Some funeral homes are more helpful than others.  Some get very persnickity and adhere to (or hide behind) the stringency of privacy laws even when it comes to providing the most basic information.  I've had experience with both.   Ruth --- On Sun, 5/3/09, John & Julianne Begley <kidzrgone@gmail.com> wrote: From: John & Julianne Begley <kidzrgone@gmail.com> Subject: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Funeral Homes and Information To: IL-COOK-CHICAGO@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, May 3, 2009, 7:17 AM Good Morning.Could someone tell me how helpful (and tolerant) funeral homes are for genealogy inquiries?  I need some information and the funeral home that handled the 1894 death is still in business. ** *McInerney's, Thomas & Sons Funeral Home* (Since 1873) 4635 S. Wallace 773-268-0703 Any advice most welcome.  Still searching BEGLEY, BAGLEY, BIGLEY, FENNESSEY, FARRISSEY Juli ------------------------------- 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