Discovering Family and Local History

              IRAD depositories
IRAD—Booth Library
Eastern Illinois University
600 Lincoln Ave.
Charleston, IL 61920
217-581-6093
IRAD
Illinois State University
Campus Box 1520
Normal, IL 61790-1520
309-452-6027
IRAD—Regional History Center
Founders Memorial Library-400
Northern Illinois University
Room 400
DeKalb, IL 60115
815-753-1807
IRAD—LIB-144
University of Illinois at Springfield
1 University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield, IL 62703-5407
217-206-6520
IRAD—c/o Special Collections
Morris Library-6632
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901
618-453-3040
IRAD—Ronald Williams Library
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 N. St. Louis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625-4699
773-442-4506
IRAD—University Library
Western Illinois University
1 University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455-1390
309-298-2716
Discovering
Family and Local
History
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Illinois Regional Archives
Depository System
JESSE WHITE
Secretary of State
and State Archivist
Printed by authority of the State of Illinois.
July 2007 — 5M — AR D 119.13
IRAD resources
Several resources are available to assist in
your research:
Publications
• A Summary Guide to Local
Governmental Records in the
Illinois Regional Archives, second
edition (1999), lists all county,
township and municipal records,
including those from Chicago and
Cook County. Cost: $6.
• Chicago City Council
Proceedings Files: 1833-1871:
An Inventory and an Index is
a 989-page inventory accom-panied
by an index contain-ing
93 microfiche.
Cost: $35.
County listings
Computer listings of IRAD records
arranged by county, office and record
title are free. Please limit requests to no
more than five counties at a time.
Please send inquiries or orders for these
research aids to:
IRAD, Illinois State Archives
Norton Building
Springfield, IL 62756
217-785-1266
Web site resources
A database of IRAD holdings, indexes to
some county records and a guide to IRAD
services is available at www.cyberdrive
illinois.com.
IRAD
Regions