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This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for post-1850 research.  
== Record Finder Table for Illinois ==
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


#In column 1, select a research goal.
== List of Topics ==
#In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
This Record Finder table links to the Illinois topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
#In column 3, find additional record types that may be useful.
#Look in the section of this outline 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 Search''. Some records are not at the library.
#If you do not find the desired information, see [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/United_States_Record_Selection_Table United States Records Selection Table] 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>
===Vital Events ===
 
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| '''1. If you need information about'''  
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| '''2. Look first in'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| '''3. Then search'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
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| Adoptions
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Court Records, Vital Records  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Probate Records, Census
*[[Illinois Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Illinois Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Illinois Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Illinois Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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*[[Illinois Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Illinois Census|Census]]
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| Age
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| Census, Cemeteries, Obituaries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Vital Records, Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship
*[[Illinois Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Illinois Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Illinois Census|Census]]
*[[Illinois Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Illinois Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Illinois Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Illinois Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Illinois Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Illinois Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Illinois Land and Property|Land and Property]]
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|-
| Birth date  
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Vital Records, Obituaries, Cemeteries  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Church Records, Military Records, Biography
*[[Illinois Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Illinois Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Illinois Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Illinois Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Illinois Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Illinois Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Illinois Military Records|Military Records]]
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===Maiden Names and Family Members===
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|-
|-
| Birth place
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Vital Records, Church Records, Obituaries
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Census, Military Records, Funeral Homes
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Boundaries and origins
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Maps, Gazetteers
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| History, Societies
*[[Illinois Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Illinois Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Illinois Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Illinois Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Illinois Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Illinois Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Illinois Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| Children
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Census, Probate Records, Obituaries, Genealogy
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Vital Records, Church Records, Land and Property
*[[Illinois Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Illinois Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Illinois Census|Census]]
*[[Illinois Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Illinois Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Illinois Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Illinois Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
|-
| City or parish of foreign birth
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Vital Records, Obituaries, Biography  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Naturalization and Citizenship, Church Records, Funeral Homes
*[[Illinois Directories|Directories]]
*[[Illinois Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Illinois Census|Census]]
*[[Illinois Biography|Biography]]
*[[Illinois Societies|Societies]]
*[[Illinois Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Illinois Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
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|-
| Country of foreign birth
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Census, Naturalization and Citizenship, Vital Records  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Obituaries, Military Records, Minorities
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Death information
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Vital Records, Cemeteries, Obituaries, Newspapers  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Probate Records, Funeral Homes, Church Records
*[[Illinois Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Illinois Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Illinois Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Illinois Census|Census]]
*[[Illinois Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Illinois Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| Divorce
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| Divorce Records, Vital Records, Court Records  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Newspapers, Census
*[[Illinois Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Illinois Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Illinois Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Illinois Census|Census]]
*[[Illinois Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Illinois Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Illinois Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Illinois Biography|Biography]]
*[[Illinois Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
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|-
|-
| Emigration information
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census, Maps
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Obituaries, Biography, Minorities, Land and Property, Court Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Ethnic background
| align="left" | Residence
| Native Races, Minorities, Emigration and Immigration
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Naturalization and Citizenship, Church Records, Census, Periodicals
*[[Illinois Census|Census]]
*[[Illinois Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Illinois Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Illinois Directories|Directories]]
*[[Illinois Taxation|Taxation]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Illinois Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Illinois Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Illinois Biography|Biography]]
*[[Illinois Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Historical background
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| History, Periodicals, Gazetteers, Native Races
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Maps, Land and Property, Church Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Immigration date
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census, Societies
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Court Records, Biography, Obituaries, Periodicals
*[[Illinois Census|Census]]
|-
*[[African American Record Finder]]
| Living relatives
*[[African American Resources for Illinois|African Americans]]
| Obituaries, Probate Records, Census  
*[[Indigenous Peoples of Illinois|Indigenous Peoples]]
| Funeral Homes, Land and Property, Biography
*[[Illinois Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
|-
*[[Illinois Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| Maiden name
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| Vital Records, Obituaries, Probate Records
*[[Illinois Church Records|Church Records]]
| Church Records, Funeral Homes, Bible Records
*[[Illinois Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
*[[Illinois Periodicals|Periodicals]]
| Marriage information
*[[Illinois Societies|Societies]]
| Vital Records, Obituaries, Census, Genealogy
 
| Church Records, Probate Records, Military Records
|-
| Naturalization  
| Naturalization and Citizenship, Census, Voting Registers
| Court Records, Land and Property, Periodicals
|-
| Occupations
| Occupations, Census, Obituaries
| Biography, Directories, History
|-
| Other family members
| Census, Obituaries, Probate Records,
| Funeral Homes, Vital Records, Church Records,
|-
| Parents
| Vital Records, Obituaries, Census, Genealogy
| Probate Records, Funeral Homes, Church Records
|-
| Physical description
| Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration  
| Biography, Occupations
|-
| Place-finding aids
| Maps, Gazetteers
| Archives and Libraries, History, Societies
|-
| Places of residence
| Census, Military Records, Obituaries, Directories, Taxation, Voting Registers
| Land and Property, Naturalization and Citizenship, Public Records
|-
| Place of residence when you know only the state
| Census, Vital Records, Military Records
| Naturalization and Citizenship, Taxation, Directories
|-
|-
| Previous research
| align="left" | Occupation
| Genealogy, Biography, Periodicals
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| History, Archives and Libraries, Societies
*[[Illinois Census|Census]]
*[[Illinois Directories|Directories]]
*[[Illinois Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Illinois Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Illinois Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Illinois Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| Record-finding aids
| align="left" | Religion
| Archives and Libraries, Church Records, Periodicals
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Societies, For Further Reading
*[[Illinois Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Illinois Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Illinois Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Illinois Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| Religion
| align="left" | Social activities
| Church Records, Vital Records, Obituaries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Biography, Cemeteries, Funeral Homes
*[[Illinois Biography|Biography]]
*[[Illinois Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Illinois Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Illinois Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Illinois Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Illinois Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Illinois Directories|Directories]]
|-
|-
| Social activities
| align="left" | Physical description
| Societies, Obituaries, Biography  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Cemeteries, Directories, Funeral Homes
*[[Illinois Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Illinois Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Illinois Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Illinois Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Illinois Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
|}
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{{Illinois|Illinois}}
=== Adoption ===
For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: [[United States Adoption Research|United States Adoption Research]].
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[[Category:Illinois|Record]]
[[Category:Illinois Research Strategies]][[Category:Record Finder]]

Latest revision as of 17:39, 25 January 2021

Illinois Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Illinois Background
Cultural Groups
Local Research Resources

Record Finder Table for Illinois[edit | edit source]

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records[edit | edit source]

The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.

List of Topics[edit | edit source]

This Record Finder table links to the Illinois topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
City or Country of foreign birth

Residences and Locations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Nationality or ethnicity
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
Physical description

Adoption[edit | edit source]

For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: United States Adoption Research. =edit

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