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Finding Your Chicago Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide to Family History in the City and Cook County
by Grace DuMelle
c2005
Available at Lake County Public Libraray http://www.lakeco.lib.in.us/
For more information on Chicago Genealogy: http://www.newberry.org/genealogy/collections.html
Grace Dumelle spoke at a Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society meeting recently. For a list of upcoming programs see the NWIG Society Web Site at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~innwigs/ .
Self-Service Facilities:
--Illnois Regional Archives Depository
at Northeastern Illinois Univeristy (IRAD)
- http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradhome.html
- Good source for birth, marriage, and death records
--Family History Center in Wilmette, IL
2727 Lake Ave., Wilmette, IL 60091 (847) 251-9818
- Good source for birth, marriage, and death records
- Chicago Delayed Birth Indexes, 1871-1948
- Chicago, Illinois Birth Corrections & Indexes, 1871-1915
Online Resources:
Birth Records Online
- Chicago Public Schools Graduation Lists Board of Education Proceedings, 1933-34 to 1971-72 www.cpsalumni.org
Marriage Records Online
Cemetery Records Online
