It’s that time of year again! The Illinois State Library is hosting it’s 21st Try-It! Illinois event through 30 November 2021. ILLINET member library users can test out the multitude of trial databases on the site.
Click here to see a list of trial databases. Here is a selection of Try-It! Illinois databases that genealogists will find of interest.
- Accessible Archives
- African American Newspapers in the 19th Century
- America and WWI: Military Camp Newspapers
- American County Histories
- American Indian History Online
- Civil War Collection
- Historical Archives
- Historical Chicago Tribune, 1849-2010
- Illinois Public Records
- MyHeritage Library Edition
- National Anti-Slavery Standard
- Oxford Research Library of Asian History
- Oxford Research Library of Latin American History
- Oxford Research Library of Religion
- Pennsylvania Gazette
- Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalogue
- ProQuest Black Historical Newspapers
- Quarantine and Disease Control in America
- Reconstruction of Southern States
- South Carolina Newspapers
- Virginia Gazette
- Women’s Suffrage Collection
Contact your participating local librarian for a user name and password, or message the state librarian for the same via the Try-It! Illinois website.
