I am doing a similar search and for some reason the cookcountyassessor.com website will not function for me. (The Newberry Library site will not function either, though I can get to it from other machines, perhaps I have a security setting too tight.) But newschicago.org did! Thank you Cher! Charles "Chuck" Tintera -----Original Message----- From: il-cook-chicago-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:il-cook-chicago-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of il-cook-chicago-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 3:01 AM To: il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com Subject: IL-COOK-CHICAGO Digest, Vol 4, Issue 94 Today's Topics: 1. Re: Chicago address look-up (Ellen Woods) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:14:38 -0500 From: "Ellen Woods" <eclairerw@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Chicago address look-up To: <genealogygroups@yahoo.com>, <il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <036019433FE24B329171E32E37B27356@OfficeDFCPHR91> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original I'll give it a try. Thanks! Ellen ----- Original Message ----- From: <genealogygroups@yahoo.com> To: <il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 11:07 PM Subject: Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Chicago address look-up > > Hi Ellen & Carla, > > Go to > http://www.cookcountyassessor.com/Property_Search/Property_Search.aspx > > Scroll down to search by address and obtain the PIN (Property > Identification Number). This is a County site, so don't forget to enter > the city or you will have to start all over. > > Once you have the PIN you can pull up the info that the assessor has on > that house. > > Another site I use is CityNews. Sometimes that actually has more info > regarding age of building, etc. > www.newschicago.org > > > The Recorder's Office has online info for transactions beginning 1/1/1985. > You can't purchase them online, but at least you can see some of the > action. To my knowledge, they don;t take written or phone requests for > documents, but you can call or email them to find out for sure. If all > else fails and you really want some documents, contact me offlist. > > Cher > > > End of IL-COOK-CHICAGO Digest, Vol 4, Issue 94 **********************************************