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From: "Karima" <>
Subject: [ILROOTS] Genealogy Research at the Illinois State Archives - Census Requests
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 12:59:23 -0600

Good Morning,


I just wanted to let anyone who may not already be aware of it, the
availability of census searches through the Illinois State Archives. If you
have the name (preferably the head of household) and the county in which you
know or believe him/her to have lived, you can request a search (actually
two searches at a time) of the census archives.

http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/serv_sta.html


If the researchers at the Archives can find a record for the family, they
will mail you a photocopy of the actual page on which the entry is found. It
will include information on all of the individuals who were living in the
household at the time the census(s) was taken.

Uncertified photocopies of requested records are available at NO charge
(there is some confusion among the genealogy community regarding this, but I
can assure you that at this time there is no charge) - also don't bother to
send a SASE, they will just return it to you).

You can request copies of documents by mail, by fax, by telephone, or by
personal visit.

You can write/phone/fax your request to the following:

Illinois State Archives
Reference Unit
Margaret Cross Norton Building
Capitol Complex
Springfield, IL 62756
Telephone: (217) 782-3556
Fax: (217) 524-3930

OR, to make it really easy, you can visit the following URL and complete the
request form you will find there.

http://www.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/archives/arcreq.s

Some things to keep in mind when making requests are listed below.

Request no more than two specific names or items per mailing.

For name searches try to provide (if you have it, but if you don't have all
of it don't let that stop you from making your request):

1) the individual's complete name, age, and birthplace,

2) county and township names, and

3) the year of the census(s) to be searched.

Wait for a response to one request before submitting another one.

The following is the main web page for the Archives, you might want to check
it out to see what else is available:

http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/archives.html

Hope this helps,

Karima

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