Haven't had a chance to check any of these out yet - but they sure do look promising! Someone in Illinois government is definitely interested in genealogy - (wish all the states would do this) <g> Hope these links help someone! Vicky L. Williams Winfield 'A life is not lost when it is known to future generations.' UNK Links to Other Local Government Sites: ILLINOIS found all of these at: www.cyberdriveillinois.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- Local Governments: Their History and Records Illinois Vital Records Information: http://vitalrec.com/ilcounties1.html Illinois Newspaper Project: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/techserv/inp/webpages/main.htm The Cemetery Column: http://www.interment.net/column/ Locate Family History Centers: http://deseretbook.com/browse/family-history/index.html Illinois County Boundaries 1790 - Present: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcumber/ilctybnd/ Geographic Nameserver: http://www.mit.edu:8001/geo USGS Mapping Information: http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/html/1educate.html Illinois County Courthouse Addresses and Telephone Numbers: http://www.familytreemaker.com/00000242.html Directory of Local Government: http://www.infospace.com/info.www/index_gov.htm U.S. State & Local Gateway: http://www.statelocal.gov/ State and Local Government on the Net, Illinois: http://www.piperinfo.com/state/state_detail.cfm?state=Illinois Illinois Historic Preservation Agency: http://www.state.il.us/hpa/ Illinois Genealogy and History (ILGenWeb): http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilgenweb/index.html Historical Illinois Links: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/il/state/alhnil.htm Illinois History Resource Page: http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~sorensen/hist.html Illinois State Genealogical Society: http://www.tbox.com/isgs/ Illinois Alive (a regional digital library of archival resources): http://www.rsa.lib.il.us/~ilalive/ Southern Illinois History Page: http://www.illinoishistory.com/ American Memory:Historical Collections for the National Digital Library: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html