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1871-1922 Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificates Index Ancestry online

1871-1922 Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificates Index Ancestry online

1916-1935 Cook County, Illinois Birth Index Ancestry online

Birth corrections and delayed births, 1916-1918 FamilySearch Library

Chicago birth certificates, 1878-1922 FamilySearch Library

Chicago birth registers, 1871-1915 FamilySearch Library

Chicago delayed birth indexes, 1871-1948 FamilySearch Library

Chicago, Illinois birth corrections and indexes, 1871-1915; unrelated, actual birth records, 1870s to 1940s FamilySearch Library

Chicago, Illinois birth records, 1896-1933 FamilySearch Library

Chicago, Illinois stillbirths (very incomplete), 1916, 1923-1925, 1927, 1929-1932, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1942 FamilySearch Library

Church records from the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago Archive Grid

Church records from the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago Archive Grid

Church records from the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago Archive Grid

Church records from the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago Archive Grid

Church records, 1846-1895 (microform), First St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Chicago, Ill.). Archive Grid

Church records, 1859-1985 (microform), First St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Chicago, Ill.). Archive Grid

Church records, Bethesda Lutheran Church (Chicago, Ill.). Archive Grid

Church records, Lutheran Church of the Redeemer (Chicago, Ill.). Archive Grid

Church records, Zion Lutheran Church (Chicago, Ill.). Archive Grid

Diary, Pastor's, with Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, and Confirmations 1882-1883, St. Ansgarius Episcopal Church Digital Public Library of America online

Illinois, Birth Records, 1916-present Illinois Department of Public Health

Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915 Family Search online

Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949 Family Search online

Records of First Saint John Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois, 1867-1974, St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church (Chicago, Ill.). Archive Grid

Records of St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Chicago, 1872-1978, St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Chicago, Ill.). Archive Grid

Records of the First Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Chicago (microform) Archive Grid

Register of Chicago vital records : births, marriages and deaths FamilySearch Library

Register, Baptism, January 1872-June 1877, St. Ansgarius Episcopal Church Digital Public Library of America online

Register, Baptism, September 1887-December 1896, St. Ansgarius Episcopal Church Digital Public Library of America online

Registers of births outside of the city [Chicago], 1878-1894 FamilySearch Library

Vital records from Chicago newspapers, Vol. 2 Genealogy Gophers online

Vital records from Chicago newspapers, Vol. 4 Genealogy Gophers online

Vital records from Chicago newspapers, Vol. 6 Genealogy Gophers online

Zion Church records, First Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Chicago, Ill.). Archive Grid

Chicago Cemetery Records (116)


Chicago Census Records

1855 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

1865 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

Census 1910 for Angel Guardian Orphan Asylum Genealogy Trails online

Census 1930 Monastery of the Poor Claire Sisters Genealogy Trails online

Chicago census report and statistical review : embracing a complete directory of the city, showing the number of persons in each family, male and female, birthplace and ward now residing in, with a vast amount of valuable, statistical, historical and commercial information FamilySearch Library

Chicago ward maps & descriptions, 1837 to present FamilySearch Library

Dutch in Chicago and Cook County, 1880, derived from the federal population census of 1880 FamilySearch Library

Part of Chicago, Cook Co., Ill. veterans census, 1890 : these pages were in the 1890 Washington, D.C. & Misc. Veterans, roll no. M123-118 FamilySearch Library

The People of Chicago : who we are and who we have been; census data on foreign born, foreign st ock and race, 1837-1970; mother tongue addendum, 1910-1970 FamilySearch Library

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Chicago Church Records (477)


Chicago City Directories (306)


Chicago Death Records (152)


Chicago Histories and Genealogies (236)


Chicago Immigration Records

Cook County, Illinois declarations of intention, 1871-1903 FamilySearch Library

Declarations of intention, 1871-1906 FamilySearch Library

Declarations of intention, 1874-1906 FamilySearch Library

Declarations of intention, 1874-1929; indexes, 1871-1929 FamilySearch Library

Declarations of intention, 1906-1929 FamilySearch Library

Education and Greek immigrants in Chicago, 1892-1973 : a study in ethnic survival FamilySearch Library

Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry online

Illinois, Northern District (Eastern Division), Naturalization Index, 1926-1979 MyHeritage online

Illinois, U.S. District Court Naturalization Records, 1870-1944 (district court of Chicago) Family Search online

Indexes to naturalization records FamilySearch Library

Naturalization petitions and records, 1906-1929 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization petitions, circuit court of Cook County, Illinois, 1871-1907, United States Immigration and Naturalization Service Chicago District Office Archive Grid

Naturalization records, 1871-1925; indexes, 1871-1912 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records, 1874-1903 FamilySearch Library

Northern District, Illinois, Naturalization Index, 1926-1979 Ancestry online

Records of declarations of intention, 1872-1982, United States District Court (Illinois : Northern District : Eastern Division) Archive Grid

Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions for the United States District and Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9, 1840-1950 Ancestry online

Swedes in Chicago : a demographic and social study of the 1846-1880 immigration FamilySearch Library

Swedish-American life in Chicago : cultural and urban aspects of an immigrant people, 1850-1930 FamilySearch Library

The Irish in Chicago FamilySearch Library

The Italians in Chicago FamilySearch Library

The Italians in Chicago : A Study in Americanization Ancestry online

US Naturalization Record Index, Northern Illinois, 1840-1950 ( includes Cook County, IL) MyHeritage online

Chicago Land Records

Chicago Cemetery Records 1847-1863 : Sexton's Reports And Certificates, Treasurer Receipts, Deeds, And Undertakers' Reports WorldCat

Illinois state canal commissioner's land sales record, 1830-1884 FamilySearch Library

Invested wealth of Chicago : a collection of real estate sales for nine years, amounting to $50,000 each and upwards; compiled from the records as published in the Real estate and building journal FamilySearch Library

Olcott's land values blue book of Chicago : 1930 FamilySearch Library

Chicago Map Records (147)


Chicago Marriage Records (159)


Chicago Military Records

Chicago World War I draftees, districts 3, 4, 5 and 70 FamilySearch Library

Chicago's battery boys : the Chicago Mercantile Battery in the Civil War's western theater FamilySearch Library

Confederate soldiers, sailors and civilians who died as prisoners of war at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill., 1862-1865 FamilySearch Library

Historical sketch of the Chicago Board of Trade Battery, Horse Artillery, Illinois volunteers LDS Genealogy online

Historical sketch of the Chicago Board of Trade Battery, Horse Artillery, Illinois volunteers Internet Archive online

List of pensioners, Chicago & Cook County, Illinois, January 1, 1883 : giving the name of each pensioner, the cause for which pensioned, the post office address, the rate of pension per month, and the date of original allowance FamilySearch Library

List showing inscriptions on monument to Confederate soldiers and sailors who, while prisoners of war, died at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois, and were there buried, and subsequently removed, either to their respective homes, or to the Confederate Mound, Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago. WorldCat

Our Regiment. A History of the 102d Illinois infantry volunteers with sketches of the Atlanta campaign the Georgia raid and the campaign of the Carolinas Making of America online

Part of Chicago, Cook Co., Ill. veterans census, 1890 : these pages were in the 1890 Washington, D.C. & Misc. Veterans, roll no. M123-118 FamilySearch Library

Register of Confederate soldiers who died in Camp Douglas, 1862-65 and lie buried in Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, Ills., 1892 LDS Genealogy online

Register of Confederate soldiers who died in Camp Douglas, 1862-65 and lie buried in Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, Ills., 1892 Internet Archive online

Register of Officers and Members of the Society of Colonial Wars, 1897-1898 : Constitution of the General Society Ancestry online

Reminiscences of Chicago During the Civil War Ancestry online

The Dearborns : a discourse commemorative of the eightieth anniversary of the occupation of Fort Dearborn, and the first settlement at Chicago : read before the Chicago Historical Society, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 1883 FamilySearch Library

The History of the Thirty-Ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Veteran Infantry (Yates phalanx) in the war of the rebellion 1861-1865 Google Books online

The History of the thirty-Ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Veteran Infantry (Yates Phalanx) in the War of the Rebellion Ancestry online

To die in Chicago : Confederate prisoners at Camp Douglas, 1862-1865 FamilySearch Library

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. IX (Soldiers Buried in Camp Butler (African-American) & Chicago, Illinois) Ancestry online

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVIII (Rose Hill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois) Ancestry online

Chicago Minority Records

A century of urban life, the Norwegians in Chicago before 1930 FamilySearch Library

Biographical history of the American Irish in Chicago FamilySearch Library

Black's Blue Book: names, addresses and phone numbers of colored homes with a telephone, 1923 Ancestry online

Checagou : from Indian Wigwam To Modern City, 1673-1835 Ancestry online

Chicago Jewish Academy - Memoirs Yearbook (Chicago, IL), 1951, 1952, 1953 E Yearbook online

Chicago Jewish Academy yearbooks, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1966 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Chicago Jewish Chronicle. (Chicago, Ill.) 1928-1949 US Newspaper Directory

Chicago Jewish Post & Opinion. (Chicago, [Ill.]) 1966-Current US Newspaper Directory

Chicago's Italians : immigrants, ethnics, Americans FamilySearch Library

Chinese local histories = FamilySearch Library

Czechoslovaks of Chicago : a photocopy FamilySearch Library

Czechs of Chicagoland FamilySearch Library

Dziennik Chicagoski, Chicago Polish-language newspaper death notices (1890-1929) Polish Genealogical Society of America online

Education and Greek immigrants in Chicago, 1892-1973 : a study in ethnic survival FamilySearch Library

History of the Jews of Chicago : facsimile of the original 1924 edition FamilySearch Library

Lithuanians in multi-ethnic Chicago until World War II FamilySearch Library

Obituary dates from the Denni? hlastel [i.e. hlasatel] : 1891-1899 [Chicago Genealogical Society, Czech and Slovak Interest Group] WorldCat

Obituary dates from the Denni? hlastel [i.e. hlasatel] : 1930-1939 [Chicago Genealogical Society, Czech and Slovak Interest Group] WorldCat

Obituary dates from the Denni? hlastel [i.e. hlasatel] : 1940-1949 [Chicago Genealogical Society, Czech and Slovak Interest Group] WorldCat

On the History of the Jews of Chicago : the Jewish Congregation in Surinam Ancestry online

Polish directory for the city of Chicago, 1903 WorldCat

Rodziny : the Journal of the Polish Genealogical Society of America FamilySearch Library

Swedish voters in Chicago, 1888 : based on the voter registrations of 1888 WorldCat

Swedish voters in Chicago, 1888 : based upon the voter registrations of 1888 FamilySearch Library

The American Jewess, 1895-1899, newspapers for Jewish women Jewish Women's Archive online

The Appeal, African American newspaper, 1889-02-23 to 1923-11-24 Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub online

The Denni? hlasatel obituary index : 1891-1995. WorldCat

The Denni? hlasatel obituary index, 1891-1970. WorldCat

The Denni? hlasatel obituary index, 1971-1995. WorldCat

The Denni? hlasatel obituary index. WorldCat

The Irish Republic, 1867-1868 Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections online

The Negro in Chicago : A Study of Race Relations and A Race Riot Ancestry online

The People of Chicago : who we are and who we have been; census data on foreign born, foreign st ock and race, 1837-1970; mother tongue addendum, 1910-1970 FamilySearch Library

The Swedish theatre of Chicago, 1869-1950 FamilySearch Library

World's Columbian Exposition 1893, Chicago: Catalogue of the Russian section Google Books online

Chicago Miscellaneous Records

Applications for membership, related papers, 1896-1988 FamilySearch Library

Bulletin of the Chicago Historical Society FamilySearch Library

Charter of the Chicago & Aurora and Central Military Tract Railroads : Also, General Railroad Laws of Illinois Ancestry online

Check list of Chicago anti-fire imprints, 1851-1871 Genealogy Gophers online

Chicago City Council Proceedings Files, 1833-1871 Illinois State Archive online

Chicago City Council proceedings files, 1833-1871; an index FamilySearch Library

Chicago Police Department Homicide Record, 1870-1930 Illinois State Archive online

Chicago Voter Registration, 1888 Ancestry online

Chicago Voter Registration, 1890 Ancestry online

Chicago Voter Registration, 1892 Ancestry online

Chicago, Illinois, Voter Registration, 1888 Ancestry online

Chicago, Illinois, Voter Registration, 1890 Ancestry online

Chicago, Illinois, Voter Registration, 1892 Ancestry online

Illinois, Chicago, Voter Registers, 1888-1892 Family Search online

Index to volumes I-XX, 1976-1995 : Newsletter of the North Suburban Genealogical Society. WorldCat

Lurie index of people in Chicago in 1937 as well as all of the voters' registration for Chicago FamilySearch Library

Notice of registration and election FamilySearch Library

Proceedings of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge : Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, State of Illinois : Eightieth Annual Meeting Ancestry online

Record & index of persons registered & of poll lists of voters (microform), Chicago (Ill.). Board of Election Commissioners, 1888-1892 Archive Grid

Record and index of persons registered and of poll lists of voters, northern district of Illinois, city of Chicago, 1888, 1888-1890, 1892; town of Lake View, 1888; town of Hyde Park, 1888; town of Lake, 1888 FamilySearch Library

Report of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society of disbursement of contributions for the sufferers by the Chicago fire FamilySearch Library

Report on the Chicago Strike Google Books online

Rodziny : the Journal of the Polish Genealogical Society of America FamilySearch Library

Swedish voters in Chicago, 1888 : based on the voter registrations of 1888 WorldCat

Swedish voters in Chicago, 1888 : based upon the voter registrations of 1888 FamilySearch Library

Chicago Newspapers and Obituaries (556)


Chicago Probate Records

1772-1999 Illinois, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Chicago School Records (870)


Chicago Tax Records

Tax List 1833 Town of Chicago Genealogy Trails online



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