This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wd3.2ACIB/984.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: You are welcome Liz. The "view images" (census) are from ancestry.com ... you need to subscribe them to view. I can save them and email them to you. Why don't you re-email those listings to my work address and I'll email them to you on Monday? kate_miller@ilnd.uscourts.gov Off the top of my head, my favorite databases -- not all states have archives like IL - some have none, some have better ... genie page around the states: usgenweb.com (then narrow down to state/co) IL archive databases http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html ellisislandrecords.org is wonderful if they came in during those dates (I forget -- 1893-1924??) familysearch.org -- particularly the 1880 FREE census (with great searching functions on the census) I have the subsc. to the 1920&30 census at ancestry.com if you need another lookup .... Kate