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From: "Lynn Tuohy" <>
Subject: Re: [ILLASALL-L] Travel Assistance
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 12:33:15 -0500


Hello Bob & Melinda,

I used to live in Springfield and that is where I got started doing family
history. The Illinois State Archives has all U.S. Census and their indexes
for the state of Illinois. You would not be limited to searching just
LaSalle Co. there. They also have a number of county histories on their
shelves, in addition to death indexes and records for the whole state, WWI
draft registrations, and marriage records for many counties. The Archives
building is on the south side of the capitol building.

Also in downtown Springfield, located below the Old State Capitol building,
is the Illinois State Historical Library. They also have many county
histories and general reference works, as well as microfilm of most
newspapers printed in Illinois. This is a wonderful source for finding
obituaries after you have located death dates.

Both of these facilities are open at least 5 days a week, but you should
contact them to check their hours. You can reach the State Archives at 217
782-4682 and the Historical Library at 217 782-4836.

Good luck!
Lynn

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>From: "Robert H. Salter" <>
>To:
>Subject: [ILLASALL-L] Travel Assistance
>Date: Fri, Jul 9, 1999, 11:01 AM
>

> We are planning a trip from Minnesota to Virginia. Along the way, we
> would like to stop in Illinois to research and attempt to locate our
> STROCK/STRACK family members who arrived from Germany and where
> living in La Salle county between 1879 and 1887.
>
> Specifically we were interested in researching the 1880 census (also
> open for suggestions).
>
> The question I have for this group. Because our time is limited, we
> will only have one full day to conduct this research, and we would
> like to ask for your opinion (assistance) where it would be most
> beneficial for us to utilize our time?
>
> We are not familiar with the available resources in Illinois. The
> options we came up with were, 1.) La Salle County; 2). State
> archieve or a Historical (History) Center in Springfield; 3). or
> perhaps a resource center in Chicago (least preferred).
>
> Any suggestions and assistance will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bob and Melinda Salter
> Minneapolis, Minnesota
>
>
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