from another list....thought these might be helpful to Illinois Rooters- Using the Illinois Death Index http://www.rootdig.com/adn/illinoisdeathindex.html Using the Illinois Marriage Index http://www.rootdig.com/illinoismarriage.html Analyzing some late 1800s era land records in IL http://www.rootdig.com/adn/millingaround.html (not just IL, but talks about land descriptions) http://www.rootdig.com/adn/nsew.html The Search for the Parents of Franciska Trautvetter (discusses a variety of Illinois Sources) http://www.rootdig.com/franciska/ Draft Cards--World War I--most are in IL http://www.rootdig.com/draft/worldwaronedraft.html Late 1880s voter's registrations--Cook County http://www.rootdig.com/voters/chicago.html An Italian in Chicago:Egisto Lencioni http://www.rootdig.com/immigrate/egisto.html Peter Verikios Naturalization Papers--from Chicago http://www.rootdig.com/immigrate/pverikios/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com