November is Native American Heritage Month! Celebrate your Illinois Native American ancestors and their stories, with these online research links!
- Native American Heritage Month.gov offers plenty of resources from the Library of Congress, NARA, the National Gallery of Art, and more- plus there are links to upcoming events honoring Native American heritage.
- FamilySearch Wiki has a page dedicated to the resources for researching Indigenous Peoples of Illinois, along with their main resource page for Native American Online Genealogy Resources.
- The National Indian Law Library offers a topic page with tons of links for Tracing Native American Family Roots!
- Learn about the American Indian Records in the National Archives.
- Legacy Tree has an article with tips for Tracing Cherokee Ancestors with DNA, Tribal Citizenship, and Cherokee Rolls
- The Illinois State Archives' Servitude and Emancipation Records include occasional Native Americans from the Illinois colonial period (1722-1790)- make sure to check out the searchable online database.
- And be sure to search the Illinois Digital Archives for photos, articles and other media related to Native American history and culture in Illinois!
Do you have an Illinois ancestor with Native American heritage? We would LOVE to hear about them and share their story in the ISGS Quarterly! Contact our Editor, Richard Anderson, at isgsquarterly@ilgensoc.org for more info, or CLICK HERE to read and download our Author Guidelines!
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