Tag Archives: Location: US: Illinois

In September, I wrote about my Link Collection to Various Genealogy & History Resources Online.  This collection is my Diigo bookmark library targeted at genealogy.  I created a list for each state, as well as a few countries and various topics.  There is also a list for general genealogy resources.  Over the next week or so, I will highlight some of these lists. Illinois Genealogy Here are some of the resources from my Illinois Genealogy list.  Some are ones I use quite frequently and others are simply unique.

Back in 2010, in honor of Women’s History Month, Lisa Alzo created a list of writing prompts for each day during the month of March.  I didn’t participate in 2010, so I’m going to take the opportunity to participate this year, since Lisa was kind enough to resurrect her prompts for 2012. Social Butterfly? What social organizations or groups did your mother or grandmother belong to? Sewing circle, church group, fraternal benefit society or lodge? Describe her role in the group.

Back in 2010, in honor of Women’s History Month, Lisa Alzo created a list of writing prompts for each day during the month of March.  I didn’t participate in 2010, so I’m going to take the opportunity to participate this year, since Lisa was kind enough to resurrect her prompts for 2012. If you could have lunch with any female family member (living or dead) or any famous female who would it be and why? Where would you go? What would you eat?

A law passed in May 2010 allows for Illinois adoptees to request their original birth certificates without a court order.  Those who were born before 1 January 1946 have been able to request their birth certificates since the law was enacted.  Those born after 1 January 1946 (and at least 21 years of age) have to wait until 15 November 2011, which isn’t too far off. To learn more about the law, including obtaining birth certificates as a spouse or child of a deceased adoptee or sibling or child of […]

**An up-to-date listing can be found in my list “Societies Using Social Media” at the social bookmarking website, Diigo.** As I was preparing a contact list for Illinois genealogical and historical societies for an FGS publicity task, I made an interesting discovery.  A fair number of Illinois societies are taking advantage of social media/networking sites such as Facebook and blogs.  Better yet, most of them are active, posting all sorts of information including history tidbits, photos, and events.  It also seems that even those who do not have an actual […]

One of the newest features of the Illinois State Genealogical Society’s website is a Surname Database.  Anyone can search the database and make contact with the person who submitted the listing, however, only ISGS members may submit a name to the database.

The Illinois State Archives has two different statewide death record indexes on their website.  One is for deaths that occurred from 1916-1950, the other is for deaths prior to 1916.  The first is a complete index, but the index prior to 1916 is still a work in progress.

I’ve been working on my Cahill line for the last few days, mainly because I’m in the process of planning a research trip to Kane Co., Illinois to do some heavy-duty research on this line.