This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Gg.2ADI/208.2 Message Board Post: Don't know about an index, but have you searched the web site of the Illinois Archives. It is had many data bases one about land owenership. http://www.SOS.state.il.us/departments/archives/database/html I have found it very useful.