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Illinois Genealogical Research, $13.00 (New Book) by George K. Schweitzer, Ph.D., Sc.D. 1997 For tracing your ancestors easily and quickly. This guidebook gives location and de_script_ion of major genealogical sources with exact information for obtaining the most ancestor Information in the shortest time for the least money. Outline of the contents: Chapter 1. ILLINOIS BACKGROUND: Geography, The French period, The British period, The Northwest Territory period, The IN Territorial period, The IL Territorial period, Early IL statehood, The Civil War era, The Post-Civil War era, Illinois counties, Recommended reading. Chapter 2. TYPES OF RECORDS, Introduction, Genealogical evidence, Bible records, Biographies, Birth records, Cemetery records, Census records, Church records, City directories, City and county histories, Court records, DAR records, Death records, Divorce records, Emigration and immigration, Ethnic records, Gazetteers, atlases, and maps, Genealogical compilations and indexes, Genealogical periodicals, Genealogical and historical societies, Land records, Manu_script_s, Marriage records, Military records: Revolutionary War, Military records: 1812-48, Military records: Civil War, Mortuary records, Naturalization records, Newspaper records, Published Genealogies, Regional publications, Tax lists, Territorial records, Will and probate records, WPA works. Chapter 3. RECORD LOCATIONS, Introduction, The IL State Historical Library, The IL State Archives, The Newberry Library, The Internet, The Family History Library and its Branch Family History Centers, The National Archives, IL Regional Archives Depositories, Regional libraries, Local repositories, Large genealogical libraries. Chapter 4. RESEARCH PROCEDURE, COOK COUNTY, AND CHICAGO, Introduction, Finding the county, Research approaches, Cook County information, Cook County and Chicago History ., Cook County and Chicago Record Repositories, Supplementary Notes on Records of Cook County and Chicago, Pre-Fire (Pre-1871) Records Chapter 5. OTHER IL COUNTY LISTINGS: Introduction, Adams County, Alexander County, Bond County, Boone County, Brown County, Bureau County, Calhoun County, Carroll County, Cass County, Champaign County, Christian County, Clark County, Clay County, Clinton County, Coles County, Crawford County, Cumberland County, DeKaib County, DeWitt County, Douglas County, DuPage County, Edgar County, Edwards County, Effingham County, Fayette County, Ford County, Franklin County, Fulton County, Gallatin County, Greene County, Grundy County, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Hardin County, Henderson County, Henry County, Iroquois County, Jackson County, Jasper County, Jefferson County, Jersey County, Jo Daviess County, Johnson County, Kane County, Kankakee County, Kendall County, Knox County, Lake County, LaSalle County, Lawrence County, Lee County, Livingston County, Logan County, Macon County, Macoupin County, Madison County, Marion County, Marshall County, Mason County, Massac County, McDonough County, McHenry County, McLean County, Menard County, Mercer County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Morgan County, Moultrie County, Ogle County, Peoria County, Perry County, Piatt County, Pike County, Pope County, Pulaski County, Putnam County, Randolph County, Richiand County, Rock Island County, St. Clair County, Saline County, Sangamon County, Schuylyer County, Scott County, Shelby County, Stark County, Stephenson County, Tazewell County, Union County, Vermilion County, Wabash County, Warren County, Washington County, Wayne County, White County, Whiteside County, Will County, Williamson County, Winnebago County, Woodford County, 289 pages, softbound
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