Illinois Links

Illinois has a surprising number of digital databases through  universities. These of course help us to place our ancestors in history.
Illinois Genealogy, Facts and Records Resources :: Genealogy Inc.
Cyndi's List - United States - Illinois
The ILGenWeb Project
Illinois | Learn | FamilySearch.org
Illinois: Genealogy, Census, Vital Records
Illinois - Digital State Archives
Illinois Genealogy and History presented by Illinois Trails, part of the Genealogy Trails History Group
Welcome to the Illinois State Archives
Illinois State Archives Global Database Search
Genealogy at Ill. Hist. Pres. Agency
Illinois Civil War Veterans Database
Illinois State Archives Databases
Prison Convict Register as transcribed by Illinois Trails-Index to The Joliet Prison, IL
Repositories of Primary Sources: Eastern United States and Canada
Federal Township Plats of Illinois, 1804-1891
Illinois Digital Archives
Illinois Digital Archives about

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Augustana College-Special Collections: Book Collections
Benedictine University Library - Archives & Special Collections
Columbia College Archives
DePaul University Libraries: Digital Collections
Illinois Institute of Technology Archives - Exhibits & Collections
Knox College Library: Special Collections and Archives
Lewis University - Canal and Regional History Special Collection
Loyola University Chicago-Digital Collections
Milner Digital Collections
North Central College: The Chronicle Archives
North Park University - Christian, Urban, Multicultural-Digital Collections
Northern Illinois University Libraries: Illinois Historical Digitization Projects
Northern Illinois University - Illinois Periodicals Online
Northwestern University Library I Digital Collections
Northwestern University Library-Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections |
Parkland College Library
Roosevelt University - Library - Oral History Project in Labor History
Southern Illinois University-Digital collections — Morris Library
University of Chicago-Digital Collections
University of Illinois at Chicago- University Library- Special Collections
University of Illinois at Springfield -Archives/Special Collections 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign-Digital content search
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign-Digital Services and Development
Wesleyan University: The Ames Library - Services - Argus Digital Collection
Western Illinois University -- University Libraries -- Laws of Illinois
Western Illinois University-Digital Image Collection

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Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project
Booth Library - Digital Collections
Illinois Alive!
Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Presents - The Oral History Program
The Lincoln Log-Daily chronology of life of Lincoln
The Lincoln Log

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Directory, City of Chicago, 1843
CHICAGO CATHOLIC CHURCHES
Chicago Catholic Parish Database in One Step
Chicago History Museum | Online Resources
Chicago Imagebase
Chicago Police Department Homicide Record (1870-1930)
Digital Collections - Chicago Public Library
Cook County: Photograph Collection - Skokie Historical Society
Cook County: Chicago University Register of the Officers and Alumni, 1892-1902
History of Cook County, Illinois
Homicide in Chicago :: Homicide In Chicago 1870-1930
Publications and Digital Resources | Newberry

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Coles County Legal History Project - Localités/Localities
DuPage County, Illinois History
Curt Teich Postcard Archives
Lake County History Archives
Mattoon Court of Common Pleas Case Files Index 1869-1873
Peoria Public Library, Peoria Illinois
Peoria County, Illinois City, County, and Rural Directories (Online Historical Directories)

Illinois Vital Record Links

Illinois has many vital record links, yet as many as I've located I'm still hopeful to locate other links that are equally  helpful. Let me know what I've missed!
Search Illinois Genealogy Records and Family History Facts - Ancestry.com
Illinois Genealogy & Illinois Family History Resources - Ancestry.com
1940 Census-Illinois | FamilySearch.org
Online Illinois Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries
Illinois Public Libraries
Illinois Statewide Death Index
Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947
Illinois Death Certificates, 1916–1950
Illinois Statewide Death Index - Pre 1916
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 
Illinois Marriages 1815-1935
Illinois County Marriages, 1810-1934 (A-C counties)
Illinois State Archives Databases***Start Here***Marriage/probate/veterans
Illinois, Probate Records, 1819-1970
Illinois Births & Christenings 1824-1940
Search U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 - Ancestry.com
Northwestern Illinois Obituary and Death Notices Collection - Message Index-West
Northeastern Illinois Obituary and Death Notices Collection - Message Index- East
Illinois, Northern Dist. Naturalization Index, 1840-1950

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Online Illinois Naturalization Records Indexes & Databases
IllinoisAssessors.com - Your Hub for Assessors Offices and Parcel Data
Illinois Online Historical Directories - Online Historical Directories
Database of Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home Residents
graveyards.com: Graveyards of Illinois

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Illinois Online Historical Newspapers - Online Historical Newspapers
Obituaries, Newspaper Obituaries (scroll to IL)
GenealogyBuff.com - Online Newspaper Directory - Illinois Newspapers
Farm, Field and Fireside Collection - many titles
Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection
Chronicling America - The Library of Congress
Jerusalem Post Newspaper Archive - Search Old Newspaper Articles Online

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Cook  County links
Cook County: Archives: Chicago Tribune
Cook County: Chicago Obituary Database
Cook County: Chicago Sun-Times Obituaries All time: All of Chicago Sun-Times Obituaries from All time
Cook County: Brookfield Public Library Newspaper Archive - Search Old Newspaper Articles Online
Cook County, Maywood Herald Obit Card Index
Cook County Clerk's Office - BMD
Cook County: Skokie Newspaper Index: Obit / Article Search
Naturalization: Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court: Search the Naturalization Declarations of Intention
Chicago: Searching Cook County Genealogy in One Step
Chicago Genealogy Records and Sources on the Internet
Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988 - Ancestry.com
Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922
Cook County: Burr Oak Cemetery: Browse the headstones -- chicagotribune.com
Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960 - Ancestry.com
Cook County, Illinois Marriage Indexes, 1912-1924 - Ancestry.com
Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920
Cook County, Illinois Birth Index, 1916-1935 - Ancestry.com
Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915
Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1922
Cook County: Homicide in Chicago :: INTERACTIVE DATABASE

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Adams County: Quincy Historical Newspaper Archive- approx 1835-1919
CARROLL COUNTY IL HISTORY & GENEALOGY
Champaign County: Local History Online - The Urbana Free Library
Clay County: Flora Digital Newspapers
Kane County Recorder - Land records
Kane County: View Misc Documents
Madison County: Hayner Library Newspaper Archive - Search Old Newspaper Articles Online
Sangamon County: Chatham Cemetery - search engine
Tazewell County Obit Card Index "Pekin Times"
Will County: Farm, Field & Fireside - Ag Newspaper collection 1929-2010
Whiteside County: Sterling Newspaper Archive - Search Old Newspaper Articles Online
Winnebago County: Rockton Township Cem. Rockton, IL
Rock Island County: Augustana College Special Collections
St. Clair County: Illinois, Diocese of Belleville, Catholic Parish Records, 1729-1956
Will County: Public record index search"Back to 1965"
Will County: Public Documents 1973 to current. Plats 1836-1972Recorder Public Web Access
Winnebago County: BMD - Clerk's Office