The site is great. Just this morning I found who I think is my GGGrandfather's first wife, on that site [in Germany]. I never thought I would find her name, and it becomes important in trying to find my GGrandfather's half brother [who also came to the USA] - she would be his mother [who lived and died in Germany], but not my GGrandfather's mother [who I know because she came to the USA and is buried just a few miles from my house, next to my GGrandfather]. I just sat staring at the screen -- dumb struck !! I am still not sure I believe it. Sharon On 14 Feb 2009 at 20:30, Mary Snow wrote: Short answer: Yes! Have you used familysearch.org? This new site is a pilot site for which thousands of volunteers are transcribing records. It's especially good when you find your mother's birth certificate or your grandparents' marriage license and can download them! http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=0 Click on North America and see all the records. Wonderful! http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp What's New Help create free public access to U.S. census indexes See prototype for searching millions of records Mary Yetzkes wrote: > Is this a good site? Family Search Labs? I've never used it before. > > > - >> My email has had a few glitches over the weekend, so this may be old news, >> but just in case it isn't, Chicago birth certificates and registers are >> now available online for free at FamilySearch Labs. Hooray! >> >> Cynthia >> >> http://tinyurl.com/49ooet >> >> > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IL-COOK-CHICAGO- request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message