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This site presents selected materials drawn from a variety of Illinois newspapers published during the American Civil War (1861-1865). It does not present individual publications in total, including all stories and advertisements. Rather, project staff have selected news items shedding particular light on Illinois troops' activities during the war, major engagements regardless of Illinois involvement, and a variety of major themes that historians of this period discuss in their work. These themes include Economic Development, Law and Society, Native American Relations, Political Development, Race and Ethnicity, Settlement and Immigration, and Women and Gender. Materials pertaining to Illinois soldiers' experiences and other military engagements are featured under the theme "Soldiers' Lives."

Extensive resources for genealogy enthusiasts, particularly those relating to Illinois. General and professional directories, social registers, local histories, portrait and biographical records, "Prairie Farmer" directories for various Illinois counties.

Wonderful Illinois resource

Illinois State online records. Searchable.

"Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data for the free use of all researchers. We've just completed our THIRD YEAR of providing data for states other than Illinois and we're very grateful for the wonderful words of encouragement we've received from researchers. We are also pleased to welcome our new hosts, who have joined our original Illinois volunteers in bringing free transcribed data for you to view on our websites. ll counties within all the states are now online with websites of their own, and we will be working hard to start filling those sites with newly transcribed data."

Links to 28 years of Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society

This World Wide Web site presents primary source material from the Civil War era in Illinois. These materials include letters, diaries and reminiscences of Union soldiers. But they also include important documents, images, and other resources from the home front.

Just your basic obsessed genealogical researcher. operating from the wilds of the West Central Illinois factory agricultural landscape.

"The Archive's ever-expanding collection of genealogy resources includes items from the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana; Robarts Library at the University of Toronto; the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library; and the Boston Public Library. Resources include books on surname origins, vital statistics, parish records, and other historical and biographical documents. "