Hi Bart:   Thanks so much for the excellent suggestion.   I would really only have one day for research. The four-day weekend is a family event. My idea was to come a day early, but I'm starting to wonder if it would be worth the expense.   Linda in Boston   --- On Wed, 5/19/10, Bart Hansen <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bart Hansen <[email protected]> Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Visit to Chicago To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 11:42 AM As others have suggested, check the hours of those places you will visit. Both the Newberry and the Chicago History Museum are closed on Mondays. The latter is closed all weekend, and only open in the afternoons due to budget problems. Four days sounds like a lot, but not over a weekend. Try to set up a detailed schedule for each day. Get a good map - I found a good folding one called Chicagoland from Rand McNally. Have fun, Bart ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Several people have suggested that I go to Newberry Library. Do they have individual genealogy records? I was there about 10 years ago and found only general Chicago history information, but I might have been looking in the wrong place.   Thanks, Linda in Boston   --- On Wed, 5/19/10, Linda Kush <[email protected]> wrote: From: Linda Kush <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Visit to Chicago To: [email protected], "Bart Hansen" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 4:01 PM Hi Bart:   Thanks so much for the excellent suggestion.   I would really only have one day for research. The four-day weekend is a family event. My idea was to come a day early, but I'm starting to wonder if it would be worth the expense.   Linda in Boston   --- On Wed, 5/19/10, Bart Hansen <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bart Hansen <[email protected]> Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Visit to Chicago To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 11:42 AM As others have suggested, check the hours of those places you will visit. Both the Newberry and the Chicago History Museum are closed on Mondays. The latter is closed all weekend, and only open in the afternoons due to budget problems. Four days sounds like a lot, but not over a weekend. Try to set up a detailed schedule for each day. Get a good map - I found a good folding one called Chicagoland from Rand McNally. Have fun, Bart ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message