Chicago and Cook County : a guide to research / Loretto Dennis Szucs.

Author: Szucs, Loretto Dennis.

Publisher: Salt Lake City : Ancestry, c1996.

ISBN: 0916489175 (soft)
9780916489175 (soft)

Description: x, 517 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.

Subject: Chicago (Ill.) Genealogy Library resources.
Cook County (Ill.) Genealogy Library resources.
Chicago (Ill.) Genealogy Archival resources.
Cook County (Ill.) Genealogy Archival resources.

Contents: Chicago and Cook County facts. -- Adoption records. -- Architectural and house history sources. -- Biographies (Collected) -- Cemeteries in Metropolitan Chicago area. -- Cemetery records. -- Census records. -- Chicago Historical Society Library (CHS) -- Chicago landmarks. -- Chicago Public Library. -- Church and religious records. -- Communities and neighborhoods in Chicago. -- Court records and research for Cook County. -- Directories. -- Ethnic sources. -- Family History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. -- Gazetteer of Cook County towns and townships. -- Genealogical societies serving the Chicago Metropolitan area. -- Historical libraries and museums in Cook County. -- Historical societies, archives, and manuscript collections. -- Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) -- Illinois State sources for Cook County. -- Land and property records. -- Libraries in Cook County - outside of Chicago. -- Maps and geographical finding aids. -- Military records. -- National Archives - Great Lakes Region. -- Naturalization records. -- Newberry Library. -- Newspapers. -- Occupational and business records. -- Passenger lists and maritime records. -- Societies: fraternal, social, and patriotic. -- Vital records. -- Voter registration lists and tax records.