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| ==Online Records== | | ==Sources== |
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| *'''1695-1799''' {{FSC|265942|item|disp=Illinois register}}. Kaskaskia, Illinois. Catholic Church. English transcripts; at FamilySearch — Images only.
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| *'''1695-2006''' {{FSC|1447971|item|disp=Illinois, Randolph County, Kaskaskia Island, Immaculate Conception Parish, church records}} at FamilySearch; Images only.
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| *'''1729-1956''' {{RecordSearch|1388122|Illinois, Diocese of Belleville, Catholic Parish Records}} at FamilySearch; Index — [[Illinois, Diocese of Belleville, Catholic Parish Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
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| *'''1737-1885''' {{FSC|557829|item|disp=Randolph County, Illinois court records, justice of the peace records, early notarial records, etc.}} at FamilySearch; Images only.
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| *'''1740-2006''' {{FSC|1447997|item|disp=Illinois, St. Clair County, Cahokia, Holy Family Parish, church records}} at FamilySearch; Images only.
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| *'''1743-1765''' {{FSC|73458|item|disp=Parish registers, 1743-1765 (abridged transcript)}}. Catholic Church. Ste. Anne-du-Fort-de-Chartres, Randolph County, Illinois. at FamilySearch; Images only.
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| ==History== | | ==History== |
| French missions were founded in Illinois during the late 17th century; Fort Crevecoeur (Peoria) in 1680, Cahokia in 1699, and Kaskaskia in 1703. Illinois was controlled by the French until 1763 when it was ceded to England. Illinois was a county of Virginia from 1778-1784, and became part of the Northwest Territory in 1787. It became the Illinois Territory in 1809 before becoming a state in 1818.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 579. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FSC|822639|item|disp=FS Catalog book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref> | | French missions were founded in Illinois during the late 17th century; Fort Crevecoeur (Peoria) in 1680, Cahokia in 1699, and Kaskaskia in 1703. Illinois was controlled by the French until 1763 when it was ceded to England. Illinois was a county of Virginia from 1778-1784, and became part of the Northwest Territory in 1787. It became the Illinois Territory in 1809 before becoming a state in 1818.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the counties of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 579. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref> |
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| ===Civil Records and Sources===
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| *{{FSC|515654|item|disp=''Consolidated index for the Raymond H. Hammes Collection at the Illinois State Genealogical Society, land records, 1678-1814''}} by Raymond H. Hammes, film 1543598). This collection includes {{FSC|533019|item|disp=Cahokia land records, 1790-1797}}, entries made regarding Illinois villages, 1790-1795; {{FSC|533342|item|disp=Kaskaskia land records, 1804-1814}}; Randolph county land records, 1768-1815; {{FSC|533302|item|disp=Cahokia land records, 1800-20; Historical material, 1671-1819}}; {{FSC|540681|item|disp=Illinois land transaction typescripts/printouts, 1720-1866}}; {{FSC|534081|item|disp=Miscellaneous land records}}. Except for Illinois land transaction records, these records are available on film [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bfilm_number%3A1543598 1543598].
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| *{{FSC|52481|item|disp=''George Rogers Clark and His Men, Military Records, 1778-1784''}} by Margery Heberling Harding, (Frankfort: The Kentucky Historical Society, 1981, film 6050443).
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| *{{FSC|195782|item|disp=Illinois and Wabash Land Company Minutes, 1778-1812}}. Originals are at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
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| *Private Land Claims related to Kaskaskia, 1723-1809. These are in the Bureau of Land Management Records (RG 49.12) at the National Archives in Washington, DC.
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| *{{FSC|392832|item|disp=''Servant and slave records of St. Clair County and Colonial French Illinois, 1720-1863 : an index and quantitative study'''}} by David E. Richards. (Springfield, Illinois : Illinois State Archives, 1991).
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| ===Ecclesiastical Records===
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| Because of French colonization and missions, some parish registers for colonial Illinois are available. These can be found at the following locations:
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| *{{FSC|473063|item|disp=Diocese of Vincennes}}. This Diocese covered both Illinois and Indiana.
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| *Kaskaskia Parish Registers
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| *[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/vital-statistics-births-marriages-deaths/Pages/church-records-indexes.aspx National Archives of Canada] in Ottawa, Ontario. Copies of Illinois Mission parish registers are available at the archives, originals are located at the French National Archives in Section Outre-Mer, Paris.
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| ====Other====
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| *{{FSC|264086|item|disp=''A Complete History of Illinois from 1673-1884: Embracing the Physical Features of the County, Its Early Explorations, Aboriginal Inhabitants''}} by Alexander Davidson. (Springfield, IL: H.W. Rokker, 1884, fiche 6051133).
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| *[https://archive.org/details/conquestofillino00clar/page/n8 ''The Conquest of the Illinois''] by George Rogers Clark. (n.p.: R.R. Donnelly and Sons, 1920, film 1597594).
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| *''The French and the Spanish in the Old Northwest'' by Henry Putney Beers. (Detroit: Wayne State University, 1964).
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| *{{FSC|480366|item|disp=''Great Britain and the Illinois Country, 1763-1774''}} by Clarence Edwin Carter. (Washington, DC: The American Historical Society and Association, 1910, film 1597561).
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| *[https://archive.org/details/guidetodepositor00illi ''Guide to Depositories of Manuscript Collections in Illinois''] by Historical Records Survey. (Chicago: The Survey, 1940).
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| *''Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois'' by Newton Bateman, (1906, reprint, Wooster, OH: Micro Photo Division, Bell and Howell Co., n.d., film 0825561).
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| *{{FSC|290762|item|disp=''The Illinois Country, 1673-1818''}} by Clarence Walworth Alvord. (Springfield, Virginia: Illinois Centennial Commission, 1920).
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| *[https://archive.org/details/illinoisoneveofs29peas ''Illinois on the Eve of the Seven Years' War, 1747-1755''] by Theodore Calvin Pease. (Springfield: Trustees of the Illinois State Historical Library, 1940)
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