Are you just beginning your ancestry research in Illinois? Why not hire a professional genealogist to assist you with your genealogy search? Our researchers are ready to help you find a wealth of records in Illinois. The state of Illinois was founded on April 18, 1818, and many types of records including land deeds, family wills, military records, family histories, and vital records are widely available for almost 200 years of the state's history. Contact our researchers today and learn how we might help you with your family tree search.

Many ethnic groups and nationalities settled or lived in
Illinois in the past including Native American tribes like
the Illini, Shawnee, and Miami; African-Americans; and
immigrants from places like Ireland, Italy, England, Norway,
and Germany. MyGenealogist.com is ready to assist you
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Illinois is an exciting state to do research in because of the extensive and high quality records available to the professional genealogist at the various libraries, county courthouses, archives, and other repositories located throughout the state, and at places like the LDS Family History Library in Utah. Contact our genealogists today to learn how we might help you with your genealogy search in Illinois using many of these great records and resources.

About Our Illinois Research Team

If you would like a professional genealogist to undertake a tailor-made genealogy search for you and your family, please contact us today to learn  more about our unique ancestry research services. Our researchers are looking forward to assisting you with your Illinois family tree search. Genealogy research can be carried out for you in all Illinois towns, cities,
and counties.

Our Illinois genealogy research team consists of expert genealogists who
live and work in Springfield (doing research at the Illinois State Archives, etc.), another group that works in the U.S. capitol in Washington, D.C. (at places like the U.S. National Archives and Library of Congress), and a third team of researchers that works full time at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The records collection of the Family History Library is the single most important resource for family tree research since it consists of literally billions of genealogy records from all parts of the globe, making it the largest and most important collection of genealogical information available in the world. Included in the Family History Library's collections are literally millions of genealogical records related to the state of Illinois which can be a great help to your ancestry search. Click here to read what our clients are saying about our genealogists and our unique family tree research services.

Did you know that millions of genealogy records
are NOT available on the internet?

Many people are unaware that many important records which are crucial to
their family tree search cannot be found online. Many Illinois records, for
example, are only available to researchers who physically visit repositories at the
local level in Illinois, at the federal level in Washington, D.C., or at the LDS
Family History Library in Utah. Our genealogy researchers have access to all of
these records and are ready to assist you with your genealogy search in Illinois. So,
if you have limited your past family tree research to exhaustive internet searches at Ancestry.com, Rootsweb, and other online databases and web sites, you may have reached a brick wall because you're missing out on the literal gold mine of records available to our genealogists on microfilm, in books, and in other published works at these important locations.

  Many genealogical records related to your ancestry search, important records like family wills, court records, obituaries, death certificates, military records and land deeds are generally not available online and can only be obtained by mailing research requests to places like local public libraries or cemeteries, or by visiting the LDS Family History Library in Utah. These records are critical to any comprehensive ancestry search and should not be overlooked if high quality and thorough research results are to be achieved during your project. For these and other reasons, it's sometimes a great idea to hire a professional genealogist to assist you with your genealogy search.

Hire a Genealogist

Because of the time and expense involved in doing your own research it is often a great help to enlist the services of a professional genealogist who can undertake this hard work on your behalf, saving you hundreds of hours of time and money in the process. We know where to go to get the records you're looking for, we have people on the ground in the places of interest to you, we get fantastic results for our clients, and we love what we do! Hire a genealogist today and let us help you uncover the secrets of your family's past by allowing us to create an ancestry search that is custom made for you and your family.

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Samples of Our Work

6 Generation Pedigrees Family Group Sheets Descendancy Reports Project Reports

Would you like to see some samples of our high quality work? Please click on the links to the left to see some of the typical family trees and reports we've created for our clients. All projects will be delivered to you in a 3 ring binder which will include a project CD of scanned documents found during your family tree search. Included in your research package will be family group sheets, descendancy reports, maps, and copies of original records.

"Not to know what happened before we were born is to remain perpetually a child. For what is the worth of a human life unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history" -Cicero (106-43 B.C.

Family Tree Research - Illinois (*If you don't know exact dates, please state circa 1880, 1881, etc.) Current genealogy research goals (i.e. trace ancestors, find family, etc.) Full name of ancestor Date of birth of ancestor Birthplace of ancestor Marriage date of ancestor Marriage place of ancestor Spouse's name (If more than one please give details) Ancestor's siblings' names Ancestor's children's names Additional details about ancestor(s) which might be helpful Type of ancestry research you have conducted in the past Home phone number where you can reached Mobile number Please send the information above to helpdesk@mygenealogist.com If you'd like to speak to a professional genealogist today about your  ancestry research in Illinois, please feel free contact us: 1-800-416-3497 (USA and Canada) We are looking forward to helping you trace your genealogy and  family history in Illinois. Thanks so much for visiting  MyGenealogist.com!

Click Below to Learn More about Your Illinois Genealogy

County	Formation Date	County Seat	Origin
Adams County	1825	Quincy	Pike County
Alexander County	1819	Cairo	Union County
Bond County	1817	Greenville	Crawford, Edwards, and Madison Counties
Boone County	1837	Belvidere	Winnebago County
Brown County	1839	Mount Sterling	Schuyler County
Bureau County	1837	Princeton	Putnam County
Calhoun County	1825	Hardin	Pike County
Carroll County	1839	Mount Carroll	Jo Daviess County
Cass County	1837	Virginia	Morgan County
Champaign County	1833	Urbana	Vermilion County
Christian County	1839	Taylorville	Sangamon County
Clark County	1819	Marshall	Crawford County
Clay County	1824	Louisville	Wayne, Lawrence, Fayette, and Crawford Counties
Clinton County	1824	Carlyle	Washington, Bond, and Fayette Counties
Coles County	1830	Charleston	Clark & Edgar Counties
Cook County	1831	Chicago	Putnam County
Crawford County	1816	Robinson	Edwards County
Cumberland County	1843	Toledo	Coles County
DeKalb County	1837	Sycamore	Kane County
DeWitt County	1839	Clinton	Macon and McLean Counties
Douglas County	1859	Tuscola	Coles County
DuPage County	1839	Wheaton	Cook County
Edgar County	1823	Paris	Clark County
Edwards County	1814	Albion	Gallatin  and Madison Counties
Effingham County	1831	Effingham	Fayette and Crawford Counties
Fayette County	1821	Vandalia	Bond, Wayne, Clark, Jefferson, and Crawford Counties
Ford County	1859	Paxton	Kankakee County
Franklin County	1818	Benton	White and Gallatin Counties
Fulton County	1823	Lewistown	Pike County
Gallatin County	1812	Shawneetown	Randolph County
Greene County	1821	Carrollton	Madison County
Grundy County	1841	Morris	LaSalle County
Hamilton County	1821	McLeansboro	White County
Hancock County	1825	Carthage	Adams County
Hardin County	1839	Elizabethtown	Pope County
Henderson County	1841	Oquawka	Warren County
Henry County	1825	Cambridge	Adams County
Iroquois County	1833	Watseka	Vermilion County
Jackson County	1816	Murphysboro	Randolph and Johnson Counties
Jasper County	1831	Newton	Clay and Crawford Counties
Jefferson County	1819	Mount Vernon	Edwards and White Counties
Jersey County	1839	Jerseyville	Greene County
Jo Daviess County	1827	Galena	Henry, Mercer, and Putnam Counties
Johnson County	1812	Vienna	Randolph County
Kane County	1836	Geneva	Cook County
Kankakee County	1853	Kankakee	Iroquois & Will Counties
Kendall County	1841	Yorkville	LaSalle and Kane Counties
Knox County	1825	Galesburg	Fulton County
Lake County	1839	Waukegan	McHenry County
LaSalle County	1831	Ottawa	Putnam County
Lawrence County	1821	Lawrenceville	Crawford and Edwards Counties
Lee County	1839	Dixon	Ogle County
Livingston County	1837	Pontiac	LaSalle and McLean Counties
Logan County	1839	Lincoln	Sangamon County
Macon County	1829	Decatur	Shelby County
Macoupin County	1829	Carlinville	Greene County
Madison County	1812	Edwardsville	St. Clair County and Randolph Counties
Marion County	1823	Salem	Fayette and Jefferson Counties
Marshall County	1839	Lacon	Putnam County
Mason County	1841	Havana	Tazewell and Menard Counties
Massac County	1843	Metropolis	Pope and Johnson Counties
McDonough County	1826	Macomb	Schuyler County
McHenry County	1836	Woodstock	Cook County
McLean County	1830	Bloomington	Tazewell County
Menard County	1839	Petersburg	Sangamon County
Mercer County	1825	Aledo	Schuyler County
Monroe County	1816	Waterloo	Randolph and St. Clair Counties
Montgomery County	1821	Hillsboro	Bond and Madison County
Morgan County	1823	Jacksonville	Sangamon County
Moultrie County	1843	Sullivan	Shelby and Macon Counties
Ogle County	1836	Oregon	Jo Daviess
Peoria County	1825	Peoria	Fulton County
Perry County	1827	Pinckneyville	Randolph and Jackson Counties
Piatt County	1841	Monticello	De Witt and Macon Counties
Pike County	1821	Pittsfield	Madison, Bond, and Clark Counties
Pope County	1816	Golconda	Gallatin and Johnson Counties
Pulaski County	1843	Mound City	Alexander and Johnson Counties
Putnam County	1825	Hennepin	Peoria County
Randolph County	1795	Chester	St. Clair County
Richland County	1841	Olney	Clay and Lawrence Counties
Rock Island County	1831	Rock Island	Jo Daviess County
Saline County	1847	Harrisburg	Gallatin County
Sangamon County	1821	Springfield	Madison and Bond Counties
Schuyler County	1825	Rushville	Pike & Fulton Counties
Scott County	1839	Winchester	Morgan County
Shelby County	1827	Shelbyville	Fayette County
St. Clair County	1790	Belleville	original county
Stark County	1839	Toulon	Knox and Putnam Counties
Stephenson County	1837	Freeport	Jo Daviess and Winnebago Counties
Tazewell County	1827	Pekin	Sangamon County
Union County	1818	Jonesboro	Johnson County
Vermilion County	1826	Danville	Clark & Edgar Counties
Wabash County	1824	Mount Carmel	Edwards County
Warren County	1825	Monmouth	Schuyler County
Washington County	1818	Nashville	St. Clair County
Wayne County	1819	Fairfield	Edwards County
White County	1815	Carmi	Gallatin County
Whiteside County	1836	Morrison	Jo Daviess and Henry Counties
Will County	1836	Joliet	Cook and Iroquois Counties
Williamson County	1839	Marion	Franklin County
Winnebago County	1836	Rockford	Jo Daviess County
Woodford County	1841	Eureka	Tazewell and McLean Counties

 your family and ancestors lived in the past. All U.S. states hold important collections of records which are critical
 to the success of any given genealogy search. Some major records of genealogical value include land deeds, vital
 records, local histories, biographical records, cemetery records, birth certificates, obituaries, newspapers, as well
as other types of records. Many of these records can be found be our researchers at county courthouses, state
 archives, public libraries, and other repositories of records and can be of great help to your family tree search.

Alabama	Hawaii	Massachusetts	New Mexico	South Dakota
Alaska	Idaho	Michigan	New York	Tennessee
Arizona	Illinois	Minnesota	North Carolina	Texas
Arkansas	Indiana	Mississippi	North Dakota	Utah
California	Iowa	Missouri	Ohio	Vermont
Colorado	Kansas	Montana	Oklahoma	Virginia
Connecticut	Kentucky	Nebraska	Oregon	Washington
Delaware	Louisiana	Nevada	Pennsylvania	West Virginia
Florida	Maine	New Hampshire	Rhode Island	Wisconsin
Georgia	Maryland	New Jersey	South Carolina	Wyoming

Worldwide Genealogy Resources

Hire a professional genealogist to assist you with your worldwide family tree search. Following is a list of
countries where our expert researchers may be able help you trace your genealogy.

Australia	Austria	Belgium	Canada	Denmark
England (UK)	France	Germany	Ireland	Italy
Mexico	Netherlands	New Zealand	Norway	Portugal
Scotland (UK)	Spain	Sweden	United Kingdom	USA

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