Does anyone have access to or know how I might access a Chicago phone book listing in 1993 or 1994? Trying to confirm an address & phone number for a CRAIG STEGMEYER. He was living in the Riverdale area at that time. In 1963, he was living next door to a Laura & Roy Gamble at 41 East 124th Place, Chicago. He was adopted by a couple who lived next door, but do not know their names. That house # was probably 43 East 124th Place. Have been trying to find my missing half-brother, CRAIG STEGMEYER, for many many years. Any help would be deeply appreciated! Nancy Elam-Kelly elamkelly@dishmail.net

Hi Mary, I know someone has answered your question, but I want to make sure you and other list members who use HeritageQuest are aware of the Advanced Search feature there. It makes it possible to search for people using whatever parameters you wish, and as long as there are fewer than 1000 hits for a given county and census year, you can then browse through the results to identify the likely record for your ancestor. In this case, I used just the first name, no last name, as the spelling of the surname used in the actual record was not known. I also narrowed to Illinois, Cook County, but got too many hits. Then I tried either Poland or limited to his age group, and finally had to do both to get a list of around 600 hits. Sometimes I do not know whether the person will be listed as from Poland or Russia, so I try both ways. Also, if they could be one of two age groups, I just try each age group separately. There is a link just above the search tab for census records, you click on that and then can choose advanced search. What I filled in looks like as follows: [USEMAP:search_tabs_advanced.gif] Surname __________ Search Given Name stanley___ Clear Census Year [1920] State [Illinois____________] County cook______ Browse County Location __________ Browse Location Age * [41 - 50_____] Sex * [MALE________] Race * [White_______] Birthplace * poland Then the two closest hits I see are these, with the second being the one someone else already told you about. [ ] BRZEZINSKI STANLEY 45 M W POLA IL COOK 34-WD CHICAGO 1920 [ ] BURDZINSKA STANLEY 45 M W POLA IL COOK 30-WD CHICAGO 1920 I had written search tips for using the search engines at Ancestry, but this makes me realize I need to add hints for Heritage Quest as well, often I can find records at Heritage Quest that I cannot pull up at Ancestry. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~thecohens/research.html For those list members who may not know what Heritage Quest is, it is a service which has free census and other genealogy records for people who can access it online from home through subscribing libraries. It is primarily at US libraries, but I think some international libraries may also subscribe. More information about free access thru library databases is on the following page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~thecohens/resources.html#library On 9/23/11, Mary Hartig <mchehoha@att.net> wrote: > Could some kind person please look up on Ancestry. Com the ED # and Ward > number + Page number for 1930 & 1920 Census records fro Stanley > Burdzinski & Agnes , see information below I can get the records from > Hertiage Quest.any other information would be greatly appreciated.

Does anyone from the Jefferson Park area remember a store called LeeMar's in the 5900 block of West Lawrence Avenue (near Austin)?   It was dimestore-like originally, burned down around 1959-1960 and was rebuilt on a grander scale.  The owners last name was Watts, and the store name was a combination of the first names of the husband and wife who owned it.   Ruth

If you go to a search engine and enter Irish Mail or doodlebug [separate searches] then click on images, they have photos of both of these things. The doodlebugs look like they have engines, and the irish mails do not. I looked them up because I didn't know what either one was. Lisa > -----Original Message----- > From: cook-co-il-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cook-co-il- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Hugh Busey > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 7:35 PM > To: cook-co-il@rootsweb.com > Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Old Vehicle Question > > David, > > Wasn't that called a "Doodelbug"? I'm not sure of the spelling but I > had > one in Chicago Heights, before the War I believe.. > > Hugh

cook-co-il-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > >When replying to a digest message, please change the subject line to match the post you are replying to and remove all other posts. Please do not send the entire digest back to the list! > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: A painted photograph (DLCulhane@cs.com) > 2. Re: A painted photograph (Little Bird) > 3. Re: CENSUS HELP 1920=1930 (Mary Hartig) > 4. Re: A painted photograph (DLCulhane@cs.com) > 5. Re: CENSUS HELP 1920=1930 (Dick Tague) > 6. Re: CENSUS HELP 1920=1930 (Dick Tague) > 7. Re: Old Vehicle Question (David Buzzek) > 8. Old Vehicle Question (Hugh Busey) > 9. Re: Street Addresses for 1870/80 Censuses? (Ann Moro) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 07:35:05 -0400 (EDT) >From: DLCulhane@cs.com >Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] A painted photograph >To: illinoisgenie@gmail.com, COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <2edf5.588f652.3badc8e9@cs.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >The practice started as a less expensive alternative to a painted portrait. >Photographs were one color--sepia, so colors had to be added by hand. >Depending on the skill of the colorist, it could end up looking rather surreal. >The practice continued into the 1960s at least. My 1964 high school >graduation picture was painted over. > >Diane > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:36:35 -0700 (PDT) >From: Little Bird <polkadot1950@sbcglobal.net> >Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] A painted photograph >To: Cook County Ill <COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <1316792195.8065.YahooMailRC@web80016.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > >My parents had an album of b&w photos from their wedding [1945] that were hand >colored but unfortunately they have seriously deteriorated. Does anyone know if >they can be restored? The ones that were left b&w are fine... >-Toni H. >St. Peters, MO > > >________________________________ >From: Ann Moro <grandmachick33@yahoo.com> >To: Joseph Martin <illinoisgenie@gmail.com>; Cook County Ill ><COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thu, September 22, 2011 11:38:22 PM >Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] A painted photograph > >Years ago one of my Uncles would color black and white pictures with what was >almost like >water colors.?? Very light and not like oil paint > > > >________________________________ >From: Joseph Martin <illinoisgenie@gmail.com> >To: Cook County Ill <COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com>; illinoisgenie@gmail.com >Sent: Thu, September 22, 2011 8:26:11 PM >Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] A painted photograph > >In our family we have one wedding photograph from 1905 that someone painted >over. > >Would anyone know how this practice started or what was the purpose? It does >make the photo look a tad strange. > >Joseph Martin >Romeoville, Illinois > > >-- >Adam and Eve must have found genealogy very boring. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:53:14 -0700 (PDT) >From: Mary Hartig <mchehoha@att.net> >Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] CENSUS HELP 1920=1930 >To: cook-co-il@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: > <1316793194.98470.YahooMailClassic@web83802.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > >Could some kind person please look up on Ancestry. Com the ED # and Ward number + Page number? for 1930 & 1920 Census records fro ? Stanley Burdzinski? & Agnes , see information below I can get the records from Hertiage Quest.any other information would be greatly appreciated. > >View Image ??? >Name: ??? Stanley Burdzinski >Spouse: ??? Agnes Burdzinski >Birth: ??? abt 1875 - location >Residence: ??? 1930 - city, Cook, Illinois >??? >??? 1920 United States Federal Census >Census & Voter Lists > >View Image ??? >Name: ??? Stanley Burdzinska >[Stanley Burdzinski] >Spouse: ??? Agnes Burdzinska >Birth: ??? abt 1875 - location >Arrival: ??? year >Residence: ??? 1920 - city, Cook (Chicago), Illinois >??? >??? Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988 >Birth, Marriage & Death >??? >Name: ??? Stanley Burdzinski >Death: ??? dd mm 1941 - Cook, Illinois, United States >??? >??? U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project) >Immigration & Travel > >View Image ??? >Name: ??? Stanley Burdzinski >Birth: ??? 18 Mar 1875 - Russia >Civil: ??? 11 Jan 1918 >Arrival: ??? 1903 >Residence: ??? Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa > >Mary Hartig > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:58:15 -0400 (EDT) >From: DLCulhane@cs.com >Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] A painted photograph >To: polkadot1950@sbcglobal.net, COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <949e7.4b73a9be.3bae0697@cs.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >Take it in to your local photo studio and get a professional opinion. > >Diane > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:26:23 -0500 >From: "Dick Tague" <dicktague@devtex.net> >Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] CENSUS HELP 1920=1930 >To: <cook-co-il@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <91690271B4B347FE8E9D17451F98A164@dick83eh0c3ig1> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >You don't need all that to find them on HQ Mary, All you need is the NARA >page number and use the "find by page feature. Do not use the suffux page >letter. It will take you to the A page. Dick >1930 United States Federal Census 1930 United States Federal Census > Name: Stanley Burdzinski > Home in 1930: Chicago, Cook, Illinois > View Map > Age: 55 > Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875 > Birthplace: Poland > Relation to Head of House: Head > Spouse's Name: Agnes Burdzinski > Race: White > Household Members: Name Age > Stanley Burdzinski 55 > Agnes Burdzinski 53 > Jean Burdzinski 21 > Walter Burdzinski 18 > Edward Burdzinski 15 > Marie Geizen 28 > > > > > Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; >Roll: 437; Page: 7B;(NARA film pg 212B) Enumeration District: 2536; Image: >426.0. > > >May you live to be a hundred with an extra year to repent ! (Irish proverb) >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mary Hartig" <mchehoha@att.net> >To: <cook-co-il@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 10:53 AM >Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] CENSUS HELP 1920=1930 > > >Could some kind person please look up on Ancestry. Com the ED # and Ward >number + Page number for 1930 & 1920 Census records fro Stanley Burdzinski & >Agnes , see information below I can get the records from Hertiage Quest.any >other information would be greatly appreciated. > >View Image >Name: Stanley Burdzinski >Spouse: Agnes Burdzinski >Birth: abt 1875 - location >Residence: 1930 - city, Cook, Illinois > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 6 >Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:51:19 -0500 >From: "Dick Tague" <dicktague@devtex.net> >Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] CENSUS HELP 1920=1930 >To: <cook-co-il@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <EE9EBA3450EA431487DDDF9A3C547ED5@dick83eh0c3ig1> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >Sorry Mary in 1920 this Stanley is on NARA film pf 170B. Dick >May you live to be a hundred with an extra year to repent ! (Irish proverb) >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mary Hartig" <mchehoha@att.net> >To: <cook-co-il@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 10:53 AM >Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] CENSUS HELP 1920=1930 > > >Could some kind person please look up on Ancestry. Com the ED # and Ward >number + Page number for 1930 & 1920 Census records fro Stanley Burdzinski & >Agnes , see information below I can get the records from Hertiage Quest.any >other information would be greatly appreciated. > >View Image >Name: Stanley Burdzinski >Spouse: Agnes Burdzinski >Birth: abt 1875 - location >Residence: 1930 - city, Cook, Illinois > >1920 United States Federal Census >Census & Voter Lists > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 7 >Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:30:31 -0700 (PDT) >From: David Buzzek <dbuzzek@yahoo.com> >Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Old Vehicle Question >To: Bart Hansen <vestby@gmail.com>, Jeanne Cahill <mandalay@att.net> >Cc: "cook-co-il@rootsweb.com" <cook-co-il@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: > <1316802631.54108.YahooMailClassic@web160504.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > >One of my favorite toys growing up was our Irish Mail. >David T Buzzek >You cannot soar with the eagles during the day if you hoot with the owls at night! > > >--- On Thu, 9/22/11, Jeanne Cahill <mandalay@att.net> wrote: > >> From: Jeanne Cahill <mandalay@att.net> >> Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Old Vehicle Question >> To: "Bart Hansen" <vestby@gmail.com> >> Cc: "cook-co-il@rootsweb.com" <cook-co-il@rootsweb.com> >> Date: Thursday, September 22, 2011, 7:00 PM >> It's an Irish mail.? You can see >> many examples if you put Irish mail into google and look at >> the images. >> >> On Sep 22, 2011, at 6:52 PM, Bart Hansen <vestby@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > This question probably belongs on another list, but I >> don't know how to find such a list. >> > >> > Some 60-70 years ago in the Chicago area, we children >> used to have a kind of "big wheel" like low slung cycle. >> Instead of peddling it, we would push back and forth on a >> kind of lever. What were these cycles called? My >> recollection is that they had a two-part name. >> > >> > Thanks and apologies for the off topic post. >> > >> > Bart >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the >> subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the >> subject and the body of the message >> > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 8 >Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:35:30 -0400 >From: Hugh Busey <hbusey@gmail.com> >Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Old Vehicle Question >To: cook-co-il@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: > <CAMWoe6TqB3UbthYY_r3atWVcBio0AzN1iJdM1ZB2E-NwXY4oDA@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >David, > >Wasn't that called a "Doodelbug"? I'm not sure of the spelling but I had >one in Chicago Heights, before the War I believe.. > > Hugh > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 9 >Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:43:45 -0700 (PDT) >From: Ann Moro <grandmachick33@yahoo.com> >Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Street Addresses for 1870/80 Censuses? >To: Claire Chantell <cc2de@cms.mail.virginia.edu>, > cook-co-il@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: > <1316839425.97998.YahooMailClassic@web83504.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > >Where was it? When you pull up your census, you can look at the page before and after and you might find the street listed unless it was a rural area. >? >--- On Thu, 9/22/11, Claire Chantell <cc2de@cms.mail.virginia.edu> wrote: > > >From: Claire Chantell <cc2de@cms.mail.virginia.edu> >Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Street Addresses for 1870/80 Censuses? >To: COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com >Date: Thursday, September 22, 2011, 1:14 PM > > >Does anyone know how to figure out what street address someone lived at >based on their entry in the 1870 or 1880 census records? I mean, I have >the ward # for 1880, for example, but it appears that in the 1880 Census >they didn't write down the street name & number of each dwelling they >visited. > >Thanks, >Claire > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------ > >To contact the COOK-CO-IL list administrator, send an email to >COOK-CO-IL-admin@rootsweb.com. > >To post a message to the COOK-CO-IL mailing list, send an email to COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com. > >__________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com >with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >email with no additional text. > > >End of COOK-CO-IL Digest, Vol 6, Issue 195 >******************************************

Most welcome Msry but I was having a bad hair day yesterday. In 1920 Stanley was indexed on HQ as BURDZNSKA. Have a safe & rewarding week-end. Dick May you live to be a hundred with an extra year to repent ! (Irish proverb) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Hartig" <mchehoha@att.net> To: <cook-co-il@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 3:30 AM Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Census Help Thank You Dick for the information. ON the Burdzinski Census records. Learn something new everyday. Thanks again for all your help. Mary Hartig

Thank You Dick for the information. ON the Burdzinski Census records.  Learn something new everyday. Thanks again for all your help.   Mary Hartig Could some kind person please look up on Ancestry. Com the ED # and Ward number + Page number? for 1930 & 1920 Census records fro ? Stanley Burdzinski? & Agnes , see information below I can get the records from Hertiage Quest.any other information would be greatly appreciated. Name:  Stanley Burdzinski Spouse: Agnes Burdzinski Birth:  abt 1875 - location Residence: 1930 - city, Cook, Illinois 1920 United States Federal Census Census & Voter Lists Name:tanley Burdzinska [Stanley Burdzinski] Spouse:  Agnes Burdzinska Birth:  abt 1875 - location Arrival:  year Residence: 1920 - city, Cook (Chicago), Illinois  Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988 Birth, Marriage & Death Name: Stanley Burdzinski Death:d mm 1941 - Cook, Illinois, United States U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project) Immigration & Travel View Image Name: Stanley Burdzinski Birth18 Mar 1875 - Russia Civil: 11 Jan 1918 Arriva1903 Residence: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa Mary Hartig ------------------------------ **************************************

Where was it? When you pull up your census, you can look at the page before and after and you might find the street listed unless it was a rural area.   --- On Thu, 9/22/11, Claire Chantell <cc2de@cms.mail.virginia.edu> wrote: From: Claire Chantell <cc2de@cms.mail.virginia.edu> Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Street Addresses for 1870/80 Censuses? To: COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, September 22, 2011, 1:14 PM Does anyone know how to figure out what street address someone lived at based on their entry in the 1870 or 1880 census records? I mean, I have the ward # for 1880, for example, but it appears that in the 1880 Census they didn't write down the street name & number of each dwelling they visited. Thanks, Claire ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

David, Wasn't that called a "Doodelbug"? I'm not sure of the spelling but I had one in Chicago Heights, before the War I believe.. Hugh

Take it in to your local photo studio and get a professional opinion. Diane

Sorry Mary in 1920 this Stanley is on NARA film pf 170B. Dick May you live to be a hundred with an extra year to repent ! (Irish proverb) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Hartig" <mchehoha@att.net> To: <cook-co-il@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] CENSUS HELP 1920=1930 Could some kind person please look up on Ancestry. Com the ED # and Ward number + Page number for 1930 & 1920 Census records fro Stanley Burdzinski & Agnes , see information below I can get the records from Hertiage Quest.any other information would be greatly appreciated. View Image Name: Stanley Burdzinski Spouse: Agnes Burdzinski Birth: abt 1875 - location Residence: 1930 - city, Cook, Illinois 1920 United States Federal Census Census & Voter Lists

One of my favorite toys growing up was our Irish Mail. David T Buzzek You cannot soar with the eagles during the day if you hoot with the owls at night! --- On Thu, 9/22/11, Jeanne Cahill <mandalay@att.net> wrote: > From: Jeanne Cahill <mandalay@att.net> > Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Old Vehicle Question > To: "Bart Hansen" <vestby@gmail.com> > Cc: "cook-co-il@rootsweb.com" <cook-co-il@rootsweb.com> > Date: Thursday, September 22, 2011, 7:00 PM > It's an Irish mail.  You can see > many examples if you put Irish mail into google and look at > the images. > > On Sep 22, 2011, at 6:52 PM, Bart Hansen <vestby@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > This question probably belongs on another list, but I > don't know how to find such a list. > > > > Some 60-70 years ago in the Chicago area, we children > used to have a kind of "big wheel" like low slung cycle. > Instead of peddling it, we would push back and forth on a > kind of lever. What were these cycles called? My > recollection is that they had a two-part name. > > > > Thanks and apologies for the off topic post. > > > > Bart > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

You don't need all that to find them on HQ Mary, All you need is the NARA page number and use the "find by page feature. Do not use the suffux page letter. It will take you to the A page. Dick 1930 United States Federal Census 1930 United States Federal Census Name: Stanley Burdzinski Home in 1930: Chicago, Cook, Illinois View Map Age: 55 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875 Birthplace: Poland Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Agnes Burdzinski Race: White Household Members: Name Age Stanley Burdzinski 55 Agnes Burdzinski 53 Jean Burdzinski 21 Walter Burdzinski 18 Edward Burdzinski 15 Marie Geizen 28 Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 437; Page: 7B;(NARA film pg 212B) Enumeration District: 2536; Image: 426.0. May you live to be a hundred with an extra year to repent ! (Irish proverb) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Hartig" <mchehoha@att.net> To: <cook-co-il@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] CENSUS HELP 1920=1930 Could some kind person please look up on Ancestry. Com the ED # and Ward number + Page number for 1930 & 1920 Census records fro Stanley Burdzinski & Agnes , see information below I can get the records from Hertiage Quest.any other information would be greatly appreciated. View Image Name: Stanley Burdzinski Spouse: Agnes Burdzinski Birth: abt 1875 - location Residence: 1930 - city, Cook, Illinois

Could some kind person please look up on Ancestry. Com the ED # and Ward number + Page number  for 1930 & 1920 Census records fro   Stanley Burdzinski  & Agnes , see information below I can get the records from Hertiage Quest.any other information would be greatly appreciated. View Image     Name:     Stanley Burdzinski Spouse:     Agnes Burdzinski Birth:     abt 1875 - location Residence:     1930 - city, Cook, Illinois         1920 United States Federal Census Census & Voter Lists View Image     Name:     Stanley Burdzinska [Stanley Burdzinski] Spouse:     Agnes Burdzinska Birth:     abt 1875 - location Arrival:     year Residence:     1920 - city, Cook (Chicago), Illinois         Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988 Birth, Marriage & Death     Name:     Stanley Burdzinski Death:     dd mm 1941 - Cook, Illinois, United States         U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project) Immigration & Travel View Image     Name:     Stanley Burdzinski Birth:     18 Mar 1875 - Russia Civil:     11 Jan 1918 Arrival:     1903 Residence:     Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa Mary Hartig

My parents had an album of b&w photos from their wedding [1945] that were hand colored but unfortunately they have seriously deteriorated. Does anyone know if they can be restored? The ones that were left b&w are fine... -Toni H. St. Peters, MO ________________________________ From: Ann Moro <grandmachick33@yahoo.com> To: Joseph Martin <illinoisgenie@gmail.com>; Cook County Ill <COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, September 22, 2011 11:38:22 PM Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] A painted photograph Years ago one of my Uncles would color black and white pictures with what was almost like water colors.   Very light and not like oil paint ________________________________ From: Joseph Martin <illinoisgenie@gmail.com> To: Cook County Ill <COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com>; illinoisgenie@gmail.com Sent: Thu, September 22, 2011 8:26:11 PM Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] A painted photograph In our family we have one wedding photograph from 1905 that someone painted over. Would anyone know how this practice started or what was the purpose? It does make the photo look a tad strange. Joseph Martin Romeoville, Illinois -- Adam and Eve must have found genealogy very boring. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The practice started as a less expensive alternative to a painted portrait. Photographs were one color--sepia, so colors had to be added by hand. Depending on the skill of the colorist, it could end up looking rather surreal. The practice continued into the 1960s at least. My 1964 high school graduation picture was painted over. Diane

Years ago one of my Uncles would color black and white pictures with what was almost like water colors.   Very light and not like oil paint ________________________________ From: Joseph Martin <illinoisgenie@gmail.com> To: Cook County Ill <COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com>; illinoisgenie@gmail.com Sent: Thu, September 22, 2011 8:26:11 PM Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] A painted photograph In our family we have one wedding photograph from 1905 that someone painted over. Would anyone know how this practice started or what was the purpose? It does make the photo look a tad strange. Joseph Martin Romeoville, Illinois -- Adam and Eve must have found genealogy very boring. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

All of these things are grist for the genealogy list, little queries like this are a reminder our families had different toys and and goodies we should be looking for! Eliz On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Bart Hansen <vestby@gmail.com> wrote: > This question probably belongs on another list, but I don't know how > to find such a list. > > Some 60-70 years ago in the Chicago area, we children used to have a > kind of "big wheel" like low slung cycle. Instead of peddling it, we > would push back and forth on a kind of lever. What were these cycles > called? My recollection is that they had a two-part name. > > Thanks and apologies for the off topic post. > > Bart > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

In our family we have one wedding photograph from 1905 that someone painted over. Would anyone know how this practice started or what was the purpose? It does make the photo look a tad strange. Joseph Martin Romeoville, Illinois -- Adam and Eve must have found genealogy very boring.

This question probably belongs on another list, but I don't know how to find such a list. Some 60-70 years ago in the Chicago area, we children used to have a kind of "big wheel" like low slung cycle. Instead of peddling it, we would push back and forth on a kind of lever. What were these cycles called? My recollection is that they had a two-part name. Thanks and apologies for the off topic post. Bart