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These locations are beyond
Chicagoland.
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Ancestry.com
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church)
Ellis Island Foundation:
Online Database
Heritage Quest
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
International Tracing Service of the Red Cross
Internet Sources for Transcribed Passenger Records & Indexes
Mormon Church
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Social
Security Death Index (SSDI)
Stephen P. Morse
United
States Citizenship & Immigration Service (USCIS)
Ancestry.com
Website: www.ancestry.com
Website: http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7304
(Chicago Tribune Obit Index 1988-1997, requires paid subscription)
Description of
Resources:
On-line resource for general research.
US census: 1790-1930
Indexed 1790-1870, 1920, 1930
Access to records and fees:
Many resources require annual or monthly subscription.
Ancestry Plus is available in many public libraries.
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Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church)
Family History Library Building
35 North West Temple Street
Salt Lake City, Utah,
84150-3400
Phone: 801-240-2584
Phone: 800-346-6044
FAX: 801-240-3718
E-mail: via website
Website: www.familysearch.org
Website: www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp
(online catalog)
Website: www.jewishgen.org/databases/fhlc
(Jewish records in the Family History Library Catalog)
Website:
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#
(Cook County birth certificates 1878-1922 and Birth registers 1871-1915)
Website:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92N-KKPB?owc=Q4K7-W38%3A1010138201%3Fcc%3D2212212&wc=Q4K8-829%3A1010138201%2C1068272401%3Fcc%3D2212212&cc=2212212
(Naturalization papers, U.S. District Court (1906-1994)
Description of
Resources:
Founded in 1894 to gather genealogical records and assist members
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with their family
history and genealogical research. It is the largest library of its kind in the world.
The collection includes:
1. Over 2.5 million rolls of microfilmed
genealogical records, 742,000 microfiche, 300,000 books, serials, and
other formats, and 4,500 periodicals.
2. The Ancestral File database contains approximately 35.6 million
names that are linked into families.
3 The International Genealogical Index database contains approximately
600 million individual names. An addendum to the International
Genealogical Index contains an additional 125 million names.
4 The Pedigree Resource File database contains 36 million names that
are linked into families.
5. Records available are from the United States, Canada, the British
Isles, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa.
6. Cook County IL Birth Records and Registers (see above for link).
Enter "Cook, Illinois, United States" for location.
Access to records and fees:
Access to the website is free and universally available.
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Ellis Island Foundation:
Online Database
Heritage Quest
Online
HeritageQuest Online was previously named Genealogy and Local History
Online. It is owned by ProQuest. Access is via authorized
institutions such as libraries.
Description of
Resources:
1. US Federal Census:
Images: 1790-1930
Indexes*: 1790,1800, 1810, 1820, 1860, 1870, 1890, 1910,
1920, 1930
* Heads of household, persons who had different surname,
boarders, individuals living in institutions. 1930 is only
partially indexed. (as of 21 June 2004) |
2. Books
| ProQuest's Genealogy & Local
History Collection of 25,000+ family and local history books,
every word searchable. Every page of each book is presented and
can be easily downloaded or copied. |
3. PERSI™
| The PERiodical Source Index is a
comprehensive subject index covering more than 6,500 genealogy
and local history periodicals. The user has the ability to
search and browse these journals |
Access to records and fees:
An on-line service available through local libraries
or other member organization.
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Immigration
and Naturalization Service (INS)
International
Tracing Service of the Red Cross
Grosse Allee 5 - 9
34444 BAD AROLSEN
Germany |
This
organization is involved in tracing Holocaust victims.
Internet
Sources for Transcribed Passenger Records & Indexes
Mormon Church
Social Security Administration
(SSA)
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Office of Earnings Operations
FOIA Workgroup
300 N. Greene Street
P.O. Box 33022
Baltimore, MD 21290
Description of Resources:
Original SS-5 forms which individuals filled out when
applying for Social Security.
Access to Records and
Fees:
Write to SSA under the Freedom of Information Act, 5
U.S.C. Section 552 requesting the
SS-5 application. Provide the
Social Security Number, date of birth, and date of death which you can obtain
from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI).
The fee is $27. Be sure to
provide your address and daytime phone number.
Forms also available via the internet.
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Social Security
Death Index (SSDI)
Stephen P. Morse
Website: www.stevemorse.org
Description of Resources:
1. Search forms to access the Ellis Island website and search in one
step, search ships in Morton Allan Directory, or obtain pictures of
Ellis Island Passenger Ships in one step.
2. Census aids for finding EDs and soundex for 1910,
1920, and 1930 census.
3. Aids in finding anyone's birthday in one step,
social security death index (SSDI), and New York Naturalization and New
York Incarceration records.
4. Calendar conversion aids (Jewish), maps, zip codes,
and latitude/longitude.
5. Aid for creating your own search tools. |
United
States Citizenship & Immigration Service (USCIS)
(last
reviewed 4/16/04)
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