IRAD - Illinois State University

Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) IRAD - Illinois State University

IRAD—Illinois State University (ISU) Illinois Regional Archives Depository Illinois State University 2016 Warehouse Road Campus Box 1520 Normal, IL 61790-1520

Telephone: (309) 452-6027

Hours: Monday – Friday, except state holidays 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.; 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.


 * NOTE: The depository is staffed by graduate student interns. Because of class scheduling conflicts, hours may vary somewhat from the published schedule. Researchers are urged to call before planning a visit.

ISU Region: Champaign, DeWitt, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston, Logan, Marshall, McLean, Piatt, Tazewell

Records held at IRAD–ISU Discover what county records are held there.


 * 1) Click on the blue IRAD–ISU link above.
 * 2) Click on “Local Governmental Records Database”.
 * 3) Click on “Search” button.
 * 4) Select your county of interest and submit query.
 * 5) Results are records held by IRAD-EIU for your county.

Databases extracted from records at IRAD– ISU Discover what records are extracted and included in local, county or statewide databases.


 * 1) Click on your county of interest.
 * 2) Scroll to the bottom of the page to view databases pertinent to your town, county, or state.

Acrobat Reader required: IRAD PDF

IRAD welcomes mail and telephone requests for research help. No e-mail requests are available at this time. There is no charge for research help, except for photocopy costs. You will be informed if your copies exceed $5. Otherwise you will be billed for your copy requests. IRAD requests that you limit your request to 2 names at a time and that you wait for that response before submitting additional requests. Send your request directly to the IRAD regional depository holding the county records of interest. You may send requests to up to 5 different depositories at a time.