Looking for you ancestors? Check out these genealogy resources.

Ancestry.com (must be accessed inside the library)
Search for historical records about your family and start your free family tree. The database contains thousands of searchable collections of records from around the world including Census Records & Voter Lists, Immigration & Emigration Records, Family Trees, and Birth, Marriage & Death Records.

Heritage Quest (can be accessed at home or inside the library)
Heritage Quest is a collection of over 25,000 family and local history books, the entire US  Federal Census, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, and other expanding collections.

Effingham County- Did you Know? Effingham Cemeteries, Veteran’s Buried in Effingham County, & general Effingham county history
Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
The Statue of Liberty- Ellis Island Foundation Information on the Ellis Island Immigrants
Ancestry.com Genealogy, family trees and family history records online
Roots Web
US Gen Web Project Volunteers working together to provide free genealogy websites for all of the US
Relatively Curious About Genealogy Obituary Resources
Find a Grave
FamilySearch.org Free Family History, Family Tree, and Genealogy Records from around the world
Department of Veteran Affairs Search for burial locations of veterans
Illinois Vital Records-Birth IL Birth Records
Illinois State Archives-Death Database of IL death certificates
Illinois Vital Records-Marriage IL marriage certificates
Illinois State Archives-Marriage IL Marriage Index
Illinois Public Record Illinois property records, death records, birth records, divorce and marriage records
Genealogy.com
GenForum