Illinois Genealogy Resources
Databases
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Chicago Police Department Homicide Record Index, 1870-1930
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Cook County Coroner's Inquest Record Index, 1872-1911 -
Searchable database of decedents.
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Database of Illinois Servitude and Emancipation Records
Databases of Illinois Veterans
- Database of Illinois War of 1812 Veterans
- Database of Illinois Winnebago War Veterans
- Database of Illinois Black Hawk War Veterans
- Database of Illinois Mexican War Veterans
- Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database
- Database of Illinois Civil War Veterans Serving in the U.S. Navy
- Database of Illinois Civil War Veterans of Missouri Units
- Database of Illinois Spanish–American War Veterans Database of the 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor
- Database of Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home Residents
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Federal Township Plats of Illinois, 1804-1891. The passage
of the Land Ordinance of 1785 created the rectangular survey
system for the mapping and subsequent sale of the western public
lands of the United States. In 1803, the first survey of lands
began, which would later become the state of Illinois.
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Illinois Digital Archives.
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Illinois State Archives - Online Databases
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Illinois State Archives - Public Domain Land Tract Sales
Database
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Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 An Ongoing
Project of the Illinois State Archives & the Illinois State
Genealogical Society
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Illinois Pre-1916 Death Index
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Illinois Statewide Death Index (1916–1950)
- Illinois Trails History
and Genealogy - Volunteers dedicated to putting Illinois
historical and genealogical information online for the free use
of researchers.
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Local Governmental Records Holdings Database
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Name Index to Illinois Local Governments
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Proceedings of the Chicago City Council (1833-1871)
- Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database