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  • Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum

    Springfield, Illinois. The Library is a public, non-circulating research facility that contains material on all aspects of Illinois' history. Particularly noteworthy are the Library's holdings in published resources, manuscripts, newspapers, audiovisual & Lincolniana.

  • Digital State Archives - Illinois

    There's something not quite right when the online state archives for Illinois can only rustle up 42 documents on Abraham Lincoln. Still, the archives have some valuable collections for family history research. There are muster rolls here from the Civil War, town directories, old newspaper archives, and a scary looking clown. Do check it out.
    [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

  • Explore Chicago Collections

    A free, centralized, web-based search engine and record-finding tool that will allow researchers, teachers, students, and the general public to locate or access over 100,000 maps, photos, letters, and other archival materials held at its member institutions. These twenty-one members include the likes of the Chicago History Museum and the Newberry Library.

  • F. M. Johnson Archives and Special Collection

    From North Park University. This collection exists for the sole purpose of preserving and making available to researchers the historical records of the Evangelical Covenant Church. Founded in 1885 by Swedish immigrants, the Covenant values its rich heritage of churches, pastors, and lay people who have given the denomination its identity and who have carried out its mission. The collection includes books and serials, microfilmed newspapers and church records, files of local churches, pastors, missionaries, educators, and administrators.

  • FamilySearch - Family History Center Locator: Illinois

    From the FamilySearch web site. Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.

  • FamilySearch Catalog

    From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Microfilm loans can be ordered and then sent to your local Family History Center.

  • Illinois Library and Information Network (ILLINET)

    A statewide library alliance, representing over 3,000 academic, public, school and special libraries that are members of Illinois' library systems (RAILS, IHLS and CPLS).

  • Illinois Mennonite Historical and Genealogy Society

    Includes a research library and Heritage Center located in Metamora, Illinois. The library collection began with the organizational meeting of IMHGS in 1969. Anabaptist history, records and stories from Mennonite and Amish families, congregations, and community life are the focus of the collection. It now includes encyclopedias and historical works, periodicals, family, county and congregational histories; indexes to ship passenger lists, census and marriage records on microfilm and microfiche, lists on CD ROMs and files of clippings, correspondence, fliers, pamphlets, and unpublished notes, letters and diaries.

  • Illinois State Archives

    The Illinois State Archives serves by law as the depository of public records of Illinois state and local governmental agencies which possess permanent administrative, legal, or historical research values. Its collections do not include manuscript, newspaper, or other nonofficial sources.

      • Local Government Records Database

        The Local Government Records Database provides a listing of the local governmental records held by the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) system. Local governmental records include those from county, city, town, village, and township levels throughout Illinois. Numerous offices are represented from these levels. The record holdings of the IRAD system include over 5,400 different record series.

        • Local Government Records Database

          The Local Government Records Database provides a listing of the local governmental records held by the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) system. Local governmental records include those from county, city, town, village, and township levels throughout Illinois. Numerous offices are represented from these levels. The record holdings of the IRAD system include over 5,400 different record series.

  • Index of Repositories in the St. Louis Area

    Missouri. From the Association of St. Louis Area Archivists. Links to repostitories, contact information, and description of holdings.

  • LibDex - The Library Index - Illinois

    A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).

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