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 W. 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 PO Box 153
521 Locust St
Marshall, IL 62441
Thu - 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
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
Douglas County Illinois Genealogical Society PO Box 113
Tuscola, IL 61953
Edgar County Genealogical Society PO Box 304
408 N. Main Street
Paris, IL 61994-0304
Wed - Fri 10am - 3pm
(217) 463 - 4209
Georgetown Historical Society Heritage House 510 N. 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 110 N. 4th St
Hoopeston, IL 60942
Mon - Thu 9:30am - 8pm
Fri 9:30am - 6pm
Sat 9:30am - 3pm
(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 &
Tue 10am - 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)
Campus Box 1520
2016 Warehouse Road
Normal, IL 31790-1520
Mon - Fri 8am - 12pm
& 1pm - 4 pm
(309) 452 - 6027
Indiana State Library 140 N. Senate Ave
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Mon, Wed, Fri 8am - 4:30pm
Tue, Thu 8:am - 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 Museum
103 Cherry St
Watseka, IL 60970-1524
(815) 432 - 3730 www.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Kankakee Valley Genealogical Society PO Box 442
Bourbonnais, IL 60914
kvgs.org
McLean County Genealogical Society www.mcgs.org
Montgomery County Historical Society; Genealogy Section c/o Crawfordsville Dist. Public Library
222 S. Washington St
Crawfordsville, IN 47933
(765) 362 - 2242
National Archives
Great Lakes Region
7358 S. Pulaski Road
Chicago, IL 60629
Newell Twp Historical Society PO Box 114
Bismark, IL 61814
Contact Janet Moss, Pres
(217) 759 - 7705
Contact John Brown, V.P.
(217) 759 - 7832
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness www.raogk.org
Rockville Public Library 106 N. Market St
Rockville, IN 47872
rocklib@ticz.com
Mon - Fri 9am - 6pm
Sat 9am - 4pm
(317) 569 - 5544
Rossville Historical Society PO Box 263
103 W. Attica St
Rossville, IL 60963
Tue & Sat 12pm - 4pm by appt
(217) 748 - 4080
The National Archives - NARA www.archives.gov/aad
Tilton Historical Society 119 W. 5th St
Tilton, IL 61833
Thu 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 - Thu 9am - 9pm
Fri - Sat 9am - 6pm
Sun 1pm - 6pm
(765) 429 - 0100 www.tcpl.lib.in.us
Vermilion County

https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Vermilion_County,_Illinois
Vermilion County Museum 116 N. Gilbert St
Danville, IL 61832
Tue - Sat 10am - 5pm
(217) 442 - 2922 www.vermilioncountymuseum.org
Vermilion County Historical Society PO Box 273
220 E. Market St
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 1 Library Square
Terre Haute, IN 47807
Mon - Thu 9am - 9pm
Fri 9am - 6pm
Sat 9am - 5pm
Sun 1pm - 5pm
(812) 232 - 1113 www.vigo.lib.in.us
Urbana Free Library 210 W. Green St
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 367 - 4057
West Central Indiana Genealogy Research Library
Sponsored By Fountain
County Genealogical Society
PO Box 273
405 N. Mill St
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, Thu, Fri
9:30am - 6pm
Wed 9:30am - 7pm
Sat 9:00am - 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
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