Helpful Research Links
Earliest Records in County Courthouses For a table by county of vital and court record start dates
ILGenWeb Archives Gateway to files containing Illinois-specific transcriptions and images
- Census Project
- Census Images Project
- Illinois Maps Provides a variety of state maps and various county maps
- Marriages Project
- Obituary Project
- Tombstone Project Listings by county of cemeteries and interments
ILGenWeb County Projects
Table containing links to each county
home page as well as military-related links
ILGenWeb Special Projects
- Genealogical/Historical Societies & Libraries
- Illinois & Michigan Canal
- Illinois History
- Illinois in the Civil War
- Illinois References
Adjacent counties
- Adams County - north
- Brown County - northeast
- Scott County - east
- Morgan County - east
- Greene County - southeast
- Calhoun County - south
- Pike County, Missouri - southwest
- Ralls County, Missouri - west
- Marion County, Missouri - northwest