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| History | ||||||
| Chicago History | General Information | Illinois History | U. S. History | World History | Link Directory | Library Homepage |
| Chicago History | ||||||
| Encyclopedia of Chicago | Online version of the print Encyclopedia of Chicago. |
| ChicagoAncestors.org | From the Newberry Library. Find historical information about addresses in Chicago, including churches, past crimes, tribute markers, historic buildings, and more. |
| Chicago History Museum: Online Resources | Provides links to sites created by the museum on topics such as the Great Chicago Fire and Haymarket Riot as well as a database of 55,000 photographs from the Chicago Daily News between 1902-1933. |
| Chicago Imagebase | This site has a detailed table of contents of images from books about Chicago and views of Chicago arranged by era. |
| General Information | |
| Best of History Websites | |
| Fashion - Era | Historical information on fashion, costumes, clothing and more. |
| Flags of all Countries | Searchable database and world fact book. |
| History Channel | |
| HistoryNet | |
| Hyper History | Timeline covering 3,000 years. |
| This Day in History | Historical events, searchable by date. |
| Vital Records - Where to write | How to obtain birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates. |
| Illinois History | |
| Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project | Provides materials from Abraham Lincoln's Illinois years (1830-1861). |
| Illinois Digital Archives | The Illinois Digital Archives hosts a search engine for images, sound files, and other multimedia events that exist on Internet sites throughout Illinois. |
| Illinois Periodicals Online | Provides links to full-text articles from several magazines, including Illinois Heritage, Illinois History, and Illinois History Teacher. |
| The Illinois and Michigan Canal, 1827-1911 | |
| U.S. History | |
| American Memory | |
| Flags | Historical flags of the U.S. Current flags of U.S. states, districts, territories, and possessions. |
| National Museum of American History | |
| PBS > History > United States | |
| Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian | The first national museum dedicated to the preservation, study and exhibition of the life, languages, history and arts of Native Americans. |
| United States History | |
| World History | |
| CIA World Factbook | Provides brief, up-to-date information gathered by the United States government about a country's geography, people, government, communications, economy, military, and transnational issues. |
| Country Studies | Library of Congress online studies of 100 countries. |
| History by Region | From the
Internet Public Library. Links to the history of the various regions of the world. |
| Rulers | Historical lists of heads of states, and heads of countries of all currently existing countries and territories. |
| Please Note: These pages contain links to non-library sponsored remote services and information. The Palatine Public Library District is not responsible for the content, reliability or availability of these services. |
This page was last updated June 26, 2008.