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All-Illinois Links

A Complete List of Pensions Granted to Illinois Applicants 1887 - 1888 Taken from the Newton Press Newspaper Misc. listings from the years 1887-1888 and 1890
Adoption Information Center of Illinois
African American Ancestry in Illinois
American History and Genealogy Project - Illinois
Archives Online for Illinois - US GenWeb Archives cemeteries, newspapers, wills, military rosters etc recorded online
Before the Needles - Illinois lists executions in this state before lethal injection was introduced in 1972
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church- B,D & Marriages extractions
Chicago City Council Proceedings Files, 1833–1871  entries for 35,650 different files
Chicago Irish Families, 1875-1925 12,500 records of Chicago's Irish families; perhaps as important a destination as Boston or New York for Irish immigrants, Chicago was the destination for many immigrants from the Emerald Isle in the 19th and 20th Century
Chicago's Italian Genealogy Information Station
Chicago Police Department Homicide Record, 1870–1930

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County Resources at Genealogy.com - Illinois lists county clerk addresses and contact details
Cyndi's List - Illinois largest private collection of genealogy links on the web
Czech & Slovak American Genealogy Society of Illinois
Database of Servitude and Emancipation Records 1722-1863 3,400 names found in governmental records involving the servitude and emancipation of Africans and, occasionally, Indians in the French and English eras of colonial Illinois (1722–1790) and African-Americans in the American period of Illinois (1790–1863). 
Dziennik Chicagoski Death Notice Index Search 1890-1929  and 1930-1971 Chicago's Polish Newspaper 
Genealogy.com: State Resources - Illinois includes how to obtain vital records, state archives and libraries, genealogical societies, message boards..
Early Illinois Settlers As listed in the "Pioneer History of Illinois, Containing the Discovery in 1673 and the History of the Country to the Year 1818 when the State Government Was Organized" by John Reynolds, originally published in 1852.
First Chicago Church Records, 1833-44 Surname Index
Genealogy Trails -  History & Genealogy includes pages on military records, censuses, volunteers and a mailing list.
Illinois Genweb Project US GenWeb is the largest free US genealogy resource online

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Illinois Church Records Project church record transcriptions indexed by county
Illinois Death Certificates, 1916–1950  Illinois State Archives
Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre–1916
CGS Enterprises can provide Illinois Death Records 1916-1947 (4.00 per record) and Illinois Census Index (10.00 per lookup)
Illinois Digital Archives Map Library free state and county maps online  
  Illinois Public Land Purchase Records information on over 500,000 Illinois land sales from 19thC
Illinois State Archives - List of Online Databases
Illinois State Databases over 200 databases for Illinois here including military rosters, censuses, marriage and birth records
Illinois Vital Records provides information on obtaining copies of birth certificates, marriage licenses, divorce decrees and death records
Illinois Websites at Rootsweb RootsWeb houses tens of thousands of genealogy websites

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Kindred Trails - Illinois Genealogy Resources
Portugese (Madeira) Religious Exiles in Illinois
PublicLibraries.com - Illinois
Servitude and Emancipation Records (1722-1863) includes approximately 3,400 names found in governmental records involving the servitude and emancipation of Africans and, occasionally, Indians in the French and English eras of colonial Illinois (1722–1790) and African-Americans in the American period of Illinois (1790–1863).
Signers of the 1818 Original Constitution of Illinois
Sinai Congregation, Chicago, Marriages Database
Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center
Trina's Illinois Adoption Page
USGenWeb Archives Digital Map Library - Illinois State Maps information about the maps in this project is here
Vital Records - Order Birth, Marriage and Death Records Online how to obtain vital records online

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