Genealogical Research Materials

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Eastern Illinois University

• Charles Coleman Digital Archive
• EIU Archives
• The History of Old Main
• The Home Management House Babies
• Lord of the Manor

Charleston, Illinois

• A House for All Seasons: Five Mile House
• Brownshoe Factory
• Charleston Businesses
• Charleston Courthouse Square Architectural Survey
• The Charleston Murals
• Charleston Public Library
• Charleston Schools
• The Civilian Conservation Corps in Coles County
• Dudley Family Collection
• The Dudley House
• Gerry B. Dudley
• Presbyterians in Charleston
• Prohibition in Charleston
• Ranch Homes in the Atomic Age
• Tilford E. Dudley Digital Archive
• WWI Veteran Grave Tour- Mound Cemetery

Mattoon

• Advertising In Mattoon
• Baseball in Mattoon
• Black Barbers in Mattoon
• The Mad Gasser of Mattoon
• Mattoon Bibliography
• Mattoon Public Library
• Mattoon Railroads in the 19th Century
• Railroad Activity
• Mattoon Street Fairs
• Mattoon Timeline
• Theaters in Mattoon

Coles County

• Architecture in Coles County
• Coles County at War: World War I
• Coles County Legal History Project
• Copperheads in Coles County
• Fox Ridge State Park
• The Greenwood School
• Mapping Coles County
• Nahum Bigelow: The Mormon Conflict Through The Eyes of a Coles County Family
• On the Home Front: Coles County in World War II
• Paul Sargent
• Photographic Images and the History of African Americans in Coles County
• Thomas Lincoln Cemetery
• Using Coles County Historical Society Photographs

Illinois

• Fort Sheridan
• Illinois Newspapers and Post Offices
• Land Between the Waters: French History of Illinois
• Regional Folk Music

Localities

• About Localities
• Localities: The Journal

Additional Resources

• Coles County History Resources and History Organizations
• Illinois History Links
• Chicago History Links
• Using City Directories to Determine Community Identity
• Using Postcards as Historical Evidence

The Charleston Public Library devotes a room to its geneological collection which houses the Coles County Genealogical Society collection.

Resources in the Genealogical Collection at the

Charleston Public Library include:

• Geneological Books and Materials 
• City and County Directories, DAR books, Marriage and Death Records, and Family Histories
• Microfilms on Coles County:
• Federal Census--1840-1910, Marriage Indexes, Birth and Marriage Records, and Land Records
• Newspapers (misc. dates): Charleston Courier, Illinois Globe, Reporter, The Republican, and Charleston Weekly News