I grew up in Albany Park. It's north of Wilson and south of Foster. I lived across the street from a big park and it was called River Park because the river ran through it. Jackye Sullins San Diego > > I lived in the area, 2305 Wilson Ave, from 1924 (year of my birth) until > 1938. > > When David mentioned a park on Wilson Ave some distance 'west' of where we > lived I remembered a park. It was a lovely park where we had many > picnics. Because the park was quite a distance from our home we only > visited the park a few times during the summer. It was memorable for me. > Of course distance is all relative. We took public transportation. . I > don't remember the name of the park but it could well be Albany Park > because that would be the area we were talking about. > > I haven't been there for so many years - maybe someone on the list can > answer. I would like to know as well. As I remember, Albany Park is an > 'area' of the city, however, if there is an Albany Park, it could be > some place else? I don't know about that but it seems possible. > > I thought that the Albany Park Area of the northside of the city was > northeast of the Wilson Ave area where we lived. I could be wrong. > > dorothy

How do I establish this information? Do the LDS History Centers have the index with the film number? dolores On Jan 28, 2007, at 2:01 AM, cook-co-il-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > The illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) has the following > records for > wills for Cook County. You can write a letter asking for a lookup > giving them > the title of the record, approximate date & name, and film number.

You also might try looking in the 1890 Veteran Schedule. Pat

Toni The illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) has the following records for wills for Cook County. You can write a letter asking for a lookup giving them the title of the record, approximate date & name, and film number. If they find what you request they will send the copies to you for a very reasonable cost - when they sent me the 4 pages of my grandfather's naturalization papers they only charged me $1.00. PROBATE WILL RECORD 1879-1928 (7/0045/31 film #) PROBATE WILL RECORD INDEX 1850-1919 (7/0042/03 film #) Illinois Regional Archives Depository Ronald Williams Library Northeastern Illinois University 5500 N. St. Louis Avenue Chicago, IL 60625-4699 Telephone: (773) 442-4506 Hours: Monday – Friday, except state holidays 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The records held at IRAD at the Northeastern Illinois University are for Cook County and the City of Chicago. Here is the url for the IRAD at NEIU: www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/IllinoisRegionalArchivesServlet Hope this helps you out. Naomi in Illinois USA > --- toni evans <toni.evans@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > I wonder if someone could tell me if I am missing > > something, wrote to Cook Co Court House to see if > > there were two wills 1896 and 1907, they have > > replied by saying ... > > > > "For a probate search from before 1976, visit the > > Archives link at our > > website www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org " > > > > did this and could find no Indexes only info that > > they were on microfilm, have I read it right ??? if > > so my arms will not reach that far !! which is why I > > wrote. > > > > Regards Toni > > > > > >

I think I found it. I saved this website and the cemeteries are listed alphabetically. http://www.chicagocemeteryphotos.com/volunteer.php#d Only one starts with Du, Dunklees Grove (aka Zion Church) in Bensenville. Susan

Received a death certificate and place of burial is listed as "Du******." Undertaker is listed as "County". Does anyone know the name of this cemetery. Death Certificate is from the year 1907. Thanks

Hello all, I wonder if someone could tell me if I am missing something, wrote to Cook Co Court House to see if there were two wills 1896 and 1907, they have replied by saying ... "For a probate search from before 1976, visit the Archives link at our website www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org " did this and could find no Indexes only info that they were on microfilm, have I read it right ??? if so my arms will not reach that far !! which is why I wrote. Regards Toni Toni Evans

In a message dated 1/27/2007 11:44:14 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, elizhgene@gmail.com writes: City directories work as a census substitute. Ancestry has many under that heading <G> bad news for many of us is they have none for Chicago but the LDS does How do you go about accessing that on familysearch.org? I couldn't find Chicago directories there. As for the other site, you must pay for each lookup.

The question was asked what to use in place of the 1890 census. I have had good luck using city directories. At least they give the person's address and occupation. From the address you may be able to find the church/synagogue they attended. From the occupation you may be able to find union records. Obviously they only list people with jobs or heads of household. But it does give one a start. Lois

City directories work as a census substitute. Ancestry has many under that heading <G> bad news for many of us is they have none for Chicago but the LDS does. To see what is avaliable go to http://uscitydirectories.com/il.htm and they have lots of towns and a full run for Chicago from 1846 to 1917. Eliz On 1/27/07, RAROSE10@aol.com <RAROSE10@aol.com> wrote: > I am in need of an 1890 census but found out that because of a fire there is > no census.What can you use in its place as a substitute? > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

If you are out of the Chicago area and cannot go there yourself the website was letting you know that the microfilms and indexes are in their archive offices and they will do the search for you for a cost. To have it done contact the Clerk of the Circuit Court Offices. It should have also listed the telephone and address information and cost for this search. I hope this information helps. Alice Fluegge --- toni evans <toni.evans@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > Hello all, > I wonder if someone could tell me if I am missing > something, wrote to Cook Co Court House to see if > there were two wills 1896 and 1907, they have > replied by saying ... > > "For a probate search from before 1976, visit the > Archives link at our > website www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org " > > did this and could find no Indexes only info that > they were on microfilm, have I read it right ??? if > so my arms will not reach that far !! which is why I > wrote. > > Regards Toni > > > > Toni Evans > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

I am in need of an 1890 census but found out that because of a fire there is no census.What can you use in its place as a substitute?

Loved your ideas, Kathy.

What a GREAT idea! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yetzkes" <yetzkejm@qtm.net> To: "COOK-CO-IL" <COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 1:51 PM Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] photos I scan older group pictures and insert names on the people. Then I have the original and the scan stored together.

I scan older group pictures and insert names on the people. Then I have the original and the scan stored together. ----- Original Message ----- From: restless13 To: COOK-CO-IL Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 2:37 PM Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] photos I have a question for the list...While going through some old photo albums of my family, my daughter (20) asked me a question that had me stumped because I never really gave any thought to it. She asked, "Mom, what am I supose to do with all these albums after you and dad die? None of us know who these people are, but you, so should I just toss them?" I really didn't know how to answer it. What a shame to toss all those pictures. There really isn't any family left either and those that are wouldn't want them. Any suggestions or thoughts? Martha ------------------------------- 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

It's a fact that most people do not have a huge interest in family history in their teens & twenties. However... I have discovered that it never hurts to stimulate an interest on a different path from "research". Getting children interested in photographs isn't hard. My older daughter & I have grown to love scrap booking. I baby sit my 6 year old grandson (my middle daughter's son) and, on many occasions, I am the adult who goes to school functions ---with a camera. I started making scrapbook pages of these events and giving them to him to put in his own book. He now asks me when I will be doing another page for HIS book. The pages could easily be a grouping showing him, his mom, then me --all at age 6! Now that I have his attention, the possibilities are endless. Craft stores now have square frames to fit the 12 x 12 scrapbook page format. I had photos from my older (16 years older) sisters teen years (her dating years) and created a really cute page of those photos to give her (framed) as a gift. Things like that seem to get people interested in old photographs, even if they weren't before. I know it is challenging to add another hobby (scrap booking) to genealogy research, but the 2 hobbies are really so intertwined and I so enjoy them both. But you don't have to be rabid about doing scrapbooks. Just try enough to catch the interest of the younger generations. Kathy Rust Glendale, AZ

Great ideas. Your daughter might also want to post messages on surname & location (city/state) mail lists & message boards whenever the albums become available. You could probably set this up ahead of time with a list of websites she could access easily. I imagine some people would be mighty happy to pay the postage to receive such a "find". Anything but throw them away. Judy in Alaska --- ellen@barrfinancial.com wrote: From: "Ann Ellen Barr" <ellen@barrfinancial.com> To: "Lois Campbell" <luv2pla@earthlink.net>, "restless13" <restless13@foresitewireless.com>, "COOK-CO-IL" <COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] What to do with Genealogical Materials (photos, books, stories) Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:04:04 -0600 Our Lake County IL Genealogical Society has created a form which says: If I die, I designate _____________(family member) to decide what to keep For the family; the rest I donate to the (society) for their Reading Room. Either a Genealogical Society or Historical Society should be given the Opportunity to receive the materials. They can then decide what should be Done with them, after the family has retained that which they want. ellen@Barrfinancial.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 message _____________________________________________________________ Netscape. Just the Net You Need.

Our Lake County IL Genealogical Society has created a form which says: If I die, I designate _____________(family member) to decide what to keep For the family; the rest I donate to the (society) for their Reading Room. Either a Genealogical Society or Historical Society should be given the Opportunity to receive the materials. They can then decide what should be Done with them, after the family has retained that which they want. ellen@Barrfinancial.com.

I agree. And when you label them get a marker from the scrapbook store that is archival safe. In other words, one that doesn't have the chemicals to ruin photos. And don't label in the middle of the picture, but at the very bottom or very top because eventually your handwriting bleeds through. I learned this from a Creative Memories scrapbook/photo workshop. Does anyone have any other suggestions? edie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lois Campbell" <luv2pla@earthlink.net> To: "restless13" <restless13@foresitewireless.com>; "COOK-CO-IL" <COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] photos > It's time to begin labeling those photos, Martha. Your daughter is only > 20 > now, but her interest in things of this nature will bloom as she gets > older > and she'll be happy to have them. > > Lois > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "restless13" <restless13@foresitewireless.com> > To: "COOK-CO-IL" <COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 12:37 PM > Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] photos > > >>I have a question for the list...While going through some old photo albums >>of my family, my daughter (20) asked me a question that had me stumped >>because I never really gave any thought to it. She asked, "Mom, what am >>I >>supose to do with all these albums after you and dad die? None of us know >>who these people are, but you, so should I just toss them?" I really >>didn't know how to answer it. What a shame to toss all those pictures. >>There really isn't any family left either and those that are wouldn't want >>them. Any suggestions or thoughts? >> >> Martha >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >

Please do not destroy them. My grandmother and father thought the same. Although there are very few pictures of my grandmothers left I did get most of my Dad's, unfortunately he didn't label them but I am slowly but surely. Put names and dates to them that you remember and make sure not a sole in the family wants them. If they don't let the people on any genealogy site you can find know you are looking for a home for them. Let them know the family names, given names won't hurt either. Also the area most of them are from. They are treasures. Most of us that are doing family histories would think they died and went to heaven to get their hands on pictures that other's discarded because they thought no one would want them. My husbands family thought there was no other family out there, but I have found a whole lot they never knew existed. And they are close family. You could contact Cook Co sites. There is a terrific bunch who are working very hard on not just the IL counties but many other states. If you don't know what to do with them and would like me to I will put you in contact to the person who handles that. Use my home email below. The important thing is label them if you can. In 10 or 20 years your daughter maybe wishing she had them. Char labecaly@msn.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "restless13" <restless13@foresitewireless.com> To: "COOK-CO-IL" <COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 1:37 PM Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] photos >I have a question for the list...While going through some old photo albums >of my family, my daughter (20) asked me a question that had me stumped >because I never really gave any thought to it. She asked, "Mom, what am I >supose to do with all these albums after you and dad die? None of us know >who these people are, but you, so should I just toss them?" I really >didn't know how to answer it. What a shame to toss all those pictures. >There really isn't any family left either and those that are wouldn't want >them. Any suggestions or thoughts? > > Martha