Historical Societies

Illinois/Indiana Historical Society List
Courtesy Jim Jarecki
(Web link updates by Bob Gadbois)

Illinois Historical and Genealogical Societies:

Barrington Area Historical Society 212 W. Main St. Barrington, IL 60010 (847) 381-1730	Blackhawk Genealogical Society P.O. Box 3912 Rock Island 61204-3912
Bond County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 172 Greenville 62246 (618) 664-3054	British Interest Group Of Wisconsin And Illinois P.O. Box 192 Richmond 60071
Brookfield Historical Society 8820-1/2 Brookfield Avenue Brookfield 60513-1670	Bureau County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 402 Princeton 61356-0402 (815) 879-3133
Bureau County Historical Society 109 Park Ave. W Princeton 61356 (815) 875-2184	Calhoun County Historical Society P.O. Box 327 Hardin 62047
Carroll County Genealogical Society 326 Third St. Savanna, IL 61074 (815) 273-3714	Cass County Historical - Genealogical Society P.O. Box 11 Virginia 62691
Champaign County Genealogical Society 201 S. Race St. Urbana 61801	Chicago Genealogical Society P.O. Box 1160 Chicago 60690 (773) 725-1306
Chicago History Museum (formerly Chicago Historical Society) Clark St.,North Ave. Chicago 60614-6099	Chillicothe Historical Society P.O. Box 181 Chillicothe 61523
Christian County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 174 Taylorville 62568 President Jeanine Biondolino (217) 287-7719	City Of Henry Historical & Genealogical Society 610 North Street Henry 61537
Clark County Genealogical Society 309 Maple Street,Box 153 Marshall 62441 (217) 826-5925	Clay County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 94 Louisville 62858
Clinton County Historical Society 1091 Franklin Street Carlyle 62231	Coles County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 592 Charleston 61920
Colonel Davenport Historial Foundation Rock Island Arsenal Rock Island 61299 (309) 786-7336 (563) 388-9657 off-season	Cornish American Heritage Society 18 Indian Trail Lake in the Hills 60102
Crawford County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 120 Robinson 62454	Crawford County Historical Society P.O. Box 554 Robinson 62454
Crystal Lake Historical Society P.O. Box 1151 Crystal Lake 60039-1151 (815) 459-7286	Cumberland County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 393 501 East Elizabeth Greenup 62428 (217) 923-5425
Decatur Genealogical Society 1255 W. South Side Drive P.O. Box1548 Decatur 62525-1548 (217) 429-0135	Dekalb County Historical & Genealogical Society P.O. Box 295 Sycamore 60178
Des Plaines Genealogical Questers 789 Pearson Street Des Plaines 60016 (708) 391-5399	Dewitt County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 632 Clinton 61727
Douglas County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 113 Tuscola 61953 Tracy Carpenter, (217) 253-4635	Dunton Genealogical Society (no longer exists) 500 North Dunton Arlington Heights 60004
Dupage County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 133 Lombard 60148-0133	Earlville Community Historical Society 205 Winthrop Street Earlville 60518-0420
Edgar County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 304 Paris 61944	Edwards County Historical Society 212 West Main St. Albion 62806
Effingham County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 1166 Effingham 62401	Elgin Genealogical Society P.O. Box 1418 Elgin 60121-1418
Evanston Historical Society Archives & Research 225 Greenwood Street Evanston 60201	Farmer City Genealogical & Historical Society P.O. Box 173 Farmer City 61842
Fayette County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 177 Vandalia 62471	Ford County Historical Society P.O. Box 213 Paxton 60957
Fox Lake Area Historical Society P.O. Box 4 Fox Lake 60020	Fox Valley Genealogical Society P.O. Box 5435 Naperville 60567-5435
Frankfort Area Genealogical Society P.O. Box 427 West Frankfort 62896-0427	Franklin County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 524 West Frankfort 62896
Freeburg Genealogical & Historical Society P.O. Box 69 Freeburg 62243	Fulton County Historical & Genealogical Society 45 North Park Drive Canton 61520

Genealogical Forum Of Elmhurst 120 East Park Avenue Elmhurst 60126	Genealogy Society Of Southern Illinois Route 13 at Greenbriar Rd. Carterville
Great River Genealogical Society 526 Jersey Quincy 62301	Greene County Genealogical & Historical Society P.O. Box 137 Carrollton 62016
Griggsville Area Genealogical & Historical Society P.O. Box 75 Griggsville 62340	Hampton Historical Society 107 5th Street Hampton 61256
Hancock County Genealogical & Historical Society P.O. Box 68 Carthage 62321	Hardin County Historical & Genealogical Society P.O. Box 72 Elizabethtown 62931
Henry County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 346 Kewanee 61443	Illiana Genealogical And Historical Society 19 E. North St.,Box 207 Danville 61834-0207
Illinois Cornish Heritage Society 450 W Galena Aurora 60506	Illinois Heritage Association 602 1/2 East Green St. Champaign 61820
Illinois Mennonite Historical And Genealogical Society P.O. Box 1007 Metamora 61548	Illinois State Genealogical Society P.O. Box 10195 Springfield 62791-0195
Illinois State Historical Society Old State Capitol Springfield 62701	Iroquois County Genealogical Society 103 West Cherry Street Watseka 60970
Jackson County Historical Society P.O. Box 7 Murphysboro 62956	Jacksonville Area Genealogical & Historical Society P.O. Box 21 Jacksonville 62650
Jasper County Genealogical & Historical Society 100 South VanBuren Newton 62448	Jefferson County Genealogical Society 101 S. Seventh St. Mt. Vernon 62864-4187
Jersey County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 12 Jerseyville 62052	Johnson County Genealogical And Historical Society P.O. Box 1207 Vienna 62995
Kane County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 504 Geneva 60134	Kankakee Valley Genealogical Society P.O. Box 442 Bourbonnais 60914
Kendall County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 123 Yorkville 60560-0123	Kishwaukee Genealogists P.O. Box 5503 Rockford 61125-5503
Knox County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 13 Galesburg 61401-0013	Laharpe Historical & Genealogical Society P.O. Box 289 LaHarpe 61450
Lake County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 721 Libertyville 60048-0721	Lakes Region Historical Society 817 North Main,Box 240 Antioch 60003
Lasalle County Genealogy Guild 115 W. Glover Street Ottawa 61350	Lawrence County Genealogical Society RR 1,Box 44 Bridgeport 62417
Lee County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 63 Dixon 61021-0063	Lee County Historical Society 113 Madison Avenue Dixon 61021-0058
Lena Area Historical Society P.O. Box 620 Lena 61048	Lexington Genealogical & Historical Society 318 W. Main Street Lexington 61753
Logan County Genealogical & Historical Society 114 N. Chicago Street Lincoln 62656	Macon County Historical Society 5580 North Fork Road Decatur 62521
Macoupin County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 95 Staunton 62088	Macoupin County Historical Society P.O. Box 432 Carlinville 62626
Madison County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 631 Edwardsville 62025	Marion County Genealogical & Historical Society P.O. Box 342 Salem 62881
Marissa Historical & Genealogical Society P.O. Box 47 Marissa 62257-0047	Marshall County Historical Society P.O. Box 123 Lacon 61540
Mason County Genealogical & Historical Society P.O. Box 446 Havana 62644	Massac County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 1043 Metropolis 62960
McConnell Area Historical Society McConnell 61050	Mcdonough County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 202 Macomb 61455

Mchenry County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 184 Crystal Lake 60039-0184	Mclean County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 488 Normal 61761-0488
Mclean County Historical Society 200 N. Main Street Bloomington 61701	Mercer County Genealogical & Historical Society RR 2 Aledo 61231
Mercer County Historical Society 1406 SE 2nd Avenue Aledo 61231-2504	Meredosia Area Historical & Genealogical Society P.O. Box 304 Meredosia 62665
Monroe County Genealogical Society 508 N. 4th Dupo 62239	Montgomery County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 212 Litchfield 62056
Morgan Area Genealogical Association P.O. Box 84 Jacksonville 62651-0084	Moultrie County Genealogical & Historical Society P.O. Box 588 Sullivan 61951-0588
Mount Prospect Historical Society 101 South Maple Street Mount Prospect 60056-3203	Mt. Vernon Genealogical Society 101 South Seventh Mt. Vernon 62864
Neponset Historical Society Neponset Township Bureau County, Illinois (309)594-2197	Newberry Library's Friends Of Genealogy 60 West Walton Street Chicago 60610-7324
North Central Illinois Genealogical Society P.O. Box 4635 Rockford 61110	North Suburban Genealogical Society 768 Oak Street Winnetka 60093
Northern Will County Genealogical Society 603 Derbyshire Lane Bolingbrook 60439	Northwest Suburban Council Of Genealogists P.O. Box A C Mount Prospect 60056
O'Fallon Historical Society P.O. Box 344 O'Fallon 62269	Odell Prairie Trails Historical & Genealogical Society P.O. Box 82 Odell 60460
Ogle County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 251 Oregon 61061	Peoria County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 1489 Peoria 61655
Perry County Historical Society 108 W. Jackson St. Pinckneyville 62274	Piatt County Genealogical & Historical Society P.O. Box 111 Monticello 61856
Pike/Calhoun Genealogical Society P.O. Box 104 Pleasant Hill 62366	Polish Genealogical Society Of America 984 Milwaukee Avenue Chicago 60622
Putnam County Historical Society Hennepin 61327	Historical Society of Quincy And Adams County 425 South 12th Quincy 62301
Randolph County Genealogical Society 600 State Street,Suite 306 Chester 62233	Richland County Genealogical & Historical Society P.O. Box 202 Olney 62450
Rock Island Arsenal Historical Society Rock Island Arsenal Rock Island 61299	Rock Island County Historical Society P.O. Box 632 Moline 61265
Rossville Genealogical & Historical Society 108 West Attica Street Rossville 60963	Saline County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 4 Harrisburg 62946
Sangamon County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 1829 Springfield 62705	Schaumburg Genealogical Society 32 West Library Lane Schaumburg 60194-3421
Schuyler-brown Genealogical Society 200 South Congress Rushville 62681	Shelby County Historical &Genealogical Society P.O. Box 286 Shelbyville 62565
South Suburban Genealogical And Historical Society 3000 W. 170^th Place Hazel Crest, IL 60429-1174 Phone 708-335-3340	St. Clair County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 431 Belleville 62222-0431
St. Clair County Historical Society 701 East Washington St. Belleville 62220	Stark County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 83 Toulon 61483
Stephenson County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 514 Freeport 61032	Stephenson County Historical Society 1440 S. Carroll Ave. Freeport 61032
Tampico-area Historical Society & Museum 119 S. Main Street Tampico 61283	Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society P.O. Box 312 Pekin 61554
Tinley Moraine Genealogists 17101 S. 71st St. Tinley Park 60477	Union County Genealogical & Historical Society 101 East Spring Street Anna 62906

Versailles Area Genealogical And Historical Society P.O. Box 92 Versailles 623378	Warren County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 761 Monmouth 61462-0761
Warren County Historical Society RR 2 Avon 61415	Warren Township Historical Society 4690 Old Grand Ave. Gurnee 50031
Washington County Historical Society 326 South Kaskaskia Street Nashville 62263	Waukegan Historical Society 1917 North Sheridan Road Waukegan 60087
Waverly Genealogical & Historical Society 157 East Tremont Waverly 62692	White County Historical Society P.O. Box 121 Carmi 62821
Whiteside County Genealogists P.O. Box 145 Sterling 61081	Will/grundy Genealogical Society P.O. Box 24 Wilmington 60481
Williamson County Historical Society 105 South Van Buren Marion 62959	Winnebago/Boone Counties Genealogical Society P.O. Box 10166 Rockford 61131-0166
Zion Genealogical Society 2400 Gabriel Avenue Zion 60099

NW Indiana Historical Societies:

Duneland Historical Society P.O. Box 809 Chesterton, IN 46304	Dyer Historical Society Dyer Town Hall Dyer, IN 46311
East Chicago Historical Society 2401 East. Columbus Dr. East Chicago, IN 46312	Gary Historical & Cultural Society P.O. Box M-603 Gary, IN 46401
Griffith Historical Society P.O. Box 678 Griffith, IN 46319	Hammond Historical Society 564 State St. Hammond, IN 46320
Heritage Society Of Northwest Indiana P.O. Box 508 Chesterton, IN 46304-0508	Hessville Historical Society 7205 Kennedy Ave. Hammond, IN 46323
Highland Historical Society 2611 Highway Ave. Highland, IN 46322	Historic Archaeological Research 4338 Hadley Court West Lafayette 47906
Hobart Historical Society P.O. Box 24 Hobart, IN 46342	Indiana Historical Society 315 W. Ohio St. Indianapolis, IN 46202-3210
Lake County Historical Society Courthouse Sqaure Suite 202 Crown Point, IN 46410	Lake Station Historical Society P.O. Box 5253 Lake Station, IN 46405-2232
Munster Historical Society 1005 Ridge Rd. Munster, IN 46321	Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society 154 Granite St. Valparaiso, IN 46383
Historical Society of Ogden Dunes 115 Hillcrest Rd. - 101 Ogden Dunes, IN 46368-1001	Portage Community Historical Society 2100 Willowcreek Rd. Portage, IN 46368
Schererville Historical Society P.O. Box 333 Schererville, IN 46375	St. John Historical Society P.O. Box 134 ST. John, IN 46373
Three Creeks Historical Association 1505 Commercial Ave Lowell, IN 46356