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Ancestry.com - Early Illinois railroads $

Original source: Ackerman, Wm. K.. Early Illinois railroads : a paper. Chicago: Fergus Print. Co., 1989. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com - U.S., Chicago and North Western Railroad Employment Records, 1935-1970 $

Original source: Chicago and North Western Railroad Employee Records. Chicago & North Western Historical Society, Berwyn, Illinois. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Employee Records. Chicago & North Western Historical Society, Berwyn, Illinois. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Chicago and the Great Lakes Lumber Trade

Chronology of Illinois Labor History

Coal and Coal Mining - Illinois - - Indiana (Wayback Machine)

Early Days of Coal Mining in Northern Illinois - Illinois Labor History Society

Illinois State Archives - Physicians Database

This database indexes the names of physicians and surgeons who registered for licensure with the Illinois State Board of Health and the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation from ca. August 1877-February 17, 1937.

Illinois Women Artists Project

Database of women artists who worked throughout Illinois between 1840 and 1940.

Wheeler, Christopher A. Diaries, 1870-1878 | Illinois History and Lincoln Collections