If anyone is interested , here are some ILL. web sites which came in on Ancestry .com today. Enjoy the journey. Scott Burns Kettle Falls, WA. ======================================================= ILLINOIS LINKS & RESOURCES <<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>> ======================================================= Illinois State Vital Records Office Division of Vital Records 605 West Jefferson Street Springfield, IL 62702-5097 Tel: 217-782-6554 800-547-0466 Fax: 217-523-2648 Email: mailus@idph.state.il.us (for questions or comments) http://www.idph.state.il.us/vital/home.htm Illinois State Archives Reference Unit Margaret Cross Norton Building Capitol Complex Springfield, IL 62756 Tel: 217-782-3556 Fax: 217-524-3930 http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/serv_sta.html List of Illinois Regional Archive Depositories (IRAD) http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/iradaddr.html Genealogical Research in the Illinois State Archives http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/services.html Illinois State Library 300 South Second Street Springfield, IL 62701-1796 Tel: 217-785-5600 800-665-5576 (in Illinois only) TDD: 217-524-1137 (Circulation desk) http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/library/isl_home.html Includes link to ILLINET (Illinois Library and Information Network) Web Server. Illinois State Genealogical Society P.O. Box 10195 Springfield, IL 62791-0195 Tel: 217-789-1968 (Office - No genealogical requests please) http://smtp.tbox.com/isgs/ Chicago Genealogical Society P.O. Box 1160 Chicago, IL 60690-1160 Tel: 773-725-1306 Email: juliana62@aol.com http://www.jorsm.com/~juliana/ Illinois State Historical Society 210 South Sixth Street, Suite 210 Springfield, IL Mail/Library: 1 Old State Capitol Plaza Springfield, IL 62701-1507 Tel: 217-782-2635 217-782-4286 Fax: 217-524-8042 Email: ishs@eosinc.com http://www.prairienet.org/ishs/ Chicago Historical Society Clark Street at North Avenue Chicago, IL 60614-6099 Tel: 312-642-5035 ext. 356 Fax: 312-266-2077 http://www.chicagohs.org/ Illinois USGenWeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilgenweb/ Illinois Gateway http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/arc_home.html Illinois Public Domain Land Sales http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/data_lan.html Database of Illinois Civil War Veterans http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/datcivil.html Database of Illinois Spanish-American War Veterans http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/spanam.html Illinois in the Civil War http://www.outfitters.com/illinois/history/civil/civil.html -- http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/6618/ Looking for these surnames; BOWLES, BROWN, BURNS, DALE, FITZPATRICK, GRINSTEAD, HARTNETT, JAMES, KENNEDY, MCGUIRE, MAYFIELD, MCRAE, MORRISON, MURPHY, NELSON, QUINN, REGAN, REILLY, RICE, ROBERTS, SMITH, SULLIVAN, THOMAS.