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Goal 4: Learn about Illinois church and cemetery records.
Choices
ALearn about Illinois church records.
Summary
- Find Illinois church information by denomination.
- Search Illinois church records at the county level.
- Get an overview of Illinois church records in these articles.
FS—Illinois Church Records
AC—Illinois Church Records - Explore additional links for Illinois church records on the
LDSGenealogy site. - Explore church record resources on the Ancestor Hunt site.
Exercises
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for church records. Then use the learnings for searches for a U.S. ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
QUIKLinks
- AC: Illinois, Select United Methodist Church Records, 1824-2009
- FMP: Chicago Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms
- FMP: Chicago Roman Catholic Parish Congregational Records
- FMP: Chicago Roman Catholic Parish Marriages
- FMP: Chicago Roman Catholic Parish Burials
- AC: Illinois, Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records, 1853-1975
- AC: Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records, 1800-1976
BExplore Illinois cemetery records.
Summary
- Find cemetery records for Illinois ancestors from a number of sources.
- Explore Illinois cemetery records in this article.
FS—Illinois Cemetery Records - Browse the
Interment.net site for Illinois cemetery records. - Search for Illinois cemetery records online.
- Explore additional links for Illinois cemetery records on the LDSGenealogy site.
- Explore the Tombstone Transcription Project on the U.S. GenWeb site.
- Search the Find A Grave site for cemetery records.
- Search the BillionGraves site for cemetery records.
- See additional cemetery resources on the Illinois Linkpendium site.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for cemetery records. Then use the learnings for searches for a U.S. ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
QUIKLinks
Illinois Counties
Name = FamilySearch; A = Ancestry; L = Linkpendium; G = Genealogy Inc; T=GenealogyTrails; U = USGenWeb
Get a printable map of counties.
Get an interactive map of counties.