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    THE PRAIRIE STATE

    State sovereignty, national union

    The state of Illinois was established as part of the United States on December 3, 1818, making it the 21st to join the union. Illinois ranks 24th in size8 with 55,593 sq. miles of land, and Chicago is the largest city. Illinois also ranks 5th in population8 with 12,419,293 residents (2000 est.), and Springfield is the state capital. The official bird of Illinois is the Cardinal, and the official flower is the Native violet.

     Related CountiesReport Missing County 
  • Adams
  • Alexander
  • Bond
  • Boone
  • Brown
  • Bureau
  • Calhoun
  • Carroll
  • Cass
  • Champaign
  • Christian
  • Clark
  • Clay
  • Clinton
  • Coles
  • Cook
  • Crawford
  • Cumberland
  • Dekalb
  • De Witt
  • Douglas
  • Dupage
  • Edgar
  • Edwards
  • Effingham
  • Fayette
  • Ford
  • Franklin
  • Fulton
  • Gallatin
  • Greene
  • Grundy
  • Hamilton
  • Hancock
  • Hardin
  • Henderson
  • Henry
  • Iroquois
  • Jackson
  • Jasper
  • Jefferson
  • Jersey
  • Jo Daviess
  • Johnson
  • Kane
  • Kankakee
  • Kendall
  • Knox
  • La Salle
  • Lake
  • Lawrence
  • Lee
  • Livingston
  • Logan
  • Macon
  • Macoupin
  • Madison
  • Marion
  • Marshall
  • Mason
  • Massac
  • McDonough
  • McHenry
  • McLean
  • Menard
  • Mercer
  • Monroe
  • Montgomery
  • Morgan
  • Moultrie
  • Ogle
  • Peoria
  • Perry
  • Piatt
  • Pike
  • Pope
  • Pulaski
  • Putnam
  • Randolph
  • Richland
  • Rock Island
  • Saline
  • Sangamon
  • Schuyler
  • Scott
  • Shelby
  • St. Clair
  • Stark
  • Stephenson
  • Tazewell
  • Union
  • Vermilion
  • Wabash
  • Warren
  • Washington
  • Wayne
  • White
  • Whiteside
  • Will
  • Williamson
  • Winnebago
  • Woodford

    •  Transcribed Resources
  • Sons of Vermont, Illinois Association, 1882-1886 Reports
  • Sterling and Rock Falls 1926 Telephone Directory
  • 1913 Alumni Record of the University of Illinois - Classes for 1872 - 19

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  • The Beacon News
  • The Commercial News
  • The Daily Chronicle
  • The Daily Egyptian
  • Daily Herald
  • The Daily Journal
  • The Daily Northwestern
  • The Dispatch
  • Duquoin Evening Call
  • The Evening Telegraph
  • The Final Call
  • Herald & Review
  • The Herald News
  • Inside
  • The Journal
  • The Journal of Commerce
  • The Metropolis Planet
  • Newcity
  • News Progress
  • The News-Gazette
  • Northern Star
  • The Pantagraph
  • Pioneer Press
  • Polish News
  • La Raza
  • Sauk Valley Newspapers
  • The Southern Illinoisan
  • Star Courier
  • The State Journal-Register
  • The Telegraph
  • The Times-Press
  • Western Courier
  • Zephyr
  • County Journal

     Adoption & BirthparentsADD NEW LISTING  
  • None found.

     CemeteriesADD NEW LISTING  
  • St. Benedict Cemetery
  • Stafford Cemetery
  • Sugar Creek

     LibrariesADD NEW LISTING  
  • None found.

     Historical SocietiesADD NEW LISTING  
  • None found.

     Genealogy Lookups
  • Illinois Democracy, 1818 to 1899

     Census Records
  • Illinois U.S. Census (1820 - 1930)

     Local History ($) from Arcadia Publishing
  • Along the Calumet River (Images of America)
  • Black Life in West Central Illinois

     Subscription Databases ($) from Ancestry.com
  • Illinois Marriages to 1850
  • Illinois Census, 1820
  • Illinois Society of the S.A.R. Yearbook, 1896
  • Illinois Census, 1810-90
  • Illinois Servitude and Emancipation Records, 1720-1865
  • Illinois Public Land Purchase Records
  • Illinois Revolutionary War Veteran Burials
  • History of Freemasonry in Illinois, 1804-1829
  • The history of Negro servitude in Illinois
  • History, 31st Regiment, Illinois Volunteers
  • A gazetteer of the states of Illinois and Missouri
  • Roster of the Illinois National Guard
  • History of Wabash Valley, Indiana-Illinois
  • Miscellaneous records of families, Bibles, cemeteries
  • The early pioneers and pioneer events of the state of Illinois
  • The sovereign state of Illinois
  • Ninety-second Illinois Volunteers
  • Genealogical records, Illinois, 1938-1939

     Related Web Sites
  • Links to Illinois
  • RootsWeb Resources for Illinois
  • GenForum Queries for Illinois
  • Illinois USGenWeb FTP Archive
  • Illinois Genealogy Lookup Volunteers
  • Cyndi's List: Illinois

     Related Products ($) from Ancestry.com
  • Illinois: 1864 Map
  • Illinois - State Fact Sheet

    • Order Birth or Death Records Online

     

    8 Statistics obtained from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.

     

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