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=== Alternate Repositories ===
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[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lincoln+Library/@39.7984886,-89.6474729
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Directions:
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<ref>Based on [http://www.mapquest.com/ MapQuest].</ref>
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Overlapping Collections
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'from the north on I-55 (Lincoln): ''''' Merge onto I-55 S toward Springfield. Merge onto IL-97 W via EXIT 98B, 3.0 mi. Turn left onto N 7th St, 0.3 mi. 326 S 7TH ST is on the left.
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**'''''from the east on I-72 (Decatur): ''''' Merge onto I-72 W/US-36 W toward Springfield. Stay straight to go onto IL-97 W/E Clear Lake Ave W. Continue to follow IL-97 W, 2.7 mi. Turn left onto N 7th St, 0.3 mi. 326 S 7TH ST is on the left.
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**'''''from the south on I-55 (Litchfield): ''''' Merge onto I-55 N toward Springfield. Keep left to take I-55 Bus N via EXIT 92A-B toward 6th Street/I-72 W/Jacksonville, 3.7 mi. Stay straight to go onto S 6th St, 0.9 mi. Turn right onto E Monroe St, 0.08 mi. Take the 1st right onto S 7th St, 0.02 mi. 326 S 7TH ST is on the left.
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**'''''from the west on I-72 (Jacksonville): ''''' Merge onto I-72 E/US-36 E toward Springfield. Take the I-55 Bus Loop N exit, EXIT 97B, toward 6th Street/Springfield, 0.3 mi. Merge onto I-55 Bus N, 3.1 mi. Stay straight to go onto S 6th St, 0.9 mi. Turn right onto E Monroe St, 0.08 mi. Turn right onto E Monroe St, 0.02 mi. 326 S 7TH ST is on the left.
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[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]], Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/washington/researcher-info.html Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC] in
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National Archives
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*[[Allen County
Public
Library|Allen County Public Library]], Fort Wayne, Indiana, premier periodical collection, including Midwestern genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, and passenger lists.<ref>[http
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//www.genealogycenter.org/docs/default-source/resources/aboutusbrochure.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Genealogy Center Collections] in ''Genealogy Center'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref>
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*[[National Archives Great Lakes Region (Chicago)]] old federal court and agency records for Illinois and Midwest U.S. federal censuses 1790–1940
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military service and pension indexes, passenger lists, naturalizations, Ancestry.com, HeritageQuest, Fold3.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/chicago/archives/genealogy.html Genealogy] in
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National Archives at Chicago
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*[[Newberry Library]], Chicago, a large repository with genealogies, local histories, censuses, military, land, indexes, vital records, court, and tax records mostly from the Mississippi Valley, eastern seaboard, Canada, and the British Isles.<ref>
[http://www.
newberry
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genealogy-and-local-history Genealogy and Local History] in ''The Newberry'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref>
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'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>
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*[[Arlington Heights Memorial Library|Arlington Heights Memorial Library]] a huge collection, with printed genealogies, manuscripts, periodicals, newspapers, special aids, surname folders—a great overall genealogy collection.<ref name="DB39">Dollarhide and Bremer, 39.</ref>
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*[[Peoria Public Library|Peoria Public Library]] enjoys a large genealogy and local history department, including many indexes, DAR files, and basic genealogy resources for the plains states.<ref name="DB41" />
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*[[Urbana Free Library|Urbana Free Library]] their strength is Champaign County history, but they have good basic genealogy for the entire United States including printed genealogies, manuscripts, family folders.<ref name="DB41" />
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'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>
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*[http://www.sangamoncountyclerk.com/ Sangamon County Clerk] births, marriages, deaths.
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*[http://www.sangamonhistory.org/ Sangamon County Historical Society] educational programs, historic buildings, and museums.
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*[http://www.sangamoncountycircuitclerk.org/ Sangamon County Circuit Court Clerk] divorce, probate, court, and naturalizations.
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*[http://www.sangamoncountyrecorder.com/ Sangamon County Recorder] land records.
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*[http://co.sangamon.il.us/departments/a-c/coroner Sangamon County Coroner] suspicious or unusual deaths.
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*[http://www.ilcd.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois] recent civil and criminal cases.
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*[http://www.idph.state.il.us/vitalrecords/default.htm Illinois Dept. of Health Vital Records], Springfield, birth, marriage, death, adoption, and divorces.
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*[[Illinois State Archives]], Springfield, county/state records, pre-Chicago fire sources, indexed vital records, early land grants, military records, all fed/state censuses, surname card index.<ref name="DB41" />
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*[[Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD)|Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD)]], Springfield, HQ of [http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/IRAD/iradregn.html 7 regional archives] of local Illinois county/town records: birth, marriage, death, land, tax, voting reg., probate, naturalization, civil {{amp}} criminal court, coroner, poorhouse, jail.<ref>[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/IRAD/adminhist.html Administrative Histories] in ''Illinois State Archives'' (accessed 30 March 2015).</ref> For Sangamon County see [[IRAD - University of Illinois at Springfield|IRAD-University of Illinois at Springfield]].
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*[[Illinois State Library|Illinois State Library]], Springfield, state/federal records, federal censuses to 1920, plat books, IL county histories, Sanborn fire insurance maps, Rev. War pensions and bounty land warrants.<ref name="DB41" />
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*[[Illinois State Genealogical Society|Illinois State Genealogical Society]], Springfield, research guidance, teaching via webinars and the [http://ilgensoc.blogspot.com/ ISGS blog] for free, death certificates 1916-1947 for a fee. No research requests.<ref>[http://ilgensoc.org/cpage
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123 Genealogy Committee] in ''Illinois State Genealogical Society'' (accessed 21 March 2015).</ref>
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*[[Abraham_Lincoln_Presidential_Library_and_Museum|Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum]], Springfield, genealogy, plat maps, atlases, oral and county history, cemeteries, census, vital records, naturalizations in many counties.<ref>[http://www.illinois.gov/alplm/library/collections/printedmaterials/Pages/default.aspx Printed Materials] in ''Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum'' (accessed
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March 2015).</ref>
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*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties: ''''' '''in Illinois:''' [[Cass County, Illinois|Cass
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], [[Christian County, Illinois|Christian]], [[Logan County, Illinois|Logan]], [[Macon County, Illinois|Macon]], [[Macoupin County, Illinois|Macoupin]], [[Menard County, Illinois|Menard]], [[Montgomery County, Illinois|Montgomery]], and [[Morgan County, Illinois|Morgan]].
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*[[Chicago History Museum|Chicago History Museum]] 20 million manuscripts, letters, certificates, diaries, genealogy charts, log books, journals, memoirs, minutes, muster rolls, scrapbooks, sermons, speeches, and telegrams.<ref name="DB39" />
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*'''''Chicago Title and Trust ''''' for a fee they will search property records '''prior''' to the Chicago fire.<ref name="DB39" />
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*[[John A. Logan College Library|John A. Logan College Library]], Carterville, this library is a focal point
of
Southern Illinois genealogy. Their collection is huge.<ref name="DB41" />
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*[[Pritzker Military Museum and Library|Pritzker Military Museum and Library]], Chicago, 45,000 military history books, unit histories, photos, uniforms, equipment, insignia, and ships of many world militaries. They help genealogists.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pritzker_Military_Museum_%26_Library Pritzker Military Museum and Library] in ''Wikipedia:
the
Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 30 March 2015).</ref>
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*[[South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society|South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society]], Hazel Crest, a very good collection with local histories, genealogies, naturalizations, Pullman Car Works personnel, obituaries, church histories.<ref name="DB39" />
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*[[Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Lovejoy
Library
|Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Lovejoy Library]] best library in southern IL with a large genealogical collection of newspapers, biographies, county histories, family folders, and maps.<ref name="DB41" />
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*[[Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center]], Rock Island, IL, Swedish church records, census, passenger lists, lodges, newspapers, directories.<ref>[http://www.augustana.edu/general-information/swenson-center-/genealogy Genealogy] in ''Augustana College'' (accessed 30 March 2015).</ref>
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*[[University of Chicago Library|University of Chicago Library]] plentiful historical records, including '''''Durrett Collection ''''' of historical Kentucky and Ohio River Valley manuscripts of early people in the Ohio Valley.<ref name="DB39" />
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*[[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Main Library|University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Main Library]] one of the best book collections in America, including county histories, and farmers registers. Think of it as another archives for Illinois.<ref name="DB41" />
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*[http://www.spertus.edu/asher_cja/index.php Asher Library], Chicago, Spertus Institute for Jewish Studies 500,000 books, and films.
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*[http://www.brethren.org/bhla/ Brethren Historical Library and Archives], Elgin, IL, cultural, socio-economic, theological, genealogical, and institutional history of the Brethren.
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*[http://www.elca.org/archives/ Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives], Elk Grove Village, IL, serves historians, congregations, synods, genealogists and others interested in Lutheran history.
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*[http://archives.archchicago.org/Genealogy.aspx Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago Archives] parish records, priest biographies, sacramental, school, or orphanage records.
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*Repositories in '''''surrounding states: ''''' [[Indiana Archives and Libraries|Indiana]], [[Iowa Archives and Libraries|Iowa]], [[Kentucky Archives and Libraries|Kentucky]], [[Michigan Archives and Libraries|Michigan]], [[Missouri Archives and Libraries|Missouri]], and [[Wisconsin Archives and Libraries|Wisconsin]]
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*[[National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)]], St. Louis, MO, military and civil services personnel records. For servicemen and servicewomen discharged from 1912 to 1953.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 134.</ref> <ref>[http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/ National Archives at St. Louis] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 18 March 2014).</ref>
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*[http://www.pgsa.org/aboutPGSA.php Polish Genealogical Society of America], Milwaukee, WI, 60,000 books on Polish history, art, culture, and reference
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