Statewide resources, Illinois:
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Projects

• American History & Genealogy Project  Illinois     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Illinois      (Source: Open Genealogy)
• Illinois - American History and Genealogy Project      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Illinois Genealogy & History  The ILGenWeb Project     (Source: USGenWeb)
• Illinois Genealogy and History      (Source: American Local History Network)
• Illinois Genealogy Trails      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Illinois Trails to the Past      (Source: Trails to the Past)
• Illinois Welcomes You!      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)

Bible Records

• Bible records  compiled by Illinois Society, D.A.R., 1968-1969     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Genealogies and Bible records gathered by the Illinois Society  D.A.R.     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Illinois Bible Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (42)

Blogs

• Midwestern Microhistory: A Genealogy Blog  Genealogy and family history in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Michigan, and neighbor and feeder states

Cemeteries (17)

Census Records and Indexes (56)

Church Records

• Christian Church - Counties Name of Congregations When Orig. Elders and Evangelists 
• Early U. S. French Catholic Church Records      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Illinois Quaker Records      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Quaker Records      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Records from Open Churches  Methodist     (Source: Archives of the Illinois Great Rivers Conference)

Churches and Other Religious Institutions

• Illinois Lutheran Church Records & Histories 

Court and Legal Records (21)

Directories (12)

Estate Records

• Illinois Counties Will Testators Indexes      (Source: SAMPUBCO)
• Illinois Probate Records  1819-1970     (Source: Family History Library)
• Wills and Family Histories  Presented to Newberry Library by the Illinois Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Wills and family histories  Illinois Society of the Daughters of the Revolution     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Ethnic (36)

History (201)

Immigration and Naturalization Records (10)

Introduction and Guides (19)

Land Records (21)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (22)

Lookups

• Illinois Family History Research      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)
• Illinois Free Genealogy Look Ups      (Source: GeneaSearch)
• Obituary Lookup Volunteers 
• Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness 

Mailing Lists and Message Boards (29)

Maps and Gazetteers (117)

Military Records and Histories (125)

Miscellaneous Data (27)

Newspaper Records (17)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (15)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (13)

School Records and Histories (11)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Illinois USGenWeb Archives Search      (Source: USGenWeb Archives)
• Name Index to Illinois Local Governments      (Source: Illinois State Archives)
• USGenNet Illinois Site Search      (Source: USGenNet)
• USGenWeb Search 

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Database of Servitude and Emancipation Records (1722-1863)      (Source: Illinois State Archives)
• An historical sketch of the early movement in Illinois for the legalization of slavery      (Source: Illinois Digital Archives)
• The History of Negro Servitude in Illinois  and of the Slavery Agitation in that state, 1719-1864     (Source: Google Books)
• The history of negro servitude in Illinois  and of the slavery agitation in that state, 1719-1864     (Source: Internet Archive)
• History of Negro slavery in Illinois and of the slavery agitation in that state      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Illinois Servitude and Emancipation Records  1720-1865     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Illinois slavery  The laws now in force, which oppress and hold in bondage the colored people, 1844 & 1845     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Negro Servitude in Illinois      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Printer's Error in Call for Antislavery Convention  The earliest comprehensive list of abolitionists in Illinois, 1837     (Source: Illinois State Historical Society)

Societies (14)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname

• Clan MacLeod USA  Great Lakes Region
• Mount surname Marriages      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900  Swanson Groom's
• Vaughan and Vaughn in Illinois      (Source: Yahoo! Groups)

Tax Lists

• A history of the general property tax in Illinois  1914     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Taxation of corporations in Illinois other than railroads, since 1872      (Source: Internet Archive)
• U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, Illinois  1862-1866     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Transportation and Industry (30)

Vital Records (21)

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