Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois

In this set of books, a state history volume is combined with the following county biographies and histories. Not all Illinois counties are covered by these volumes. 

When a multi-volume set is indicated for a county, usually the last volume focuses on county history and biographies. The first volume(s) deal with statewide information and biographies.  All were originally published between 1896 and 1920. Reprints are available for some volumes.

Most volumes include an index to the biography surnames, but some volumes have an independent every-name index as indicated in the table below.

Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois
County	WorldCat	Digital Copy	Family History Library	Index
Boone	Other Libraries	Internet Archive Vol 2  Ancestry Vol 1 and 2($)	FHL Fiche 6334303 (First of 6, includes index)
Carroll	Other Libraries	Vol 1 Internet Archive Vol 2 Internet Archive Ancestry ($)	FHL Book 977.3345 H2c v.1	Other Libraries FHL Film 907988 Item 6
Cass	Other Libraries	Vol 1 Internet Archive Vol 2 Internet Archive	FHL Film 825554	FHL Book 977.3465 H2m v. 2 index
Champaign	Other Libraries	Univ. of IL Internet Archive Vol 1 Internet Archive Vol 2 Ancestry ($) Vol 1 and 2	Vol 2 FHL Film 825557	Other Libraries
Christian	Other Libraries		FHL Film 934973 Items 2-3
Clark	Other Libraries	Internet Archive Ancestry ($)	FHL Film 934973 Item 4	Other Libraries FHL Book 977.371 H22n
Coles	Other Libraries	Internet Archive Ancestry ($)	FHL Film 825561
Cook	Other Libraries	FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol 2 Family History Archive vol 1 and 2 Internet Archive Vol 1  Internet Archive Vol 2 Ancestry ($) Vol 1 and 2	FHL Fiche 6050914 (Vol 1, 8 fiche) 6050915 (Vol 2, 7 fiche) Book 977.31 H2c v. 1
Crawford	Other Libraries	Heritage Quest Books Ancestry ($)	FHL Film 496539
Douglas	Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library		FHL Book 977.368 H2i	FHL Book 977.368 H2i index
DuPage	Other Libraries	Vol 1 Internet Archive Vol 2 Internet Archive Ancestry ($) Vol 1 and 2	FHL Book 977.324 H2d v.2	Other Libraries
Edgar	Other Libraries	Heritage Quest Books Ancestry ($)	FHL Fiche 6072259 (Set of 9)	Other Libraries
Effingham	Other Libraries	Heritage Quest Books	FHL Film 825569
Fayette	Other Libraries		FHL Book 977.3797 H2f 1972
Fulton	Other Libraries	Internet Archive Ancestry ($)	FHL Book 977.348 H2f	Other Libraries FHL Book 977.348 H2f index
Grundy	Other Libraries	Archive	Vol 2 FHL Film 825576
Hancock	Other Libraries		FHL Book 977.3 D3bh Mesa FHC
Henderson	Other Libraries		FHL Film 825577
Jo Daviess	Other Libraries	Internet Archive
Kane	Other Libraries	Internet Archive	FHL Book 977.323 H2k	Other Libraries
Kankakee	Other Libraries	Vol 1 FamilySearch Digital Library Vol 2 FamilySearch Digital Library Internet Archive Vol 1	FHL Book 977.363 H2k 1973 v. 2	Other Libraries
Kendall	Other Libraries	Vol 1 and 2 Ancestry ($)	FHL film 934992 Items 3-4	Other Libraries FHL Book 977.3263 D32de(1991) FHL 977.3 A1 no. 305 (1987)
Knox	Other Libraries	Internet Archive Ancestry ($)	FHL Fiche 6048192 Fiches 1-16; Film 934993 Item 2;Book 977.349 H2k v. 1, 977.349 H2k v. 2	Other Libraries FHL Book 977.349 H22j
Lake	Other Libraries	Ancestry ($)	FHL Film 982036 Item 1	FHL Book 977.321 H2 index
Lawrence	Other Libraries	Heritage Quest Books	FHL Collection
Lee	Other Libraries	Internet Archive Ancestry ($)	FHL Film 825583
Livingston	Other Libraries	Vol 1 FamilySearch Digital Library Vol 2 FamilySearch Digital Library Internet Archive
McDonough	Other Libraries	Internet Archive Vol 1 Internet Archive Vol 2 Ancestry ($)
McLean	Other Libraries	Vol 1 FamilySearch Digital Library Vol 2 FamilySearch Digital Library Internet Archive Vol 1 Vol 1 and 2 Ancestry ($)	FHL Film 908777 Item 1, vol 1; Film 908778 Item 1, vol 2 Book 977.359 H2m v.1-2
Mercer	Other Libraries	Internet Archive Ancestry ($)	FHL Fiche 6078640
Montgomery	Other Libraries		FHL Film 825594
Morgan	Other Libraries	Heritage Quest Books Ancestry ($)	FHL Film 896937 Book 977.3463 H2m, 3 vols.
Ogle	Other Libraries	Internet Archive Vol 1 Archive Vol 2	FHL Film 825595
Peoria	Other Libraries	Internet Archive Vol 1 Internet Archive Vol 2	FHL Film 825596	Other Libraries
Piatt	Other Libraries	Internet Archive Vol 1 Internet Archive Vol 2		Other Libraries FHL Book 977.3673 H2h index
Rock Island	Other Libraries	Internet Archive Vol 1 Internet Archive Vol 2 Ancestry ( $)	FHL Film 1000512 Item 4
Sangamon	Other Libraries	Univ. of Ill. Internet Archive Vol 1 Internet Archive Vol 2:1 Internet Archive Vol 2:2	FHL Book 977.356 H2sc v. 1-2	Other Libraries
Schuyler	Other Libraries	Internet Archive Ancestry ($)	FHL Book 977.3475 H2sh	FHL Book 977.3475 H2sh index
Shelby	Other Libraries		FHL Film 825605	FHL Book 977.3 A1 no. 5
St. Clair	Other Libraries	Vol 1 and 2 Ancestry ($)	FHL Film 1000513 Items 2-3	Other Libraries
Tazewell	Other Libraries	Heritage Quest Books Ancestry ($) Vol 1 and 2	FHL Collection FHL Book 977.378 H2b
Wabash	Libraries	Heritage Quest Books
Warren	Other Libraries	Ancestry ($) Vol 1 and 2	FHL Film 825608
Winnebago	FamilySearch Digital Library Vol 2 FamilySearch Digital Library	FHL Book 977.331 H2w v. 1–2	Other Libraries FHL Film 1421993 Item 22
City of Evanston	Other Libraries	Vol 1 FamilySearch Digital Library Vol 2 FamilySearch Digital Library Internet Archive Vol 1 Internet Archive Vol 2	FHL Film 934978 Items 3-4; FHL Book 977.31/E1 H2e v.1-2
Biographical and Memorial Edition	Vol 1 Other Libraries Vol 2 Other Libraries	Internet Archive Vol 1 Internet Archive Vol 2