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    1. Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] IL-COOK-CHICAGO Digest, Vol 4, Issue 32
    2. Catherine Sherry

    3. Chuck, The "Challenging Chicago" book is available to read online. Look for it at books.google.com. I've started reading it. Interesting historical perspective. Cathy On 3/2/09 3:01 AM, "il-cook-chicago-request@rootsweb.com" <il-cook-chicago-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Saloons in Cook County (charles tintera) > 2. Re: Saloons in Cook County (mary miller) > 3. Re: Saloons in Cook County (mary miller) > 4. Re: Saloons in Cook County (ChicagoGenealogy) > 5. Re: Saloons in Cook County (Salliezoo@aol.com) > 6. Re: Saloons in Cook County (Ellen Woods) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 09:35:21 -0500 > From: "charles tintera" <CTINTERA@cfl.rr.com> > Subject: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Saloons in Cook County > To: <il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <698E9E04A6DA4CEFB7E0E438BA6BC8AB@D1S6D691> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 10:04:22 -0600 > From: "mary miller" <edwardcmary@bellsouth.net> > Subject: Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Saloons in Cook County > To: <il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <26B3F25173C54A7982221D30B1E1D6B4@mary> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 10:07:44 -0600 > From: "mary miller" <edwardcmary@bellsouth.net> > Subject: Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Saloons in Cook County > To: <il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <2471F813E8B14452B2B40AA2B1B8CD00@mary> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Correction: www.ChicagoAncestors.org sorry > ----- 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:39:56 -0600 > From: ChicagoGenealogy <chicagogenealogy@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Saloons in Cook County > To: il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <49AABA5C.8060801@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Footnote.com offers a nice way to search, save, and print city directory > pages, too. It's a subscription site, but you should be able to get free > access with a visit to your local Family History Center. > > Cynthia > > mary miller wrote: >> Correction: www.ChicagoAncestors.org sorry > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 14:47:22 EST > From: Salliezoo@aol.com > Subject: Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Saloons in Cook County > To: il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <cff.4d9fbafe.36dc404a@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > I too have found info about saloons in Cicero scarce. My grandfather also > owned a saloon in 1930 and so far I haven't found any resources to help me > with the search. At least you have a saloon name and address...I don't have > that either. I was hoping to find it under his name (Joe Benda) somewhere. > All > I know is the saloon was in Cicero. I've read the suggested books and am > currently reading every Capone era book I can find hoping to find something. > I > do know he was "supposedly" confronted by one of Capone's henchmen > (regarding his home brewery in the basement) from a story my mother once told > me. But > not sure how reliable that story is. > > I think the phone directory is a good idea. Where does one find directories > from that era online? I live in Hawaii so its a long haul to search in > person. > > Aloha, Sallie > **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. 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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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the IL-COOK-CHICAGO list administrator, send an email to > IL-COOK-CHICAGO-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the IL-COOK-CHICAGO mailing list, send an email to > IL-COOK-CHICAGO@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of IL-COOK-CHICAGO Digest, Vol 4, Issue 32 > ********************************************** -- Go Cats!

    03/03/2009 02:49:10
    1. Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] IL-COOK-CHICAGO Digest, Vol 4, Issue 32
    2. John & Sharon Clouse

    3. Hi Cathy, Google Books is only showing a preview of this book and it appears that only pages 1 through 38 are available online. I don't want you to be disappointed when you try to get past page 38. Sharon Clouse -----Original Message----- From: il-cook-chicago-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:il-cook-chicago-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Catherine Sherry Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 9:49 PM To: il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] IL-COOK-CHICAGO Digest, Vol 4, Issue 32 Chuck, The "Challenging Chicago" book is available to read online. Look for it at books.google.com. I've started reading it. Interesting historical perspective. Cathy

    03/03/2009 11:35:54