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DUTCH-MIDWEST Mailing List

For anyone with a genealogical interest in the ancestors and descendants of the Dutch immigrants (ca.1850 to WWI) who settled in the Chicago (Roseland) and South Holland, Illinois area and other Dutch 'colonies' in the surrounding states. Archives: browse or search.

Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Illinois Mailing Lists

Most of the mailing list links here point to this site, wonderfully maintained for years by John Fuller. This site indexes links for all known genealogy mailing lists, including RootsWeb and others.

IL-AfriGeneas Mailing List

To coordinate, network and strengthen the efforts of African ancestored family researchers within Illinois.

IL-CEMETERIES Mailing List

For anyone searching for their ancestors in Illinois cemeteries and anyone interested in preserving historical information about Illinois cemeteries. Archives: browse or search.

IL-CENSUS Mailing List

For the volunteers who are engaged in transcribing Illinois census records in support of the USGenWeb Census Project to discuss the status of the project.

IL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List

For anyone desiring a check of Illinois census records for their ancestors. Requests should be as specific as possible and include county name, specific family of interest, and year whenever possible. Archives: browse or search.

IL-CIVIL-WAR Mailing List

For Civil War researchers in Illinois. Archives: browse or search.

IL-FREEDMEN Mailing List

For anyone with a genealogical interest in Freedmen in Illinois from all ethnic backgrounds (e.g., African, Native American, Caucasian). Archives: browse or search.

IL-GHOSTTOWNS Mailing List

For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the ghost towns of Illinois. Archives: browse or search.

IL-LONGNINE Mailing List

For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the ancestors and descendants of the Long Nine, a group of legislators from Sangamon County, Illinois, that included Senators Archer G. Herndon and Job Fletcher and Representatives Abraham Lincoln, Ninian Wirt Edwards, John Dawson, Andrew McCormick, Dan Stone, William F. Elkin, and Robert L. Wilson. The name The Long Nine comes from the fact that these men averaged six feet in height and weighed over 200 pounds. Their efforts in the 1836-1838 legislative session were successful in moving the State capital from Vandalia to Springfield. Archives: browse or search.

IL-OLD-NEWS Mailing List

For the submission of abstracts, extracts and links from Illinois newspapers published prior to 1931. Archives: browse or search.

IL-Traces Mailing List

A tool of the ILGenWeb Archives. Items posted on this list will be placed in the archives files online. Archives: browse or search.

ILLINOIS-ROOTS-L Mailing List

ILROOTS Mailing List

For anyone with a genealogical interest in Illinois. Archives: browse or search.

ILROUTE66 Mailing List

For anyone with a genealogical interest in Illinois in order to help find ancestors and learn about Illinois in the process. Archives: browse or search.

MadeiraExiles Mailing List

Devoted to the research of Dr. Robert Reid Kalley's Portuguese Presbyterian exiles from Madeira, Portugal who emigrated to Trinidad and then to Illinois (ca. 1846-1854). Archives: browse or search.

OHIO-RIVER-VALLEY-FAMILIES Mailing List

For anyone with a genealogical interest in the families that resided or currently reside in the Ohio River Valley which starts in Pennsylvania and borders the states of Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois. Archives: browse or search.

RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists: USA/IL

The majority of genealogy mailing lists are hosted by RootsWeb.com. Messages on RootsWeb lists are archived. The links to RootsWeb here also point you to the archives (browse or search).

SAR-IL Mailing List

For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the activities of the Illinois Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution and genealogical resources related to these activities. Archives: browse or search.

U.S. Midwest Genealogy Research Community (Facebook)

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin.