no given name GORE, was born 13 Jan 1881, Wabash Ave, Chicago, son? of XXX J. Gore (born Putnam County, Georgia), 3rd child of Louisa Gore (nee Benson, born in Chicago)

Contributed Feb 1999 by A. Gore

Ralph Henry FAIRBANKS, SS# 028-03-9324, born 01 Jan 1890 Clinton MA, son of Henry Fairbanks and Elizabeth Whitlaw

Contributed Mar 1999 by Irene Snyder

Benjamin COOL was born 06 Oct 1884, in Bremen, Illinois, son of Nelson A. Cool (American, Bremen township, Cook county, IL, 35, a farmer), 5th child of Mary C. Cool (nee Forrest, American, Chicago, Cook county, IL – 32)

State of Illinois Birth Certificate # 9729, dated Blue Island 22 Oct 1884

Contributed Aug 1998 by Joan Cool

John Franklin CHILCOTT was born 03 Nov 1910, son of George Chilcott b. Cardiff (born in Wales, age 24, watchmaker) and Frances Elizabeth Somers (born in Brittonville, Ontario, Canada, age 22) recorded 04 May 1940. I think my grandfather was trying to change his surname about that time and probably needed a birth certificate to do so.

Contributed Jun 2002 by Jill Carpenter

Anna’s family

Edward G. Rutz born Feb. 4, 1906
Walter J. Rutz born Feb. 25, 1907
Grace A. Rutz born Jan. 17, 1909
Adelaide S. Rutz born Jan. 17, 1909
Frank E. Rutz born Aug. 16, 1910
William C. Rutz born Aug. 16, 1910
Edgar P. Burcikowski born Oct. 12, 1914
Anna W. Burcikowski born Dec. 20, 1887
Frank J. Burcikowski born Oct. 13, 1886
Elizabeth Burk born Sep. 16, 1923
Walter Rutz Jr. born Mar. 13, 1930
Lois Rutz born Sep. 7, 1931
Barbara Ann Deithloff born Sep. 2, 1932
Caroline Daberitz born June 27, 1934
Walter Daberitz born Nov. 6, 1938

Contributed 1997 by Steve and Lila White
Source: Pages from a Anna Wilhelmina (nee HERRMANN) RUTZ BURCIKOWSKI BURK’s bible. The family members lived in Chicago, Mont Clare and/or Elmwood Park, Cook County, Illinois.

Index to Birth Records – Cook Co. Illinois Bureau of Vital Statistics – From 1871 to 1916 provides: name, birth date, Birth place (either Cook County or Chicago), and identification number. Note: Some Delayed Certificates are listed on this index and identified by “DS” in the ID Number. This index is available at the Newberry Library in Chicago, or can be ordered (if not already available) at your local Family History Center of the LDS organization.

Once you find the number and date of the certificate you want, you can then order a film from Salt Lake that has the actual certificate. When the film arrives, LDS calls you, and you make a photocopy. The cost is about half of what Cook County charges.

The records can be ordered from Cook County Bureau of Vital Statistics Office, P.O. Box 642570, Chicago, IL 60664-2570, Phone (312) 603-7790. The Vital Statistics is located downtown at the lower level of the Randolph Street entrance to the County Building. The department is open weekdays from 8:30am to 5:00pm. For a small service charge (about $5.00 per order), you can order as many birth certificates that you need and charge your record request to Visa, MC, Am Ex or Discover by calling Vital Chek at (312) 603-7799. You can mail in your request with a check or money order (about $7.00 for each requested certificate) made payable to the “Cook County Clerk” including a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Please include all the pertinent information. The cost is applicable even if the record is not found, so the more info you provide, the more likely you will get your certificate! The staff is stricter about relationship and date of birth when allowing persons to order birth certificates. It may be easier to obtain certificates if you explain that they are for Genealogy purposes. The certificate then comes marked as such so that it can’t be used for illegal purposes. More than likely, if the date of birth was less than 50 years ago, you will not be able to obtain a birth certificate for that individual unless you are the person or parent.

Your local FHC may have the following indices available or orderable:

• 1871-1915, Chicago Birth Registers, 54 reels, film numbers 1287720 …1287764, and some films that end with 1315959
• 1878-1894, County birth records, from Cook County Courthouse, Chicago …films 1287765…1287794
• 1878-1894, Register of births outside of the city, from Cook County Courthouse, Chicago … films 1315972 – 1315973
• 1896-1933, Chicago, Illinois birth records, from Northwestern memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL … films 1315895 …1315997
• 1916-1918, Birth Corrections and delayed births, from Cook County Courthouse, Chicago … films 1309023 …1309261
• 1916-1922, County birth records, from Cook County Courthouse, Chicago …films 1308554 …. 1308642
  NOTE: These are not indexed.

It is our understanding that the IRAD research center has SOME marriage, birth, and death records for Cook and City of Chicago (ONLY), but please call ahead to see what their current year ranges are available for each of the record groups! Illinois Regional Archives Depositories (IRAD) Genealogical Research: Local Governmental Records located in IRAD, Ronald Williams Library, Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 N. St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625-4699, Telephone: (773) 794-6279, Hours: Monday – Friday, except state holidays, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.