CHICAGO and COOK COUNTY GENEALOGY

• CEMETERIES
  Acacia Park Cemetery
  Bohemian National Cemetery
  Catholic Cemeteries at the Archdiocese of Chicago
  Cook County Cemeteries (Internment.net)
  Cook County Cemeteries (ISGS Cemetery Location Project)
  Graceland Cemetery map
  Graveyards of Chicago
  Mount Hope Cemetery
  Mount Olive Cemetery
  Register of Confederate soldiers who died in Camp Douglas, 1862-65 and lie buried in Oakwoods Cemetery
  Rosehill Cemetery
  Wunders Cemetery, Chicago - a CGS publication (and an Ancestry.com $ database)
  
• CENSUS
  A Look At Cook County
• CHURCHES
  Ada St. M.E. Church of Chicago: 1877 directory
  Archdiocese of Chicago
  Archdiocese of Chicago Archives and Records Center
  Catholic Churches in Chicago
  Catholic Churches in Chicago in 1926
  Chicago Church and Synagogue Records
  Chicago Parish Histories collection at the University of Notre Dame
  Church of the Epiphany, Ashland Boulevard and Adams Street: Parish history and year book (1897)
  Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Archives
  First Congregational Church of Chicago: directory of members in 1873
  First Presbyterian Church 1833-1913 (only 1894-1913 is transcribed here)
  Holy Trinity School Class 1883
  Hyde Park Presbyterian Church, 1860-1910: Fiftieth anniversary celebration
  New England Church, Chicago: directory of the congregation, 1891
  Polish parishes Jubilee index : a compilation of names appearing in Jubilee, History and Financial books published by parishes to commemorate special events in their church history
  Polish parishes birth index : Holy Trinity Jun 1876-Dec 1915, St. Mary/Angels Dec 1899-Dec 1915, St. Stanislaus Kostka Oct 1869-Aug 1891
  Polish parishes marriage index through 1915
  St. Charles Borromeo Church : Twelfth and Cypress Streets, Chicago: silver jubilee celebration, 1885-1910
  St. Michael's Catholic Church, Baptisms, 1870-1871- a German-speaking church on Cleveland Avenue
  St. Paul's Reformed Episcopal Church of Chicago: 1873 Directory
  
• CITY DIRECTORIES and STREET GUIDES
  1843, 1844, 1855/56, 1866, 1870, 1871 Edward's Census, 1873 Strangers' guide to the city of Chicago, 1875, 1880, 1885, Town of Lake, 1885, 1892, 1900, 1910, 1923, 1928/29
  Cook County Online Historical Directories. An index to directories on subscription and non-subscription websites.
  
• COUNTY GOVERNMENT OFFICES
  Chicago City Council Proceedings Files Index, 1833-1871
  Chicago City Council Proceedings
  Explore this collection of early petitions, ordinances, communications and other official records from 1827-1933 to discover how police and fire protection, public works, schools and taxation originated in Chicago. Find out about the construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal beginning in 1827, the incorporation of Chicago as a town in 1833, and the Great Fire of 1871 and its aftermath.
  Cook County Assessor's Office
  Search properties in by address, neighborhood, or PIN number. Besides property value information, site also provides age of building, and photos.
  Cook County Clerk's Office
  Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court
  Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court. Archives Department (Phil Costello)
  Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court. Naturalizations Declarations of Intent
  Cook County Recorder of Deeds
  Search properties by grantor/grantee, document number, PIN, trust number, find legal description.
• HISTORY
  Chicago in 1919
  Explore such topics as the 1919 race riot, new roles for women, the increasing uses of electricity, trends in the arts, labor organizing, business developments, and more. This unique multimedia history program makes you the historian as you sift through documents and photographs, listen to oral histories, and enjoy the top jazz, opera, and pop tunes of the day.
  Chicago Park District : history, background, organization (1936)
  Cook County IL Biographies
  Cook County IL Biographies
  Deaths, Disturbances, Disasters and Disorders in Chicago
  Cholera and influenza epidemics, Iroquois Theater and stock yards fires, Pullman strike, beer riots, etc.
  Digital Past - images of Chicago and suburbs
  Encyclopedia of Chicago
  Great Chicago Fire 1871 : list of missing, lost, found, and dead
  Old Chicago: history and architecture in vintage postcards
  World's Columbian Exposition of 1893
  World's Fair 1933-34 : A Century of Progress.
  Explore the theme of the fair, scientific discoveries and their impact on industry and daily life, by viewing 350 pamphlets and official publications of the fair from the University of Chicago Library's collection.
  
• MAPS/ATLASES
  Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
  This database gives the historical county boundaries of every county in the United States. You can view and download Adobe PDF files for any state that is of interest to you in your genealogical research. ie. Illinois. Each county in Illinois is listed alphabetically with a map showing the outline of the county at a given period of time. The time period is shown at the top of the map and there is an explanation of what change occurred to the map of the county during the time period in question.
  Chicagoancestors.org.
  "Discover the past by address." An interactive online map of Chicago where you can find and share historical information about Chicago. Are you researching the history of a neighborhood? Looking for the church where your great-grandparents got married? Interested in mapping the places where your ancestors lived?
  Chicago Imagebase (Maps)
  Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
  Index of various Chicago maps
  Sanborn Maps for Illinois. These historical fire insurance maps of Illinois often include detailed drawings of the businesses, and occasionally details about operational hours or numbers of employees. For additional information about Sanborn maps, click here.
  State maps
  Topographical maps
• MISCELLANEOUS
  Chicago club yearbooks
  Chicago Genealogy Research Articles by Michael John Neill
  Chicago Institutions (mainly hospitals, medical colleges) from the "Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois" ©1901
  Chicago Orphan Asylum - Fifty-ninth Annual Report of The Chicago Orphan Asylum, For the Year Ending 1 Dec 1908. Incorporated November 5, 1849. 5120 South Park Avenue, Chicago. Telephone 520 Oakland. Published 1909.
  Civil War Pension Index Cards
  Cook County, Illinois GenWeb Page
  Linkpendium Cook County Genealogy and Family History
  
• NEIGHBORHOODS
  Chicago's neighborhoods- this guide lists books, articles and maps in the Newberry Library and other links to neighborhood collections
  Chicago neighborhoods- explore Chicago's 77 distinct community areas and diverse neighborhoods on the City of Chicago's official tourism site. There is a downloadable, printable PDF map of the city. Discover stories and history on the North, West and South sides, and click on the neighborhood names for a more in-depth look at the communities.
  
  Additional neighborhood websites:
  Bridgeport
  Chicago Loop
  Edgewater Historical Society
  Englewood: Dorothy's 1945 Daily Diary
  Near West Side
  North Lawndale
  Northwest Chicago Historical Society
  Riverview Park
  Rogers Park-West Ridge Historical Society
  Southeast Side
  
• NEWSPAPERS and JOURNALS
  Chicago Daily News, Photographs 1902-1933
  Dziennik Chicagoski 1890-1929 : index of death notices and obituaries in Chicago's Polish language newspaper
  Dziennik Chicagoski 1930-1971 : index of death notices and obituaries in Chicago's Polish language newspaper
  Hyde Park Herald (1888-2008 when completely digitzed)
  List of articles about Cook County in ISGS quarterly
  West Side Newspaper Collection
  
• REAL ESTATE / PROPERTY
  Chicago Building Permits, 1898-1912
  Chicago Street Address Conversion Guide
  - In 1909, Chicago changed its street-numbering system for most of the city. Use this address conversion guide to find a building’s original address.
  Chicago Street Name changes
  
• SCHOOLS
  Austin High School records 1879-1971
  Chicago Public Schools graduation and attendee’s records : also find alumni, and more!
  Chicago school records : information, and what's at the Newberry Library
  Chicago schools : fact sheets, commencement programs, etc. (see boxes 35-37)
  Englewood High School records 1876-1959
  
• VITAL RECORDS
  Chicago and Cook County Online Death Records and Indexes
  Chicago Police Department Homicide Record Index, 1870-1930 (by Illinois State Archives)
  Chicago Police Department Homicide Record Index, 1870-1930 (by Northwestern Univ.)
  - search 11,000 Chicago homicide cases and view the case details
  Cook County Birth Certificates 1878-1922 (Familysearch.org)
  Cook County Birth Index, 1916-1935 (Ancestry.com)
  Cook County Birth Registers 1871-1915 (Familysearch.org)
  Cook County Clerk's Office. Search for B, M, D
  Cook County Coroner's Inquest Record Index, 1872-1911
  Cook County Deaths 1878-1922 (Familysearch.org)
  Cook County Death Index 1908-1988 (Ancestry.com)
  Cook County Marriage Index 1930-1960 (Ancestry.com)
  Cook County Marriage Licenses 1871-1920 (Familysearch.org)
  Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths 1916-1947
  Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916
  Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950
  Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900
  

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