In addition to the records and resources below, you may be interested in viewing older webpages that have contributions not yet integrated into this newest version of this Cook County ILGenWeb site.
Biographical
- Blue Island Index– Index to the First Hundred Years 1835-1935 Historical Review of Blue Island, Illinois, written by John H. Volp. This index is drawn from historical documents, letters, personal recollections, newspaper articles, photos, and countless other resources used for these two books.
- DOYLE, Mary Elizabeth – Celebrates 90th birthday (1921)
- MITCHELL, Harriet L. – 96 years old (1921)
- Folks I Have Known Personally and Otherwise – by William McCanney
Businesses/Organizations
- Cook County Hospital Resident Staff 1938-39
- Historical Sketch of the Confectionery Trade of Chicago
- Misc. Organization Records
Cemeteries
- Individual Cemetery Listings
- USGenWeb Archives – Cook County Cemetery Listings
- The Roll of Honor, Containing the Names of Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines of All the Wars of Our Country Who Are Buried in the Cemeteries of Cook County by Eli Robert Lewis (Chicago, Ill.: Printing Products Corp., 1922) available online at Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- BillionGraves – Cook County Cemetery Listings
- Find-A-Grave
Census
- 1830 Merchant Seamen
- 1850 Cook County Mortality Schedule
- 1860 Cook County Mortality Schedule
- Illinois State Census – 1855 | 1865
- 1870 Partial Transcription
- 1871 Merchant’s Census Report
- Ward Maps – 1900 | 1910 | 1912-1920
- NARA Census Film List
- Census Records at FamilySearch – 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
- Census Records at Archives.org – you can read and download entire files
- St. Gabriel Parish – 1990 Hall of Fame [pdf]
- Chicago Ward Descriptions (1912)
- Ethnic Groups by Ward (1913)
Church
- All Saints Parish (Baptismal Records)
- Auburn Park Swedish Methodist Church
- First Bethlehem Lutheran Church Baptismal Records
- First Bethlehem Lutheran Church Marriage Records
- Holy Angel Church – Confirmation Records
- Holy Cross Evangelical Lutheran Church Records
- Holy Family Church Records
- Illinois, Chicago, Catholic Church Records, 1833-1925
- Immanuel Community Church Records
- Old St. John’s Church Records
- Presbyterian Progress in 100 Years
- Primitive Baptist Church – Cook County info
- South Congregational Church Records
- St. Anthony of Padua Italian Catholic Church – Baptismal Records
- St. Columbkille Church
- St. James Parish – Baptismal Records
- Trinity Episcopal Church – Baptismal Records
- Visitation Parish – Baptismal Records
Court
Directories
- 1843 Chicago Directory
- 1900 Directory – List of Convents
- 1844 General Directory and Business Advertiser for the City of Chicago
- Coburn Collection, 1872-1899
- McGrath Listings in Chicago City Directories, 1859-1881
- Murphy & Tynan Listings, 1860-1917
- Misc. 1861 Directory Listings
- 1867 Chicago City Directory – “H” Listings
- Misc. Directory Listings – these were submitted to the site prior to 2004
- List of Cook County Directories Online – some free, some paid
Families
- O’Leary Family Collection
- Family Descendant Charts & Group Sheets – misc. submitted files
- Letter from Bernard McDonnell (1846)
- Family Websites
- Atkinson Family – pages include an Eastland page which includes photo of cutting line at Western Felt, partial ship lists, partial Cook Co Death and Birth Index lists, partial death record index from St. Adalbert’s Church, Partial Pullman Collection surname list. We have many photographs of family taken in Chicago and Cook Co. Also includes links to the many Cook County places we have used in our research. Surnames: WIELGOS(Z), KALKA, KWIATKOWSKI, SKORUPA, GOREWICZ, BUKOWSKI, FAMULA, PELKA
- Genealogy of Diane Malone – Surnames: BALASSONE, BOCHMAN, BROOKMANN, CIRULLO, COMPAGNONI, COOPER, COPPOTELLI, CUMMINGS, DEBLAKE, EVANS, FASO, FEMINIS, FUSCO, GOEBEL, HENKE, HOPMAN, HULTSCH, JENESS, JOHNSON, JURZ, KAHNT, KASPER, KELLY, KIMMEL, LARSEN, LIGGETT, LYERLY, LYNG, MELONE, MULDOWNEY, NIEMANN, REIMER, ROBINSON, SHILLING, SOYAK, TASSI, WHITE
General Resources
- ILGenWeb Resources for Illinois Genealogy Research
- Encyclopedia of Chicago Thousands of historical resources-including articles, photos, maps, broadsides and newspapers-related to Chicago’s colorful and complex history.
- University of Chicago Digital Library
- ChicagoAncestors by The Newberry Library
- Chicago Genealogist searchable collection, volumes 1-39 (1969-2007)
- Cook County Records Project
Immigrants
- Gruschow Immigrant Records
- Naturalization Declarations of Intention searchable database offered by Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court
Land /Maps
- Chicago Neighborhoods
- Places in Cook County
- Outlying Cities, Towns, and Neighborhoods
- Township Maps
- 1875 Maps
- 1892 Railroads
- Ward Maps – 1900, 1910, 1912, 2000
- Cook County Recorder of Deeds
Military
- Civil War
- World War I
- 1917 Cook County World War I Draft Lottery
- Soldiers of the Great War (1920) – Illinois listings
- Illinois 1917 WWI Honor Roll – NARA publication that includes Cook County
- Korean War – List of Cook County Missing & Dead
Misc.
Newspapers
- Hyde Park Herald – digital collection 1882-2008
- Barrington Library – searchable indexes of articles, births, deaths, and marriages published in the Barrington Courier-Review 1890-2006
- Oak Lawn Public Library – searchable database of obituaries 1985-present from local newspapers
- Skokie Public Library -searchable newspaper and obituary 1960-present indexes
- Thomas Ford Memorial Library (Western Springs, IL) – searchable online obituary database
- Lake Forester Newspaper: 1899-1940 – searchable online issues from Lake County
- Illinois Online Historical Newspapers
- Illinois Newspapers at ChroniclingAmerica – digitized historical newspapers
Photos
- Board of Trade (1907)
- Boyle’s Black Devils (1927)
- Gaw-O’Hara Envelope Company (1942)
- Grant Monument, Lincoln Park
- Lincoln Park (1911)
- Misc. Family Photos
- Dobosz Family Relations
- 1940’s Chicago
Probate
- BENNETT, Flora Anne Barnhill Holden – Will (1903)
- COBURN, Alice Thompson – Will (1947)
- MARX, Elizabeth – Will (1947)
- REUFLIN, Emma R. – Will (1954)
- Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court Probate Case Search 1980-Present
Schools
- Amundsen High School – 1939 graduating class
- Aquinas High School – 1935-1939 students
- Bennett Medical College – 1895 Graduation Program
- Bethany Bible School – 1921 students
- Chicago Normal School – 1927 yearbook
- Clarke School – 1914 Graduation Program
- Earl Elementary School – 1911 Graduating Class
- First Schools In Chicago (1910) – excerpt from historical book
- Gertrude Hale School of Beauty Culture – 1937 graduating class
- Goethe Grammar School -1932 graduating class
- Headley School – 1943 Graduates
- Healy School – 1933 class
- Henry R. Clissold School – 1956 Graduation Program
- John B. Murphy Grammar School – 1947 & 1949 classes
- Kershaw School – 1920 graduating class
- Lakeview School – 1891 class picture
- Lane Tech Prep – 1933 Graduation Program
- Lindblom High School – 1923, 1926, and 1929 graduates
- Lyons Township High School – 1934 graduating class
- Nicholas Senn High School – 1930 Graduation Program
- Providence High School – 1936 50th Reunion
- Rush Medical College/Rush University yearbooks – 1971-2014
- St. Anne’s Hospital School of Nursing
- St. Bridget’s School -1926 graduates
- St. Stanislaus Kostka High School – 1944 graduates
- St. Symphorosa Catholic School
- Tilden Technical High School
- Unknown School Photo (1929)
Social Security
Vital Records
Voter Records