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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ILLINOIS GENEALOGY
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ARCHIVES / LIBRARIES / SOCIETIES
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GENERAL GENEALOGY
- Ancestry.com message boards: surnames, localities, topics
- Ask the experts
- Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites
- Genealogical forms to download
- Artifacts and Heirlooms Record, Biographical Outline, Cemetery Transcription Form, Census Forms, Correspondence Log, Deed Index, Military Records Checklist, Note-Taking Forms, Research Calendar, Time Capsules.....and more!
- RootsWeb
RootsWeb guide to tracing family trees
RootsWeb mailing lists
RootsWeb Surname List
USGenWeb Project
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