Madison County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 631
Edwardsville, IL 62025-0631



 

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LINKS TO USEFUL WEB SITES

U.S. GOVERNMENT

Bureau of Land Management General Land Office Records: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System: http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/
Ellis Island: http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/
Library of Congresshttp://www.loc.gov/
National Archives - Home page: http://www.archives.gov/index.html
National Archives - Genealogy Main Page: http://www.archives.gov/research_room/genealogy/

 

ILLINOIS
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library (formerly the Illinois State Historical Library):http://www.illinoishistory.gov/lib/default.htm
Alton Confederate Prison Recordshttp://www.altonweb.com/history/civilwar/confed/index.html
Edwardsville Public Library: http://www.edwardsvillelibrary.org/
Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilgssi/index.html
Illinois Human Skeletal Remains Protection Act: http://law.justia.com/illinois/codes/chapter5/376.html
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency: http://www.illinois-history.gov
Illinois GenWeb: http://www.ilgenweb.com/
Illinois State Archives - Home Page:  http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html
Illinois State Archives - Databases:  http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html
Illinois State Genealogical Society: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsgs/
Macoupin County GenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm
Madison County GenWeb: http://madison.ilgenweb.net
Madison County Government: http://www.co.madison.il.us/
St. Clair County Genealogical Society: http://www.compu-type.net/rengen/stclair/stchome.htm
St. Clair County GenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilstclai/stclair.htm

 

MISSOURI
Missouri Historical Society Library and Research:
http://www.mohistory.org/content/LibraryAndResearch/LRCGeneralInfo.aspx
St. Louis County Library Special Collections Department: http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/
St. Louis Genealogical Society: http://www.stlgs.org/
St. Louis Public Library History and Genealogy Department: http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/libsrc/h&gdept.htm
Secretary of State (Archives): http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/
Virtually Missouri: http://www.virtuallymissouri.org/

 

MISCELLANEOUS
Ancestry.comhttp://www.ancestry.com
Association for Gravestone Studies (AGS):  http://www.gravestonestudies.org/
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet:  http://www.CyndisList.com/
Genealogy.com:  http://www.genealogy.com
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild: http://www.immigrantships.net/

Researching Your Familys History From Ships Passenger Lists:
http://www.hmy.com/researching-your-familys-history-from-ships-passenger-lists/

Family Search (LDS)http://www.familysearch.org/  (Includes FREE access to 1880 Census)
Rootswebhttp://www.rootsweb.com
Soundex Converters:
               http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/Genea/soundex.sh or
               http://www.bradandkathy.com/genealogy/yasc.html
US GenWeb: http://www.usgenweb.net/

 

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