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America’s Story from America’s Library website
http://www.americaslibrary.gov 
Brief, fun stories about events, people and activities in America’s past from the Library of Congress. Includes photos and videos. 

Illinois State Archives Online Databases 
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/home.html
Searchable databases of Illinois veterans from the War of 1812 through the Spanish-American War, marriage records through 1900, death records through 1950, land tract sales and servitude and emancipation records.  

Big Woods Cemetery 3S477 Eola Road, Naperville IL 
Contains the graves of World War I and Civil War soldiers, as well the grave of Israel Warner, a Revolutionary War soldier.

Naperville Cemetery 
750 S. Washington Street, Naperville IL  
Contains the graves of Naperville’s earliest settlers including Joseph Naper, soldiers  from many different wars and circus and rodeo performers. 

Naperville Public Libraries 
Local history in Reference section of Adult Services has maps, engravings, family  histories, school yearbooks, early census lists and a host of cool old stuff for   atmospheric inspiration. A brand-new book with results from the recent reading of  headstones in Naperville Cemetery has just been published and should be in the   library soon. 

Naperville Public Libraries Online
www.naperville-lib.org/research/genealogy-local-history
Scanned primary source material of Illinois history. Includes the Naperville Heritage Collection which features the 1886 Business Directory, Telephone Directories starting in 1909, the Centennial Program and photos from the Sesquicentennial, among other items. 

Eyewitness to History website
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com   
Primary source material from actual individuals starting in Ancient Times and continuing on to the present. Includes quotes, writings, photos and videos.  

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