MORE LOCAL DATA ADDED TO THE ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES SITE <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ============================================================ The Illinois State Archives has added databases of local government records for the Illinois Regional Archives Depositories (IRAD) to its large collection of online information. Also new to the site is a Global Search feature, which allows visitors to search all of the databases available on the site at once. New additions include: Mattoon Death Certificate Registers Index (1899�1918) Mattoon Court of Common Pleas Case Files Index, (1869 � 1873) Shelby County Circuit Court Case Files Index (1828 � 1871) Wayne County Coroner's Inquest Record Index (1888 � 1960) DeWitt County Coroner's Inquest Files Index (1924 � 1977) Livingston County Probate Case Files Index (1937 � 1958) Logan County Circuit Court Criminal Case Files Index (1857 � 1945) McLean County Probate Record Index (1834 � 1934) Vermilion County Coroner's Inquest Files Index (1908 � 1956) Woodford County Almshouse Registers Index (1868 � 1957) Kane County Circuit Court Case Files Index (1836 � 1870) Lake County Circuit Court Case Files Index (1840 � 1898) Ogle County Naturalization Papers (County Court) Index (1872 � 1906) Madison County Probate Case Files Index (1813 � 1903) St. Clair County Circuit Court Chancery Case Files Index (1815 � 1870) St. Clair County Farm Board Record Index (1874 � 1879) Macoupin County Coroner's Inquest Files Index (1835 � 1928) Sangamon County Guardian's Case Files Index (1825 � 1901) Fulton County Circuit Court Case Files Index (1825 � 1876) These are in addition to the existing databases, which include: Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database Database of Illinois Servitude and Emancipation Records Databases of Illinois Veterans Database of Illinois War of 1812 Veterans Database of Illinois Black Hawk War Veterans Database of Illinois Mexican War Veterans Database of Illinois Civil War Veterans Database of Illinois Civil War Veterans Serving in the U.S. Navy Database of Illinois Spanish-American War Veterans Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763 � 1900 Chicago City Council Proceedings Files, 1833 � 1871 Cook County Coroner's Inquest Record Index, 1872 � 1911 Chicago Police Department Homicide Record, 1870 � 1930 Thanks to Dr. John Daly, Director of the Illinois State Archives, for his continuing work in making these records available to family historians. All can be searched at the Illinois State Archives site at: http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/database.html The Global Search is at: http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/surnamesrch