Oak Park Genealogy (in Cook County, IL)

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Oak Park Birth Records

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

1916-1935 Cook County, Illinois Birth Index Ancestry 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

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

Oak Park Cemetery Records

Grace Episcopal Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Oak Park Census Records

1855 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

1865 Illinois State Census Ancestry online

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

Oak Park Church Records

Baptisms, 1889-1915; marriages, 1891-1915 (Catholic Church. St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy (Oak Park, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Baptisms, marriages & confirmations, 1907-1915 (Catholic Church. St. Edmund (Oak Park, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Baptisms, marriages, confirmations & deaths, 1907-1915 (Catholic Church. Ascension (Oak Park, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Lake View Presbyterian Church; Second Presbyterian Church, Pastoral Register of Clifford J Earle, 1935-1950 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Thirty years of Grace Church, Oak Park : the same being a brief record of its life and work, illustrated with portraits and such historical views as were obtainable LDS Genealogy online

Thirty years of Grace Church, Oak Park : the same being a brief record of its life and work, illustrated with portraits and such historical views as were obtainable Internet Archive online

Oak Park City Directories

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McCoy's Oak Park and River Forest directory : containing an alphabetically arranged list of business firms and private citizens, a street directory ... and a complete classified business directory, The Buyers' Guide FamilySearch Library

Oak Park (Illinois) city directories FamilySearch Library

Oak Park City Directory 1925 MyHeritage online

Oak Park and River Forest City Directory 1930 MyHeritage online

Oak Park, IL 1910-1930 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Oak Park, Illinois, City Directory, 1910 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Oak Park, Illinois, City Directory, 1922 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Oak Park, Illinois, City Directory, 1923 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Oak Park, Illinois, City Directory, 1925 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Oak Park, Illinois, City Directory, 1930 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Oak Park Death Records

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1878-1922 Cook County, Illinois, Deaths Index Ancestry online

1908-1988 Cook County, Illinois Death Index Ancestry online

1916-1947 Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index Ancestry online

Baptisms, marriages, confirmations & deaths, 1907-1915 (Catholic Church. Ascension (Oak Park, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Cook County Coroner's Inquest Record Index, 1872-1911 Illinois State Archive online

Cook County, Illinois coroners' inquest records, Dec. 1872-Nov. 1911 FamilySearch Library

Cook County, Illinois death certificates, 1878-1909, 1916-1922 FamilySearch Library

Cook County, Illinois, Marriage and Death Indexes (marriages in newspapers 1833-1871, deaths in newspapers 1856-1889) Ancestry online

Illinois Deaths, 1916-1950 MyHeritage online

Illinois Deaths, before 1916 MyHeritage online

Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1998 Family Search online

Illinois, Cook County, Obituaries, ca. 1970-1990 Family Search online

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

Illinois, Select Deaths Index, 1877-1916 Ancestry online

Obituaries copied from Oak Leaves, published at Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, 1844-1944 FamilySearch Library

Southern Cook County, Illinois (primarily) obituaries, 1977-1992, from the Chicago Heights star FamilySearch Library

Southern Cook County, Illinois Miscellaneous Obituaries, Ca. 1936-1993, and Funeral Cards, Ca. 1951-1964 : from Various Newspapers FamilySearch Library

Southern Cook County, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana obituaries, ca. 1970-1990 FamilySearch Library

Oak Park 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

Illinois, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1991 Ancestry online

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

Indexes to naturalization records FamilySearch Library

Naturalization petitions and records, 1906-1929 FamilySearch Library

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

Naturalization records, 1874-1903 FamilySearch Library

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

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

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

Oak Park Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, 1908 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, 1947 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, 1950 Library of Congress online

Oak Park Marriage Records

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1800-1940 Illinois, County Marriage Records Ancestry online

1860-1920 Illinois, Marriage Index Ancestry online

Baptisms, 1889-1915; marriages, 1891-1915 (Catholic Church. St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy (Oak Park, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Baptisms, marriages & confirmations, 1907-1915 (Catholic Church. St. Edmund (Oak Park, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Baptisms, marriages, confirmations & deaths, 1907-1915 (Catholic Church. Ascension (Oak Park, Illinois)) FamilySearch Library

Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960 Ancestry online

Cook County, Illinois Marriage Indexes, 1912-1942 Ancestry online

Cook County, Illinois, Marriage and Death Indexes (marriages in newspapers 1833-1871, deaths in newspapers 1856-1889) Ancestry online

Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920 Ancestry online

Illinois Marriages, 1763-1900 MyHeritage online

Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860 Ancestry online

Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 Ancestry online

Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968 Family Search online

Indexes To Marriages, Ca. 1906-April 1941, 1950, 1992-1993, and Marriage Anniversaries, 1906-1993 in the Chicago Heights Star FamilySearch Library

Marriage licenses, 1871-1920; index, 1871-1916 FamilySearch Library

Oak Park Newspapers and Obituaries

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Austin Weekly News 02/16/2005 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Births as published in Paddock publications, Arlington Heights, Illinois : including the communities of Arlington Heights, Bensenville, Bloomingdale, Buffalo Grove, Carol Stream, Itasca, Lake Zurich, Mt. Prospect, Palatine, Roselle, S. Barrington, Schermerville, W. Maine 1900-1920 FamilySearch Library

Forest Leaves 1940-2012 River Forest Public Library online

Forest Park Review 01/28/2005 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Illinois, Cook County, Obituaries, ca. 1970-1990 Family Search online

Indexes To Marriages, Ca. 1906-April 1941, 1950, 1992-1993, and Marriage Anniversaries, 1906-1993 in the Chicago Heights Star FamilySearch Library

Oak Leaves 01/01/1997 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Oak Leaves 1902-1940 River Forest Public Library online

Oak Leaves, 1908-1909 Newspaper Archive online

Oak Park Argus, 1900-1902 Newspaper Archive online

Oak Park Austin Reporter, 1887-1900 Newspaper Archive online

Oak Park Daily Reporter Argus, 1906-1906 Newspaper Archive online

Oak Park Daily Reporter, 1890-1890 Newspaper Archive online

Oak Park Directory, 1886-1930 Newspaper Archive online

Oak Park Journal, 1966-1970 Newspaper Archive online

Oak Park Lake Vindicator, 1883-1885 Newspaper Archive online

Oak Park Oak Leaves, 1902-1977 Newspaper Archive online

Oak Park Oak Parker, 1923-1954 Newspaper Archive online

Oak Park Reporter 1892-1892 Newspapers.com online

Oak Park Reporter Argus, 1904-1906 Newspaper Archive online

Oak Park Reporter, 1887-1902 Newspaper Archive online

Oak Park Telephone Directory, 1909-1977 Newspaper Archive online

Oak Park Times, 1898-1902 Newspaper Archive online

Oak Park Vindicator, 1883-1901 Newspaper Archive online

Oak Park World, 1967-1977 Newspaper Archive online

Obituaries copied from Oak Leaves, published at Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, 1844-1944 FamilySearch Library

Skyline 05/27/2009 to 09/19/2012 Genealogy Bank online

Southern Cook County, Illinois (primarily) obituaries, 1977-1992, from the Chicago Heights star FamilySearch Library

Southern Cook County, Illinois Miscellaneous Obituaries, Ca. 1936-1993, and Funeral Cards, Ca. 1951-1964 : from Various Newspapers FamilySearch Library

Southern Cook County, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana obituaries, ca. 1970-1990 FamilySearch Library

Wednesday Journal of Oak Park & River Forest 12/01/2004 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Offline Newspapers for Oak Park

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Chicago Journal. (Oak Park, Ill.) 2000-Current

Elm Leaves. (Oak Park, Ill.) 1971-1990

Elmwood Park Elm Leaves. (Oak Park, Ill.) 1990-Current

Forest Leaves. (Oak Park, Ill.) 1940-Current

Franklin Park Herald-Journal With News of Northlake. (Oak Park, Ill.) 1982-1990

Franklin Park Herald-Journal. (Oak Park, Ill.) 1990-Current

Maywood Herald. (Oak Park, Ill.) 1971-2006

Midnight Special. (Oak Park, Ill.) 1970s-1970s

Oak Leaves. (Oak Park, Ill.) 1902-Current

Oak Park Argus. (Oak Park [Ill.]) 1899-1903

Oak Park Daily Argus. (Oak Park, Ill.) 1904-1900s

Oak Park Reporter-Argus. (Oak Park, Ill.) 1904-1906

Oak Park Reporter. (Oak Park, Cook County, Ill.) 1887-1903

Oak Park Times. (Oak Park, Ill.) 1890s-1902

Oak Park Vindicator. (Oak Park, Ill.) 1892-1902

Proviso Herald. (Oak Park, Ill.) 2006-2010

Suburban Pictorial. (Oak Park, Ill.) 1938-1939

Truth. (Oak Park, Ill.) 1974-1980s

Wednesday Journal. (Oak Park, Ill.) 1980-Current

West Proviso Herald. (Oak Park, Ill.) 1971-2006

Oak Park Probate Records

1772-1999 Illinois, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Oak Park School Records

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Bishop Quarter Junior Military Academy yearbook, 1961 Classmates online

Bishop Quarter Junior Military Academy yearbook, 1961 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Fenwick High School - Blackfriars Yearbook (Oak Park, IL), 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1966, 1971, 1978, 1987 E Yearbook online

Fenwick High School yearbook, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Fenwick High School yearbook, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1997 Classmates online

Fenwick High School yearbook, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1997 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Oak Park Hospital School of Nursing - Ilythias Yearbook (Oak Park, IL), 1962, 1963 E Yearbook online

Oak Park Hospital School of Nursing yearbooks, 1962, 1963 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Oak Park River Forest High School yearbook, 1922, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Oak Park River Forest High School yearbook, 1922, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2002 Classmates online

Oak Park River Forest High School yearbook, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1982, 2002 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Oak Park and River Forest High School - Tabula Yearbook (Oak Park, IL), 1922, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1986 E Yearbook online

Oak Park and River Forest High School yearbook, 1922, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1945-Dec (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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