Useful Links

MCLEAN COUNTY LINKS

McLean County Museum of History: http://www.mchistory.org
The FORT in Lexington: http://www.lexingtonillinoisfort.org
McLean County Government: https://www.mcleancountyil.gov/
McLean County Circuit Clerk: https://www.mcleancountyil.gov/80/Circuit-Clerk
McLean County Clerk: https://www.mcleancountyil.gov/84/County-Clerk
McLean County Farm Bureau: http://www.mcfb.org/local.shtml
The Pantagraph: http://www.pantagraph.com
Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com

MCLEAN COUNTY SURNAME LINKS

Hinshaw Family Association: http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/
McLean County, Illinois Heritage (lots of local interest photos and articles): http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~henline/index.html

MCLEAN COUNTY LIBRARIES

Bloomington Public Library: http://www.bloomingtonlibrary.org/
Carlock Public Library:http://www.carlocklibrary.com
Chenoa Public Library: http://chenoalibrary.org
Martin Township Public Library:https://www.martintpl.com/
Hudson Area Public Library: http://www.hudsonarealibrary.com/
Lexington Public Library: http://www.lexington.lib.il.us
Mt. Hope-Funks Grove Townships Public Library: https://mclean-il.com/library
Heartland Community College Library: https://www.heartland.edu/library/
Milner Library, Illinois State University: http://www.library.ilstu.edu/
Normal Public Library: https://www.normalpl.org/
Towanda District Library: http://towandalibrary.org/
The Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University: http://www.iwu.edu/library

CENTRAL ILLINOIS LINKS

Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society: http://www.tcghs.org/
LaSalle County Illinois Genealogy Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illasall/
Champaign County Genealogical Society: https://www.ilccgs.org/
Decatur Genealogical Society: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ildecgs/
Fulton County Historical & Genealogical Society: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ilfchgs/
Lexington Genealogical & Historical Society (the FORT): https://www.lexingtonillinoisfort.org/
Logan County Genealogical & Historical Society: http://www.rootsweb.com
Illinois Mennonite Historical & Genealogical Society: http://www.imhgs.org/
Peoria County Genealogical Society: http://www.peoriacountygenealogy.org/
Peoria Historical Society: http://www.peoriahistoricalsociety.org
Piatt County Historical & Genealogical Society: https://www.piatthistory.org/
Sangamon County Genealogical Society: http://genealogytrails.com/ill/sangamon/

ILLINOIS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES

Chicago Genealogical Society: https://www.chicagogenealogy.org/
Christian County Genealogical Society: https://www.christiancountyilgenealogicalsociety.org
Clark County Genealogical Society on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCCGL
Coles County Genealogical Society: https://colescountyilgensoc.org/
Dupage County Genealogical Society: http://www.dcgs.org/
Elgin Genealogical Society: https://www.elginroots.com/
Henry County Genealogical Society: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhcgs
Illiana Genealogical & Historical Society: https://illianagenealogicalandhistoricalsociety.org/
Iroquois County Genealogical Society: https://iroquoiscountygenealogy.org/
Jacksonville Area Genealogical & Historical Society: https://jaghsil.com/
Illinois State Genealogical Society: http://ilgensoc.org/
Kankakee Valley Genealogical & Historical Society: http://www.kvgs.org/index.html
Knox County Genealogical Society: https://knox.illinoisgenweb.org/
Lake County Genealogical Society: http://lakecountyilgenealogy.org
Marissa Historical & Genealogical Society: http://www.marissahgs.org/
Mason County Genealogical Society: https://www.wamcgs.org/
Saline County Genealogical Society: https://saline.illinoisgenweb.org/
South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society: http://www.ssghs.org/
St. Clair County Genealogical Society: https://stclair-ilgs.org/
Stephenson County Genealogical Society:https://stephcogenealogy.org/
Versailles Area Genealogical & Historical Society: http://vaghs.tripod.com/
Warren County Genealogical Society and on Facebook: http://warrencountyil.com/genealogy

Will Grundy Counties Genealogical Society – dissolved 2019:

ILLINOIS LINKS

Illinois State Genealogical Society: http://ilgensoc.org/
Illinois State Historical Society: http://www.historyillinois.org/
Illinois State Archives: https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/home.html
IRAD: https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/IRAD/mclean.html
Illinois GenWeb Project:  https://illinoisgenweb.org/
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Historical Society: http://www.cnwhs.org
Illinois Civil War Database:https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/databases/datcivil.html
Over 8,000 Civil War Photos (check your ancestors here):https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/alp_bib

GENERAL LINKS

FindAGrave: www.findagrave.com
National Archive of Memorial Inscriptions (NAOMI), a British archive: http://www.memorialinscriptions.org.uk/”
St. Louis Genealogical Society: http://www.stlgs.org
National Genealogical Society: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/
The National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/index.html
Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites: http://www.cyndislist.com
Allen County Public Library: www.acpl.lib.in.us/
LDS Family Search: http://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy Resources on the Internet:  http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html
African American Coal Miners Info Center:http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blackcoalminers/index.htm
Free British Newspapers:  http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

Free British Records Search:  http://www.Genuki.org.uk

Ireland – Find out what records are where:  LibrariesIreland.ie

Ireland – Free photo collection of time periods and locations  https://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000313414/CollectionList

Ellis Island Immigration Records: http://Heritage.statueofliberty.org
Cleaning Restoring Cemetery Stones: https://cemeteryconservatorsunitedstandards.org/cleaning/?fbclid=IwAR3EJm2Ud9COHDut7jnMaA0Ya8rx891t6WRrTivspKiOwIDfRKyv8GmicGw_aem_AXnBJ0tLKfyDyvGsB1mGuf-p7N_M6QzA2D2Y8a5mJ2kVRa2AAaPyGyvP9pe9lAhebyg