Plainfield Tornado Collection
First-person accounts, stories, interviews and photos of the devastating F5 tornado that ripped through Oswego, Plainfield, Joliet and Crest Hill on August 28, 1990.
Plainfield Library History
Documents and photos representing the history of the Plainfield Area Public Library from its lending library roots in the 1890s to the present.
Digital Collections
Private family scrapbooks, photos, letters, diaries and postcards loaned to the Plainfield Library for digitization and preservation.
Local History Collection
Books, maps, phone directories, county histories and photos documenting the history of Plainfield and the surrounding communities.
Will County: Preserving History’s Heritage
Collections scanned through a 2009 Illinois State Library digitization grant.
Military Records
Photos, documents and memorabilia digitized in conjunction with recorded interviews with local veterans as part of the Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project.
Online Resources
- Allen County Public Library
- AncestryPlus Library Edition (onsite only - PAPL card required)
- Catholic Cemeteries Archdiocese of Chicago
- Cemetery Transcription Library
- Chicago Daily News Archive (PAPL card required)
- Chicago Genealogical Society
- Cook County Genealogy
- Cyndi's List
- Ellis Island Foundation
- FamilySearch
- Find-A-Grave
- Find My Past
- HeritageQuest (PAPL card required)
- Illinois State Archives
- Illinois State Genealogical Society
- Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
- Kendall County Historical Society
- Linkpendium
- National Archives
- National Genealogical Society of America
- Newberry Library
- Polish Genealogical Society of America
- Roots Ireland
- Rootsweb
- Stephen P. Morse Webpages
- USGenweb Project
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
- Chicago Daily News Archive (PAPL card required)
- Chicago History Museum
- Digitized Plainfield Enterprise Newspapers
- DuPage County Historical Society
- Encyclopedia of Chicago
- I&M Canal History Collection Lewis University
- Illinois Digital Archives
- Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
- Illinois National Historic Landmarks (Wikipedia)
- Illinois State Historical Society
- Joliet Herald News (PAPL card required)
- Joliet Historical Museum
- Kendall County Historical Society
- Landmarks Illinois
- Library History Buff
- Library of Congress digital collections
- National Archives Great-Lakes Branch
- Veterans History Project (Library of Congress)
- Will County Historic Preservation Committee
- Will County Historical Society
- Will County: Preserving History's Heritage