Local Historical & Genealogical Directory
Society Name Location Phone Number Website
Allen County Public Library PO Box 489
Normal IL 61761- 0488
www.acpl.lib.in.us
Bloomington - Normal Genealogical Society PO Box 489
Normal IL 61761- 0488
Bureau of Land Management
General Land Office Records
PO Box 489
Normal IL 61761- 0488
www.glorecords.blm.gov
Catlin Historical Society 210 N Paris St
Catlin, IL 61817
Mon - Wed 10am - 12pm &
1pm - 4pm May thru Sept
10am -12pm Sat
(217) 427 - 5766 www.rootsweb.com
Castle Garden America's first immigration center 1820-1892 The Battery Conservancy
1 New York Plaza
New York, NY 10004 info@castlegarden.org
(212) 344-3491
fax: (212) 344-3496
castlegarden.org
Champaign County Historical Archives c/o Urbana Free Libraray
210 West Green Street,
Urbana, IL 61801-5326
Mon - Sat 9am - 5pm
Sun 1pm - 5pm
archives@tufl.info
(217) 367 - 4025 www.rootsweb.com/~ilccgs/
Civil War
Soldiers & Sailors System
www.itd.nps.gov
Clark Count Genealogical Society 521 Locust St P O Box 153
Marshall, IL 62441
Thurs - Sat 12.30pm - 3pm
(217) 826 - 2864
Clinton Public Library 313 4th St
Clinton, IN 47843
cpl@clinton.lib.in.us
(765) 832 - 8349
Coles County Illinois Genealogical Society PO Box 592
Charleston, IL 61920
www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iltccgs/
Cumberland & Coles County
of Illinois Genealogical
Society
Rt1 Box 141
Toledo, IL 62468
Danville Public Library
Archive Dept
319 N. Vermilion St
Danville, IL 61832
(217) 447 - 5228
Decatur (Macon County ) Genealogical PO Box 1548
Decatur, IL 62525-1548
www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ildecgs/
Douglas County Illinois Genealogical Society PO Box 113
Tuscola, IL 61953
Edgar County Genealogical Society 408 N. Main Street
PO Box 304
Paris, IL 61994-0304
Wed - Fri 10am - 3pm
(217) 463 - 4209
Georgetown Historical Society Heritage House 510 North Main St
Georgetown, IL 61846
Contact Emmy Lou Reed
(217) 662 - 6895
Genealogical Societies by County www.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Hoopeston Historical Society Contact Carol Hicks
217-283-7815
Hoopeston Public Library 217-283-6711 www.hooplib.org
Illiana Genealogical & Historical Society 215 W. North St
Danville IL 61832
Winter Hrs Mon - Fri 10am - 4pm
Summer Hrs include
Sat 10am - 2pm & Tues till 8pm
(217) 431 - 8733 illianaghs.org
Illinois State Archives Norton Bldg
Springfield IL 62756
(217) 785 - 1266 www.cyberdriveillinois.com
Illinois State University (one
of Illinois Regional Archive
Depositories- IRAD)
2016 Warehouse Road
Campus Box 1520
Normal IL 31790-1520
Mon - Fri 8am - 12pm &
1pm - 4 pm
(309) 452 - 6027
Indiana State Library 140 North Senate Ave
Indianapolis IN 46204
Mon, Wed, Fri 8am - 4.30pm
Tue, Thur 8am - 8pm
Sat 8.30am - 4.30pm
(317) 232 - 3675 www.statelib.lib.in.us
www.in.gov/library/databases.htm
Iroquois County Genealogical Society Old Courthouse Musuem
103 Cherry St
Watseka IL 60970 - 1524
(815) 432 - 3730 www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilicgs/
Kankakee Valley Genealogical Society PO Box 442
Bourbonnais IL 60914
kvgs.org/index.html
McLean County Genealogical Society www.mcgs.org
Montgomery County Historical Society; Genealogy Section c/o Crawfordsville Dist. Public Library
222 So. Washington Str
Crawfordsville IN 47933
(765) 362 - 2242
National Archives - Great
Lakes Region
7358 South Pulaski Road
Chicago IL 60629
Newell Twp Historical Society PO Box 114
Bismark IL 61814
Janet Moss, Pres
(217) 759 - 7705
John Brown, V.P.
(217) 759 - 7832
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness www.raogk.org
Rockville Public Library 106 N Market Street
Rockville IN 47872
rocklib@ticz.com
Mon - Fri 9am - 6pm
Sat 9am - 4pm
(317) 569 - 5544
Rossville Historical Society 103 W. Attica St, PO Box 263
Rossville IL 60963
Tues & Sat 12pm - 4pm by appt
(217) 748 - 4080
The National Archives - NARA www.archives.gov/aad
Tilton Historical Society 119 West 5th St
Tilton IL 61833
Thurs 9am - 12pm
(217) 497 - 4838
Tippecanoe County Area Genealogical Society TIPOA PO Box 2464
West Lafayette IN 47996
tipcoa@yahoo.com
Tippecanoe Public Library Reference 627 South St
Lafayette IN 47901
Mon - Thurs 9am - 9pm
Fri - Sat 9am - 6pm
Sun 1pm - 6pm
(765) 429 - 0100 www.tcpl.lib.in.us
Vermilion County Musuem 116 N Gilbert
Danville IL 61832
Tues - Sat 10am - 5pm
(217) 442 - 2922 www.vermilioncountymusuem.org
Vermilion County Historical Society 220 E Market St Box 273
Newport IN 47966
di@absc.com
Vermilion Public Library PO Box 97, 385 Market St
Newport IN 47966
(765) 492 - 3555
Vigo County Public Library One Library Square
Terre Haute IN 47807
Mon - Thurs 9am - 9 pm
Fri 9am - 6pm
Sat 9am - 5pm
Sun 1pm - 5pm
(812) 232 - 1113 www.vigo.lib.in.us
Urbana Free Library 210 West green St
Urbana IL 61801
(217) 367 - 4057
West Central Indiana Genealogy Research Library
Sponsored By Fountain
County Genealogical Society
405 North Mill St Po Box 273
Veedersburg IN 47987 - 0273
Mon - Fri 11am - 4pm
1st & 3rd Sat 11am - 4pm
(877) 760 - 6058
Westville Public Library 233 State St
Westville IL 61883
Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri 9.30am - 6pm
Wed 9.30am - 7pm
Sat 9.10am - 1pm
(217) 267 - 3170
Westville Depot South of the Square in
Westville at C & EI Ave.
Contact Village Clerk
(217) 267 - 2507 for
arrangements to visit museum
Cyndlist.com www.cyndlist.com
familySearch.org www.familysearch.org
rootsweb.com www.rootsweb.com
ancestry.com www.ancestry.com


IGHS does not recommend or promote private genealogists