Records Available in the Urbana Free Library Archives
The following lists only a small portion of the data available in the Archives of the Urbana Free Library which is the home of the Champaign County Historical Archives, including a large research collection - see index, and has been designated the official historical agency for the county and houses a wide range of historical county documents. This is only a small part of the information available:
- Original marriage application books from 1878-1975
- Marriage licenses from 1833-1915 on microfilm
- Chancery Court records, 1834-1969
- Guardianship and conservator records, 1833-1922
- Naturalization papers, 1858-1930
- Mothers' Pension records, 1916-1941
- Probate records, 1833-1922
- Pre-1865 marriage records from courthouse records
- Marriage records compiled by the DAR
- Obituaries, 1920-26, 1939-41, 1969 and 1971-date
- Tomstone transcriptions from many Champaign County cemeteries
- Funeral home records
- Mortality schedules for 1860 and 1880
- Birth records, 1878-1901 and September 1907-June 1909
- Birth announcements, 1981-date
- Five-generation ancestor charts (pedigree charts), indexed
- Family files containing miscellaneous information - newspaper clippings, letters, military records, obituaries, etc.)
- The miscellaneous records file includes military, family and legal documents
- Judges Docket-Insanity Records, 24 Jan 1899-10 Mar 1915, indexed
- Certificates of moral character, 1889-1936
- Death certificates, 1896-1918
- Inquest records, 1986-1989
- Masonic degree arecords, Centennial Lodge #747, Philo
- Criminal records, 1839-1868
- Chattel Mortgate Docket Book, 1908-1925
- Illinois Veterans' Commission honor roll of veterans buried before 1 Jul 1955
- Published legal notices, The News-Gazette, 1990-date