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CENSUS LINKS Automated updating and submission. The most comprehensive site with links to available online Census Data nationally

Online Vital Records Databases

ONLINE DATABASES Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre–1916 (In progress) Database of Illinois Death Certificates, 1916–1950 Database of 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor - locations of the burial places of soldiers, sailors, marines, and army nurses Online Illinois Death Records & Indexes (warning: contains links to pay-subscriptions)

Online Books
ONLINE BOOKs FROM MOA: ILLINOIS AS IT IS WESTERN PORTRAITURE AND IMMIGRANT'S GUIDE LINCOLN MEMORIAL DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE ILLINOIS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION REMINISCENSES OF LEVI COFFIN, REPUTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
ONLINE SPEECH FROM MOA: THE HONORABLE STEPHEN DOUGLAS	ONLINE FROM MOA: A LIST OF POST OFFICES IN THE US IN 1859

General State Links
FIND IT ILLINOIS	HISTORICAL UNITED STATES CENSUS BROWSER - Want to know how many 10-15 year olds were enumerated in the 1800 census? By state? By county? Here's the place to find out that and just about anything else census-related.
IBEX ARCHIVE - Data on the E. St. Louis Area (warning: "hi-tech" site with flash and other slow-loading graphics)	ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - Here you can search for inmates, read histories of each prison and view historic photos
ILLINOIS NEWSPAPER PROJECT - Their Search form for their database is here. Find your newspaper and what library holds it, and from there you can order the microfilm of it via interlibrary loan.	ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES - Online databases!!  ILLINOIS LAND SALES
ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL LIBRARY - General research policy is explained here	ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL LIBRARY - Newspaper Research Policy is explained here
ILLINOIS STATE SYMBOLS	ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM
ILLINOIS PERIODICALS ONLINE - A Digital Imaging project of the Northern Illinois University Libraries	ILLINOIS REGIONAL ARCHIVES DEPOSITORIES (IRAD)
THE LEWIS AND CLARK HISTORIC TRAIL	The Restoration Movement in Illinois  -- This is a site regarding the history of the Christian Church THE MOVEMENT SPREADS Illinois and the Stone-Campbell Movement: A Background Sketch
Researching your roots in Central Illinois	STATE HISTORIC SITES AND MEMORIALS
SECRETARY OF STATE GATEWAY

Illinois History Links Each of these pages include maps, documents, histories and many other interesting topics. Presented by the ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM
1673-1800 The French Frontier	1800-1850 At home on the fringes of the prairie	1850-1890 At Home in a House Divided	1890-1920 At Home with Art & Industry	1920-1950 At Home in a Century of Progress?
ILLINOIS TIMELINE 1673-1800	ILLINOIS TIMELINE 1800-1850, EARLY PIONEERS	ILLINOIS TIMELINE 1850-1890	ILLINOIS TIMELINE 1890-1920	ILLINOIS TIMELINE 1920
PEOPLE FROM THIS ERA	PEOPLE FROM THIS ERA	PEOPLE FROM THIS ERA	PEOPLE FROM THIS ERA	PEOPLE FROM THIS ERA
THE FRENCH FRONTIER - PEOPLE AND EVENTS	CLUES FROM EARLY NEWSPAPERS	CLUES FROM EARLY STORE LEDGERS	NATIVES VERSUS NEWCOMERS	URBAN VERSUS RURAL
CLUES TO THE PAST	MAPS OF THE AREAS FIRST SETTLED BY THE PIONEERS	MEN VERSUS WOMEN	CATALOGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS	MAGAZINE ADS
MAP OF THE FRENCH FRONTIER	YANKEES VS. SOUTHERNERS	MAPS OF THE EARLY RAILROADS	MAPS OF INDUSTRIES	MAPS OF NAMED ROADS
OBJECTS USED AT HOME ON THE FRENCH FRONTIER	OBJECTS FROM THE FRONTIER HOME	OBJECTS FROM THE VICTORIAN HOME	PALACES OF PLENTY	THE DIME STORE AND THE KITCHEN "REVOLUTION"
IL Trails - Illinois Epidemics 1674-1890	IL Trails - Prairies and Pioneers	IL Trails' Census Transcriptions	IL Trails' Flu Epidemic of 1918	IL Trails 1920's History Page Prohibition, Al Capone, the Great Depression, Politics, Jazz

Native American History
Bureau of Indian Affairs	Native American - Illinois History - Histories of all Illinois tribes. Lots of info!!
Native American Schools	Native American Genealogy
The Indian Circle Web Ring run by the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Search here for more Native American Sites	Illini Confederation: Lords of the Mississippi Valley The 5 largest tribes of Illinois.
The Piasa Bird - Near Alton, Madison County, IL	Cahokia Mounds - State Historic Site (experiencing budget cutbacks which force them to close to the public on certain days. Call before you travel)
Kaskaskia Indians - presented by CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA
Other Ethnic Resources
Illinois African-American Genealogy - presented by AccessGenealogy.com Oral Histories from the Bloomington-Normal Black History Project National Underground Railroad Freedom Center	If you are researching in Cook County (well-known for its ethnic diversity), make sure to visit our IL Trails Cook County website and especially its Link to Online Data page.
CZECH & SLOVAK American Genealogy Society of Illinois (new url)	The Italian Genealogy Homepage

Geography
ILLINOIS EARTHQUAKE HISTORY - Because when we have them, we really have them!
The Legend of Tecumseh - He predicted the 1811 Quake to the day!	The 1811/1812 New Madrid Earthquake - Very comprehensive site.  Photos, eyewitness accounts, etc.
EARTHQUAKE HISTORY OF ILLINOIS	Another 1811 Earthquake site, from Arkansas - Informative, includes info on more recent quakes
Response to Iben Browning's 1990 Prediction - Here you can order the 248 page publication for FREE	The November 9, 1968 Earthquake in Illinois - damage photos, newspaper accounts
	USGS Mapping Service - GNIS QUERY FORM - Locate towns, cemeteries, schools, etc. Make sure to check Yes on the "Query Variant Name?" box to bring up places no longer existing.
The Tornado Climatology of the NWS St. Louis County Warning Area. Tornadoes that have hit in the St. Louis/southwestern Illinois area. Illinois counties (clickable map) include Greene, Montgomery, Macoupin, Bond, Fayette, Marion, Clinton, Washington, Randolph, Monroe, St. Clair, Madison and Jersey. Gives a short synopsis of each storm throughout the years and its effects on the communities. From the National Weather Service office in St. Louis.

Location-Specific WebSites
Little Egypt	View our County-specific links webpage
Early History of East St. Louis and Cahokia

Military WebSites
CIVIL WAR MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS-ILLINOIS CIVIL WAR SITES IN ILLINOIS MILITARY DATABASE AT THE ILLINOIS ARCHIVES CIVIL WAR REGIMENTAL HISTORIES	ILLINOIS TRAILS MILITARY DATABASE ILLINOIS PENSIONERS REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS BURIED IN ILLINOIS ILLINOIS AND THE WAR OF 1812 Illinois Mexican War Veterans WWII MISSING AND DEAD
ILLINOIS VIETNAM MEMORIAL	Famous Illinoisians with Civil War Ties
Civil War Flags of Illinois	The Civil War Soldier and Sailors System
Stars and Stripes Military Newspaper

Biographies
AL CAPONE	ST. LOUIS WALK OF FAME-JAMES EADS - built the Eads Bridge in St. Louis, MO.
THE BIRGER GANG	FIGURES IN ILLINOIS HISTORY
ULYSSES S. GRANT	THE GOVERNORS OF ILLINOIS
ELIOT NESS...the man behind the myth	SEARCH FOR BIOGRAPHIES AT BIOGRAPHY.COM
ROBERT PERSHING WADLOW...THE ALTON GIANT	Tribal Pages - [ok, not really biographies, but a collection of researcher-submitted family trees]

Abraham Lincoln Sites
MR. LINCOLN'S VIRTUAL LIBRARY	MARY TODD LINCOLN
LINCOLN DOCUMENTS - in the Illinois State Archives	LINCOLN/DOUGLAS DEBATES

Railroad and Other Industrial History
ILLINOIS LABOR HISTORY SOCIETY - List of Available Labor History Articles	The Information Train Station Railroad Links Directory
Illinois Railroads 1850-1860	Railroad Genealogical Society
U.S. Railroad Retirement Board	The National Railroad Museum
ILLINOIS RAILROADS IN 1901 (IL Trails Cook Co. website)	Railroad Map Collection - From the Library of Congress. Browse by "Geographic Collection" to find Illinois' maps.

Illinois River History
Mississippi River Project	Bridgeport Canal

Cemeteries All of our hosted IL Trails county websites have cemetery listings on them. Choose your county
Interment.Net - Cemeteries Online	The Illinois Political Graveyard
Kimberly Beecher Englehardt's U.S. Cemetery Index	Illinois State Genealogical Society Cemetery Project
VA's Nationwide Gravesite Locator

 
 

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