Useful links and resources
General Genealogical Societies Serving our Region
Illinois State Genealogical Society
Chicago Genealogical Society
DuPage County Genealogical Society
Elgin Genealogical Society
Fox Valley Genealogical Society
Kane County Genealogical Society
Lake County (IL) Genealogical Society
McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society
North Suburban Genealogical Society
Northwest Suburban Council of Genealogists
South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society
Zion Genealogical Society
Ethnic Genealogical Societies Serving our Region
BIGWILL – The British Interest (Genealogy) Group of Wisconsin and Illinois
Czech & Slovak American Genealogy Society
German Interest Group – meetings held in Janesville, WI
Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois
Polish Genealogical Society of America
Chicago-Area Information sites
Cook County Genealogy Online – Award-winning site from the Cook County Clerk’s Office provides access to vital records ($ / free indexing)
The Newberry Library's ChicagoAncestors.org - discover your past by address
General Resource Sites
Ancestry.com - Genealogy, Family Trees and Family History ($ / free search)
Family Search - Family History and Genealogy Records, free
Fold3 (formerly Footnote.com) - The place for original historical military documents
USGenWeb and WorldGenWeb – volunteer organization, links, queries, state and county info.
Member Favorites
Eastman’s On-Line Genealogy Newsletter – “The DAILY newsletter for genealogy consumers, packed with straight talk.”
Steve Morse – one-step searching thru multiple repositories including vitals, census and manifests
Specialty Research – Obituaries & Newspapers
Genealogy Bank – newspapers, obits and more ($)
Find A Grave – 49 million free cemetery records
Newspaper Archives 1759 – Present, 2500+ newspaper titles ($)
19th Century US Newspapers - from Gale Digital Collections, 1.7 million free pages
Legacy - current obits, 2003 to present
Specialty Research - Ethnic
French-Canadian: - BMS2000 ($ / free indexing)- parish record indexes and PRDH ($) hyperlinked family group sheets
The Internet Polish Genealogical Source - 37,000 surnames and extensive links for Polish specialty research. This site is the creation of a CAGGNI member.
