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A Standard history of Champaign County Illinois : Volume 1
A Standard history of Champaign County Illinois : an authentic narrative of the past, with particular attention to the modern era in the commercial, industrial, civic and social development : a chronicle of the people, with family lineage and memoirs. Volume 1 (1918) on the Internet Archive website.
A Standard history of Champaign County Illinois : Volume 2
A Standard history of Champaign County Illinois : an authentic narrative of the past, with particular attention to the modern era in the commercial, industrial, civic and social development : a chronicle of the people, with family lineage and memoirs. Volume 2 (1918) on the Internet Archive website.
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
In addition to the papers and artifacts on Abraham Lincoln, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library (ALPL) is a valuable resource for genealogists. Their collection includes manuscripts, newspapers, oral histories, books, pamphlets, maps, and periodicals.
Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
The Newberry Library provides an interactive map, county chronologies, and other resources to learn how county boundaries in the United States formed and changed.
Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States
The Atlas was originally published in the 1930s. The maps have been georeferenced to be used in an interactive map and allows the historic maps to be viewed in a new environment. A few examples of the available maps are transportation, political, settlement, and military.
CCHA - Local History Online
The Champaign County Historical Archives (CCHA) catalog to their holdings.
Champaign County Clerk
Champaign County department for obtaining vital records dating back to 1878 for birth, 1833 for marriage, and 1878 for death.
Champaign County GenWeb
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Champaign County Clerk
Champaign County department for obtaining vital records dating back to 1878 for birth, 1833 for marriage, and 1878 for death.
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Champaign County GenWeb
The Champaign County GenWeb site has many Champaign County resources including documents and web links. The topics include: history, maps, townships, churches, residents, military records, cemeteries, Champaign County books, schools, and other resources.
Champaign County Historical Archives
The Champaign County Historical Archives is located on the second floor of the Urbana Free Library in Urbana, Illinois.
Databases in the Illinois State Archives
Some of the databases include: Databases of Illinois Veterans; Illinois Statewide Death Index (1916-1950); Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916; and Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900.
David Rumsey Map Collection
David Rumsey is a private collector of maps and is digitizing his collection of maps to be viewed free-of-charge by users.
Digital Public Library of America
The Digital Public Library of America is making records available for public use. Types of records include photographs, books, sounds, manuscripts, and more from libraries, archives, and museums in the United States.
FamilySearch Wiki for Champaign County
An excellent resource for where to find Champaign County records.
HathiTrust Digital Library
A partnership of institutions and libraries who are preserving and sharing digital books and journals.
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois (volume 1) is edited by Newton Bateman and Paul Selby and published in 1905. The book is available on the Internet Archive website.
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois & History of Champaign County
The book contains portions of the Historical encyclopedia of Illinois (volume 1) and the full History of Champaign County (volume 2). This link takes you to the start of volume 2 (Page 134/628) which is the start of History of Champaign County on the Internet Archive website. To view the full Historical encyclopedia of Illinois use the webpage link: https://archive.org/stream/historicalencyclv1bate#page/n7/mode/2up
History, Philosophy & Newspaper Library (HPNL)
HPNL is a library at the University of Illinois and has current and historical newspapers. Their holdings consist of over 100,000 reels of microfilmed newspapers.
Illinois County Boundaries, 1790 - Present
PDF of maps showing the county boundary changes and newly created counties in Illinois.
Illinois Digital Archives
The Illinois Digital Archives (IDA) is a repository for the digital collections of the Illinois State Library as well as other libraries and cultural institutions in the State of Illinois. The collection includes: photographs, histories, letters, IL government documents, postcards, posters, newspapers, maps, etc.
Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection (IDNC)
Titles Available: Daily Illini 1874-1975 & Urbana Daily Courier 1903-1935
Illinois Newspaper Project
The Illinois Newspaper Project (INP) team inventoried newspaper collections and created a database of all newspapers discovered. Search the INP database to find newspapers publications and the published dates.
Illinois State Archives
Illinois State Archives is the depository of public records of Illinois state and local governmental agencies which possess permanent administrative, legal, or historical research values in the Norton Building. In addition to the State Archives, there are seven regional depositories located on state university campuses throughout Illinois with local government holdings.
Illinois State Genealogical Society
The mission of ISGS is to provide leadership, education, and support in promoting genealogy and the ancestral heritage of Illinois.
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is a digital library. Some features include the "Wayback Machine" which has archived versions of websites. The "Texts" section includes historical texts, academic books, and etc. Plus many more features and data.
Map of Champaign County Cemeteries on Graveyards.com
Graveyards.com has lists and maps of cemeteries in Illinois. This link is directly to the Champaign County map.
Portrait and biographical album of Champaign County, Ill.
Portrait and biographical album of Champaign County, Ill. : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of Illinois, and of the presidents of the United States (1887) on the Internet Archive website.
The biographical record of Champaign County Ill.
The biographical record of Champaign County Ill. (1900) on the Internet Archive website.