My Digital Library

Over the years, I’ve found some wonderful digital resources! They include digitized books, databases, and websites. These are some of my favorite resources that I’ve used in my own research. I’ve assembled them here for easy reference. Click on the links below to view them!

(Note: This list is my own personal list of resources that I have used for my own research. Apart from my own two research guides that I wrote, I am not affiliated with any of these resources, nor do I receive any compensation for mentioning them here.)

Illinois Resources

State of Illinois:
- Illinois township plats, Vol. 1, Vol. 2?, Vol. 3, Vol. 4, Archives Land Records, 185-?. [HathiTrust]
- The northern counties gazetteer and directory, for 1855-6 : a complete and perfect guide to northern Illinois, containing a concise description of the cities, towns & principal villages, with the names of the public officers, professional and business men, in the counties of Boone, Cook, De Kalb, Du Page, Jo Daviess, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Stephenson, Winnebago; […], by E. H. Hall, 1855. [HathiTrust]
- Sectional maps showing the location of over 2,500,000 acres selected farming and wood lands in the state of Illinois, by Illinois Central Railroad Company. 1869. [HathiTrust]
Bureau County:
- Atlas of Bureau County and the State of Illinois […], by Warner & Beers, 1875. [HathiTrust]
- Design of substation and lighting system for the town of Tiskilwa, by Philip Langworthy Ogden, 1913. [HathiTrust]
- History of Bureau County, Illinois, by H. C. Bradsby, editor, 1885. [HathiTrust]
- The honor roll 1917–1918–1919 […], by Clifford Russell, 1920. [HathiTrust]
- Map of Bureau County, Illinois : with sketches of its early settlement, by N. Matson, 1867. [HathiTrust]
- Plat book of Bureau County, Illinois, by W.W. Hixson & Co., 1939. [HathiTrust]
- The voters and tax-payers of Bureau county, Illinois, by Henry F. Kett,
  1877. [HathiTrust]
Cook County:
- Wilmette and Kenilworth, IL Local History and Genealogy Guide, by EvaAnne Johnson, 2017. [The Family Librarian]
- Album of genealogy and biography, Cook County, Illinois : with portraits, 1899. [HathiTrust]
DeKalb County: (See more links in the Research Guide)
- DeKalb County, Illinois Family History Research Guide, by EvaAnne Johnson, 2017. [The Family Librarian]
- Atlas of DeKalb County, Illinois, 1955. [HathiTrust]
- Atlases of DeKalb County, Illinois … : a Bicentennial heritage project of the DeKalb County Historical Society, 1975. [HathiTrust]
- Farm Bureau Decennial Celebration : DeKalb, Illinois, June 30, 1922 by Rose Doris Briem, 1922. [HathiTrust]
- From oxen to jets; a history of DeKalb County, 1835-1963, by Harriet Wilson Davy, 1963. [HathiTrust]
- Nostalgia and Glee in Sycamore, Illinois, by C.R. McLagan, 1960. [Internet Archive]
- Plat book of De Kalb County, Illinois, drawn and compiled from personal observations, actual surveys and county records, by D.W. Ensign & Co., 1892. [HathiTrust]
- Portrait and biographical album of DeKalb County, Illinois, 1885. [HathiTrust]
- Report of the public schools of the city of Sycamore, Illinois for the year 1891/1892, by Sycamore (Ill.). Board of Education, 1892. [HathiTrust]
- The Ritzman Photo Collection, Northern Illinois University Digital Library, 2016. [Flickr]
- The voters and tax-payers of De Kalb County, Illinois, by Henry F. Kett, 1876. [HathiTrust]
Kane County:
- Atlas of Kane County, Illinois, by Ensign, D.W. & Co., 1892. [HathiTrust]
- The Biographical record of Kane County, Illinois, 1898. [HathiTrust]
- Combination atlas map of Kane County, Illinois, by Thompson & Everts, 1872. [HathiTrust]
- Commemorative biographical and historical record of Kane County, Illinois, 1888. [HathiTrust]
- Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County, Volume 2, 1904. [HathiTrust]
- History of Kane County, Ill., Volume 1, by R. W. Waite Joslyn, L.L.M., and Frank W. Joslyn, 1908. [HathiTrust]
- History of Kane County, Ill., Volume 2, by R. W. Waite Joslyn, L.L.M., and Frank W. Joslyn, 1908. [HathiTrust]
- The past and present of Kane County, Illinois, by William Henry Perrin, 1878. [HathiTrust]
- Plat book of Kane County, Illinois, by W.W. Hixson & Co., 1930. [HathiTrust]
Menard County:
- Abraham Lincoln from New Salem, 1954. [HathiTrust]
- The farmers’ review farm directory of Cass, Mason, Menard and Sangamon Counties, Illinois, compiled and published by the Farmer’s Review, 1917. [HathiTrust]
- Forever this land! : souvenir program, 1831-1952 : one hundred twenty-first anniversary celebration of the historic beginning of Abraham Lincoln’s larger life with his advent at New Salem Village, 1952. [HathiTrust]
- The History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois, 1879. [HathiTrust]
- Lincoln and New Salem, compiled and published by the Old Salem Lincoln League, 1918. [HathiTrust]
- Plat book of Menard County, Illinois, by W.W. Hixson & Co., 1930. [HathiTrust]
- Record of the restoration of New Salem, New Salem State Park near Petersburg, Illinois, 1932-1933, by Department of Public Works and Buildings, state of Illinois, 1934. [HathiTrust]
Pike County:
- Atlas map of Pike County, Illinois, by Andreas, Lyter & Co., 1872. [HathiTrust]
Yearbooks:
- The Obelisk, 1965, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1965. [The Internet Archive]
- The Obelisk, 1966, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1966. [The Internet Archive]
- The Obelisk, 1967, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1967. [The Internet Archive]
- The Obelisk, 1968, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1968. [The Internet Archive]
- The Obelisk, 1969, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1969. [The Internet Archive]

Connecticut Resources

The Connecticut nutmegger, v.8 1975-1976, by Connecticut Society of Genealogists, 1976. [HathiTrust]
The Connecticut nutmegger, v.10 1977-1978, by Connecticut Society of Genealogists, 1978. [HathiTrust]
The Connecticut nutmegger, v.16 1983-1984, by Connecticut Society of Genealogists, 1984. [HathiTrust]

Massachusetts Resources

History of Taunton, Massachusetts, from its settlement to the present time, by Samuel Hopkins Emery, 1893. [HathiTrust]
History of the town of Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, by Daniel T.V. Huntoon, 1893. [HathiTrust]
History of the town of Sutton, Massachusetts, from 1704 to 1876; including Grafton until 1735; Millbury until 1813; and parts of Northbridge, Upton and Auburn, compiled by Rev. William A. Benedict, A. M. and Rev. Hiram A. Tracy,
1878. [HathiTrust]
Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the revoluntionary war, v.4, by Massachusetts Office of the Secretary of State, 1908. [HathiTrust]
Our county and its people; a descriptive and biographical record of Bristol County, Massachusetts, by Alanson Borden, 1899. [HathiTrust]
Supplement to the History of Taunton, Massachusetts, by Samuel Hopkins Emery, 1894. [HathiTrust]
Vital records of Norton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, 1906. [HathiTrust]

Missouri Resources

Benton County:
- A century of praise : Trinity Ev. Lutheran Congregation, Cole Camp, Missouri : still faithful in the word, 1896-1996, by Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Congregation (Cole Camp, Mo.), 1996. [HathiTrust]

New Jersey Resources

History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey, Vol. 1, by William H. Shaw, 1884. [Archive.org]
History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey, Vol. 2, by William H. Shaw, 1884. [Archive.org]

New York Resources

The family of Nelson Drake; back to 1630, New York and Michigan pioneers, with genealogy supplement, by Floyd Nelson Drake, 1963. [HathiTrust]
Western New York land transactions, 1825-1835 : extracted from the archives of the Holland Land Company, by Karen E. Livsey, 1996. [HathiTrust]

Pennsylvania Resources

Allegheny County:
- A Genealogical and biographical history of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, edited by Thomas Cushing, 1975. [HathiTrust]
- Historical and descriptive statement published on the occasion of the offical opening of the new church edifice and the one hundred and forty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the German Evangelical Protestant (Smithfield) Church (Congregational), 1782, by German Evangelical Protestant (Smithfield) Church, 1927. [Historic Pittsburgh]
- Historical and descriptive statement published on the occasion of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the German Evangelical Protestant Smithfield Church (Congregational) Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 16, 1932, by German Evangelical Protestant (Smithfield) Church, 1932. [Historic Pittsburgh]
- History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, by Thomas Cushing, 1889. [HathiTrust]
- The Pittsburgh coal bed; its early history and development, by Howard Nicholas Eavenson, 1938. [HathiTrust]
20th century history of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and respresentative citizens, by James A. McKee, 1909. [HathiTrust]
Butler : a pictorial history, by Stephen M. Pozar, 1980. [HathiTrust]
Drake genealogy in the line of Samuel Drake of Lower Smithfield Township, Northampton (now Monroe) County, Pennsylvania, by Lillian Drake Avery, 1926. [HathiTrust]
Evangelisch-Lutherisches Schulblatt; Monatsschrift fur̈ Erziehung und Unterricht. v.21-22 (1886-1887), by J. C. W. Lindemann and Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, 1887. [HathiTrust]
Hand-book of Lutheranism, by J.D. Roth, 1892. [HathiTrust]
History of Butler County, Pennsylvania, v.1, by Robert C. Brown, 1895. [HathiTrust]
History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5, vol. 3, by Samuel P. Bates, 1869-71. [HathiTrust]

Vermont Resources

Branches & twigs : newsletter of Genealogical Society of Vermont, v.13-15, 1984. [HathiTrust]
Collections relating to the history and inhabitants of the town of Townshend, Vermont, by James H. Phelps, 1877. [HathiTrust]
General petitions. [1778-1799], v.10 (State Papers of Vermont), by Edward A. Hoyt, editor, and Vermont Office of Secretary of State, 1962. [HathiTrust]
Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790, Vermont, by United States Bureau of the Census, 1908. [HathiTrust]
Vital records of Putney, Vermont to the year 1900, with selected additional records, compiled and edited by Ken Stevens, 1992. [HathiTrust]

WAVES of the U.S. Navy, WWII

American women and the U.S. armed forces : a guide to the records of military agencies in the National Archives relating to American women, by Charlotte Palmer Seeley, 1992. [HathiTrust]
“By your leave, sir”; the story of a WAVE, by Helen Hull Jacobs, U.S.N.R., 1943. [HathiTrust]
WAVES and Navy brochures, Gjenvick-Gjonvik Archives. [online resource]
Guide right, a handbook of etiquette and customs for members of the Women’s reserve of the United States Naval reserve and the United States Coast guard reserve, by Mary Virginia Harris, 1944. [HathiTrust]
Lady in the Navy; a personal reminiscence, by Joy Bright Hancock, 1972. [HathiTrust]
Mother was a gunner’s mate : World War II in the Waves, by Josette Dermody Wingo, 1994. [HathiTrust]
Navy women, 1908-1988 : a pictorial history, Vol. 1, by WAVES National, 1990. [HathiTrust]
WAVES in naval aviation activities, by United States Navy Dept., Bureau of Aeronautics, 1943. [HathiTrust]
The WAVES, the story of the girls in blue, by Nancy Wilson Ross, 1943. [HathiTrust]
While so serving, by Eleanor Hart and Harriet Welling, 1947. [HathiTrust]
A woman’s war too : U.S. women in the military in World War II, edited by Paula Nassen Poulos, 1996. [HathiTrust]

International Roots

Europe (General):
- Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives [online resource]
- JewishGen Gazetteer [online database]
- Name Chart, The Lost Shoebox [online resource]
England:
- BMD Registers, The National Archives of England, $. [online database]
- The National Archives (of England) [online database]
Germany:
- Ahnenforschung.net [online database]
- Gravestones, Genealogy.net [online database]
- Meyer’s Gazetteer (Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-lexikon des deutschen Reichs), 1912. [online database]
- Ravenstein Atlas des Deutschen Reichs, by Ludwig Ravenstein, 1883. [University of Wisconsin Digital Collections]
- RootDigger, Genealogy in Schleswig-Holstein. [online database]
- Schleswig-Holstinians in North America : die vergessenen Deutschen, by editors, Paul G. Buchloh, Brigitte Dix, Eitel Timm, 1983. [HathiTrust]
Guyana:
- The official gazette of British Guiana, v.44, 1917 : July/Dec. [HathiTrust]
Sweden:
- ArkivDigital [online database]
- Swedish Roots, by the Federation of Swedish Genealogical Societies. [online resource]