This is a copy of the 2014 html version of Cook County ILGenWeb.
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Your e-mail contributions to Site Coordinator will be appreciated and promptly added into this site. Please,
- Don't hesitate to contribute images or transcriptions of genealogical items you have about Cook county ancestors.
- Feel free to submit your Cook County ancestors' family group sheets or descendants charts.
- If you notice a typo or broken link on this site, please let me know.
- If you have the time and desire to help in any way, please volunteer.
Enjoy your stay, and come again soon!
Norma Hass
Temporary Site Coordinator
email: [email protected]
Active Volunteers as of March 2013
| Volunteer | Service(s) Offered |
| Colleen |
I am still ready and willing to help! I still do obits and
directory lookups for a $2 per page fee. For obituaries from the Chicago Tribune newspaper 1849-present and the Chicago Defender newspaper 1909-Sept 1967, requestor must provide first and last name plus month, day, and year of death. Directories are only from 1861-1901, and I need a specific name to search for. |
| Barbara | I am still willing to look up in Winnetka's 1946 New Trer High School yearbook. I have my father's year book. |
| Bart | Lookups performed for a fee: Arlington Heights/Wheeling Cemetery ($2 per name), Altenheim Cemetery (in Forest Park, $1 per name), Eden Cemetery (in Schiller Park, $6 per name), St. John's Cemetery (on O'Hare Airport property in Chicago, $5 per name). |
| Beth | I will do look-ups in the 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, and 1955 Gage Park High School yearbooks. |
| David | I graduated from St. Benedict High School (in Chicago) in 1962 and my brother in 1960. Our sister followed about 1969 or 1970. I can do lookups in the 1959, 1960, 1961, and 1962 yearbooks. |
| Denise | I have one Hyde Park High School yearbook from 1919, and I would be happy to do a look up for you. |
| Diane | 1928 and 1928 Alvernia High School yearbooks |
| Glenn | 1933 Lane Tech High School |
| Joe | I have all four St. Ignatius High School yearbooks for 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1961 in my possession. |
| Joshua | I can search for obituaries in the newspapers available through the Chicago Public Library, as well as the Chicago Tribune (1852-Present). Requestor must provide surname, first name, and date (month, day, and year) of death. Fee of $2.00 per page. No cost if not found. |
| Kathleen |
I still have my 1941 and 1943 Englewood High School
(Chicago) and 1960, 1961, 1962, and 1963 Bremen High School
(Midlothian) yearbooks. |
| Molly | I still charge $5 for Cook County (and statewide Illinois) death certificates that were issued between Jan 1, 1916 and Dec 31st, 1947. I still cover standard postage fees (within the U.S.) for any research requests that include 1916-1947 IL death certificates. I also do obits research (Chicago and statewide, for $5 for each newspaper searched. I don't have to snail-mail results; I can scan/email, and can receive payment through PayPal (additional fees may apply). |
| Robert |
1925: Haugan School - "The Blue and White" – June 1927: Lakeview High School - "The Red and White," semiannual (includes the class of Nineteen Hundred Twenty-Six and One Half) 1927: Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School - "The Lantern" (includes senior pictures for the class of June 1927 and the class of February 1928) 1929: Crane Junior College - "The Collegian" 1933: De Paul University - "The De Paulian" |
