burials Index and transcription ($) War of 1812, 1812-1815 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases Illinois State Archives War of 1812 Veterans. Winnebago War, 1827 Illinois State Archives Winnebago War Veterans. Black Hawk War, 1832 Record of the Services of Illinois Soldiers in the Black Hawk War, 1831-1832, and in the Mexican War, 1846-8 Index and transcription($) Illinois State Archives Black Hawk War Veterans. Mexican War, 1846-1848 Record of the Services of Illinois Soldiers in the Black Hawk War, 1831-1832, and in the Mexican War, 1846-8 A complete roster of commissioned officers and enlisted men. Index and transcription ($) Illinois State Archives Mexican War Veterans. Civil War, 1861-1865 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases Illinois State Archives Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls. Illinois State Archives Civil War (Illinois) Veterans of Missouri Units. Illinois State Archives Civil War Veterans Serving in the U.S. Navy. Spanish-American War, 1898 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases World War I, 1917-1918 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases World War II, 1941-1945 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases Korean War, 1950-1953 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War for Illinois Vietnam War, 1964-1972 U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Illinois U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Vietnam War for Idaho Naturalization Records Learn More U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes for Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, 1791-1992 Index ($) Illinois, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1962 index and images DeKalb County, Illinois Naturalizations, 1800-1999 ($) index Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950 index and images Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991, index and images, ($) Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court: Naturalization Declarations of Intention, 1871-1929 Index Illinois, Northern District Petitions for Naturalization, 1906-1991 Browsable images only. Illinois, Northern District (Eastern Division), Naturalization Index, 1926-1979 index and images Northern District, Illinois, Naturalization Index, 1926-1979, ($), Index US Naturalization Record Index, Northern Illinois, 1840-1950, index and images, ($) Newspapers Learn More Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection, index. Illinois Newspaper Archives (1818–2010) at Genealogy Bank, index. Illinois Newspaper Project Historical Newspapers in Illinois Chronicling America - Illinois Newspapers Illinois Newspapers ($) Illinois Online Historical Newspapers Illinois Newspapers Obituaries Learn More Online Illinois Death Records & Indexes: A Genealogy Guide for Finding Obituaries, Cemetery Burials and Death Records Obitsarchive.com Ilinois Obituaries Tributes.com United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 — index and images Periodicals PERiodical Source Index, index and images, ($) Probate Records Learn More Illinois, Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999, ($), index and images, incomplete. Illinois, Probate Records, 1819-1988 Images only. Tax Records Learn More U.S., Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874 Images only.

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