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* Cook County Illinois 1850 Federal Census (excluding the City of Chicago).
This publication includes all northern, eastern, and western townships, and eight southern townships. It also includes the 1850 Mortality Schedule for all of Cook County as well as miscellaneous information from the compiler's files: some 1860 census, some civil war records, birth and death dates. 306 p.
ORDERING CODE: B PRICE: $5.00

* Probate Court Records, Cook County Illinois, 1872-1873.
This publication contains abstracts of estate records, and pre-fire estate records restored from copies in the possession of individuals or title companies. It gives the names of the deceased, administratrix or executrix, sureties, survivors, heirs, widow; and dates of death, dates of letters, dates of proof of will, and dates inventory approved. It includes an all-name index. 92 p.
EXCERPT:
   Name of deceased: Michael Moore Date of death: October 17, 1872
   Administratrix: Susan Moore, his mother Date of letters: October 28, 1872
   Widow: none
   Heirs: Ambrose, Timothy and Susan Moore and Susan Callahan, his brothers and sisters
   Sureties: Patrick Condon, Dominick Mullanny Inventory Approved: --
   ORDERING CODE: D     PRICE: $5.00 (only one copy left)

* Cemetery at Altenheim, Forest Park Illinois.
This is a tombstone reading of The Altenheim German Old Peoples Home Cemetery located in Proviso Township in Cook County. It is arranged by burial location with an alphabetical index. It is a reprint of an article that appeared in our quarterly Vol. XXIII, No. 3. 20 p.
ORDERING CODE: J PRICE: $3.00

* Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago Illinois: Burials.
This ethnic cemetery is located in Jefferson Township in Cook County. Volumes 1-5 contain information extracted from the burial registers: age, death date, place of death, grave location, undertaker, and if the coroner was the attending physician. Volume 6 indexes all five volumes alphabetically, as well as by grave location. There are also important correcting entries to the first five volumes.
EXCERPT :
   Burial number: 6952 Burial date: 1892 Apr 4
   Name: Jan Chleboun Grave location: R.1-6-7
   Age: 34y Birthplace: Bohemia
   Dwelling: 758 Allport St Death date: 1892 Apr 1
   Coroner: yes Undertaker: Zajicek
   Remarks: 4/24/1905 moved from R.1-71-1
EXCERPTS FROM VOLUME VI:
   Alphabetical Index: Joseph Cada volumes 1,3,4,5
   Grave Location Index: Section 4-I-A: Josef Blavka, vol. II, and Frank Sikora, vol. III

    ORDERING CODE: K-1 1877-1887 193 p.     PRICE: $10.00
    ORDERING CODE: K-2 1888-1892     (out of stock)
    ORDERING CODE: K-3 1893-1895     (out of stock)
    ORDERING CODE: K-4 1896-1899 177 p.     PRICE: $10.00
    ORDERING CODE: K-5 1900-1902 151 p.     PRICE: $10.00
    ORDERING CODE: K-6 1877-1902, Indexes 271 p.     PRICE: $15.00

* Obituary Dates from the Denni Hlasatel.
Arranged alphabetically, lists obituary dates from this Chicago Czech-language newspaper that began in 1891. Tells where to find microfilmed copies of the newspaper. The obituaries often give birth place in the old country, age, birth date, immigration date, and survivors. Many were buried at Bohemian National Cemetery (see the above publication). Two other volumes, 1891-1899, and 1930-1939, are sold out.
EXCERPT :
Name: Jan Chleboun Issue date: 3 Apr 1892
ORDERING CODE: L-3 1940-1949 130 p. PRICE: $3.00

* Union Ridge Cemetery, Chicago Illinois.
This cemetery is located on the northwest side of Chicago in Norwood Park Township in Cook County. This book is a tombstone reading, and is arranged by burial location with an alphabetical index. It includes maps, photos of some tombstones, and tells the early history of Norwood Park and the cemetery. It also lists the Civil War burials in this cemetery, and the early settlers of Cook County. 160 p.
ORDERING CODE: M PRICE: $10.00