Honor your women ancestors from Illinois and the Midwest with these great online research resources!
- Online databases from the Illinois State Archives- Check out the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, where you can search for brides by their maiden name. Did you know that the design of the current State Archives building was largely influenced by Margaret Cross Norton, the first State Archivist of Illinois from 1922-1957?
- ISGS Members!- Check out these webinars in our online archive: (not a member? Join today!)
- "Desperately Seeking Susan: Finding Female Ancestors," presented by Amy Johnson Crow, CG (March 2012)
- "Finding your Femme Fatales: Exploring the Dark Side of Female Ancestors," presented by Lisa Alzo (March 2015)
- "Nurses, Matrons, Laundresses & Cooks: Documenting Women in the Civil War," presented by Angela Y. Walton Raji (March 2017)
- Illinois Digital Archives- check out these examples of collections for Illinois history and women's research, and check out the thousands of other treasures on the IDA site!
- Was your ancestor a nurse in Illinois? Check out the Health Care collection
- Learn about what women did at Illinois State University during WWI- check out "A University Goes to War, World War I Women"
- Was your ancestor part of the Women's Rights Movement of the 1960s? Check out the audio presentation, "Women's Rights Project Memoir"
- The Wisconsin Historical Society celebrates Women's History in Wisconsin with tons of resources on their website!
- This article from the GenealogyBank blog provides tips for finding female ancestors in newspapers.
- FamilyTree Magazine provides a fantastic list of resources for finding your female ancestors!
- The National Archives also has a great list of resources to learn about well-known women in U.S. History, and much more!
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