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''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Illinois]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Illinois_Record_Selection_Table|Record Selection Table]]'' | |||
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This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for post-1850 research. | |||
#In column 1, select a research goal. | |||
#In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need. | |||
#In column 3, find additional record types that may be useful. | |||
#Look in the section of this article that corresponds to the record type you chose. It explains what the records might tell you, how to search them, and how to find the records in the [[Introduction to the Family History Library Catalog|Family History Library Catalog]] using the ''Place-name Search''. Some records are not at the library. | |||
#If you do not find the desired information, see [[Illinois Search Strategies|Illinois Search Strategies]] for more suggestions. | |||
:Note: Records of previous research (Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals, but are not listed unless they are especially helpful.<br><br> | |||
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| '''1. If you need information about''' | |||
| '''2. Look first in''' | |||
| '''3. Then search''' | |||
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| Adoptions | |||
| [[Illinois Court Records|Court Records]], [[Illinois Vital Records|Vital Records]] | |||
| [[Illinois Census|Census]], [[Illinois Probate Records|Probate Records]] | |||
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| Age | |||
| [[Illinois Census|Census]], [[Illinois Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]] | |||
| [[Illinois Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Illinois Military Records|Military Records]], [[Illinois Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] | |||
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| | | Birth date | ||
| | | [[Illinois Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Social Security Death Index (SSDI)|Social Security Death Index]], [[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Illinois Cemeteries|Cemeteries]] | ||
| | | [[Illinois Church Records|Church Records]], [[Illinois Military Records|Military Records]], [[Illinois Biography|Biography]] | ||
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| Birth place | |||
| | | [[Illinois Census|Census]], [[Illinois Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]] | ||
| [[Illinois Church Records|Church Records]], [[Illinois Military Records|Military Records]], [[Illinois Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]] | |||
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| | | Boundaries and origins | ||
| | | [[Illinois Maps|Maps]], [[Illinois Gazetteers|Gazetteers]] | ||
| [[Illinois History|History]], [[Illinois Societies|Societies]] | |||
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| | | Children | ||
| | | [[Illinois Census|Census]], [[Illinois Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Illinois Genealogy|Genealogy]] | ||
| [[Illinois Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Illinois Church Records|Church Records]], [[Illinois Land and Property|Land and Property]] | |||
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| City or parish of foreign birth | |||
| [[Illinois Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Illinois Biography|Biography]] | |||
| [[Illinois Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Illinois Church Records|Church Records]], [[Illinois Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]] | |||
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| Country of foreign birth | |||
| [[Illinois Census|Census]], [[Illinois Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]] | |||
| [[Illinois Naturalization and Citizenship|Natualization and Citizenship]], [[Illinois Military Records|Military Records]],[[Illinois Ethnic Groups|Ethnic Groups]] | |||
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| | | Death information | ||
| [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Illinois_Vital_Records#Death_Records Vital Records], [[Illinois Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Social Security Death Index (SSDI)|Social Security Death Index]], [[Illinois Newspapers|Newspapers]] | |||
| [[Illinois Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Illinois Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]], [[Illinois Church Records|Church Records]] | |||
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| Dissolution of marriage (Divorce)<br> | |||
| [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Illinois_Vital_Records#Dissolution_of_Marriage_.28Divorce.29_Records Vital Records], [[Illinois Court Records|Court Records]] | |||
| [[Illinois Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Illinois Census|Census]] | |||
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| Emigration information | |||
| [[Illinois Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Illinois Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Illinois Census|Census]] | |||
| [[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Illinois Biography|Biography]], [[Illinois Ethnic Groups|Ethnic Groups]], [[Illinois Land and Property|Land and Property]],[[Illinois Court Records|Court Records]] | |||
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| Ethnic background | |||
| [[Illinois Census|Census]], [[African-American Resources for Illinois|African Americans]], [[Indians of Illinois|American Indians]], [[Illinois Ethnic Groups|Ethnic Groups]], [[Illinois Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]] | |||
| [[Illinois Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Illinois Church Records|Church Records]], [[Illinois Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Illinois Societies|Societies]] | |||
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| Historical background | |||
| [[Illinois History|History]], [[Illinois Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Illinois Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]<br> | |||
| [[Illinois Maps|Maps]], [[Illinois Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Illinois Church Records|Church Records]] | |||
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| Immigration date | |||
| [[Illinois Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Illinois Census|Census]], [[Illinois Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] | |||
| [[Illinois Court Records|Court Records]], [[Illinois Biography|Biography]], [[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Illinois Periodicals|Periodicals]] | |||
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| | | Living relatives | ||
| | | [[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Illinois Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Illinois Census|Census]] | ||
| | | [[Illinois Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]], [[Illinois Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Illinois Biography|Biography]], [[Illinois Newspapers|Newspapers]] | ||
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| Maiden name | |||
| | | [[Illinois Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Illinois Probate Records|Probate Records]] | ||
| [[Illinois Church Records|Church Records]], [[Illinois Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]], [[Illinois Bible Records|Bible Records]] | |||
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| | | Marriage information | ||
| | | [[Illinois Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Illinois Census|Census]], [[Illinois Genealogy|Genealogy]] | ||
| [[Illinois Church Records|Church Records]], [[Illinois Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Illinois Military Records|Military Records]] | |||
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| | | Naturalization | ||
| | | [[Illinois Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Illinois Census|Census]], [[Illinois Voting Registers|Voting Registers]] | ||
| [[Illinois Court Records|Court Records]], [[Illinois Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Illinois Periodicals|Periodicals]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | Occupations | ||
| | | [[Illinois Occupations|Occupations]], [[Illinois Census|Census]], [[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]] | ||
| | | [[Illinois Biography|Biography]], [[Illinois Directories|Directories]], [[Illinois History|History]] | ||
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| | | Other family members | ||
| | | [[Illinois Census|Census]], [[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Illinois Probate Records|Probate Records]] | ||
| [[Illinois Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]], [[Illinois Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Illinois Church Records|Church Records]], [[Illinois Genealogy|Genealogy]] | |||
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| | | Parents | ||
| | | [[Illinois Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Illinois Census|Census]], [[Illinois Genealogy|Genealogy]] | ||
| [[Illinois Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Illinois Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]], [[Illinois Church Records|Church Records]], [[Illinois Biography|Biography]] | |||
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| | | Physical description | ||
| | | [[Illinois Military Records|Military Records]], [[Illinois Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Illinois Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
| | | [[Illinois Biography|Biography]], [[Illinois Occupations|Occupations]] | ||
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| | | Place-finding aids | ||
| [[Illinois Maps|Maps]], [[Illinois Gazetteers|Gazetteers]] | |||
| [[Illinois Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Illinois History|History]], [[Illinois Societies|Societies]] | |||
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| | | Places of residence | ||
| | | [[Illinois Census|Census]], [[Illinois Military Records|Military Records]], [[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Illinois Directories|Directories]], [[Illinois Taxation|Taxation]] | ||
| | | [[Illinois Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Illinois Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Illinois Voting Registers|Voting Registers]] | ||
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| | | Place of residence when you know only the state | ||
| | | [[Illinois Census|Census]], [[Illinois Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Illinois Military Records|Military Records]] | ||
| [[Illinois Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Illinois Taxation|Taxation]] | |||
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| | | Previous research | ||
| | | [[Illinois Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[Illinois Biography|Biography]], [[Illinois Periodicals|Periodicals]] | ||
| [[Illinois History|History]], [[Illinois Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Illinois Societies|Societies]] | |||
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|- | |- | ||
| | | Record-finding aids | ||
| | | [[Illinois Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Illinois Church Records|Church Records]], [[Illinois Periodicals|Periodicals]] | ||
| [[Illinois Societies|Societies]], [[Illinois For Further Reading|For Further Reading]] | |||
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| | | Religion | ||
| | | [[Illinois Church Records|Church Records]], [[Illinois Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]] | ||
| [[Illinois Biography|Biography]], [[Illinois Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Illinois Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | Social activities | ||
| | | [[Illinois Societies|Societies]], [[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Illinois Biography|Biography]] | ||
| [[Illinois Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Illinois Directories|Directories]], [[Illinois Newspapers|Newspapers]] | |||
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Revision as of 13:08, 26 August 2011
United States
Illinois
Record Selection Table
This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for post-1850 research.
- In column 1, select a research goal.
- In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
- In column 3, find additional record types that may be useful.
- Look in the section of this article that corresponds to the record type you chose. It explains what the records might tell you, how to search them, and how to find the records in the Family History Library Catalog using the Place-name Search. Some records are not at the library.
- If you do not find the desired information, see Illinois Search Strategies for more suggestions.
- Note: Records of previous research (Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals, but are not listed unless they are especially helpful.