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Chicago and Cook County

Newspapers and Periodicals

• Arlington Heights Post Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Blue Island Sun Standard. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Burial Permits - printed in the Chicago Tribune : 1 Jan 1900,  15 March 1900, 27 April 1901. 22 April 1902, 23 April 1902,  25 December 1903, 26 December 1903, 14 July 1909. Genealogy Trails.
   
• The Chicago Daily Democratic Press Index for the Year 1855. Chicago: Works Project Administration, 1940.
   
• The Chicago Daily News, 1871-1970s.  The News is the best source for obituaries.  It had about 4 times the number of obituaries carried by the Tribune. The problem is that it lacks an index.
   
• Chicago Daily News, 1879. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Chicago & Illinois Obituaries Archive  Includes Chicago Sun-Times (1986-Current) & Chicago Tribune (1985-Current) (ObitsArchive - requires payment)
   
• Chicago, Illinois. Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Chicago Irish Genealogy.com. This page contains interesting information about the contribution of the Irish to Chicago. Most of the information comes from newspaper research. Newspapers consulted include downtown dailies such as the Inter Ocean, Tribune and Daily News, an Irish weekly, The Chicago Citizen a daily paper published in the Stockyards neighborhood, The South Side Sun 1884-1908 and the Catholic weekly, The New World.
   
• Chicago Sun-Times Obituaries (recent) (Effective August 30, 2005, Death Notices and Guest Books remain online one year.)
   
• Chicago Sun-Times Obituary Index 1988-1995  Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• The Chicago Tribune.  ProQuest online product with coverage from 1849-1985. Every issue of this title includes the complete paper –cover to cover - with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF. Many libraries have subscriptions.
   
• Chicago Tribune Obituaries (recent). (Effective March 1, 2005, Obituaries and Guest Books remain online one year.)
   
• Chicago Tribune Obituary Index 1988-1997 (Ancestry.com - requires payment)
   
• Chronology of Chicago Newspapers. Chicago Public Library - Harold Washington Center.
   
• Cook County 1800 Obituaries. Cook County USGenWeb.
   
• Cook County 1900 Obituaries. Cook County USGenWeb.
   
• Cook County Genealogical Records. Chicago: DAR, 1972. Vol. 1: Obituaries from Oak Leaves (Oak Park, Illinois) July-November 1943; Vol. 4: Obituaries from Evanston Index (Evanston, Illinois) 1873-1875, 1880-1887.
   
• Cook County Herald (Arlington Heights). 1902, 1904-10, 1919-21, 1923, 1928-30, 1934-46, 1949, 1952-54, 1959-61, and 1965-66. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Cook County, IL Obituaries. Genealogy Trails.
   
• Cook County Newspapers. Cook County USGenWeb.
   
• Daily Herald (Arlington Heights). 1925-26, 1935, 1953, 1955, 1972, and 1977 Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Daily Herald (Chicago). 1901-77 Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Daily Herald (Suburban Chicago): Obituaries. Last 30 days.
   
• Daily Herald (Suburban Chicago): Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Daily Southtown Obituaries. Recent obituaries.
   
• Daily Southtown Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Des Plaines Times Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Dziennik Chicagoski Death Notices, 1890-1929
   
• Dziennik Chicagoski Death Notices, 1930-1971
   
• Economist (Chicago). 1958, 1960, 1970, and 1974. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Elk Grove Times Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Evanston Review Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Franklin Park Herald Journal Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Gazette Article Archives. Winnetka Historical Society.
   
• Helge, Jan. The Greater Roseland Area of Chicago, Volume 1. South Holland, Illinois: South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society, 1990. Newspaper extractions from The Calumet Weekly Index, 1909.
   
• Helge, Jan and Paula Malak. The Greater Roseland Area of Chicago. Volume 4. South Holland, Illinois: South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society, 1992. Newspaper extracts, 1882-1894.
   
• Herald (Arlington Heights). 1902-10, 1919-23, 1928-46, 1949, 1952-78.  Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Highland Park Obituary Index, 1874-2004
   
• Hollowak, Thomas L. and William F. Hoffman. Index to the Obituaries and Death Notices Appearing in the Dziennik Chicagoski, 1900-1909. Chicago: Polish Genealogical Society, 1987.
   
• Hollowak, Thomas L. and William F. Hoffman. Index to the Obituaries and Death Notices Appearing in the Dziennik Chicagoski, 1910-1919. Chicago: Polish Genealogical Society, 1988.
   
• Hollowak, Thomas L. and William F. Hoffman. Index to the Obituaries and Death Notices Appearing in the Dziennik Chicagoski, 1920-1929. 2 volumes.  Chicago: Polish Genealogical Society, 1991.
   
• IIT Campus Newspaper Project 1928-1980. Paul V. Galvin Library.
   
• Illinois Newspaper Holdings. Newberry Library.
   
• Illinois Newspaper Project
   
• Illinois Newspaper Project Database: Chicago
   
• Illinois State Genealogical Quarterly Index: Cook County.
   
• Journal (Chicago).  1969, and 1971-76.  Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Journal and Topics Newspapers: Obituaries. Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Palatine, Rolling Meadows, Wheeling.
   
• Journal and Topics Newspapers: Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Lake Zurich Courier: Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Lerner Newspapers. The Lerner Newspaper microfilm collection includes newspapers from Chicago neighborhoods and suburbs ranging from 1905-1993.
   
• Liberty Suburban Chicago Newspapers: Obituaries. Recent obituaries. Lemont.
   
• Liberty Suburban Chicago Newspapers: Obituaries. Recent obituaries. Bartlett - Bloomingdale - Carol Stream - Glendale Heights - Hanover Park - Itasca - Roselle - Streamwood
   
• Liberty Suburban Chicago Newspapers: Obituaries. Recent obituaries. Bolingbrook - Lisle - Naperville - Romeoville - Woodridge
   
• Life Obituaries - Berwyn - Cicero - Forest View - Stickney
   
• Lincolnwood Review Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Local Newspapers Online in Cook County.
   
• Long, Suzanne Geis, abstractor, and Deborah J. Somerville, editor. South Side Snippets: Lake County (IN) Times Extracts covering West Pullman, Burnside, Pullman, Roseland, Widsor Park, Dauphin Park, and Kensington, Illinois. Written and compiled by John H. Volp. South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society Research Series, Vol. 10. South Holland, Illinois: South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society, 2000.
   
• Marriage Licenses Issued as reported in the Chicago Tribune. Genealogy Trails.
   
• Marriages - Engagements  - Anniversaries in Cook County (Articles from various Newspapers). Genealogy Trails.
   
• Maywood Herald Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Melrose Park Herald: Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Morton Grove Champion: Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Mount Prospect Times: Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• News (Chicago). 1974-76. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• News Journal World (Chicago).  1958, 1960, 1964, 1968-72 and 1974-77. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Newspaper Abstracts: Cook.
   
• Newspaper Gossip and Other News Items for Cook County Residents. Genealogy Trails.
   
• Newspaper Index to the Chicago Tribune. Wooster, Ohio: Bell & Howell, 1972-
   
• Newspaper Index to the Chicago Sun-Times. Wooster, Ohio: Bell & Howell, 1979-1982.
   
• Newspaper List of Wills Filed in Probate Court [as reported in the Chicago Tribune] by Tim Torp, Genealogy Trails.
   
• 1914-1918 Obituaries of Armed Forces Personnel .by Kim Torp, Genealogy Trails.
   
• Northbrook Star: Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Northlake Herald-Journal: Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Northwest Journal (Chicago). 1969-72. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Oak Lawn Public Library Local History Page: Local Newspapers. This is a partial index to over 54,000 references to articles found in the following newspapers from the period June 1, 1988-  Daily Southtown (south ed.), Oak Lawn Independent, Oak Lawn Reporter, Southtown Economist (south ed.), Southwest Courier (1998-December 31 2000), Southwest News-Herald (Oak Lawn ed.), and Village View (1994-). This is not a complete index. Rather, the newspapers have been examined for articles dealing with Oak Lawn and the immediate area. Nevertheless, items concerning many other suburbs have been included. Obituaries are not included.  However, a separate obituary index to local suburban newspapers for the years 1985- is available.
   
• Oak Leaves (Oak Park): Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Obituaries A-F    USGenWeb Illinois Archives
   
• Obituaries G-M   USGenWeb Illinois Archives
   
• Obituaries N-S   USGenWeb Illinois Archives
   
• Obituaries T-Z    USGenWeb Illinois Archives
   
• Obituaries of the Blue Island Sun Standard - Index, 7 Feb. 1919-31 Dec. 1934. South Holland, Illinois: South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society.
   
• Obituaries from Czech Newspaper Denni Hlasatel, 1891-1899. Volume I. Chicago: Chicago Genealogical Society.
   
• Obituaries from Czech Newspaper Denni Hlasatel, 1930-1939. Volume II. Chicago: Chicago Genealogical Society.
   
• Obituaries from Czech Newspaper Denni Hlasatel, 1940-1949. Volume III. Chicago: Chicago Genealogical Society.
   
• Obituary Index: Cook County, Illinois.
   
• Rolling Meadows Review: Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• St. Francis Xavier Parish (Wilmette). Recent Deaths.
   
• Schaumburg Review: Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Search the Obituary File. Morton Grove Public Library.
   
• Skokie Newspaper Index. Skokie Public Library. Skokie is currently served by one local newspaper, the Skokie Review.  The Library also has back issues of The News, which ceased publication in 1984, and the Life: Skokie edition, which ceased publication in 2004.  These newspapers contain articles about local news, schools, and sports. 
   
• Skokie Review: Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Societies & Clubs (Articles from various Newspapers) Genealogy Trails.
   
• Southend Reporter (Chicago). 1976-77.  Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Southtown Economist (Chicago). 1921-22, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1942, 1958, 1961-64. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• The Star: Obituaries.
   
• Suburban Life Obituaries  Berkeley, Broadview, Brookfield, Countryside, Hillside, Hodgkins, Indian Head Park, La Grange, La Grange Park, Lyons, McCook, North Riverside, Riverside, Westchester, Western Springs, Willow Springs
   
• Suburbanite Economist (Chicago). 1905-1975. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Sucs, Loretto Dennis. Chicago and Cook County: A Guide to Research. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry Publishing Co., 1996. "Newspapers." pp. 436-449.
   
• Tinley Park Star: Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Vital Records from Chicago Newspapers, 1833-1848
   
• Vital Records from Chicago Newspapers. Chicago: Chicago Genealogical Society, 1971-1976. (Vol. 1: 1833-1839; Vol. II: 1840-1842; Vol. III: 1843-1844; Vol. IV: 1845; Vol. V: 1846; Vol. VI: 1847; Vol. VII: 1848).
   
• West Proviso Herald: Obituary Collection. Oak Park. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Wheeling Countyside: Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Wilmette Life Index. Full-text obituaries 1923-1929; obituary index 1951, 1978-present; news 1991-2004.
   
• Wilmette Life: Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• Wilmette Newspaper Index. Wilmette Public Library.
   
• Winnetka Talk: Obituary Collection. Ancestry.com subscription product.
   
• World (Chicago). 1972-77.  Ancestry.com subscription product.