Chicagoland Websites
A Look At Cook: www.alookatcook.com Center for Research Libraries, University of Chicago: http://catalog.crl.edu/search~S3 Chicago Ancestors: www.chicagoancestors.org Chicago and Northwestern Historical Society: http://www.cnwhs.org/archives_genealogy.htm Chicago Genealogical Society: www.chicagogenealogy.org Chicago History Museum: www.chicagohistory.org Chicago Public Library: Chicago History:www.chipublib.org/chic;go-history Chicago Public Library: Neighborhoods: www.chipublib.org/archival_subject/neighborhoods/ Cook County Circuit Clerk Naturalization Index: http://www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/NR Cook County Coroner’s Inquest Records to 1911: www.ilsos.gov/isairad/cookinquestsrch.jsp Cook County Genealogy: www.cookcountygenealogy.com Encyclopedia of Chicago: http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org National Archives Great-Lakes Region Chicago, IL: www.archives.gov/chicago/archives/genealogy.html
National Websites with Chicago Records: www.Elephind.com Free Digitized Chicago Newspapers www.familysearch.org Chicago Roman Catholic Parish Records 1833-1925 Cook County Birth/Marriage/Death Indexes 1871-1940 (ish) Illinois Death Index 1916-1947 Illinois State Census 1855 & 1865 (head of household only) Fold3 www.fold3.com Chicago Tribune Newspapers 1848-1923 Chicago City Directories 1839-1923
Internet Archives www.archive.org Chicago City Directories Chicago antiquities: including Chicago business directory for 1839 by Henry Higgins Hurlbut Reminiscences of early Chicago and vicinity by Edwin Oscar Gale Biographical sketches of some of the early settlers of the city of Chicago by Robert Patterson History of Chicago by John Moses
Records Repositories
Cook County/Chicago
Archdiocese of Chicago Roman Catholic Joseph Cardinal BernardinArchives & Records Center 711 West Monroe St.Chicago, Illinois 60661 Phone: (312) 534-4400 General Inquiries: [email protected] Website: http://archives.archchicago.org
Chicago History Museum 1601 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL Phone: (312) 642-4600 Email: [email protected] Website: www.chicagohistory.org
Chicago Public Library, Herald Washington Branch 400 S. State Street, Chicago, IL Phone: (312) 747-4300 Email: [email protected] Website: www.chipublib.org
Irish American Heritage Center 4626 N Knox Ave.Chicago, IL 60630 Phone: (773) 282-7035 Email: [email protected] Website: http://irish-american.org
National Archives: Great Lakes Branch Address: 7358 South Pulaski Road Chicago, IL Phone: (773) 948-9001 Email: [email protected] Website: www.archives.gov/chicago
Newberry Library 60 west Walton Street Chicago, IL Phone: (312) 255-3512 Email: [email protected] Website: www.newberry.org
South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society 3000 W 170th Pl, Hazel Crest, IL 60429 Phone: (708) 335-3340 Email: [email protected] Website: http://ssghs.org/wp Pullman Collection: http://www.ssghs.org/pullman.htm
University of ChicagoRegenstein Library 1100 57th Street Chicago, IL Phone: Reference Desk (773) 702-4685 Contact Form: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/ask/RBICask.html Website: www.uchicago.edu
University of Illinois at Chicago: Richard J. Daley Memorial Library 801 S. Morgan, Chicago, IL Phone: Reference desk (312) 996-2726 Website: http://library.uic.edu/daley Historical Building Permit Database: https://sites.google.com/site/uiclibmaps/permits
U.S. Railroad Retirement Board U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Congressional Inquiry Section 844 North Rush Street Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092 Phone: (877) 772-5772 Website: www.archives.gov/atlanta/public/railroad-retirement-board-records.html Index Search: http://quicklook.midwestgenealogycenter.org/
Will County Repositories:
Lewis University: Regional History Collection One University ParkwayRomeoville, IL 60446 Dennis H. Cremin - Director of the History Center Phone: (815) 836-5862 Email [email protected] Website: http://www.lewisu.edu/imcanal/index-imcanal.htm
Lockport Area Genealogical and Historical Society 222 E. 9th Street Lockport, IL 60441 Email: [email protected] Website: www.lockporthistory.org/default.htm
Will County Historical Society 803 S State St, Lockport, IL 60441 Phone: (815) 838-5080 Contact: http://willcohistory.org/contact Website: http://willcohistory.org
Will County Archive Center 806 Nicholson St. Joliet, 60435 Phone: (815) 774-7494 Email: [email protected]
Other Locales around Illinois:
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library 112 North Sixth Street Springfield, IL 62701 Phone:(217) 558 8844 Email:[email protected] Website: www.illinois.gov/alplm/library/Pages/default.aspx
Illinois State Archives Margaret Cross Norton Building, Springfield, IL 62701 Phone:(217) 782-4682 Contact: http://www.ilsos.gov/ContactFormsWeb/isa_contact.jsp Website: www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/home.html
Illinois State Library 300 S 2nd St, Springfield, IL 62701 Phone: (217) 785-5600 Contact: http://www.ilsos.gov/ContactFormsWeb/email_ref.jsp Email: [email protected]
Illinois Regional Archives Depository Regional History CenterFounders Memorial Library, Rm. 400 Northern Illinois UniversityDeKalb, IL 60115 Phone: (815)753-1807 Website: www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/IRAD/niu.html