Arleen is right; try to find the obit. We are not allowed to search for ourselves. I did ask that again last week. You'll need the date of death to narrow their search, so the obit is your best hope. If the obit is not on the free chicago trib site, the main branch of CPL has newspapers on microfilm. Also, don't forget to try the death index for surrounding counties. Manteno, in Kankakee County, had a big hospital; many people from Chicago died there. Cheryl Arleen <[email protected]> wrote: Have you searched for an obit AR \ > > > Is there a way of searching deaths after 1950 in > Chicago/cook county either by requesting help from IDPH or > Cook County or by going in person? This relative was born in > Russia about 1865, was still alive in 1945, does not show up > in the Illinois online death index that goes until 1950. No > social security. I live in Chicago so I could search in > person if one is permitted to. > > Susan > > > --------------------------------- --------------------------------- Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail.