Established in 1969 the purpose of the Champaign County Genealogical Society is:
- to promote genealogical and historical research;
- to aid in the publication and preservation of genealogical and historical records and
manuscripts; and
- to provide programs designed to assist both the beginning and the advanced genealogist.
MEETINGS:
General membership meetings are held at 7pm on the second Tuesday of every
month in the auditorium on the Urbana Free Library,
210 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois. The society sponsors a research night
in the Archives from 6pm to 8:30pm on the second Wednesday of every month.
The research nights are open to the public and members of the society are
available for assistance. The April meeting is a joint dinner meeting with
the Champaign County Historical Society. The meetings are free and open to
the public. Board meetings are held in the Archives of the Urbana Free
Library at 7pm on the third Tuesday of January, March, May, July,
September and November.
Dates and subject of meetings are listed on the home page.
PROGRAMS are oriented to genealogical research,
family and local history, and may consist of a lecture, a workshop, tours, or discussion on
research problems. Join us!
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Research
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The following CCGS members have given permission for their names
to be added to our list of local researchers.
Professional Researcher:
Joyce Wicks
[email protected]. Please contact her regarding her
availability and fee schedule.
Non-Professional Researchers:
The following list include members who are willing (if they
are available at the time of the request) to do work on local
county research projects. The Society sets no fee guidelines;
each individual researcher determines the cost in consultation
with the patron requesting assistance. Some researchers may be
willing to go the Champaign County Historical Archives; the
County Courthouse; the local Family History Center or possibly,
the University of Illinois Library.
University of Illinois Library
Assistance: Cherie Weible
[email protected] is not available for paid research, however
may be consulted regarding the effective use of the University
of Illinois Library for genealogy research.
Feel free to contact Carolyn
Adams,
[email protected] CCGS Research Chairman, if you have
any special questions or concerns.
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Birth
and Death Records Index: |
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Use the links below to access the
Champaign County Vital Records Indexes. The indexes will open to
a new window on your browser. Use the 'Find' function on your
browser to locate the desired information.
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Board
Members for June 2010 - May 2011 |
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Officers:
(elected)
Directors:(elected)
Standing Committees:
(appointed)
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The research site for the CCGS is in the
Champaign County Historical
Archives which is located in the
Urbana Free Library. The
Archives is open 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday through Saturday; open Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The collection emphasizes the history and genealogy of Champaign County from
its beginning in 1833 to the present, but also includes a large selection of
books from other Illinois counties and from those states east of the Mississippi
River.
The Local History Online index database on The
Urbana Free Library website contains 3,000,000 names that are extracted from
Champaign County, Illinois, records that are located in the Archives. Those
records are original documents either on paper or on microfilm.
However, not all records available in the
Archives are indexed in that database. The Archives has in-house all Illinois
Death Certificates (1916-1945) microfilms which contain any Champaign County
deaths. The entire microfilm collection of Illinois State Death Certificates
(1916-1950) is currently 1227 microfilm. The Archives, as the official
county historical repository, was able to obtain every reel (1916-1945 only)
which contained any Champaign County death certificates. The Archives has about
two-thirds of the total microfilm collection. It means that we have all
Champaign County Death Certificates on microfilm, in the Archives, from
1878-1945. Some of these death certificates are not listed in the online index
database (records from 1912-1945 primarily).
The Champaign County marriage records licenses
from 1833-1916, are indexed
on the Local History Online index database. The marriage applications through 1975 have been completed
Additionally, the Archives has a paper photocopy
of the backup copy volumes of Champaign County Birth Records from 1900-1918 and
so far, only a few of those names are on the index database. The photocopies are
available in the Archives, and the CCGS index to these records is on this website.
The Champaign County deed records are available
in the Archives on microfilm--both the Grantee and Grantor Indexes that index
land deeds from 1833-1928, and the microfilm copies of Deed Volumes A-Z and Deed
Volumes 1-76--and those records are not indexed on the Local History Online
index database. The deeds are another record that could be researched.
For these, or any other record, please see Research Services
Available From CCGS Members on this website.
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The Champaign County Genealogical Newsletter is mailed electronically to members, with an email address, the first week of February, May, August and
November each year. A paper copy is mailed upon request and there may be an additional charge. The newsletter contains information about the Society and about other genealogical
groups and meetings. It also contains news from the Champaign County Historical Archives.
Queries and genealogical questions are published in The Quarterly, not in the newsletter.
If you have notices of any meetings or events which would interest the members of
CCGS, contact the CCGS Temporary Newsletter Editor: Candace Wilmot
Please submit materials by leaving them at the Historical Archives or emailing Candace Wilmot at [email protected] Deadline, if
possible, by the 20th of January, April, July, and October.
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The blog will provide notice of upcoming CCGS meetings and events. Readers will also be alerted to other local genealogical events, and new resources available locally or online. For the most part, these will be items that could not be included in the CCGS newsletter. Readers are encouraged to comment on items posted in the blog. It's a great opportunity to communicate with your fellow genealogists.
Please visit the blog at http://ccgsil.wordpress.com/
The best way to receive notices about meetings, resources, and other items posted in the blog is to subscribe to the blog.
Subscribing is easy. You may subscribe using your email address, or if you have a RSS reader, you may subscribe to the blog's RSS feed. Once you're at the blog, simply scroll down the page to the "RSS Links" or "Email Subscription" heading on the right side of the screen, and then subscribe via your preferred method.
If you have any questions or feedback, please feel free to email Wendy Gregory at [email protected]. Please include "CCGS" in the subject line.
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The Quarterly of the Champaign County Genealogical Society is published in March, June,
September and December. It contains 36-pages of genealogical material and previously
unpublished county records. The four issues are included with your membership to CCGS.
Back issues of the quarterly are $4.00 + $1.75 for postage and handling each by
writing to CCGS, c/o Champaign County Historical Archives, 210 West Green Street,
Urbana, IL 61801-3283. Refer to the Quarterly Subject
Index for a listing of topics covered in the CCGS Quarterly.
Submissions to the quarterly are encouraged. These may include family genealogies,
indexes previously unpublished, and genealogical and historical articles. If you wish to
submit material for publication to the quarterly, please contact the editor,
Joan Lund at [email protected]
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