Very helpful Molly. I might add a plug for Molly Kennedy here. If you need a paid researcher in Sangamon County or for records held at the state archives in Springfield she's a good one. Cheryl Rothwell On 8/21/06, Molly Kennedy <mollx@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I'll try to answer your questions: > > Q #1 - Can anyone tell me what kind of records are at the Illinois State > Archives in Springfield? > > > A #1 - > Illinois State census enumerations (original & film) > Civil War Militia Census enumerations > indexed census records (state & federal) > indexed county history books > Rev. War pension applications > WWI Draft Registrations (film - IL only) > Immigration/Naturalization indices (film) > IL Laws, Executive Records - indexed by surname mentioned > Muster & Descriptive Rolls - Mexican, Civil, Spanish-American, etc.. > IL Roll of Honor (includes burial locations & most death dates for > soldiers > buried in IL up through WWI) > Statewide IL death certificates issued 1916-1947 (with only a few missing) > Statewide IL stillbirth certificates issued 1916-1947 (with a couple of > years missing) > > Q #2. Can one get death certificate copies for deaths prior to 1900 and > after 1900? > > A #2 - > Statewide IL death certificates issued 1916-1947 (with only a few missing) > Statewide IL stillbirth certificates issued 1916-1947 (with a couple of > years missing) > > SOME LDS microfilms for pre-1916 deaths - (usually 1877-1915) - for the > counties included in the listing on this page of my website: > http://www.mollx.com/IL%20County%20records%20on%20microfilm.htm > > ONE of the counties - Champaign - for which the Archives has LDS > microfilmed > death certs, includes up through 1949 -- but for the most part, death > certs > issued after 1947 will only be available through either the appropriate > county clerk's office, or through IL Dept of Public Health. > > Most of the county clerks in Illinois did not begin recording deaths until > mid-1877 (Cook Co is one exception - -but the Great Fire of Oct 1871 > destroyed all pre-1871 records). > > > Q #3 - > Would they have marriage certificates for the same time perod? > > A #3 - > The Archives maintains the statewide pre-1900 IL Marriage Index - but the > ONLY marriage licenses/certificates/records they MIGHT have in their > holdings, would be for the same counties listed on the same > above-referenced > page of my website. > http://www.mollx.com/IL%20County%20records%20on%20microfilm.htm > > If unavailable on film at the Archives, the other resources for marriage > licenses/records would either be one of the IL Regional Archives > Depositories (IRAD's) - of which there are 6 in the state of IL - - -OR > the > appropriate Co Clerk's office, in the county where the marriage occurred. > > Q #4 - >Also, I am curious about the Illinois State Historical Library. > What kind of research records are there? > > A #4 - > The IL State Historical Library holdings were transferred to the new > Abraham > Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum not quite 2 years ago. They have > state- and nation-wide history books (a minimum of 5-8 books for each > Illinois county) in their Reading Room. In the 2nd-floor Microfilm dept, > they have over 5,000 newspaper titles, spanning all 102 Illinois counties, > on over 90,000 microfilm rolls. Earliest newspaper on film in their > holdings is, I believe, from Edwardsville IL, 1813. (before IL statehood). > > The A/V dept has photographs -- - thousands... including Civil War units & > soldiers, identified & indexed whenever/wherever possible. The Manuscript > dept has massive collections of letters, artwork, G.A.R. membership rolls > & > minutes... > > Other than the above... I've only "brushed the surface" of the > Springfield > research holdings. > > :) > > Molly Kennedy > P O Box 5785 > Springfield, IL 62705 > www.mollx.com > Genealogy - Confusing the dead, and annoying the living. > > > >Message Board Post: > > > >Can anyone tell me what kind of records are at the Illinois State > Archives > >in Springfield? Can one get death certificate copies for deaths prior to > >1900 and after 1900? Would they have marriage certificates for the same > >time perod? > > > >Also, I am curious about the Illinois State Historical Library. What > kind > >of research records are there? > > > >Thank you in advance. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILSANGAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >