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| Holy Trinity Russian & Green Orthodox Church Chicago, Illinois [public domain image, from Wikimedia Commons] |
For those researching in the Chicago area, here are two websites
you will want to add to your favorites list:
ChicagoAncestors.org,
a project created by those wonderful folks at the Newberry Library, includes
city directories, maps, architecture and building history, and much more. Click
on the TOOLS tab at the top or BROWSE to see all the great collections they
have available! The WHAT’S NEW tab will take you to their blog.
Genealogy
Online provides access to historical Cook County vital records. Search for
birth, marriage and death records from 1872! Access is restricted to birth
records 75 years or older, marriage records 50 years or older, and death
records 20 years or older. If you find a record, ordering it is quick and easy!
For a relatively small fee, you can order a record and download a copy of it in
just minutes.
© 2012 Denise Spurlock, Ancestral Trees Research
LOVE those sites. I couldn't begin to track my Chicago ancestors without them!
ReplyDeleteMy ancestors were only in Chicago for a few years prior to the Great Fire - I sure wish the other counties/states in which they lived had such wonderful resources.
DeleteThanks for posting these! I am helping a friend with her genealogy and hopefully these sites will help with her Chicago ancestors.
ReplyDeleteI hope so, too!
DeleteGreat resources - thanks so much!
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