Sorry, in my reply I should have said Mary and Conrad, not Laura and Conrad....! Patti   ________________________________ From: Donna <dkcooper6@comcast.net> To: il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 10:14:38 AM Subject: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Available records early 1900s Hi, If a family was very poor and could not afford a regular burial, what records might be available? I'm assuming there would still be a death record, though I have not find one. In the 1900 census there was a child born (I believe Jun 1900),  I can't make out the name, it is either Nils or Nels Hanson.  I can't find anything more on this child after the 1900 census entry. Mary Strand, the mother of the five children, had three older children by her deceased husband. The father of the two younger children was not in the 1900 census, the mother (Mary) died in 1902, the younger children were put into orphanages. I'm also assuming that Conrad Hanson was the father of both Nils/Nels and Laura Hanson, even though I could not find a marriage record for Mary and Conrad Hanson. Laura was adopted in 1903. Her adoption papers state that the father, Conrad Hanson resided in Chicago, but had abandoned the child. -- Thanks, Donna ------------------------------- 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