This online database for Illinois was shared with me by a member of another list. It is wonderful. http://www.ilsos.net/departments/archives/databases.html Kathleen Burnett List Mom The first link deals with IRAD centralized records. When you go to this page click on the county name of interest for more online info. http://www.ilsos.net/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html The second link is state online databases. You may do a global search or by each directory. http://www.ilsos.net/departments/archives/databases.html Records in the Illinois State Archives Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database Database of Illinois Servitude and Emancipation Records Databases of Illinois Veterans Database of Illinois War of 1812 Veterans Database of Illinois Winnebago War Veterans Database of Illinois Black Hawk War Veterans Database of Illinois Mexican War Veterans Database of Illinois Civil War Veterans Database of Illinois Civil War Veterans Serving in the U.S. Navy Database of Illinois Civil War Veterans of Missouri Units Database of Illinois Spanish-American War Veterans Database of the 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor Database of Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home Residents Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 An Ongoing Project of the Illinois State Archives & the Illinois State Genealogical Society Records in the Illinois Regional Archives Depositories (IRAD) Local Governmental Records in the IRAD System Name Index to Illinois Local Governments Records at Eastern Illinois University Arthur Local Registrar's Birth Certificates Index (1868-1925) Mattoon Death Certificate Registers Index (1899-1918) Mattoon Court of Common Pleas Case Files Index (1869-1873) Shelby County Circuit Court Case Files Index (1828-1871) Wayne County Coroner's Inquest Record Index (1888-1960) Records at Illinois State University DeWitt County Coroner's Inquest Files Index (1924-1977) Livingston County Probate Case Files Index (1837-1958) Logan County Circuit Court Criminal Case Files Index (1857-1945) McLean County Probate Record Index (1834-1934) Vermilion County Coroner's Inquest Files Index (1908-1956) Woodford County Almshouse Registers Index (1868-1957) Records at Northeastern Illinois University Chicago City Council Proceedings Files, 1833-1871 Cook County Coroner's Inquest Record Index, 1872-1911 Chicago Police Department Homicide Record, 1870-1930 Records at Northern Illinois University Carroll County Birth Certificates Index (1877-1913) JoDaviess County Almshouse Registers Index (1846-1938) Kane County Circuit Court Case Files Index (1836-1870) Lake County Circuit Court Case Files Index (1840-1898) Ogle County Almshouse Register Index (1878-1933) Ogle County Naturalization Papers (County Court) Index (1872-1906) Records at Southern Illinois University East St. Louis City Court Naturalization Papers Index (1874-1906) Madison County Probate Case Files Index (1813-1903) St. Clair County Circuit Court Chancery Case Files Index (1815-1870) St. Clair County Farm Board Record Index (1874-1879) Records at the University of Illinois at Springfield Macon County Circuit Court Case Files Index (1829-1861) Macoupin County Coroner's Inquest Files Index (1835-1928) Sangamon County Guardian's Case Files Index (1825-1901) Records at Western Illinois University Adams County Almshouse Register Index (1873-1898) Brown County Almshouse Registers Index (1882-1963) Fulton County Circuit Court Case Files Index (1825-1876) Mercer County Almshouse Register Index (1859-1948) Peoria County Probate Case Files Index (1825-1887) Rock Island Probate Case Files Index (1834-1899) Stark County Almshouse Register Index (1868-1941)