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The hassle-free way to hire a genealogist. Genlighten Success Story: German Translation. Last week, I got a message telling me that provider nickmgombash. Had created a new offering titled “ German Church Registers – Per Hour. 8221; Nick is a Chicago-area researcher who specializes in Hungarian and German genealogy and I’ve known him, through email, since the early days of my chicagogenealogy.com. One of my current personal research projects involves civil birth registration documents from Wadern. Nick c...
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The hassle-free way to hire a genealogist. Genlighten Success Story: German Translation. Last week, I got a message telling me that provider nickmgombash. Had created a new offering titled “ German Church Registers – Per Hour. 8221; Nick is a Chicago-area researcher who specializes in Hungarian and German genealogy and I’ve known him, through email, since the early days of my chicagogenealogy.com. One of my current personal research projects involves civil birth registration documents from Wadern. Nick c...
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ChicagoGenealogy: Research Insights from Study and Serendipity: September 2012
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ChicagoGenealogy: Research Insights from Study and Serendipity. To learn more about Chicago research. Thursday, September 13, 2012. Chicago Naturalization Searches: What the "730" Means. If you search the Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950. At FamilySearch, you'll probably come up with a card like this one:. If the court is listed as Circuit, County, Criminal, or Superior then the record is held by the Cook County Circuit Court Archives. If you visit NARA's page on naturalizations.
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ChicagoGenealogy: Research Insights from Study and Serendipity: The Chicago Fire: The Smith Family's Experience
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ChicagoGenealogy: Research Insights from Study and Serendipity. To learn more about Chicago research. Wednesday, October 08, 2014. The Chicago Fire: The Smith Family's Experience. 902 Prairie Ave with Cupola that Offered View of the Fire. Earlier today, a member of the Chicago Genealogy Facebook group. Asked if anyone had ancestors who were in Chicago at the time of the Great Fire. I immediately raised my hand. "I do! Here's one paragraph from the history that talks about the family's loss from the fire.
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ChicagoGenealogy: Research Insights from Study and Serendipity: October 2013
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ChicagoGenealogy: Research Insights from Study and Serendipity. To learn more about Chicago research. Thursday, October 31, 2013. Guide to Online Marriage Indexes for Cook County: Which Ones to Use When (with links). Handy Links to the Indexes Mentioned in this Post. Cook County, Illinois, Marriage and Death Indexes, 1833-1889. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900. Illinois Secretary of State). Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920. Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920. Reimburs...
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ChicagoGenealogy: Research Insights from Study and Serendipity: How to Locate District Court Naturalization Records Online, 1922-1940
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ChicagoGenealogy: Research Insights from Study and Serendipity. To learn more about Chicago research. Tuesday, April 22, 2014. How to Locate District Court Naturalization Records Online, 1922-1940. Once again, FamilySearch has made an important group of Cook County records available online. This time, it's a database titled Illinois, Northern District Petitions for Naturalization, 1906-1991. There are two things you should know about the title. So, how do you find these records? The numbers you see are p...
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ChicagoGenealogy: Research Insights from Study and Serendipity: Exploring Chicago City Directories on Ancestry.com
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ChicagoGenealogy: Research Insights from Study and Serendipity. To learn more about Chicago research. Friday, October 24, 2014. Exploring Chicago City Directories on Ancestry.com. Has been my go-to place for Chicago city directories (free access at the local Family History Center) but many of them are available on Ancestry.com. How to find the Chicago directories on Ancestry. The Chicago directories are part of an extensive collection of U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989. Browsing the Chicago directories.
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ChicagoGenealogy: Research Insights from Study and Serendipity: January 2013
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ChicagoGenealogy: Research Insights from Study and Serendipity. To learn more about Chicago research. Sunday, January 27, 2013. Some Chicago Images No Longer Available on FamilySearch. This morning I received an email from a fellow researcher mentioning that the images for Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922. If you visit the FamilySearch Wiki page Illinois, Cook County Death Records. A way to get limited number of records for free. Also, for those of you in the Chicago area, most all of the film...
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ChicagoGenealogy: Research Insights from Study and Serendipity: March 2015
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ChicagoGenealogy: Research Insights from Study and Serendipity. To learn more about Chicago research. Sunday, March 29, 2015. I'm a Californian Now! Last week I closed the door to our Wilmette home one last time, climbed aboard the Southwest Chief out of Chicago's Union Station, and forty-three-or-so hours later I arrived in Los Angeles ready to experience life as a Californian! My husband's work has brought us to west coast and we have officially moved. So, what does that mean for ChicagoGenealogy.
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