Zion Genealogical Society of Lake County (Illinois, USA)
Researching Around the World
Including the Neighboring Lake County Communities of:
Beach Park, Gurnee, North Chicago, Park City, Wadsworth, Waukegan, Wildwood, and Winthrop Harbor
Zion Genealogical Society ~ c/o Zion-Benton Public Library ~ 2400 Gabriel Avenue ~ Zion, IL 60099
Website: zgsil.org ~ Facebook: facebook.com/ZionGenealogicalSociety ~ Email: ziongenealogy@gmail.com
General Genealogy Links
Ancestry
Some fees must be paid to view some material. Many free to view.
The Bureau of Land Management-Eastern
States, General Land Office
This site provides live database
and image access to more than two million federal land title records
for
the Eastern Public Land States, issued between 1820 and 1908.
Cyndi's ListCyndi's List
A comprehensive genalogical researching tool.
Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls-Illinois State Archives
The Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls database is a transcription of each soldier's entry in the record series, Muster and Descriptive Rolls
Illinois GenWeb Project
Information about Illinois Genealogy, Illinois History, life in Illinois
and Illinois in the Civil War.
Illinois Genealogical & Historical Societies
Illinois
Public Domain Land Tract Sales
This database contains information
about 538,750 land sales from the 54,740 square miles of the public
domain sold within Illinois.
Illinois
Spanish-American War Veterans
This database of Illinois Spanish-American
War Veterans indexes the portion of the ninth volume of the nine volume
publication, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois,
which lists veterans of that war.
Illinois State Genealogical Society (ISGS)
Illinois
State Library
A listing of collections, divisions, programs.
Jeffrey A. Bockman Website
As a Genealogy Lecturer and Instructor, Jeff's site has many interesting links as well as information on
upcoming classes and workshops for the Northern Illinois area.
General Society of the War of 1812
Lots of information for those interest in this war
Indian-Pioneer Papers Collection
This collection spans from 1861 to 1936 and includes typescripts of interviews conducted during the 1930s by
government workers with thousands of Oklahomans
regarding the settlement of Oklahoma and Indian territories.
National Genealogical Society (NGS) - Arlington, VA
The National
Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)
A free-of-charge
cooperative cataloging program operated by the Library of Congress.
Access to Archival Databases (NARA)
Contains just over 85 million historic electronic records.
Updated: April 1, 2024