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Illinois State Archives Databases
Online Databases. Records in the Illinois State Archives. Databases of Illinois Veterans. Illinois Statewide Vital Records Databases. Records in the Illinois Regional Archives Depositories (IRAD) Records at Eastern Illinois University ... Vital Records Databases. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 ...

Illinois Trails History and Genealogy
A non-profit organization dedicated to providing free access to genealogical and historical records online.

Illinois Trails History and Genealogy
Please excuse our dust...we are currently regrouping and remodeling. We will be back online very soon. ... to the Original Illinois Trails History and Genealogy website. We are not affiliated in any way to Genealogy Trails ...

Illinois Cemeteries at Cemetery Junction
Search for any state, county or local cemetery in Illinois. Listing of active and retired Illinois cemetery addresses and links.

Welcome to ILLINOIS Genealogy and History!
The word Illinois comes from the French word meaning "Illini or Land of Illini. It is an Algonquin word meaning "Men" or "Warriors." Illinois was discovered in 1673, settled in 1720 and entered the Union on 3 December, 1818. ... Search Google for more Illinois Genealogy ...

Genealogy Resources on the Internet - WWW/Illinois
Illinois State Genealogical Society: http://www.tbox.com/isgs. Genealogy Research in Illinois: http://www.outfitters.com/illinois/history/family/ ...

The ILGenWeb Project
Illinois Counties: ILGenWeb Special Projects. USGW Archives: IL links to tombstone inscriptions, maps, census records, and pensions. You are our visitor since December 18th 1996. ... Illinois Counties: County Table. Clickable Map ... to explore what is now Illinois were Frenchmen Jacques Marquette and Louis ... The Territory of Illinois was created by an act of Congress ...




illinois genealogy News

Club news - News-Democrat

A Holy Angels Parish (East St. Louis) all classes reunion will be held at 2 p.m. Sept. 21 at Longacre Park in Fairview Heights. Those attending are asked to bring one toiletry item for the Holy angels Women and Childrens' Shelter. Bring own food and ...

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Why Washington Hates Wall Street - Slate

Is Barack Obama the Light of the World? To answer this question, Slate has been gathering gratuitously adoring biographical details from newspaper, television, and magazine profiles of the U.S. senator from Illinois , best-selling author , Harvard ...

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The Phantom Foursome: Obama, Rezko, Biden & Cari - American Thinker

"I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth ...

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A new twist to an intriguing family history - Baltimore Sun

WASHINGTON - Many people know that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama 's father was from Kenya and his mother from Kansas. But an intriguing sliver of his family history has received almost no attention until now: It appears that ...

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Son of presidents and tribal chiefs - Chicago Sun-Times

One of his ancestors accused a fellow New England colonist of witchcraft and later stole from the governor's house. Another had two brothers killed by American Indians, who scalped one brother and kidnapped the other's daughter. To trace Barack Obama ...

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Palin may have links to Godfrey - Telegraph

Online genealogy records may link Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin to the village of Godfrey's namesake. According to the records, Palin (maiden name Heath), born Feb. 11, 1964, is the daughter of Sarah "Sally" Sheeran and Charles ...

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