Northwest Suburban Council of Genealogists

Area Libraries	Cook County Research
Arlington Heights Memorial Library	Cook County Vital Records
Mount Prospect Public Library	Cook County Circuit Court
Newberry Library	Cook County Assessor
Palatine Public Library	Cook County Naturalizations, 1906-1929
Schaumburg Township District Library	USGenWeb for Cook County
	GenealogyTrails - Cook County
Allen County Public Library	Chicago History Museum
Wisconsin State Historical Society	A Look at Cook
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library	Chicago City Council Proceedings Files, 1833-1871
	Cook County Coroner's Inquest Record Index, 1872-1911
Area Archives	Chicago Police Department Homicide Record, 1870-1930
Digital Past	Chicago Street Name Changes (1909 & 1911)
National Archives-Great Lakes Branch	Encyclopedia of Chicago
Chicago History Museum	Chicago Neighborhood Map
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)	Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920 (free images)
Archdiocese of Chicago (Roman Catholic)
Max-Kade Institute for German-American Studies	Illinois Research
Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies	Illinois Statewide Marriage Index (1763-1900)
	Illinois Statewide Death Index (pre-1916)
General Genealogy	Illinois Statewide Death Index (1916-1950)
Cyndi's List	Illinois Vital Records
Family History 101	Public Domain Land Tract Sales
Family History Library	Servitude and Emancipation Records (1722-1863)
FamilySearch Record Search Pilot	Database for Illinois Veterans' History Project
National Archives	Illinois War of 1812 Veterans
Olive Tree Genealogy	Illinois Winnebago War Veterans
Rootsweb	Illinois Black Hawk War Veterans
USGenWeb	Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
GenealogyTrails	Illinois Civil War Veterans serving in the U.S. Navy
	Illinois Civil War Veterans of Missouri Units
Census	Illinois Spanish American War Veterans
Census Finder	Database of the 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor
U.S. Census Bureau	Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home Residents
Historical Census Data	USGenWeb - Illinois
Decennial Census Information	GenealogyTrails - Illinois
U.S. Census Forms	Illinois Atlas
	Federal Township Land Plats of Illinois, 1804-1891
Newspapers	Illinois Regional Archives Depositories
United States Newspaper Program	Illinois State Archives
Chicago Tribune Archives	Illinois State Library
Chicago Sun-Times Archives	State Historical Society
German American Newspapers	Illinois Historical Statutes (coming soon!)
	Abraham Lincoln Memorial Library
Photographs	Find-It! Illinois
Dead Fred	Illinois Cemeteries
Misc Collection	Cemetery Locaton Project
Dating Old Photographs	Illinois Newspaper Project
Family Old Photos
	Illinois Genealogy How-To Articles
obituaries and burials	Illinois Research Outline
Interment	Illinois Statewide Indexes and Collections
Find A Grave	Illinois Historical Background
Obituary Central	Graveyards of Illinois
Graveyards of Illinois	Illinois Old Photos
Chicago Cemetery Photos
1933 Cook County Cemetery Map	U.S. Research
	National Archives (NARA)
Railroads	United States Statutes at Large
Chicago & Northwestern Historical Society	Census Enumerator instructions (1850-1950)
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Historical Society	Library of Congress (LOC)
National Railway Historical Society	U.S. Newspaper Program
Milwaukee Road Archives	Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Collection
Illinois Railway Museum	BLM General Land Office Patent Search
A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum	Access to Archival Databases (NARA)
Fox River Trolley Museum	Archival Research Catalog (NARA)
Galesburg Railroad Museums	National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)
John W. Barringer III National Railroad Library	Evendon.com (city directories and more)
Pullman Car Works (Chicago)
	Tools and Forms
	Bouvier's Historical Law Dictionary
	Soundex Converter
	Free Forms on Ancestry
	Family Group Sheets on FamilySearch
	Research Guidance on FamilySearch
	Research Articles on FamilySearch
	Babel Fish Translation Tool
	Leo (German specific translations)

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