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=== Databases  ===
=== Databases  ===


As mentioned above in Nationwide indexes: Ancestry.com "trees", World Connect and Family Search Trees  
*As mentioned above in Nationwide indexes: Ancestry.com public and private trees, World Connect and FamilySearch.org Trees  


*Free Genealogy Databases - Illinois = [http://www.freesurnamesearch.com/search/il.html www.freesurnamesearch.com/search/il.html]<br>This Internet site links to many statewide databases with information about Illinois and its citizens. It includes military, vital and land records.<br>It also has county databases that may include records such as: military, tax, vital, census, court and naturalization.
*[http://gedcomindex.com/Subdivisions/usil.html Illinois gedcom index.] Gedcoms come from individual computer databases and this website has them indexed by town.


*The site below has links to a variety of Chicago and Illinois record databases.<br>[http://www.newberry.org/genealogy/collections.html http://www.newberry.org/genealogy/collections.html]<br>For genealogy sources for the United States, see [[United States Genealogies]].
*[http://www.fgs-project.com/illinois/ Illinois Family Group Sheet Project.] A database of of Illinois related family group sheets submitted to the project.


*To find additional "genealogies" in the Family History Library Catalog, use the Place-Names Search function. For example:
*To find additional "genealogies" in the Family History Library Catalog, use the Place-Names Search function. For example:
1. Access the Family History Library Catalog<br>2. Type the word "Illinois" in the place-names search; then click, Search.<br>3. Locate the topic, Genealogy.<br>4. OR, type in a county in Illinois in the place-names search; then click, Search<br>5. Locate the topic, Genealogy.<br>6. To explore each genealogy title, click on the highlighted blue title.


1. Access the Family History Library Catalog 2. Type the word "Illinois" in the place-names search; then click, Search. 3. Locate the topic, Genealogy. 4. OR, type in a county in Illinois in the place-names search; then click, Search 5. Locate the topic, Genealogy. 6. To explore each genealogy title, click on the highlighted blue title.
ILLINOIS-GENEALOGY
ILLINOIS-[COUNTY]-GENEALOGY
ILLINOIS-SOCIETIES-GENEALOGY
ILLINOIS-[COUNTY],[TOWN]-GENEALOGY


=== Pioneers Certificate Applications  ===
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