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ILLINOIS POORHOUSE (ALMSHOUSE) RECORDS |
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| Note: These were found by searching the IRAD
(Illinois Regional Archives Depositories) website at http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradholdings.html
This is a wonderful site! It is very comprehensive...which requires that it be fairly complexly organized. But once you study it for a bit ... you will be amazed at what they have put on-line. No, the records themselves have not been transcribed to be placed on-line ... dream on! But at least you can find what records they have in their holdings and how to access them. PHL |
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| Code: The accession number -- by the first digit -- indicates which of the seven depositories in the state holds the materials . The following are the letter and number codes for each depository: | |||||
| Example: (first item in table below) Adams
County Almshouse Registers # 2/0070/01 The first digit -- 2 -- indicates that these are held in the depository ar Western Illinois University. |
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| 1- NIU-Northern
Illinois
University
5- EIU-Eastern Illinois University 2- WIU-Western Illinois University 6 - SIU-Southern Illinois University 3- ISU-Illinois State University 7- NEIU-Northeastern Illinois University 4- UIS-University of Illinois at Springfield Information about the Regional Depository Addresses, Telephone Numbers, and Hours may be found at: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradaddr.html |
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| A zero (0) under microfilm roll(s) means that the records have not been filmed, but the physical records are held at the depository. [The ones microfilmed may or may not have the original records in the holdings of the archives.] The counties not on the list are not held at the state archives depositories ... but may be held only locally. | |||||
| Here is something
exciting! The Almshouse Registers in 5 counties highlighted below have searchable name index data bases on-line. (With more to come soon.) |
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| COUNTY | Document Title | Accession # | Begins | Ends | Microfilm roll(s) |
| Adams | Almshouse Registers | 2/0070/01 | 1873 | 1898 | 1 |
| Adams | Poor Farm Accounts Books | 2/0082/01 | 1906 | 1947 | 0 |
| Bond | Almshouse Registers | 4/0214/11 | 1890 | 1891 | 0 |
| Brown | Almshouse Registers | 2/0079/02 | 1882 | 1963 | 1 |
| Cass | Almshouse Registers | 4/0226/12 | 1887 | 1945 | 1 |
| Fulton | Almshouse Registers | 2/0031/02 | 1877 | 1908 | 0 |
| Fulton | Poor Farm Death Record | 2/0093/03 | 1909 | 1953 | 0 |
| Fulton | Poor Farm Inmate Registers | 2/0093/01 | 1887 | 1955 | 0 |
| Fulton | Poor Farm Monthly Reports | 2/0093/02 | 1909 | 1955 | 0 |
| Greene | Almshouse Registers | 4/0272/02 | 1874 | 1928 | 1 |
| Henry | Almshouse Registers | 2/0084/06 | 1889 | 1902 | 1 |
| JoDaviess | Almshouse Registers | 1/0279/08 | 1846 | 1938 | 1 |
| McDonough | Almshouse Registers | 2/0020/01 | 1863 | 1914 | 0 |
| Madison | Death Certificate Stubs | 6/0289/07 | 1922 | 1943 | 2 |
| Madison | Poor Farm Bills | 6/0289/10 | 1934 | 1944 | 3 |
| Madison | Poor Farm Death Record | 6/0289/03 | 1921 | 1958 | 1 |
| Madison | Poor Farm Hospital Registers | 6/0289/01 | 1897 | 1958 | 2 |
| Madison | Poor Farm Hospital Reports | 6/0289/02 | 1920 | 1935 | 1 |
| Madison | Poor Farm Incoming Correspondence | 6/0289/09 | 1923 | 1936 | 1 |
| Madison | Poor Farm Inmate Card File | 6/0289/08 | 1920 | 1948 | 1 |
| Madison | Poor Farm Inmate Index | 6/0289/06 | 1899 | 1927 | 1 |
| Madison | Poor Farm Inmate Registers | 6/0289/04 | 1880 | 1926 | 3 |
| Madison | Poor Farm Transfer Registers | 6/0289/05 | 1925 | 1944 | 1 |
| Menard | Almshouse Registers | 4/0185/04 | 1879 | 1945 | 1 |
| Mercer | Almshouse Registers | 2/0097/01 | 1859 | 1986 | 1 |
| Morgan | Almshouse Registers
Medical Examination Record |
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| Ogle | Almshouse Registers | 1/0218/01 | 1878 | 1933 | 1 |
| Peoria | Almshouse Registers | 2/0095/02 | 1848 | 1936 | 1 |
| Peoria | Poor Farm Cemetery Record | 2/0095/01 | 1899 | 1956 | 1 |
| St Clair | Cemetery Record | 6/0024/18 | 1935 | 1951 | 0 |
| St Clair | Poor Farm Account Book | 6/0024/14 | 1898 | 1901 | 0 |
| St Clair | Poor Farm Board Record | 6/0024/11 | 1875 | 1879 | 0 |
| Schuyler | Almshouse Registers | 2/0083/11 | 1855 | 1921 | 1 |
| Shelby | Almshouse Registers | 5/0044/01 | 1870 | 1942 | 1 |
| Stark | Almshouse Registers | 2/0069/01 | 1868 | 1941 | 1 |
| Woodford | Almshouse Registers | 3/0120/02 | 1868 | 1957 | 0 |
| Woodford | Poor Farm Case Files | 3/0120/28 | 1917 | 1940 | 0 |
| Woodford | Poor Farm Committee Minutes | 3/0120/01 | 1903 | 1903 | 1 |
| Woodford | Poor Farm Ledgers | 3/0120/03 | 1912 | 1925 | 0 |
| Woodford | Poor Farm Ledgers & Receipts | 3/0120/04 | 1955 | 1957 | 0 |
| Woodford | Poor Farm Ledgers & Receipts | 3/0120/24 | 1868 | 1893 | 0 |
