Here is the link to show the IRAD holdings at NEIU (Northeastern Illinois University), which are the records for Cook County and the City of Chicago: http://www.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/IllinoisRegionalArchivesServlet For additional information, write to or call: Illinois Regional Archives Depository Ronald Williams Library Northeastern Illinois University 5500 N. St. Louis Avenue Chicago, IL 60625-4699 Telephone: (773) 442-4506 Map and Directions Hours: Monday – Friday, except state holidays 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in June and July, 2006. --> **NOTE: Our regional depositories are staffed by graduate student interns. Because of class scheduling conflicts, hours may vary somewhat from the above schedule. Researchers are urged to call before planning a visit to a depository If you cannot or do not want to visit the facility, you can order records by phone with a maximum of two records per request. Delivery can vary from 4 to 8 weeks. Certainly names must be provided; if you don't have an exact date, I think they might search an estimated year, but check on this before ordering. Last time I was at IRAD at NEIU (about 4 years ago), campus parking for visitors was $5; otherwise, expect a nice long walk if parking offsite. Hope this helps. Good luck! Pauline Mundt <treehouse2@sympatico.ca> wrote: Hello, I was wondering if anyone that is familiar with IRAD would explain how it works to those of us that don't understand it. Questions I would have are: What kind of genealogical info. would I be able to get from them? What kind of info. would I have to provide to them? Would I have to know the exact department to which I would have to direct my inquiries? There seems to be alot of them. What is the exact proceedure? Thank you Pauline ------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------- Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates.