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Projects

• Eastern Region of the ILGenWeb Project      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Genealogy: Vermilion County      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Vermilion County ILGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Vermilion County Illinois Trails History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Vermilion IL GenExchange      (Source: GenExchange)

Adjacent counties

• Benton County, IN  to the northeast
• Champaign County  to the west
• Douglas County  to the southwest
• Edgar County  to the south
• Ford County  to the northwst
• Iroquois County  to the north
• Vermillion County, IN  to the east
• Warren County, IN  to the east

Bible Records

• Bible and other family records      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (13)

Cemeteries (65)

Census Records and Indexes (23)

Church Records

• Elwood Quaker Monthly Meeting Minutes      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Georgetown Quaker Monthly Meeting Minutes      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Quaker Records  includes Elwood, Georgetown, and Ridge Farm Monthly Meetings     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Coroner's Inquest Files  Index, 1908-1956     (Source: Illinois State Archives)

Directories

• 1879 Business Directory      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• 1895 Georgetown Business Directory      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• 1915 Directory      (Source: Catlin Historical Society)
• 1934 Phone Book      (Source: Catlin Historical Society)
• Bibliography of Danville City Directories  City Directories of the United States of America
• Danville Directory  1889     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Estate Records

• Vermilion County Will & Estate Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

Ethnic

• African American Coal Miner  Information Center

History (31)

Introduction and Guides

• Cyndi's List of Illinois locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• Vermilion County      (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
• Vermilion County Illinois Genealogy  Resources for Family History Research     (Source: Kindred Trails)
• Vermilion County Resources      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Vermilion Genealogy      (Source: GenDir)

Land Records

• Family Maps of Vermilion County, IL      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• Original Landowners      (Source: Catlin Historical Society)
• Tax and Land Records  Free surname index     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Vermilion County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Vermilion County Land & Deed Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (12)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• RootsWeb Message Boards      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Vermilion County Message Board      (Source: Illinois Trails History & Genealogy)
• Vermilion County, IL Club      (Source: GenCircles)

• IL-EASTERN-L Eastern Illinois Genealogy

  • IL-EASTERN-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • IL-EASTERN-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • IL-EASTERN-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• ILVERMIL-L Vermilion County Genealogy

  • ILVERMIL-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ILVERMIL-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ILVERMIL-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (20)

Military Records and Histories

• Civil War

  • Civil War Casualties  Georgetown Soldiers     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
  • Civil War Units      (Source: Illinois in the Civil War)

• Gulf War

  • Veterans of Desert Storm      (Source: Catlin Historical Society)

• Korean War

  • Veterans of Korea      (Source: Catlin Historical Society)

• Revolutionary War

  • 1835 Revolutionary War Pensioners      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
  • Veteran Burials      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• Vietnam War

  • Veterans of Vietnam      (Source: Catlin Historical Society)

• World War I

  • Veterans of World War I      (Source: Catlin Historical Society)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Danville City     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Vermilion County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Army Casualties  Part 1 (Abbott-Olson)     (Source: U. S. National Archives & Records Administration)
  • Army Casualties  Part 2 (Olson-Zorns)     (Source: U. S. National Archives & Records Administration)
  • Casualties      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
  • Vermilion County, Illinois  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)
  • Veterans of World War II      (Source: Catlin Historical Society)

Miscellaneous Data

• Alumni Directory  1923 Catlin High School yearbook     (Source: Catlin Historical Society)
• History of the Office of Mayor  City of Danville
• Illinois Poorhouse History 
• Illinois State Genealogical Quarterly Index 
• Migrations through Vermilion County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Vermilion County Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• Vermilion County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Vermilion County Records      (Source: Find County Records)

Newspaper Records

• Cataloged Titles      (Source: Illinois Newspaper Project)
• Vermilion County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Vermilion County News Stories      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (11)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Penny Postcards from Illinois      (Source: USGenWeb Illinois Archives)
• 1941 Window on Catlin      (Source: Catlin Historical Society)
• Catlin History in Photos      (Source: Catlin Historical Society)
• Danville Images      (Source: DigitalPast)
• Historical Postcards of Vermilion County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Hoopeston Images      (Source: DigitalPast)
• Illinois--Vermilion County--Danville.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Sidell Images      (Source: DigitalPast)

School Records and Histories

• 1878-1914 Graduates of Rossville High School      (Source: GeneaSearch)
• History of Catlin High School      (Source: Catlin Historical Society)
• Illinois High School "Glory Days"  Provides history and information of deactivated and defunct high schools in Illinois' history. Over 600 schools thorughout Illinois are currently listed with several Vermilion County towns and schools listed.
• Vermilion County Yearbooks      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Societies

• Barbara Standish Chapter  Hoopeston     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Catlin Historical Society 
• Danville Junction Chapter  National Railroad Historical Society
• Governor Bradford Chapter  Danville     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Illiana Genealogical & Historical Society 
• Rossville Historical & Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (364)

Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

• 1908 Train Wreck      (Source: Catlin Historical Society)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Vermilion County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Illinois Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• The Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway 
• Rossville Depot Railroad Museum 
• Vermilion County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)

Vital Records (15)

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