Yes, this impacts all of us, it is too intense of a restriction, folks may want to read about the real identity thefts that occurred which prompted the change. Sadly for us, people were using information about recently deceased individuals to file fraudulent tax returns and getting away with it. Rather than simply crack down on the IRS for not verifying tax return claims, they clamped down on the Social Security Administration. New Hearing: The Spread of Tax Fraud by Identity Theft: A Threat to Taxpayers, A Drain on the Public Tr... http://bignews.biz/?id=1031749&keys=ID-THEFT-FRAUD-IRS On 11/18/11, Joseph Martin <illinoisgenie@gmail.com> wrote: > Recently Megan Smolenyak posted this. > > Social Security Administration extends FOIA restriction to 100 > years > http://megansmolenyak.posterous.com/social-security-administration-extends-foia-r > > Unfortunately, it’s now official. ... > But recently – without any announcement – the Administration extended the > restriction to 100 years – that is, 100 years from the birth of the > applicant, so you can now only obtain this record in an unaltered state for > those born prior to 1912....

Hello I am new to this list and am looking for a Stewart family in Chicago. Archibald, with wife Amy and daughter Helen or Nellie.(born around 1916} they emigrated from Scotland around 1923. Archibald died in 1940 and Amy in 1947. Helen may have married a ? Erickson. Hope someone can help I am in Scotland and it is always difficult researching in another country All the best, Kay

Sent to Kay under separate e-mail with pdf attachment of Amy's obit.  Archibald was alive at the time of Amy's death in 1947.   Kathleen Brennan Mammoser Researching BRENNAN, BRETT,GALLAGHER & KENNEDY in CO MAYO > CHICAGO and BRENNAN in CO SLIGO > CHICAGO HOWARD in CO CORK > HARVARD , IL > CHICAGO BRICKLEY in CO CORK > HARVARD, IL > CHICAGO MAMMOSER in Schoenenbourg , FRANCE > CHICAGO   http://www.mammoser.com

I've "rescued" an old photograph of Henry A. ROSS which was taken at the Copelin Studio in Chicago, Illinois. The photograph appears to have been taken in the 1880's with Henry appearing to be in his 20's at the time it was taken. I am hoping to locate someone from Henry's family so that this wonderful old photograph can be returned to the care of his family. If you are a member of this family, or you know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

Felicia, As the immediate Past President of the Chicago Genealogical Society and a current Director of the same, I can tell you that the Chicago Genealogist is not currently available in an electronic or digitized form. The Chicago Genealogical Society has an on-going project to index the Chicago Genealogist from the first issue to the latest issue. However, since this indexing project is dependent on volunteers to do the indexing in the first place and then for other volunteers to proof-read what has been indexed, the exact date as to when the indexing project will be finished is unknown at this time. The idea of digitizing the Chicago Genealogist was recently proposed to the Board of Management of the Chicago Genealogical Society. More information is needed on the idea of digitizing the Chicago Genealogist before the Board of Management can make a decision on whether or not to proceed with such a project. You will probably have to hold on to your paper copies of the Chicago Genealogist for the near future and face the possibility that you might be asked to appear on the "Hoarders" program. Thomas Mackowiak MACKOWIAK/SERWATKIEWICZ/JANUSZEWSKI/WANATOWICZ/MROZ/MUNO/HARNEY/GLENNON/McKA Y/LESCZYNSKI/ORLIKOWSKI -----Original Message----- From: cook-co-il-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cook-co-il-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Felicia Ziomek Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 11:12 PM To: cook-co-il@rootsweb.com Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Chicago Genealogist available on digital media or online? Good day all, I'm trying to pare down my belongings, and being a long-time CGS member I have tons of old editions of Chicago Genealogist issues. Is it available on CD or some other electronic media? Or available online ad hoc if one is a CGS member? Or, is it best that I just continue to keep my hard copy collection? What 'best practices' have the rest of you long-term genealogists found for managing your old editions? My fear is to be recruited by the producers of "Hoarders". :-) Thanks, Felicia Ziomek Livermore, CA

Thanks Thomas. Perhaps digitizing it and selling the CDs might be a money maker for CGS? Heritage Quest digitized their 1985-1999 magazines, and this CD sells for about $24. I found Ancestry magazines online with free access on Google.com. I'm still looking for "The Irish At Home and Abroad" digitized versions, couldn't find it. In the meantime I guess I'll get my hair done in preparation for my reality show debut and keep my copies! Thanks, Felicia -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Mackowiak [mailto:ThomasMackowiak@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 10:14 PM To: 'Felicia Ziomek'; cook-co-il@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [COOK-CO-IL] Chicago Genealogist available on digital media or online? Felicia, As the immediate Past President of the Chicago Genealogical Society and a current Director of the same, I can tell you that the Chicago Genealogist is not currently available in an electronic or digitized form. The Chicago Genealogical Society has an on-going project to index the Chicago Genealogist from the first issue to the latest issue. However, since this indexing project is dependent on volunteers to do the indexing in the first place and then for other volunteers to proof-read what has been indexed, the exact date as to when the indexing project will be finished is unknown at this time. The idea of digitizing the Chicago Genealogist was recently proposed to the Board of Management of the Chicago Genealogical Society. More information is needed on the idea of digitizing the Chicago Genealogist before the Board of Management can make a decision on whether or not to proceed with such a project. You will probably have to hold on to your paper copies of the Chicago Genealogist for the near future and face the possibility that you might be asked to appear on the "Hoarders" program. Thomas Mackowiak MACKOWIAK/SERWATKIEWICZ/JANUSZEWSKI/WANATOWICZ/MROZ/MUNO/HARNEY/GLENNON/McKA Y/LESCZYNSKI/ORLIKOWSKI -----Original Message----- From: cook-co-il-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cook-co-il-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Felicia Ziomek Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 11:12 PM To: cook-co-il@rootsweb.com Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Chicago Genealogist available on digital media or online? Good day all, I'm trying to pare down my belongings, and being a long-time CGS member I have tons of old editions of Chicago Genealogist issues. Is it available on CD or some other electronic media? Or available online ad hoc if one is a CGS member? Or, is it best that I just continue to keep my hard copy collection? What 'best practices' have the rest of you long-term genealogists found for managing your old editions? My fear is to be recruited by the producers of "Hoarders". :-) Thanks, Felicia Ziomek Livermore, CA -- If this email is spam, report it to https://support.onlymyemail.com/view/report_spam/MjE4MjE6MTM1NjAwOTk5ODpmY2F tcGlvbkBjb21jYXN0Lm5ldDpkZWxpdmVyZWQ

Good day all, I'm trying to pare down my belongings, and being a long-time CGS member I have tons of old editions of Chicago Genealogist issues. Is it available on CD or some other electronic media? Or available online ad hoc if one is a CGS member? Or, is it best that I just continue to keep my hard copy collection? What 'best practices' have the rest of you long-term genealogists found for managing your old editions? My fear is to be recruited by the producers of "Hoarders". :-) Thanks, Felicia Ziomek Livermore, CA

Everyone should try to attend at least one of Craig's presentations. He is HILARIOUS! I happened to hear a talk he gave once about outhouses  and what kind of stuff people threw in there (dishes, bottles, toys, etc.)  You can learn alot about a family by looking through their garbage. Debbie ----- Original Message ----- From: cook-co-il-request@rootsweb.com To: cook-co-il@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 2:01:33 AM Subject: COOK-CO-IL Digest, Vol 6, Issue 236 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. good researcher (Pat Spears)    2. Re: good researcher (jmharper@surewest.net) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:43:14 +0000 From: Pat Spears <spearspat@hotmail.com> Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] good researcher To: <cook-co-il@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <SNT110-W11F1EDE8B8D416F4E567E3ACC50@phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I just read that Craig Pfannakuche will be making a presentation. I just wanted to say that Craig did some research for me on my Carney family. He is very professional and a pleasure to work with. Pat                                                 ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:42:22 -0800 From: "jmharper@surewest.net" <jmharper@surewest.net> Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] good researcher To: <cook-co-il@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <CAED62BE.21E1A%jmharper@surewest.net> Content-Type: text/plain;        charset="US-ASCII" I can also raise my hand that Craig did some research for me some years back and, broke down a brick wall for my Franke's!!  I was just thinking of contacting him and asking for more research!! Jeannette Northern California > From: Pat Spears <spearspat@hotmail.com> > Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:43:14 +0000 > To: <cook-co-il@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] good researcher > > > I just read that Craig Pfannakuche will be making a presentation. I just > wanted to say that Craig did some research for me on my Carney family. He is > very professional and a pleasure to work with. > Pat > >   >   > ------------------------------- > 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 236 ******************************************

>I just read that Craig Pfannakuche will be making a presentation. Could you please post the Where & When for this? Thank you Bobbi McCaffrey

I just read that Craig Pfannakuche will be making a presentation. I just wanted to say that Craig did some research for me on my Carney family. He is very professional and a pleasure to work with. Pat

I can also raise my hand that Craig did some research for me some years back and, broke down a brick wall for my Franke's!! I was just thinking of contacting him and asking for more research!! Jeannette Northern California > From: Pat Spears <spearspat@hotmail.com> > Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:43:14 +0000 > To: <cook-co-il@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] good researcher > > > I just read that Craig Pfannakuche will be making a presentation. I just > wanted to say that Craig did some research for me on my Carney family. He is > very professional and a pleasure to work with. > Pat > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Critique of Chicago Family Research Sites and Sources On Sunday, December 4, 2011 the Genealogical Forum of Elmhurst will host a presentation by Craig Pfannkuche. The meeting will be held at 3:00 p.m. in the Community Bank of Elmhurst, 300 W Butterfield Rd, Elmhurst (intersection of Spring Road. There is a traffic light and a Shell station on the NE corner). Guests are welcome. For information, call 708/531-0449. www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilgfe/ The program will discuss places to investigate when researching your Chicago area ancestors. The Genealogical Forum of Elmhurst is a family history club serving people in the western suburbs of Chicago. The club seeks to educate and stimulate, to share and help, and to promote genealogy in a non-critical way. General meetings of the organization are held on five Sunday afternoons each year. Please join us for this informative lecture. Sharon Zarembka, Secretary The Genealogical Forum of Elmhurst

Recently Megan Smolenyak posted this. Social Security Administration extends FOIA restriction to 100 years<http://megansmolenyak.posterous.com/social-security-administration-extends-foia-r> Unfortunately, it’s now official. I have been ordering Social Security applications for several decades, and have found them especially valuable over the last decade for assisting with my Army cases. A few years ago, I noticed that they were starting to block out names of parents on the applications – which is very unfortunate since that’s the primary reason for ordering them. Still, the restriction seemed to pertain to applications for those born from 1940 or so on, and the explanation was that their parents could still be alive. So though I wasn’t keen on it, I could understand the logic. But recently – without any announcement – the Administration extended the restriction to 100 years – that is, 100 years from the birth of the applicant, so you can now only obtain this record in an unaltered state for those born prior to 1912. This letter is in response to one I wrote where I explained how it would negatively impact the ability to locate soldiers’ family members and that the parents whose privacy was suddenly being protected would have to be somewhere on the order of 120 to 150 years old, if alive. I can apparently receive the full application if I can prove that the parents are deceased, but 1) that’s a catch-22 since that’s exactly why I usually ordered the document in the first place, and 2) many of my cases are for foreign-born soldiers who immigrated to the U.S. so I would have to seek death certificates from places ranging from Finland to the Philippines. For similar reasons, this perplexingly long restriction will obviously also affect the 40% of Americans of Ellis Island heritage, which is also regrettable as this was the best tool for learning the names of the parents of immigrants so you could then extend your research overseas. I’m very disappointed in this decision and truly can’t grasp what has caused the Administration to put such a severe restriction in place – far in excess of that of most states that have limits on death certificate access – but I wanted to at least let the genealogical community know as it would be unfortunate for others to spend money needlessly. Because this policy was never announced, I have spent money on four requests ($27 or $29 each) for people born in the 19-teens, only to receive documents of no value to me. You might want to let your friends in the genealogical community know. Joseph Martin Romeoville, Illinois

OK, I kept looking for my dad's family in the 1930 census for years. Finally, I used a new strategy. I had looked in the neighborhood around my mother's address with no luck. So, I expanded to the neighborhoods around 2 aunts, who, like my mother, had married into dad's family. I knew they all lived relatively close. While I had no luck with the first aunt, dad's folks were ON THE SAME PAGE with the 2nd aunt. Very excited. The family name was Nielsen and they were indexed under Milson. Try every which way you can; likely they are there. On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Raven Fan <tm5173@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a problem and hope your collective knowledge can help with a > solution. > > In the 1920 Census I am trying to find a Wojciech/Albert Kowalczyk (b. 23 > Apr 1878 Austria-Poland), his wife, Marya/Mary (b. 1891), daughter Antonia > (b. 1915), son Edward (b. 1916). > > His address in 1918 (WW 1 Draft Reg) is 2735 N. Long Ave. Chicago > His 1923 Na address is: 2544 N. Linder Ave., Chicago. > > These addresses & streets are relatively close to each other. > > By the 1930 Census their address is 2305 N. Menard, Chicago. > > I "think" I have done everything I know to do to find this family -- unless > I have done something wrong, or not gone about the search correctly. I > have > also used wild card searches for the surname with no luck. > > For the Long & Linder addresses, in the 1920 Census their Ward was 33. > Their ED was either 2057 or 2056. Looking for the Menard address, the ED > was 2063 or 2062. I have searched evey page of those EDs and do not find > this family. Even stranger is the fact that I did not find ANY famlies in > these EDs on Long, Linder or Menard streets. Those streets seemed to be > missing entirely! > > Can that be true? The cesus taker did not list any families on any of > those > 3 streets? Were the census takers just suppose to list the families on the > main streets? > > I'm stymied. Any input, suggestions or directions are welcomed. > > Thank you in advance. > Bobbi McCaffrey > > > ------------------------------- > 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 find the Chicago Ancestors site helpful too, but the map is awfully crowded, so not as good for copying, enlarging, printing out, and annotating. Diane

Others may already be familiar with this site, but I Googled Chicago Catholic churches map yesterday and, among others, came up with http://www.yourmapper.com/list/165/1/catholic-churches/all-catholic-churches -in-the-chicago-archdiocese.htm It has some nice features. For example, you can type in your ancestor's address and see the nearest churches, or click on a church and see others in the area. Unfortunately, it's just existing parishes, but you could always print out a map and draw in the old parish churches. Someday maybe we'll have an online map that shows all the parishes, past and present. Diane

Diane Culhane sent a link that shows the location of current Catholic Churches in Chicago. She also commented that it would be nice to have a website that showed the location of Chicago Catholic Churches past and present. Diane, Have you looked at www.chicagoancestors.org ? This is a website created by the Newberry Library to help genealogy researches find information on Chicago. If you enter a current address in the search box and click the SEARCH button, you will receive a list that contains items you can look at around that area on a map of Chicago. One of the items that is on the list reads: Religious Institutions. If you click on the + sign, a drop down menu gives you a choice to look at Lutheran Churches, Catholic Churches and Synagogues near the address you typed. I checked this website and I found a listing and location on the map for St. Louis Church which was founded in 1850 and was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 and never reopened after the fire. So you can find past and present Chicago Catholic Churches at www.chicagoancestors.org . Thomas Mackowiak MACKOWIAK/SERWATKIEWICZ/JANUSZEWSKI/WANATOWICZ/MROZ/MUNO/HARNEY/GLENNON/McKA Y/LESCZYNSKI/ORLIKOWSKI -----Original Message----- From: cook-co-il-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cook-co-il-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of DLCulhane@cs.com Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 9:09 AM To: COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com; IRISH-IN-CHICAGO@rootsweb.com Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Map of Chicago Catholic Churches Others may already be familiar with this site, but I Googled Chicago Catholic churches map yesterday and, among others, came up with http://www.yourmapper.com/list/165/1/catholic-churches/all-catholic-churches -in-the-chicago-archdiocese.htm It has some nice features. For example, you can type in your ancestor's address and see the nearest churches, or click on a church and see others in the area. Unfortunately, it's just existing parishes, but you could always print out a map and draw in the old parish churches. Someday maybe we'll have an online map that shows all the parishes, past and present. Diane

Obit for Charles Reins sent direct. -----Original Message----- From: cook-co-il-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cook-co-il-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of cook-co-il-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 2:01 AM To: cook-co-il@rootsweb.com Subject: COOK-CO-IL Digest, Vol 6, Issue 233 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. obit lookup (gswilson19@aol.com) 2. Re: obit lookup (patricia meyers) 3. Re: obit lookup (gswilson19@aol.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:55:15 -0500 (EST) From: gswilson19@aol.com Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] obit lookup To: cook-co-il@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <8CE711E7663928F-1B88-4B7EC@webmail-m020.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi, I hope someone can do an obit lookup for me. I checked Ancestry and can't find anything on there. I am looking for an obit for Charles Reins, died 9 Sep 1943 in Chicago. Wife is Olga. I'm also looking for an obit for his son Frank Charles Reins who died 19 Nov 1949 in Chicago. Thanks in advance, Gail ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:36:10 -0800 (PST) From: patricia meyers <pattimeyers67@att.net> Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] obit lookup To: cook county <COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <1321302970.39505.YahooMailRC@web80504.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Obit sent for Charles. ________________________________ From: "gswilson19@aol.com" <gswilson19@aol.com> To: cook-co-il@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, November 14, 2011 1:55:15 PM Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] obit lookup Hi, I hope someone can do an obit lookup for me. I checked Ancestry and can't find anything on there. I am looking for an obit for Charles Reins, died 9 Sep 1943 in Chicago. Wife is Olga. I'm also looking for an obit for his son Frank Charles Reins who died 19 Nov 1949 in Chicago. Thanks in advance, Gail ------------------------------- 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: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:22:55 -0500 (EST) From: gswilson19@aol.com Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] obit lookup To: pattimeyers67@att.net, cook-co-il@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <8CE713B78D6440C-1B88-4E6C3@webmail-m020.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Thank you, Patti for your help! -----Original Message----- From: patricia meyers <pattimeyers67@att.net> To: gswilson19 <gswilson19@aol.com> Sent: Mon, Nov 14, 2011 12:35 pm Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] obit lookup See attached. Patti From: "gswilson19@aol.com" <gswilson19@aol.com> To: cook-co-il@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, November 14, 2011 1:55:15 PM Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] obit lookup Hi, I hope someone can do an obit lookup for me. I checked Ancestry and can't find anything on there. I am looking for an obit for Charles Reins, died 9 Sep 1943 in Chicago. Wife is Olga. I'm also looking for an obit for his son Frank Charles Reins who died 19 Nov 1949 in Chicago. Thanks in advance, Gail ------------------------------- 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 233 ******************************************

Thank you, Patti for your help! -----Original Message----- From: patricia meyers <pattimeyers67@att.net> To: gswilson19 <gswilson19@aol.com> Sent: Mon, Nov 14, 2011 12:35 pm Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] obit lookup See attached. Patti From: "gswilson19@aol.com" <gswilson19@aol.com> To: cook-co-il@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, November 14, 2011 1:55:15 PM Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] obit lookup Hi, I hope someone can do an obit lookup for me. I checked Ancestry and can't find anything on there. I am looking for an obit for Charles Reins, died 9 Sep 1943 in Chicago. Wife is Olga. I'm also looking for an obit for his son Frank Charles Reins who died 19 Nov 1949 in Chicago. Thanks in advance, Gail ------------------------------- 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

Hi, I hope someone can do an obit lookup for me. I checked Ancestry and can't find anything on there. I am looking for an obit for Charles Reins, died 9 Sep 1943 in Chicago. Wife is Olga. I'm also looking for an obit for his son Frank Charles Reins who died 19 Nov 1949 in Chicago. Thanks in advance, Gail