Did you check the familysearch pilot site? Records can be downloaded. Check birth and marriage records in Cook County Collections: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#r=0;p=allCollections Birth George Shields 1891: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#year=1891&toYear=1891&surname=Shields&collection=fs%3A1462519&searchType=close&givenName=George&p=recordResults Father John William Shields, Mother Katie McGrath; b. Nov. 8, 1891. Mary Elaine Sharp wrote: > I have a George T. Shields who, according to his WWII records, was born in > Chicago, Jan. 9, 1891. His father died in Chicago Jun 1891 and his > certificate of death says he is married but there is no space for his wife's > name nor does it give an informant's name. I am trying to find out who the > mother of George 1891 is? I gather I will have no luck with a birth record > from Cook County. I am assuming his parents married in Cook Co. Any > possibility of finding a marriage record when I have no wife's name and no > exact date of marriage only an educated guess? He did serve during WWI > according to his obit. Any possibility of WWI records having this info? The > one on Ancestry does not have it. The death record says the undertaker is > Sheldon. Any creative ideas of how to get the name of this mother? This > family originally came from Lockport, Will Co. IL. > >