I think you might find the Wilmette FHC the one you really want to visit. All Chicago death cert are available there plus all Chicago church (catholic) records. Then you would be only about 30 mins away from St. Adalberts. Arleen On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Linda Kush <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Cooksters: > > I'll be in Chicago for a four-day weekend with my sisters in July. I'm > considering going a day early to do some family history research. I would > arrive on Wednesday morning, July 21, and rent a car for a day. This extra > day would be pretty expensive, and I'm wondering how productive it would be. > > I've heard that the LDS Center in Hyde Park has all the films from St. > Adalbert's and St. Stanislaus Kostka church books. Is that correct? Do they > have any others? > > I'd also like to visit St. Adalbert Cemetery, where many of my ancestors > are buried. > > My Polish ancestors arrived in Chicago in 1871 and the German side in 1925. > I believe my father attended St. Maurice's Elementary School in the 1920s > and 1930s. > > Any other suggestions > for a good use of my time? What about visiting the churches to take > pictures? > > Thanks for any advice, > Linda in Boston > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Keep in mind, Linda, that the hours for the Wilmette Family History Library are as follows:   Tuesday & Thursday:  10AM to 3PM  and 6:30PM to 9:30PM Saturday:  9AM to 1PM   They operate on reduced hours for month of August, and it might be a good idea to check the LDS website to see about other dates they may not be open.    Because Wilmette's hours have changed in the past year, verify the current hours if you plan to visit.  They used to have Wednesday hours the same as Tuesday & Thursday.  Then they cut back to only evening hours and later eliminated Wednesday altogether...a bummer for me since I have Wednesdays off.   Also, the Chicago death certificate collection there is 1878 through1947.  Since 1878 through 1922 are now online, the collection still provides death certificates for the following 25 years.   The Catholic church records are phenomenal.   Ruth --- On Tue, 5/18/10, arleen gould <[email protected]> wrote: From: arleen gould <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Visit to Chicago To: "Linda Kush" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 7:39 AM I think you might find the Wilmette FHC the one you really want to visit. All Chicago death cert are available there plus all Chicago church (catholic) records. Then you would be only about 30 mins away from St. Adalberts. Arleen On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Linda Kush <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Cooksters: > > I'll be in Chicago for a four-day weekend with my sisters in July. I'm > considering going a day early to do some family history research. I would > arrive on Wednesday morning, July 21, and rent a car for a day. This extra > day would be pretty expensive, and I'm wondering how productive it would be. > > I've heard that the LDS Center in Hyde Park has all the films from St. > Adalbert's and St. Stanislaus Kostka church books. Is that correct? Do they > have any others? > > I'd also like to visit St. Adalbert Cemetery, where many of my ancestors > are buried. > > My Polish ancestors arrived in Chicago in 1871 and the German side in 1925. > I believe my father attended St. Maurice's Elementary School in the 1920s > and 1930s. > > Any other suggestions >  for a good use of my time? What about visiting the churches to take > pictures? > > Thanks for any advice, > Linda in Boston > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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