Hi Sydney and others looking in this area, One good place to search is the IRAD (Illinois Regional Archives Depository) at Illinois State in Bloomington which archives many of the records for Champaign and other counties in the area. I have had good luck with them on more than one occasion and the people have been extremely helpful. You pay on the honor system (they send you the stuff they found and tell you what you owe) and I believe it is like a buck for the up to the first five copies and then so much after that. It's not expensive if they have the record. Follow this link to the Illinois State Archives < http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html> and then look for the link to the IRAD. There, they have an on-line database telling you what records and for what years they have available. Please note, that even though the database says that they have the records available, some of the early years are spotty. But it is a good starting point and not as expensive as some of the county courthouse records. Scott Pittman rsprgv@aol.com researching PIT(T)MAN and MOUNCE in Champaign and Piatt counties.
----- Original Message ----- From: <RSPRGV@aol.com> To: <ILCHAMPA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 8:41 PM Subject: [ILCHAMPA-L] Re: Death Indexes for Champaign co. > Hi Sydney and others looking in this area, > > One good place to search is the IRAD (Illinois Regional Archives Depository) > at Illinois State in Bloomington which archives many of the records for > Champaign and other counties in the area. I have had good luck with them on > more than one occasion and the people have been extremely helpful. You pay > on the honor system (they send you the stuff they found and tell you what you > owe) and I believe it is like a buck for the up to the first five copies and > then so much after that. It's not expensive if they have the record. > > Follow this link to the Illinois State Archives < > http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html> and > then look for the link to the IRAD. There, they have an on-line database > telling you what records and for what years they have available. Please > note, that even though the database says that they have the records > available, some of the early years are spotty. But it is a good starting > point and not as expensive as some of the county courthouse records. > > Scott Pittman > rsprgv@aol.com > researching PIT(T)MAN and MOUNCE in Champaign and Piatt counties. >