CGS WEBLINKS

A potpourri of links for Chicago and Cook County genealogy; Illinois genealogy; Archives / Libraries / Societies; and General genealogy.

CHICAGO and COOK COUNTY GENEALOGY

• CEMETERIES
  Catholic Cemeteries at the Archdiocese of Chicago
  Cook County Cemeteries (Internment.net)
  Cook County Cemeteries (ISGS Cemetery Location Project)
  Graveyards of Chicago
  Walter Haertel Monument Records, 1903 to 1923
  Wunders Cemetery, Chicago - a CGS publication (and an Ancestry.com $ database)
  
• CENSUS
  A Look At Cook County
• CHURCHES
  Archdiocese of Chicago
  Catholic Churches in Chicago
  Chicago Church and Synagogue Records
  Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Archives
  German Lutheran Churches of Chicago
  Illinois Parish Histories collection at the University of Notre Dame
  Marriage Index for Polish Parishes in Chicago through 1915
  St. John Cantius Church, Birth Index, 1893-1895
  St. Michael's Catholic Church, Baptisms, 1870-1871- a German-speaking church on Cleveland Avenue
  
• CITY DIRECTORIES
  1843
  1844
  1855/56
  1866
  1928/29
  
• COUNTY GOVERNMENT OFFICES
  Chicago City Council Proceedings Files Index, 1833-1871
  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)
  
• DISASTERS
  Deaths, Disturbances, Disasters and Disorders in Chicago - cholera and influenza epidemics, Iroquois Theater and stock yards fires, Pullman strike, beer riots, etc.
  Great Chicago Fire : list of missing, lost, found, and dead
  
• HISTORY
  Chicago Timeline 1859-1952
  Digital Past - images of Chicago and suburbs
  Encyclopedia of Chicago
  Old Chicago: history and architecture in vintage postcardsNEW
  
• MAPS
  Chicagoancestors.org. Discover the past by address.
  Chicago Imagebase (Maps)
  Chicago Landmarks (Maps)
  Genealogy Research Locations - an interactive map project at the Newberry Library of genealogy research locations in Chicagoland
  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 Biography and Industry File NEW
  Chicago club yearbooks
  Chicago Orphan Asylum - Fifty-ninth Annual Report of The Chicago Orphan Asylum, For the Year Ending December 1, 1908. Incorporated November 5, 1849. 5120 South Park Avenue, Chicago. Telephone 520 Oakland. Published 1909.
  Cook County, Illinois GenWeb Page
  Family Search Research Wiki - Cook County, Illinois NEW
  Linkpendium Cook County Genealogy and Family History
  
• NEIGHBORHOODS
  - This guide lists books, articles and maps in the Newberry Library that describe various Chicago's neighborhoods.
  Andersonville
  Austin
  Beverly Hills
  Bridgeport
  Chatham-Grand Crossing
  Chicago Loop
  East Side
  Edgewater Historical Soc.
  Englewood
  Englewood: Dorothy's 1945 Daily Diary
  Hegewisch
  Humboldt Park
  Hyde Park
  Hyde Park Historical Soc.
  Lawndale-Crawford ("Mud Lake area")
  Lower West Side (Pilsen)
  Maxwell Street Market
  Morgan Park
  Near West Side
  North Lawndale
  North Lawndale
  Pullman
  Riverview Park
  Rogers Park-West Ridge Historical Soc.
  South Chicago
  South Deering
  South Lawndale
  South Shore
  Southeast Side
  West Garfield Park
  West (Near West) Side
  West Town
  Woodlawn
• NEWSPAPERS and JOURNALS
  Chicago Daily News, Photographs 1902-1933
  Daily Herald Index 1901-1956
  Death notices in Dziennik Chicagoski (a Polish-language newspaper)
  - 1890-1920
  - 1930-1971
  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
  Chicago Public Schools graduation and attendee’s records : also find alumni, and more! NEW
  Chicago School Records : information, and what's at the Newberry Library
  Chicago schools : fact sheets, commencement programs, etc. (see boxes 35-37)
  
• 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 Clerk's Office. Search for B, M, D NEW
  Cook County Coroner's Inquest Record Index, 1872-1911
  Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916
  Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950
  Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900
  Marriage Index for Polish Parishes in Chicago through 1915
  St. John Cantius Church, Birth Index, 1893-1895
  St. Michael's Catholic Church, Baptisms, 1870-1871- a German-speaking church on Cleveland Avenue
  

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