GENEALOGY

 

Library Databases

• Ancestry Library Edition (can only be accessed in the library building)

• Heritage Quest

 

Newspapers

• Newspaper Archives -- pre-1980s. Includes the Edwardsville Intelligencer (some gaps in coverage -- can only be accessed in the library building)

• America's Newspapers -- late 1990s to present. Includes the Edwardsville Intelligencer (selected articles)

 

Websites

• Madison County Illinois Circuit Clerk (Immigration & Naturalization, Probate & Slave Emancipation records and documents)

• Illinois Digital Archives

• Illinois State Archives

• FamilySearch

• Ellis Island

• Find-A-Grave

• Ancestor Charts

• Cyndi's List

• Madison County Historical Museum & Archival Library (under construction: link coming soon)

• Madison County Genealogical Society (collection housed in Edwardsville Public Library)

• St. Clair County Historical Society Museum

• Glen Carbon History Museum