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</font><b style=""><font size="6">Illinois Genealogy Research</font></b></font></span></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">This presentation covers an overview of research in Illinois, including: state resources, local resources and records (including an overview of typical courthouse records created in Illinois\u2014land, court, probate, and vital), and records access. Additionally statewide research facilities and an overview of their collections and materials will be discussed.</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Also included will be a brief discussion of searching the FamilySearch catalog and accessing and using various websites of state agencies and organizations. A general methodology for accessing records in Illinois will also be included.</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">The presentation will be approximately 90 minutes in length. Handout with links to various websites discussed will be included.</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Michael John Neill is an Illinois native and the eighth generation in one family line to have lived in Illinois. He has actively researched his Illinois ancestors since the early 1980s and is an experienced courthouse and archives researcher. His presentations are informative yet engaging and practical.</font></p><p><a href="https://michael-john-neill.dpdcart.com/cart/add?product_id=86654&method_id=90421"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Order for immediate download for $22.</font></a></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif" size="6"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b style="">Chancery Records at the Library of Virginia</b></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(70,112,127)"><span style="color:rgb(70,112,127)">This presentation will begin with a broad overview of the chancery court system in Virginia and how to determine what courts might have heard cases in which your ancestor might have been involved. The presentation will discuss search strategies for querying the chancery court records database on the Library of Virginia website, how to organize and track those searches, and how to organize and download images of actual records housed on the site.</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(70,112,127)"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(70,112,127)"><a href="https://michael-john-neill.dpdcart.com/cart/add?product_id=244581&method_id=267190" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(3,169,244)">Order now for immediate download\u2013$22.</a> <font color="#000000"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></font></font></p><p><a href="https://michael-john-neill.dpdcart.com/cart/add?product_id=86654&method_id=90421"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Order for immediate download for $22.</font></a></p><ul 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