Crawford County & Other Research Links
Crawford County Research Links
- The Crawford County Historical Society has its own web site.
- Visit Crawford County Central which includes a link to the County Clerk's office.
- USGenWeb Archives for Crawford County -- See what data others have placed in the archives.
- USGenWeb ArchivesSearch Engine.
- Crawford County resident biographies
- USGS Location & Mapping. Clicking on this link allows you to create a list of links of geographical "features" in Crawford Co. From this list, you can then generate a map showing the location of a particular feature.
- RootsWeb Genealogist Address Search
- Palestine City Site
- Rootsweb has now provided us a classified ads board for items of genealogical interest related to Crawford County. Click here for items wanted to buy. Click here for items for sale.
Other Illinois & General Research Links
- Illinois State Archives
- U.S. Geological Survey Maps. Use this to help find towns, cemeteries, etc.
- The Illinois State Genealogical Society has a new web site.
- Illinois Genealogical and Historical societies.
- Search Illinois Marriage Records Online at IRAD.
- Search Illinois Public Domain Land Grants online.
- Search Pre-1908 Illinois Land Patent Grants online.
- Rootsweb -- the largest free genealogy site on the Internet.
- Mailing Lists at Rootsweb -- list of Surname, Location, and Interest mailing lists
- Illinois GenWeb
- Ancestry.com -- contains a number of genealogical databases, as well as the images of every Federal US census. Some are free, others are "pay per view".
- Rootsweb's WorldConnect -- Searchable database of contributed personal GEDCOM files.
- FamilySearch.org -- LDS genealogical web site. Contains the only searchable everyname index to the US 1880 Census.
- Heritage Quest -- contains a number of genealogical books that are searchable, as well as a number of census records. Contains the only search engine for the US 1900 census. ("pay-per-view" site).
- The National migrations page.
- The Illinois state migrations page.
- American Local History Network
- American History and Genealogy Project
- Independent Pathways in History