Resources
- Portrait and Biographical Record of Cook and Dupage counties, Illinois published in 1894
- Historical Review of Chicago and Cook County published in 1908
- History of Cook County published in 1909
- Encyclopedia of Chicago Thousands of historical resources-including articles, photos, maps, broadsides and newspapers-related to Chicago's colorful and complex history available to view online at no cost.
- University of Chicago Digital Library
- Homicide in Chicago 1870-1930
- Chicago Police Department Homicide Record 1870-1930 at the Illinois State Archives
- Cook County Coroner's Inquest Record Index 1872-1911 at the Illinois State Archives
- Illinois High School "Glory Days"
- Genealogy Online to search for birth, marriage, and death records
- Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court Probate Case Search 1980-Present
- Naturalization Declarations of Intention searchable database offered by Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court
- Cook County Recorder of Deeds
- ChicagoAncestors by The Newberry Library
- Chicago Genealogist searchable collection, volumes 1-39 (1969-2007)
- South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society
- Cook County Records Project
- Chicago History Museum
- Cook County Online Historical Directories
- Chicago Genealogy Society offers online Vital Records from Chicago Newspapers
- Polish Genealogical Society of America directory of databases includes searchable indices of Dziennik Chicagoski Death Notices
- Wilmette Historical Museum online genealogical databases
- Barrington Library offers searchable indexes of articles, births, deaths, and marriages published in the Barrington Courier-Review 1890-2006
- Glenview Public Library offers Genealogy database searches
- Oak Lawn Public Library searchable database of obituaries 1985-present from local newspapers
- Skokie Public Library offers searchable newspaper and obituary 1960-present indexes
- Western Springs Library has a searchable online obituary database
- Wilmette Public Library has a variety of genealogical databases availble for free online searches
- Chicago Jewish Obituary Database 1994-1998 offered by JewishGen.org
- Archdiocese of Chicago offers recent obituaries of Catholic Priests
- Hyde Park Herald digital collection 1882-2008
- ILGenWeb Resources for Illinois Genealogy Research
- Linkpendium
- Wikipedia, Cook County, Illinois
- 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
- Photograph dating
- Deciphering Old Hand Writing
- History on your Own
- Penny Parker's Genealogy Humor
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