Illinois Genealogy Resources
Chicago and Cook County
There is an abundance of Chicago and Cook County resources for
genealogical and family history research.
Guides to Chicago Genealogical Research
- Chicago Ancestors.
Using Google Maps as its base, the Newberry library has mapped
the location of churches, homicide statistics, Chicago
neighborhood information, photos and more. Information on the
site includes:
- Church locations for Roman Catholic and Lutheran Churches along with information on where to access the church records.
- Locations of schools whose yearbooks are held by The Newberry Library or the Chicago History Museum.
- Bibliographies for each of Chicago's 77 community areas.
- Homicide records covering 1912-1917 and eventually will include 1910-1930.
- Photos of Chicago buildings.
- Chicago
Genealogy Research Articles by Michael John Neill.
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Chicago Genealogy - Newberry Library Bibliography
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Chicago Genealogy.com. Web site links for Cook County
research.
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Chicago Irish Genealogy.
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Chicagoland Genealogy Research Locations. An interactive map
of research facilities commonly used by genealogists.
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Cook County
Genealogy Online. Online birth, death and marriage
records available online from the Cook County Clerk's Office.
- Cook County
Genealogy. American History and Genealogy Project.
- Cook
County History and Genealogy. Genealogy Trails.
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Cook County, Illinois. RootsWeb.
- Cook
County Illinois Genealogy. Kindred Trails.
- Cook County,
Illinois Genealogy Resources. GenDir.com
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Cook County, Illinois GenWeb
- Cook County Illinois
Trails History and Genealogy.
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Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites: Cook County.
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Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites: Illinois
- DuMelle, Grace. Finding Your Chicago Ancestors: A
Beginner's Guide to Family History in the City and Cook County.
Chicago: Lake Claremont Press, 2005.
- Early Chicago.
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Encyclopedia of Chicago.
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Family History Library Catalog. Search "cook" or "chicago"
or the name of another Cook County township.
- Guide
to Jewish Genealogy in Chicago. by Mike Karsen. An excellent
guide to general genealogical research in Chicago.
- A Look at Cook County.
Genealogy in Cook County.
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Northern Region of ILGenWeb.
- Szucs, Loretto Dennis. Chicago & Cook County: A Guide to Research. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1996.