The area covered by Heartland Genealogical Services includes a wide variety of genealogical record repositories and libraries. Local Libraries often offer a good selection of published genealogical materials as well as compiled manuscripts.
Most local libraries have unique resources available in no other place.
Browning Memorial Library in Mount Vernon, Illinois offers a large range of published material on nearly all Illinois counties. Illinois Regional Archives Depository in Carbondale houses many original primary source records for Southern Illinois which have been transferred from the local courthouses. Willard Library in Evansville, Indiana contains a variety of published and microfilm material on Indiana, southern Illinois, and western Kentucky. LDS Family History Centers in the area offer enormous possibilities for extensive research.