FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Illinois

Welcome to the Illinois WikiProject! We welcome contributors here. We are focusing on the county pages for the 102 current counties of Illinois and the 1 county (Dane) that was active for a short time and which no longer exist. We have built a foundation for a county page, with record type headings.

We invite you to add whatever you know about the records of the county or counties and/or the towns or cities in which you are interested. Working together, we can all benefit from the knowledge of community members on the Wiki.

If you have questions, or need some guidance on what to add or how to do so, feel free to contact the project leader or other team members.

Lise Embley, Project Leader

Thomas MacEntee, Project Manager
Lise Embley, Illinois Moderator

Current Tasks needing volunteers:

• County boxes 
  • Courthouse images. I'll do this one. Murphynw 23:50, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
  • Origin of county name, info, pictures (this information is often identified at Wikipedia)
• Historic Population Charts     I can do this one  Jane
• Quick Date boxes
• Public Library addresses and website links
• Family History Center addresses
• Town or city halls -- This is a Google Task -- We need to locate contact information for the city or town halls of the towns of Illinois.
• Churches in the towns and cities of IIllinois -- This is a Google Task -- We need to identify churches, current and historical, in the towns and cities of Illinois..
• Counties -- Add a list of known publications or links about the history of each county. See Owyhee County or Adams County as examples.
• Counties -- Cross link to information on ILGenWeb pages
• Newspapers in the towns and cities of Illinois -- This task involves copying the list of newspapers available in the State Archives for each city or town to their respective page.

*Other tasks will be added later

Completed Tasks:

Project Scope

Illlinois has 102 existing counties, two counties that existed for a time and have gone out of existence, and other counties that were anticipated, named, but never were organized.

Items of Information

• Photographs of the county courthouse in each county are needed to be added to the county page, similar to what has been done for Adams County.
• Names of populated places and communities within each county need to be identified and added, similar to what has been done for [blank] or [blank] County

Record Types

• For each of 15 record types, general and specific statements about existing collections, their use, and their accessibility need to be compiled. A general statement regarding records, similar to the one for Ada or Bannock Counties, should be in place for each of the 44 counties. Many have already been added.

Cemetery Records

For cemetery records, a table showing all known cemeteries and any transcriptions or online photos of tombstones needs to be compiled. -- First cut at lists of cemeteries in all 44 counties has been completed. If additional cemeteries are identified or if additional links are found, they need to be added.

Census

A brief statement referring the user to the state census page has already been included. If there are peculiarities for each county, they should be added under this heading (see Oneida County for an example of a specific note).

Church

A partial list of wards and other church units of The Church if Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) has been added. Details of church records of other denominations is sorely lacking and should be added.

County Commissioners' Minutes

A statement similar to the one for Ada County needs to be compiled and added for each county.

Court

A summary of microfilmed court records available at the Idaho State Library and Archives (PARL) and at the Family History Library needs to be added (see Ada County for an example). A sub-heading regarding Judgment Books will be added under this heading.

Histories

Any published county histories or histories of the county available online should be listed and linked.

Land and Property, including Mining Claims and Water Rights

A summary of microfilmed land and property records available at the Illinois State Library and Archives (PARL) and at the Family History Library needs to be added (see Ada County for an example).

Maps

If possible, at least one fairly modern map and one historical map for each county, available online, should be identified, with a link provided.

Military

World War I Draft Registration statements have been added to all counties. Some discharge records, etc. from the counties have been added. Others should be added as they are located.

Miscellaneous Series

This set of records exists in most counties and includes a variety of subjects of interest to genealogists and family historians. A descriptive statement regarding them will be added.

Naturalization and Citizenship

Statements regarding naturalization and citizenship have been added for some counties. These records for other counties should be researched and added.

Newspapers

Current and historical newspapers should be identified and listed, at least to the level of detail as for those for Ada County. PARL has an inventory of historical newspapers in their collection, arranged by town. They can be summarized at the county level, and details of titles and years covered could be added to a town or city page, if one has been created.

Pension

Statements regarding Mothers' Pensions and Old Age Pensions, where they apply, have already been added to each county.

Probate

A summary of microfilmed probate records available at the Idaho State Library and Archives (PARL) and at the Family History Library needs to be added (see Ada County for an example). These records should also be listed under the court records heading.

Taxation Records

Statement such as that for Bannock County Taxation needs to be added under that subject for all counties with no statement about Taxation. Any tax records transferred to the Idaho State Historical Society's Public Archives and Research Library should be identified and listed.

Vital Records

A statement similar to the one for Ada County needs to be compiled and added for each county.

Libraries and Historical Societies

Information about local libraries and/or historical societies with manuscript collections regarding the history of the locality and genealogy of its residents should be indentified and added, with links as appropriate.

Important Websites

Websites of importance to those doing research in each county need to be compiled, including links to USGenWeb and other websites, and added.

Bibliography

A bibliography of important references for IIllinois research needs to be compiled and added to each county page.

Contributors

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Project Leader -- Lise Embley

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Current Sprint: 3 May 2010 to 1 June 2010

Focus for this sprint will be on continuing to add content to the County pages. We will also continue to add internal links between counties, state, city, and topics pages.

County

Cemeteries

Census

Church

County Comm.

Court

History

Land & Prop.

Maps

Military

Misc. Series

Natur. & Cit.

Newspapers

Pension

Probate

Soc. & Libr.

Taxation

Vital

Ada

Yes

Yes

partial LDS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hist. Curr.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Adams

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

N/A

Current

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Alturas

N/A

Yes

Bannock

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

part

Yes

Yes

WWI + partial

Yes

Yes

historical - partial

Yes

partial

Yes

Yes

Yes

Bear Lake

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

Yes

current

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Benewah

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

WWI

current

Yes

Yes

Bingham

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

Yes

current

Yes

partial

Yes

Yes

Yes

Blaine

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

current

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Boise

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

Yes

current

Yes

Yes

BM

Bonner

Yes

Yes

LDS partial

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

current

Yes

Yes

BM

Bonneville

Sep. page

Yes

LDS

Yes

partial

Yes

WWI

Yes

current

partial

Yes

Yes

MD

Boundary

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

current

Yes

Yes

Yes

M

Butte

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

current

Yes

MD

Camas

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

Canyon

Table

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

Yes

current

Yes

Yes

Caribou

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

no WWI

Yes

current

Yes

Yes

BD

Cassia

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

partial

WWI

Yes

current

Yes

Yes

Yes

Clark

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

no WWI

Yes

Yes

BD

Clearwater

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

Yes

current historical

Yes

Yes

Custer

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

current

Yes

BD

Elmore

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

Yes

current

Yes

B

Franklin

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

Yes

current

Yes

Yes

Fremont

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

current

Yes

Yes

Gem

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

current

Yes

BM

Gooding

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

WWI

current

Yes

Yes

Idaho

Yes

Yes

Yes

partial

partial

Yes

WWI

Yes

Yes

current

Yes

Yes

Jefferson

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

current

Yes

Yes

Jerome

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

no WWI

Yes

Yes

Yes

Kootenai

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

Yes

current

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

BM

Latah

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

current

Yes

BM

Lemhi

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

current

Yes

Yes

Lewis

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

current

Yes

MD

Lincoln

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Logan

N/A

Yes

N/A

M

Madison

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

partial

partial

Yes

WWI

Yes

current

Yes

Yes

Minidoka

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

Yes

Yes

BD

Nez Perce

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

Yes

current

Yes

Yes

MD

Oneida

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

partial

Yes

WWI

Yes

Yes

current historical

Yes

Yes

Yes

Owyhee

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

WWI + partial

Yes

current historical - partial

Yes

Yes

partial

Yes

Payette

Yes

Yes

Yes

partial

Yes

WWI

current

Yes

Yes

Power

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

current

Yes

Yes

Yes

Shoshone

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

WWI

current

Yes

Yes

Teton

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

partial

Yes

WWI

Yes

Yes

current

Yes

Yes

Yes

Twin Falls

Yes

Yes

LDS

Yes

Yes

WWI

Yes

Yes

current

Yes

Yes

BM

Valley

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

WWI

current

Yes

M

Washington

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

WWI

current

Yes

Yes

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