Illinois Resources

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General

• IL Genealogy ILGenWeb
• IL County Boundary Maps, 1790-present
• IL History Resource Page Great site with lots of topics!
• IL State ALHN page
• IL State Archives Click on "Databases" for available online searchable databases!

Cemeteries and Mortuaries

• Camp Butler National Cemetery

Census

• IL State Census Project (us-census.org)
• IL State Census Project (rootsweb.com

Criminal and Police Records

• Black Sheep ancestors - IL contains criminal and court records for IL
• Homicide in Chicago, 1870-1930

Military

• Alton in the Civil War: Prison Records

Newspapers

• IL Newspaper Project