About IRAD records -- I have ordered them several times, and since I live in NC now, it is wonderful. Go to www.usgenweb.com, select IL from the state list, and do a search for your relative's names in the IRAD global database search. Certain records are indexed online and the search will tell you what records (for example, marriage records) Illinois has for your relative. Different counties records are stored at different locations. You can write to the location (i.e. university) that stores that county's info and get copies of any records that showed up on your search list. You can also search IRAD holdings for that particular county and ask them to search all of those holdings for records for your relatives. For example, I searched for my great-grandmother in the global database search, and found out she had probate records. Then I searched for holdings for McLean County and found they keep probate records, probate inventories, probate wills, etc. So when I requested the records, I requested searches of anything in their holdings with her name on it. I specify my spending limit at 20.00, but in three requests for searches, my highest fee has been $1.70. They charge a minimum of $1.00, plus 10 cents a copy after 5 copies, I believe. And some of the researchers have gone out of their way to send info I did not specifically request. They are FANTASTIC! I haven't had nearly as much success in other states.