have you checked.. www.ancestorsorg.com under tools.. and the city directories for chicago.. I am certain under the businesses Saloons are listed as well as the owner s and addresses for the yrs. listed ----- Original Message ----- From: "charles tintera" <CTINTERA@cfl.rr.com> To: <il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 8:35 AM Subject: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Saloons in Cook County > RE Grandfather's Saloons in Cook County > > Thank you to everyone that replied. > > I will certainly try the IRAD and the Perry Duis books. > > I am also trying to access the Newberry Library to see if they have any > telephone books online from the early 1900's online and if those listings > (addresses) agree with the ones I have. > > I am surprised that there isn't more information available. The time span > of > Prohibition in the US, 1920 to 1933, would have impinged on many if not > most > of the family histories that we research. > > In May I am dragging my wife (kicking and screaming :)) to Chicago to > visit > "home" and the places I remember or have meaning to my Family Tree. It > will > be my first trip back since the early '80s. > > I make a living as a photographer and mean to bring back pictures of as > many > locales, buildings, house, and churches, even graves, as I can reach in > the > 3-4 days that we are there. > > 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