History & Genealogy Sites
Genealogy Sites
Local History Sites
Art Institute of Chicago's Chicago Architects Oral History Project
Chicago History Museum
Chicago Imagebase [Historical Images]
Chicago Metro History Fair
Cook County [IL] Genealogy
Database of IL Death Certificates 1916-1950
Digital Past
Encyclopedia of Chicago
Federal Land Plats of Illinois (1804-1891)
Frank Lloyd Wright
Genealogical Research in the IL State Archives
Illinois Clicks: Genealogy and Local History
Illinois Digital Archives
Illinois Periodicals Online
Kalo Foundation of Park Ridge
Newberry Library
Park Ridge History
Park Ridge Times Herald Obituaries Index
(1929-1968, 1973-1989)
General History Sites
American Civil War Homepage
American Journeys: Eyewitness Accounts of Exploration
American President.org
American Women's History
America's Historical Documents
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Digital History
Fashion History and Costumes
Gale's Salutes Black History Month!
Great Buildings Collection
Historical U. S.Census Data Browser
The History Beat
The History Channel
History--It's Happening!
History Matters
Internet Archive: Wayback Machine
Internet Public Library's Presidents of the United States
Letter from a Birmingham Jail--Martin Luther King, Jr.
--
PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat
Martin Luther King Jr. Newspaper Archive
National Archives and Records Administration
This Nation: Guide to American Government and Politics on the Web
Picture History
NYPL Digital Image Gallery
On This Day in History
SIRS Government Reporter
[
Only available within the Library or with a Park Ridge Library card
]
Today in History
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
