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IRAD ''welcomes'' mail and telephone requests for research help.  No e-mail requests are available at this time.  There is no charge for research help, except for photocopy costs.  You will be informed if your copies exceed $5.  Otherwise you will be billed for your copy requests.  IRAD requests that you limit your request to 2 names at a time and that you wait for that response before submitting addtional requests.  Send your request directly to the IRAD regional depository holding the county records of interest. You may send requests to up to 5 different depositories at a time.   
IRAD ''welcomes'' mail and telephone requests for research help.  No e-mail requests are available at this time.  There is no charge for research help, except for photocopy costs.  You will be informed if your copies exceed $5.  Otherwise you will be billed for your copy requests.  IRAD requests that you limit your request to 2 names at a time and that you wait for that response before submitting addtional requests.  Send your request directly to the IRAD regional depository holding the county records of interest. You may send requests to up to 5 different depositories at a time.   


[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradregn.html Regional Map of IRAD Depositories]&nbsp; Click on the approprate region, then click on the county of interest for contact information and other information about the county.&nbsp; To search which county records are available in IRAD, from any IRAD page you may click on [http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/iradsrch.html Local Governmental Records Holdings Database]&nbsp;or link to it directly from here. Once on this page, by searching only by the county name you can see all IRAD holdings for any individual county. <br>
===== IRAD Records Listings  =====


Illinois Regional Archives Depository System (IRAD)<br>Archives Building<br>Springfield, IL 62756<br>Telephone: 217-785-1266<br>Internet:&nbsp;[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradhome.html http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradhome.html]  
[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradregn.html Regional Map of IRAD Depositories]&nbsp; Click on the approprate region, then click on the county of interest for contact information, county formation, and other information about the county.&nbsp; To search which county records are available in IRAD, from any IRAD page you may click on [http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/iradsrch.html Local Governmental Records Holdings Database]&nbsp;or link to it directly from here. Once on this page, by searching only by the county name you can see all IRAD holdings for any individual county. <br>


From&nbsp;the above site you can link to any county for information on that county and the government databases available, including the&nbsp;county courthouse address and phone numbers and other counties which&nbsp;each county used to be part of.
===== IRAD Depositories  =====


<br>'''IRAD—Eastern Illinois University (EIU)'''<br>Illinois Regional Archives Depository -&nbsp;Booth Library<br>Eastern Illinois University<br>600 Lincoln Avenue<br>Charleston, IL 61920<br>Telephone: (217) 581-6093<br>Hours: Monday – Friday, except state holidays<br>9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.; 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.<br>EIU Region:&nbsp;Clark,&nbsp;Clay,&nbsp;Coles,&nbsp;Crawford,&nbsp;Cumberland,&nbsp;Douglas,&nbsp;Edgar,&nbsp;Edwards,&nbsp;Effingham,<br>Jasper,&nbsp;Lawrence,&nbsp;Moultrie,&nbsp;Richland,&nbsp;Shelby,&nbsp;Wabash,&nbsp;Wayne<br>[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html#EIU http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html#EIU]
[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradhome.html Illinois Regional Archives Depository System] (IRAD)<br>Archives Building<br>Springfield, IL 62756<br>Telephone: 217-785-1266


<br>'''IRAD—Illinois State University (ISU)'''<br>Illinois Regional Archives Depository<br>Illinois State University<br>2016 Warehouse Road<br>Campus Box 1520<br>Normal, IL 61790-1520<br>Telephone: (309) 452-6027<br>Hours: Monday – Friday, except state holidays<br>9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.; 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.<br>ISU Region:&nbsp;Champaign,&nbsp;DeWitt,&nbsp;Ford,&nbsp;Grundy,&nbsp;Iroquois,&nbsp;Kankakee,&nbsp;Livingston<br>Logan,&nbsp;Marshall,&nbsp;McLean,&nbsp;Piatt,&nbsp;Tazewell, Vermillion, Woodford [http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html#ISU http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html#ISU]
<br>[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html#EIU IRAD—Eastern Illinois University (EIU)]<br>Illinois Regional Archives Depository -&nbsp;Booth Library<br>Eastern Illinois University<br>600 Lincoln Avenue<br>Charleston, IL 61920<br>Telephone: (217) 581-6093<br>Hours: Monday – Friday, except state holidays<br>9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.; 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  


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:EIU Region:&nbsp;Clark,&nbsp;Clay,&nbsp;Coles,&nbsp;Crawford,&nbsp;Cumberland,&nbsp;Douglas,&nbsp;Edgar,&nbsp;Edwards,&nbsp;Effingham,<br>Jasper,&nbsp;Lawrence,&nbsp;Moultrie,&nbsp;Richland,&nbsp;Shelby,&nbsp;Wabash,&nbsp;Wayne <br>


'''IRAD—Northern Illinois University (NIU)'''<br>Illinois Regional Archives Depository<br>c/o Regional History Center<br>Founders Memorial Library<br>Room 400<br>Northern Illinois University<br>DeKalb, IL 60115<br>Telephone: (815) 753-1807<br>Hours: Monday – Friday, except state holidays<br>8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.; 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.<br>NIU Region:&nbsp;Boone,&nbsp;Bureau,&nbsp;Carroll,&nbsp;DeKalb,&nbsp;DuPage,&nbsp;JoDaviess,&nbsp;Kane,&nbsp;Kendall,&nbsp;Lake<br>LaSalle,&nbsp;Lee,&nbsp;McHenry,&nbsp;Ogle,&nbsp;Putnam,&nbsp;Stephenson,&nbsp;Whiteside,&nbsp;Will,&nbsp;Winnebago<br>[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html#NIU http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html#NIU]
[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html#ISU IRAD—Illinois State University (ISU)]<br>Illinois Regional Archives Depository<br>Illinois State University<br>2016 Warehouse Road<br>Campus Box 1520<br>Normal, IL 61790-1520<br>Telephone: (309) 452-6027<br>Hours: Monday – Friday, except state holidays<br>9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.; 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.<br>


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:ISU Region:&nbsp;Champaign,&nbsp;DeWitt,&nbsp;Ford,&nbsp;Grundy,&nbsp;Iroquois,&nbsp;Kankakee,&nbsp;Livingston<br>Logan,&nbsp;Marshall,&nbsp;McLean,&nbsp;Piatt,&nbsp;Tazewell, Vermillion, Woodford <br>


'''IRAD—University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS)<br>'''Illinois Regional Archives Depository<br>LIB 144<br>University of Illinois at Springfield<br>One University Plaza, MS BRK 140<br>Springfield IL 62703-5407<br>Telephone: (217) 206-6520<br>Hours: Monday – Friday, except state holidays<br>9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.<br>UIS Region:&nbsp;Bond,&nbsp;Cass,&nbsp;Christian,&nbsp;Fayette,&nbsp;Greene,&nbsp;Jersey,&nbsp;Macon,&nbsp;Macoupin<br>Mason,&nbsp;Menard,&nbsp;Montgomery,&nbsp;Morgan, Sangamon, Scott<br>[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html#UIS http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html#UIS]
[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html#NIU IRAD—Northern Illinois University (NIU])<br>Illinois Regional Archives Depository<br>c/o Regional History Center<br>Founders Memorial Library<br>Room 400<br>Northern Illinois University<br>DeKalb, IL 60115<br>Telephone: (815) 753-1807<br>Hours: Monday – Friday, except state holidays<br>8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.; 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.<br>


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:NIU Region:&nbsp;Boone,&nbsp;Bureau,&nbsp;Carroll,&nbsp;DeKalb,&nbsp;DuPage,&nbsp;JoDaviess,&nbsp;Kane,&nbsp;Kendall,&nbsp;Lake<br>LaSalle,&nbsp;Lee,&nbsp;McHenry,&nbsp;Ogle,&nbsp;Putnam,&nbsp;Stephenson,&nbsp;Whiteside,&nbsp;Will,&nbsp;Winnebago <br>


'''IRAD—Southern Illinois University (SIU)'''<br>Illinois Regional Archives Depository<br>c/o Special Collections<br>Morris Library – 6632<br>Southern Illinois University<br>Carbondale, IL 62901-6632<br>Telephone: (618) 453-3040<br>Hours: Monday – Friday, except state holidays<br>9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.<br>SIU Region:&nbsp;Alexander,&nbsp;Clinton,&nbsp;Franklin,&nbsp;Gallatin,&nbsp;Hamilton,&nbsp;Hardin,&nbsp;Jackson,&nbsp;Jefferson<br>Johnson,&nbsp;Madison,&nbsp;Marion,&nbsp;Massac,&nbsp;Monroe,&nbsp;Perry,&nbsp;Pope,&nbsp;Pulaski,&nbsp;Randolph,&nbsp;St. Clair<br>Saline,&nbsp;Union,&nbsp;Washington,&nbsp;White,&nbsp;Williamson<br>[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html#SIU http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html#SIU]
[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html# UIS IRAD—University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS)]<br>Illinois Regional Archives Depository<br>LIB 144<br>University of Illinois at Springfield<br>One University Plaza, MS BRK 140<br>Springfield IL 62703-5407<br>Telephone: (217) 206-6520<br>Hours: Monday – Friday, except state holidays<br>9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.<br>:UIS Region:&nbsp;Bond,&nbsp;Cass,&nbsp;Christian,&nbsp;Fayette,&nbsp;Greene,&nbsp;Jersey,&nbsp;Macon,&nbsp;Macoupin<br>Mason,&nbsp;Menard,&nbsp;Montgomery,&nbsp;Morgan, Sangamon, Scott <br>


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[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html#SIU IRAD—Southern Illinois University (SIU)]<br>Illinois Regional Archives Depository<br>c/o Special Collections<br>Morris Library – 6632<br>Southern Illinois University<br>Carbondale, IL 62901-6632<br>Telephone: (618) 453-3040<br>Hours: Monday – Friday, except state holidays<br>9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.<br>:SIU Region:&nbsp;Alexander,&nbsp;Clinton,&nbsp;Franklin,&nbsp;Gallatin,&nbsp;Hamilton,&nbsp;Hardin,&nbsp;Jackson,&nbsp;Jefferson<br>Johnson,&nbsp;Madison,&nbsp;Marion,&nbsp;Massac,&nbsp;Monroe,&nbsp;Perry,&nbsp;Pope,&nbsp;Pulaski,&nbsp;Randolph,&nbsp;St. Clair<br>Saline,&nbsp;Union,&nbsp;Washington,&nbsp;White,&nbsp;Williamson <br>


'''IRAD—Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU)'''<br>Illinois Regional Archives Depository<br>Ronald Williams Library<br>Northeastern Illinois University<br>5500 N. St. Louis Avenue<br>Chicago, IL 60625-4699<br>Telephone: (773) 442-4506<br>Hours: Monday – Friday, except state holidays<br>9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.<br>NEIU Region:&nbsp;Cook and City of Chicago<br>[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html#NEIU http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html#NEIU]
[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html#NEIU IRAD—Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU])<br>Illinois Regional Archives Depository<br>Ronald Williams Library<br>Northeastern Illinois University<br>5500 N. St. Louis Avenue<br>Chicago, IL 60625-4699<br>Telephone: (773) 442-4506<br>Hours: Monday – Friday, except state holidays<br>9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.<br>:NEIU Region:&nbsp;Cook and City of Chicago <br>


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[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html#WIU IRAD—Western Illinois University (WIU)]<br>Illinois Regional Archives Depository<br>University Library<br>Western Illinois University<br>1 University Circle<br>Macomb, IL 61455<br>Telephone: (309) 298-2716<br>Hours: Monday – Friday, except state holidays<br>8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.<br>:WIU Region:&nbsp;Adams,&nbsp;Brown,&nbsp;Calhoun,&nbsp;Fulton, Hancock,&nbsp;Henderson,&nbsp;Henry,&nbsp;Knox<br>McDonough,&nbsp;Mercer,&nbsp;Peoria,&nbsp;Pike, Rock Island,&nbsp;Schuyler,&nbsp;Stark,&nbsp;Warren<br>
 
'''IRAD—Western Illinois University (WIU)'''<br>Illinois Regional Archives Depository<br>University Library<br>Western Illinois University<br>1 University Circle<br>Macomb, IL 61455<br>Telephone: (309) 298-2716<br>Hours: Monday – Friday, except state holidays<br>8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.<br>WIU Region:&nbsp;Adams,&nbsp;Brown,&nbsp;Calhoun,&nbsp;Fulton, Hancock,&nbsp;Henderson,&nbsp;Henry,&nbsp;Knox<br>McDonough,&nbsp;Mercer,&nbsp;Peoria,&nbsp;Pike, Rock Island,&nbsp;Schuyler,&nbsp;Stark,&nbsp;Warren<br>[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html#WIU http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html#WIU]


A useful guide to records in IRAD depositories is:  
A useful guide to records in IRAD depositories is:  
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