Good news- Illinois Secretary of State Facilities (including the Illinois State Archives) are set to re-open on January 24th. ISGS will resume processing death certificate orders this week, so please send in your requests and our Office Manager Vauna Stahl will get them taken care of ASAP! CLICK HERE for more information on the ISGS discount Death Certificate Lookup service!
Many Illinois family historians know about the searchable online databases available at ILSOS.gov. But make sure to also check out the Illinois State Archives publications collection! The Archives' publications page offers many digitized booklets, brochures and forms to help researchers, especially the Research Series Pamphlets which cover different record sets such as African-American records and Federal Census Records.
The Research Series also includes an overview of the ISGS Prairie Pioneer Certificates and an introduction to the ISGS Microfilm Collection. This is a fantastic but often-overlooked resource containing various records covering 43 Illinois counties. ISGS members have access to the detailed microfilm finding aids through the ISGS website!
The State Archives Publications page also lists hard copy publications available for order, and you can view past issues of the Archives' newsletter, For the Record, a great read that provides a lot of history of the Archives, details on new and ongoing projects, and much more!
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