History & Current Events
History & Current Events
Featured Resource
MasterFILE Premier
Full text magazine article dating as far back as 1975 to the present. Coverage includes general reference, business, health, education, general science, and multicultural issues. An EBSCO Research Database.
Databases
Ancestry - Library Edition
Genealogy research tool, including census records, military records, probate records, directories, and more.
ArchiveGrid
An index of nearly a million descriptions of archival collections owned by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies and archives worldwide. An OCLC database.
Use the following to log-in:
Authorization number: 100353461
Password: ARCHG3533
Chicago Tribune
Full text from 1985 to the present.
Chicago Tribune Obituaries and Death Notices
Find obituaries and death notices for individuals within the last 150 years. (1860 - Current).
HeritageQuest Online
Resource for census data, family records, and local histories.
MasterFILE Premier
Full text magazine article dating as far back as 1975 to the present. Coverage includes general reference, business, health, education, general science, and multicultural issues. An EBSCO Research Database.
Web Sites
From the U.S. Department of State, Background Notes include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty.
In depth information about ancient Egyptians, Greeks, British, Romans, Vikings, Anglo-Saxons, India and other cultures
Search Chicago census records. There are maps of the city for 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 including boundary descriptions for wards, townships, and enumeration districts.
This site allows you to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present and search and view newspaper pages from certain states from 1880-1922 (Illinois is not included at this time).
An encyclopedia on the history of Chicago.
Rates from 1990.
Site presents editions of the U.S. Census Bureau publication from 1878 to the present.
The Illinois State Archives serves by law as the depository of public records of Illinois state and local governmental agencies.
This site compares the value of an amount of money in the past with the present or with another time in the past.
Search documents, photos, and records.
- 1 of 2
- ››