Database of 1929
Illinois Roll of Honor
This database indexes the 1929
publication, Roll of Honor, which contains the locations of
the burial places of soldiers, sailors, marines, and army nurses who
served in any of the wars of the United States and are buried in
Illinois. The database contains more than 72,000 names. The General
Assembly mandated in 1927 and 1929 that Illinois publish the Roll
of Honor as an aid to patriotic and veteran organizations honoring deceased veterans
on Memorial Day. The Grand Army of the Republic, United Spanish-American
War Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans of the
World War, and the 33rd
Division War Veterans Association were among the various
organizations that gathered the information.
The database was created and donated
to the Illinois State Archives by Fred Delap of Kansas, Illinois.
Delap, a volunteer with the Edgar County Genealogical Society, has
also indexed the names of Illinois veterans of the War of 1812,
Winnebago War, Black Hawk War, Mexican War, Civil War, and
Spanish-American War.
Photocopies
After consulting the database, the
researcher needs to provide the name of the deceased veteran and
volume and page numbers of the Roll of Honor on which the
veteran’s name appears. The Archives will send an uncertified and
unofficial copy of the veteran’s entry in the Roll of Honor.
For each veteran the entries variously include name; war of service;
rank; unit and company or naval vessel of veteran’s service; date
of death; names of county, city or township, and cemetery where
veteran is buried; and location of burial in cemetery. As a result
of limitations on research time, Archives staff can photocopy no
more than 2 entries per request.
To request photocopies contact:
Illinois State Archives
Reference Unit
Margaret Cross Norton Building
Capitol Complex
Springfield, Illinois 62756 |
Telephone: (217) 782-3556
Fax: (217) 524-3930
Submit
a Request Via the Internet |
Abbreviations
Abbreviations used in the 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor database are:
| B |
– |
Black Hawk War |
R |
– |
Revolutionary War |
| C |
– |
Civil War |
S |
– |
Spanish-American War |
| I |
– |
Indian War |
W |
– |
World War I |
| M |
– |
Mexican War |
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