Advice
Genealogy Societies
- Afro-American Genealogical & Historical Society of Chicago
- South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society
- Chicago Genealogy Society – offers online Vital Records from Chicago Newspapers
Archives/Libraries/Museums
- Chicago Public Library: Genealogy
- Cook County Clerk: Genealogy Online – order and download birth, marriage and death certificates
- Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court: Records and Archives
- Evanston History Center – located in the home of former Vice-President Charles G. Dawes
- Newberry Library
- Blog post by Taneya Koonce about visiting the library (2014)
- Chicago History Museum
- Glenview Public Library – offers genealogy database searches
- Wilmette Historical Museum online genealogical databases