Hi Chuck: This won't be specific to your grandfather, but for a little insight into what his business might have been like, try this excellent book: The Saloon: Public drinking in Chicago and Boston 1880 to 1920, by Perry Duis. University of Illinois Press 1983 Duis also wrote "Challenging Chicago," a must-read for anyone whose ancestors lived in Chicago in the 19th century. I imagine both are widely available. I got them from the Boston public library. Best wishes, Linda in Boston --- On Thu, 2/26/09, charles tintera <CTINTERA@cfl.rr.com> wrote: From: charles tintera <CTINTERA@cfl.rr.com> Subject: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Saloons in Cook County To: IL-COOK-CHICAGO@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009, 11:29 PM My Grandfather, father's side, owned or ran a saloon on the east side of Cicero before prohibition. I have the address and Google Maps, Street-view, shows the building still there though derelict. Are there any records pertaining to saloons? Liquor licenses? Tax records? Could they be a source of information? TIA cvt Charles "Chuck" Tintera ------------------------------- 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

hi Thanks for posting the names of theses books! Being from Chicago and having deep roots, this sounds like interesting reading! Dianna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Kush" <lkushgen@verizon.net> To: <il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Saloons in Cook County > Hi Chuck: > > This won't be specific to your grandfather, but for a little insight into > what his business might have been like, try this excellent book: > > The Saloon: Public drinking in Chicago and Boston 1880 to 1920, by Perry > Duis. University of Illinois Press 1983 > > Duis also wrote "Challenging Chicago," a must-read for anyone whose > ancestors lived in Chicago in the 19th century. > > I imagine both are widely available. I got them from the Boston public > library. > > Best wishes, > Linda in Boston > > --- On Thu, 2/26/09, charles tintera <CTINTERA@cfl.rr.com> wrote: > From: charles tintera <CTINTERA@cfl.rr.com> > Subject: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Saloons in Cook County > To: IL-COOK-CHICAGO@rootsweb.com > Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009, 11:29 PM > > My Grandfather, father's side, owned or ran a saloon on the east side of > Cicero before prohibition. I have the address and Google Maps, > Street-view, > shows the building still there though derelict. > > > > Are there any records pertaining to saloons? Liquor licenses? Tax records? > Could they be a source of information? > > > > TIA > > cvt > > > > > > Charles "Chuck" Tintera > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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

Diana, I agree. This book is a must-read, and really fascinating! Ellen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dianna Saracco-Farish" <DFARISH@ec.rr.com> To: <lkushgen@verizon.net>; <il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 3:50 PM Subject: Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Saloons in Cook County > hi Thanks for posting the names of theses books! > Being from Chicago and having deep roots, this sounds like interesting > reading! > > Dianna > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda Kush" <lkushgen@verizon.net> > To: <il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 2:34 PM > Subject: Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Saloons in Cook County > > >> Hi Chuck: >> >> This won't be specific to your grandfather, but for a little insight into >> what his business might have been like, try this excellent book: >> >> The Saloon: Public drinking in Chicago and Boston 1880 to 1920, by Perry >> Duis. University of Illinois Press 1983 >> >> Duis also wrote "Challenging Chicago," a must-read for anyone whose >> ancestors lived in Chicago in the 19th century. >> >> I imagine both are widely available. I got them from the Boston public >> library. >> >> Best wishes, >> Linda in Boston >> >> --- On Thu, 2/26/09, charles tintera <CTINTERA@cfl.rr.com> wrote: >> From: charles tintera <CTINTERA@cfl.rr.com> >> Subject: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Saloons in Cook County >> To: IL-COOK-CHICAGO@rootsweb.com >> Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009, 11:29 PM >> >> My Grandfather, father's side, owned or ran a saloon on the east side of >> Cicero before prohibition. I have the address and Google Maps, >> Street-view, >> shows the building still there though derelict. >> >> >> >> Are there any records pertaining to saloons? Liquor licenses? Tax >> records? >> Could they be a source of information? >> >> >> >> TIA >> >> cvt >> >> >> >> >> >> Charles "Chuck" Tintera >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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