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United States Illinois Champaign Archives and Libraries Urbana Free Library

Urbana Free Library

Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail:^[1] archives@tufl.info.

Address:^[2]

210 West Green Street
Urbana, Illinois 61801

Telephone:^[1] 217-367-4025.
Fax: 217-531-7088.

Archives Hours and holidays:^[3] Mon-Tue, Thu-Sat 9:00am-5:00pm; Wed 9:00am-9:00pm; Sun 1pm-5pm; Holiday closings

Map, directions, parking, and public transportation: Find Us.

Internet sites and databases:

The Urbana Free Library hours, find us, contact, books, eResources, services, children, teens, local history and genealogy, events.
Urbana Free Library Catalog
online by keyword. Also available in WorldCat.
Local History and Genealogy about us, local history online, resources, services, workshops, and blog.
Local History and Genealogy (pdf brochure) services, contact, about, workshops, databases, collections, special collections, FamilySearch affiliate library.
Local History and Genealogy Blog.

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

Their strength is Champaign County history, but they have good basic genealogy for the entire United States including printed genealogies, manuscripts, family folders, and microfilms.^[4] They have online subscription databases such as America's GenealogyBank, World Vital Records, Heritage Quest, Fold3, and Ancestry Library Edition. Their regular collection includes 25,000 books, directories, newspapers, and school yearbooks.^[5]

The Champaign County Historical Archives in the Urbana Free Library is the official repository for non-current county records. Special collections houses Champaign County births, marriages, deaths, naturalizations, and county and circuit court records, photos, maps, oral histories, and over 700 local organization newsletters.^[5]

The Urbana Free Library also is a FamilySearch Affiliate Library and can order microfilms from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.^[5]

Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

If you cannot visit or find a source at the Urbana Free Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections

National Archives I, Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.^[6]
Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana, premier periodical collection, including Midwestern genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, and passenger lists.^[7]
National Archives Great Lakes Region (Chicago) old federal court and agency records for Illinois and Midwest U.S. federal censuses 1790–1940; military service and pension indexes, passenger lists, naturalizations, Ancestry.com, HeritageQuest, Fold3.^[8]
Newberry Library, Chicago, a large repository with genealogies, local histories, censuses, military, land, indexes, vital records, court, and tax records mostly from the Mississippi Valley, eastern seaboard, Canada, and the British Isles.^[9]

Similar Collections

Arlington Heights Memorial Library a huge collection, with printed genealogies, manuscripts, periodicals, newspapers, special aids, surname folders—a great overall genealogy collection.^[10]
Chicago Public Library reference books, how-to-guides, histories, biographies.
Lincoln Library, Springfield, indexed obituaries, city directories, the Sangamon Valley Collection has photos, yearbooks, histories, and maps for studying Sangamon and surrounding counties.</ref>
Peoria Public Library enjoys a large genealogy and local history department, including many indexes, DAR files, and basic genealogy resources for the plains states.</ref>

Neighboring Collections

Champaign County Clerk births, marriages, and deaths online
Champaign County Clerk of the Circuit Court recent probates, civil, criminal records.
Champaign County Recorder of Deeds land records, military discharge DD-214s.
Champaign County Coroner suspicious or unusual deaths.
U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois recent civil and criminal court records.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Main Library one of the best book collections in America, including county histories, and farmers registers. Think of it as another archives for Illinois.</ref>
Repositories in surrounding counties: Douglas, Edgar, Ford, McLean, Piatt, and Vermilion.
Illinois Dept. of Health Vital Records, Springfield, birth, marriage, death, adoption, and divorces.
Illinois State Archives, Springfield, county/state records, pre-Chicago fire sources, indexed vital records, early land grants, military records, all fed/state censuses, surname card index.^[4]
Illinois State Library, Springfield, state/federal records, federal censuses to 1920, plat books, IL county histories, Sanborn fire insurance maps, Rev. War pensions and bounty land warrants.</ref>
Illinois State Genealogical Society, Springfield, research guidance, teaching via webinars and the ISGS blog for free, death certificates 1916-1947 for a fee. No research requests.^[11]
Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD), Springfield, HQ of 7 regional archives of local Illinois county/town records: birth, marriage, death, land, tax, voting reg., probate, naturalization, civil & criminal court, coroner, poorhouse.^[12] For Champaign County see IRAD-Illinois State University.
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, genealogy, plat maps, atlases, oral and county history, cemeteries, census, vital records, naturalizations in many counties.^[13]
Chicago History Museum 20 million manuscripts, letters, certificates, diaries, genealogy charts, log books, journals, memoirs, minutes, muster rolls, scrapbooks, sermons, speeches, and telegrams.^[10]
Chicago Title and Trust for a fee they will search property records prior to the Chicago fire.^[10]
John A. Logan College Library, Carterville, this library is a focal point of Southern Illinois genealogy. Their collection is huge.</ref>
Pritzker Military Museum and Library, Chicago, 45,000 military history books, unit histories, photos, uniforms, equipment, insignia, and ships of many world militaries. They help genealogists.^[14]
South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society, Hazel Crest, a very good collection with local histories, genealogies, naturalizations, Pullman Car Works personnel, obituaries, church histories.^[10]
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Lovejoy Library best library in southern IL with a large genealogical collection of newspapers, biographies, county histories, family folders, and maps.</ref>
Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Rock Island, IL, Swedish church records, census, passenger lists, lodges, newspapers, directories.^[15]
University of Chicago Library plentiful historical records, including Durrett Collection of historical Kentucky and Ohio River Valley manuscripts of early people in the Ohio Valley.^[10]
University of Illinois at Chicago, biography, periodicals, newspapers, oral history, ethnic studies.
Asher Library, Chicago, Spertus Institute for Jewish Studies 500,000 books, and films.
Brethren Historical Library and Archives, Elgin, IL, cultural, socio-economic, theological, genealogical, and institutional history of the Brethren.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives, Elk Grove Village, IL, serves historians, congregations, synods, genealogists and others interested in Lutheran history.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago Archives parish records, priest biographies, sacramental, school, or orphanage records.
Repositories in surrounding states: Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, and Wisconsin
National Personnel Records Center (NPRC), St. Louis, MO, military and civil services personnel records. For servicemen and servicewomen discharged from 1912 to 1953.^[16] ^[17]
Polish Genealogical Society of America, Milwaukee, WI, 60,000 books on Polish history, art, culture, reference.

Sources[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Genealogy About Us in Urbana Free Library (accessed 6 April 2015).
↑ Contact Us in Urbana Free Library (accessed 6 April 2015).
↑ Hours in Urbana Free Library (accessed 14 April 2015).
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 41. At various repositories (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 J54d. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "DB41" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Resources in Urbana Free Library (accessed 6 April 2015).
↑ Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC in National Archives (accessed 31 December 2013).
↑ Genealogy Center Collections in Genealogy Center (accessed 27 February 2015).
↑ Genealogy in National Archives at Chicago (accessed 27 February 2014).
↑ Genealogy and Local History in The Newberry (accessed 27 February 2015).
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 ^10.4 Dollarhide and Bremer, 39.
↑ Genealogy Committee in Illinois State Genealogical Society (accessed 21 March 2015).
↑ Administrative Histories in Illinois State Archives (accessed 30 March 2015).
↑ Printed Materials in Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (accessed 30 March 2015).
↑ Pritzker Military Museum and Library in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia (accessed 30 March 2015).
↑ Genealogy in Augustana College (accessed 30 March 2015).
↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 134.
↑ National Archives at St. Louis in National Archives (accessed 18 March 2014).

[GAU-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Genealogy About Us in Urbana Free Library (accessed 6 April 2015).

[Contact-2] Contact Us in Urbana Free Library (accessed 6 April 2015).

[Hou-3] Hours in Urbana Free Library (accessed 14 April 2015).

[DB41-4] 4.0 ^4.1 William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 41. At various repositories (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 J54d. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "DB41" defined multiple times with different content

[Gen-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Resources in Urbana Free Library (accessed 6 April 2015).

[6] Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC in National Archives (accessed 31 December 2013).

[7] Genealogy Center Collections in Genealogy Center (accessed 27 February 2015).

[8] Genealogy in National Archives at Chicago (accessed 27 February 2014).

[9] Genealogy and Local History in The Newberry (accessed 27 February 2015).

[DB39-10] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 ^10.4 Dollarhide and Bremer, 39.

[11] Genealogy Committee in Illinois State Genealogical Society (accessed 21 March 2015).

[12] Administrative Histories in Illinois State Archives (accessed 30 March 2015).

[13] Printed Materials in Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (accessed 30 March 2015).

[14] Pritzker Military Museum and Library in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia (accessed 30 March 2015).

[15] Genealogy in Augustana College (accessed 30 March 2015).

[16] Dollarhide and Bremer, 134.

[17] National Archives at St. Louis in National Archives (accessed 18 March 2014).

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 *[[Arlington Heights Memorial Library|Arlington Heights Memorial Library]] a huge collection, with printed genealogies, manuscripts, periodicals, newspapers, special aids, surname folders—a great overall genealogy collection.<ref name="DB39">Dollarhide and Bremer, 39.</ref>
 *[http://www.chipublib.org/ Chicago Public Library] reference books, how-to-guides, histories, biographies.
-*[[Lincoln Library|Lincoln Library]], Springfield, indexed obituaries, city directories, the '''''Sangamon Valley Collection&nbsp;''''' has photos, yearbooks, histories, and maps for studying Sangamon and surrounding counties.<ref name="DB41" />
+*[[Lincoln Library|Lincoln Library]], Springfield, indexed obituaries, city directories, the '''''Sangamon Valley Collection&nbsp;''''' has photos, yearbooks, histories, and maps for studying Sangamon and surrounding counties.</ref>
-*[[Peoria Public Library|Peoria Public Library]] enjoys a large genealogy and local history department, including many indexes, DAR files, and basic genealogy resources for the plains states.<ref name="DB41" />
+*[[Peoria Public Library|Peoria Public Library]] enjoys a large genealogy and local history department, including many indexes, DAR files, and basic genealogy resources for the plains states.</ref>
 '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>
@@ Line 66: / Line 66: @@
 *[http://www.co.champaign.il.us/coroner Champaign County Coroner] suspicious or unusual deaths.
 *[http://www.ilcd.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois] recent civil and criminal court records.
-*[[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Main Library|University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Main Library]] one of the best book collections in America, including county histories, and farmers registers. Think of it as another archives for Illinois.<ref name="DB41" />
+*[[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Main Library|University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Main Library]] one of the best book collections in America, including county histories, and farmers registers. Think of it as another archives for Illinois.</ref>
 *Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:&nbsp;''''' [[Douglas County, Illinois|Douglas]], [[Edgar County, Illinois|Edgar]], [[Ford County, Illinois|Ford]], [[McLean County, Illinois|McLean]], [[Piatt County, Illinois|Piatt]], and [[Vermilion County, Illinois|Vermilion]].
 *[http://www.idph.state.il.us/vitalrecords/default.htm Illinois Dept. of Health Vital Records], Springfield, birth, marriage, death, adoption, and divorces.
 *[[Illinois State Archives]], Springfield, county/state records, pre-Chicago fire sources, indexed vital records, early land grants, military records, all fed/state censuses, surname card index.<ref name="DB41">Dollarhide and Bremer, 41.</ref>
-*[[Illinois State Library|Illinois State Library]], Springfield, state/federal records, federal censuses to 1920, plat books, IL county histories, Sanborn fire insurance maps, Rev. War pensions and bounty land warrants.<ref name="DB41" />
+*[[Illinois State Library|Illinois State Library]], Springfield, state/federal records, federal censuses to 1920, plat books, IL county histories, Sanborn fire insurance maps, Rev. War pensions and bounty land warrants.</ref>
 *[[Illinois State Genealogical Society|Illinois State Genealogical Society]], Springfield, research guidance, teaching via webinars and the [http://ilgensoc.blogspot.com/ ISGS blog] for free, death certificates 1916-1947 for a fee. No research requests.<ref>[http://ilgensoc.org/cpage.php?pt=123 Genealogy Committee] in ''Illinois State Genealogical Society'' (accessed 21 March 2015).</ref>
 *[[Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD)|Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD)]], Springfield, HQ of [http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/IRAD/iradregn.html 7 regional archives] of local Illinois county/town records: birth, marriage, death, land, tax, voting reg., probate, naturalization, civil {{amp}} criminal court, coroner, poorhouse.<ref>[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/IRAD/adminhist.html Administrative Histories] in ''Illinois State Archives'' (accessed 30 March 2015).</ref> For Champaign County see [[IRAD - Illinois State University|IRAD-Illinois State University]].
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 *[[Chicago History Museum|Chicago History Museum]] 20 million manuscripts, letters, certificates, diaries, genealogy charts, log books, journals, memoirs, minutes, muster rolls, scrapbooks, sermons, speeches, and telegrams.<ref name="DB39" />
 *'''''Chicago Title and Trust&nbsp;''''' for a fee they will search property records '''prior''' to the Chicago fire.<ref name="DB39" />
-*[[John A. Logan College Library|John A. Logan College Library]], Carterville, this library is a focal point of Southern Illinois genealogy. Their collection is huge.<ref name="DB41" />
+*[[John A. Logan College Library|John A. Logan College Library]], Carterville, this library is a focal point of Southern Illinois genealogy. Their collection is huge.</ref>
 *[[Pritzker Military Museum and Library|Pritzker Military Museum and Library]], Chicago, 45,000 military history books, unit histories, photos, uniforms, equipment, insignia, and ships of many world militaries. They help genealogists.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pritzker_Military_Museum_%26_Library Pritzker Military Museum and Library] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 30 March 2015).</ref>
 *[[South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society|South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society]], Hazel Crest, a very good collection with local histories, genealogies, naturalizations, [[Illinois Occupations#Pullman_Car_Workers|Pullman Car Works personnel]], obituaries, church histories.<ref name="DB39" />
-*[[Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Lovejoy Library|Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Lovejoy Library]] best library in southern IL with a large genealogical collection of newspapers, biographies, county histories, family folders, and maps.<ref name="DB41" />
+*[[Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Lovejoy Library|Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Lovejoy Library]] best library in southern IL with a large genealogical collection of newspapers, biographies, county histories, family folders, and maps.</ref>
 *[[Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center]], Rock Island, IL, Swedish church records, census, passenger lists, lodges, newspapers, directories.<ref>[http://www.augustana.edu/general-information/swenson-center-/genealogy Genealogy] in ''Augustana College'' (accessed 30 March 2015).</ref>
 *[[University of Chicago Library|University of Chicago Library]] plentiful historical records, including '''''Durrett Collection&nbsp;''''' of historical Kentucky and Ohio River Valley manuscripts of early people in the Ohio Valley.<ref name="DB39" />